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			<name>Bill Niemeyer</name>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Why Google TV Can Succeed In Spite of The Cable Companies]]></title>
		<link href="http://billniemeyer.tv/2010/06/24/why-google-tv-can-succeed-in-spite-of-the-cable-companies/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
		<id>http://billniemeyer.tv/?p=385</id>
		<updated>2010-06-24T22:59:17Z</updated>
		<published>2010-06-24T22:17:42Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://billniemeyer.tv" term="Advertising"/><category scheme="http://billniemeyer.tv" term="Cable"/><category scheme="http://billniemeyer.tv" term="Google TV"/><category scheme="http://billniemeyer.tv" term="MSOs"/><category scheme="http://billniemeyer.tv" term="Over The Top"/><category scheme="http://billniemeyer.tv" term="Revenue Models"/><category scheme="http://billniemeyer.tv" term="TV"/>		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[bit.ly/9KP6Fe The announcement of Google TV has certainly got a lot of attention. I think it could (maybe) gain a good deal of consumer, developer, advertiser and network traction. Even be a Game&#160;Changer. While my 10 years in the advanced TV/video business has taught me to be a curmudgeon about &#8220;Net Meets TV&#8221; efforts and [&#8230;]]]></summary>
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		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Bill Niemeyer</name>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[What I Took Away From The Cable Show (other than the tsotchkes), plus A Brief Google TV Note (For Now)]]></title>
		<link href="http://billniemeyer.tv/2010/05/24/what-i-took-away-from-the-cable-show-plus-a-brief-google-tv-note/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
		<id>http://billniemeyer.tv/?p=370</id>
		<updated>2010-06-24T23:09:33Z</updated>
		<published>2010-05-24T20:55:12Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://billniemeyer.tv" term="Advertising"/><category scheme="http://billniemeyer.tv" term="Broadband Video"/><category scheme="http://billniemeyer.tv" term="Cable"/><category scheme="http://billniemeyer.tv" term="DVR"/><category scheme="http://billniemeyer.tv" term="MSOs"/><category scheme="http://billniemeyer.tv" term="Over The Top"/><category scheme="http://billniemeyer.tv" term="Revenue Models"/><category scheme="http://billniemeyer.tv" term="TV"/><category scheme="http://billniemeyer.tv" term="VOD"/>		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[bit.ly/9xFrlG (Regarding the news in advanced TV from last week&#8201;&#8211;&#8201;Google TV&#8201;&#8211;&#8201;I think it could be a Big Deal and a Game Changer. Possibly, maybe. There are a lot of &#8220;devils in the details&#8221; in gaining consumer traction. Plus, gaining advertiser, network and operator traction will depend on business side issues including the Fear Of Google [&#8230;]]]></summary>
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		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Bill Niemeyer</name>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Better Monetization through Better Counting: Measurement Matters A Lot for Advanced TV/Video]]></title>
		<link href="http://billniemeyer.tv/2010/02/28/better-monetization-through-better-counting-measurement-matters-a-lot-for-advanced-tvvideo/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
		<id>http://billniemeyer.tv/?p=357</id>
		<updated>2010-06-24T23:08:35Z</updated>
		<published>2010-02-28T18:43:51Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://billniemeyer.tv" term="Advertising"/><category scheme="http://billniemeyer.tv" term="Broadband Video"/><category scheme="http://billniemeyer.tv" term="Cable"/><category scheme="http://billniemeyer.tv" term="DVR"/><category scheme="http://billniemeyer.tv" term="MSOs"/><category scheme="http://billniemeyer.tv" term="Over The Top"/><category scheme="http://billniemeyer.tv" term="TV"/><category scheme="http://billniemeyer.tv" term="VOD"/>		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[bit.ly/9GSlh6 Next week is the informative and stimulating TV of Tomorrow Show presented by Interactive TV Today (http://www.thetvoftomorrowshow.com/&#8201;&#8211;&#8201;San Francisco March 3 &#038; 4). ITVT calls it &#8220;The Experts Conference&#8221; and it is. If you have attended in the past, you know it&#8217;s a must go for people in the advanced TV and video space. There [&#8230;]]]></summary>
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		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Bill Niemeyer</name>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Is Online Video Use Hockey Sticking? Or Not? comScore vs. Nielsen data&#8230;]]></title>
		<link href="http://billniemeyer.tv/2009/09/08/is-online-video-use-hockey-sticking-or-not-comscore-vs-nielsen-data/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
		<id>http://billniemeyer.tv/?p=328</id>
		<updated>2010-02-28T20:08:36Z</updated>
		<published>2009-09-08T23:43:58Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://billniemeyer.tv" term="Broadband Video"/><category scheme="http://billniemeyer.tv" term="Cord Cutting"/><category scheme="http://billniemeyer.tv" term="Over The Top"/>		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[bit.ly/xOuEY As you may (or may not) have noticed, this newsletter was on &#8220;hiatus&#8221; this summer as I attended to a variety of other projects. And in retrospect, this summer was not a bad time for a hiatus. It was not a season filled with news (with respect to advanced video and TV). But as [&#8230;]]]></summary>
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		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Bill Niemeyer</name>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Please WSJ, Just Say No To Cord Cutting Hype (Metrics Say DVR Matters Much More)]]></title>
		<link href="http://billniemeyer.tv/2009/05/31/please-wsj-just-say-no-to-cord-cutting-hype-metrics-say-dvr-matters-much-more/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
		<id>http://billniemeyer.tv/?p=313</id>
		<updated>2010-02-28T20:07:40Z</updated>
