Earlier this week I outlined why I think cable (and by cable, I mean satellite, telco TV, etc.) are doing a great job with innovative new products like their iPad apps that include both on demand and live content. 2011 was a pivotal year where we saw that the future is not tied to a set-top box or a single device. Unfortunately, there is less innovation happening on the business side of things. We are still years off from a free market for TV programming. The film industry offers some compelling options now for digital distribution beyond even Netflix.

I was on a fun panel at Digital Media Wire’s Future of TV conference just before Thanksgiving. The panelists were a mix of old and new media.

Brightcove is mentioned and I am quoted in this WSJ cover story about the short and long-term challenges to Comcast coming from the Internet, IPTV and other new forces.  It's an excellent piece that discusses the significant technology investments Comcast has made to improve the consumer and programmer opportunity within their walled garden.  I tried to make the point that the open, global, and direct-to-consumer opportunity that the Internet presents to content owners and consumers will b

Peter Grant, who has covered Comcast and the cable industry for some time at the WSJ, has a nice overview of the changing competitive landscape around cable. On the occassion of CTAM, he notes how both the Telco TV flavor of IPTV and Internet TV present new challenges for cable. Brightcove gets a nice passing mention as one such company in the mix.

Bob, I believe the symptoms you describe below come from a situation dubbed by my friend Ty as "Tivopression." It's that nagging feeling that you've got a lot of interesting programming you'd like to watch on your DVR that you know you may never get to. Jeez, the season finale of The Shield is on this week and I'm still on episode 2. Nobody tell me what happened!

by Eric Elia