		<published>2009-05-31T20:52:33Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://billniemeyer.tv" term="Advertising"/><category scheme="http://billniemeyer.tv" term="Broadband Video"/><category scheme="http://billniemeyer.tv" term="Cable"/><category scheme="http://billniemeyer.tv" term="Cord Cutting"/><category scheme="http://billniemeyer.tv" term="DVR"/><category scheme="http://billniemeyer.tv" term="MSOs"/><category scheme="http://billniemeyer.tv" term="Over The Top"/><category scheme="http://billniemeyer.tv" term="Revenue Models"/><category scheme="http://billniemeyer.tv" term="TV"/>		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[tinyurl.com/ox4sp3 Nielsen recently released the Q1 09 edition of their series of A2/M2 Three Screen Reports on usage of TV, DVR, online video and mobile video (you can download the latest PDF here).  I&#8217;ve run some calculations against that data&#8201;&#8211;&#8201;see below for charts and the trends they&#160;indicate. And just in time to raise my ire [&#8230;]]]></summary>
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		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Bill Niemeyer</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s Cable TV &#8220;Revenue Split&#8221; and Why Over The Top Likely Can&#8217;t Be Ad-Supported Only]]></title>
		<link href="http://billniemeyer.tv/2009/05/10/todays-cable-tv-revenue-split-and-why-over-the-top-likely-cant-be-ad-supported-only/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
		<id>http://billniemeyer.tv/?p=301</id>
		<updated>2009-05-31T20:55:14Z</updated>
		<published>2009-05-11T03:27:36Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://billniemeyer.tv" term="Advertising"/><category scheme="http://billniemeyer.tv" term="Broadband Video"/><category scheme="http://billniemeyer.tv" term="Cable"/><category scheme="http://billniemeyer.tv" term="MSOs"/><category scheme="http://billniemeyer.tv" term="Over The Top"/><category scheme="http://billniemeyer.tv" term="Revenue Models"/><category scheme="http://billniemeyer.tv" term="TV"/>		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[tinyurl.com/pw4us9 Unsurprisingly, the ABC/Hulu deal of two weeks ago got my attention (some interesting insights on that from Bob Iger in the transcript of last week&#8217;s Disney earnings call).  But, one aspect of the deal in particular got my quantitative interest.  It was the long-form TV content online deal ABC elected not do&#8201;&#8211;&#8201;with YouTube.  Several [&#8230;]]]></summary>
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		<author>
			<name>Bill Niemeyer</name>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[ad:tech: A Bit of Reality To Go With Some Net Kool-Aid &#8211; NAB: A Tale of Two Shows]]></title>
		<link href="http://billniemeyer.tv/2009/04/26/adtech-a-bit-of-reality-to-go-with-some-net-kool-aid-nab-a-tale-of-two-shows/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
		<id>http://billniemeyer.tv/?p=292</id>
		<updated>2009-05-31T20:54:36Z</updated>
		<published>2009-04-27T01:48:26Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://billniemeyer.tv" term="Advertising"/><category scheme="http://billniemeyer.tv" term="Broadband Video"/><category scheme="http://billniemeyer.tv" term="Cord Cutting"/><category scheme="http://billniemeyer.tv" term="Revenue Models"/><category scheme="http://billniemeyer.tv" term="TV"/>		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[tinyurl/ckp4sz Last week I attended the NAB Show (National Association of Broadcasters) in Las Vegas and Internet advertising conference ad:tech in San&#160;Francisco. More on NAB below. Quick take… big crowds around the digital production systems vendor&#8217;s booths and a lot of space in the aisles elsewhere.  Zero length cab lines were a telling&#160;sign. At ad:tech, [&#8230;]]]></summary>
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		<link href="http://billniemeyer.tv/2009/04/26/adtech-a-bit-of-reality-to-go-with-some-net-kool-aid-nab-a-tale-of-two-shows/feed/atom/" rel="replies" thr:count="0" type="application/atom+xml"/>
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		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Bill Niemeyer</name>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[TV Stations&#8217; Challenges Online &#8211; To Start, Local TV Is Mostly Not Local]]></title>
		<link href="http://billniemeyer.tv/2009/04/12/tv-stations-challenges-online-to-start-local-tv-is-mostly-not-local/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
		<id>http://billniemeyer.tv/?p=265</id>
		<updated>2009-04-27T02:08:33Z</updated>
		<published>2009-04-13T02:43:30Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://billniemeyer.tv" term="Advertising"/><category scheme="http://billniemeyer.tv" term="Broadband Video"/><category scheme="http://billniemeyer.tv" term="Cable"/><category scheme="http://billniemeyer.tv" term="DVR"/><category scheme="http://billniemeyer.tv" term="MSOs"/><category scheme="http://billniemeyer.tv" term="Revenue Models"/><category scheme="http://billniemeyer.tv" term="TV"/><category scheme="http://billniemeyer.tv" term="VOD"/>		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[tinyurl.com/c4khe2 As the NAB show starts next weekend in Las Vegas (I&#8217;ll be there next Monday and Tuesday), one of the top mindshare topics will be how TV stations can best respond to consumer shifts from linear TV to the on-demand, targeted and interactive world of online and digital TV platforms (including VOD, DVR and&#160;mobile). [&#8230;]]]></summary>
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		<author>
			<name>Bill Niemeyer</name>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[NCTA Notes &#8211; MSOs Say They&#8217;re Not On The Newspaper Arc (yes, but&#8230;)]]></title>
		<link href="http://billniemeyer.tv/2009/04/05/ncta-notes-msos-say-theyre-not-on-the-newspaper-arc-yes-but/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
		<id>http://billniemeyer.tv/?p=226</id>
		<updated>2009-04-13T02:55:17Z</updated>
		<published>2009-04-06T03:03:27Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://billniemeyer.tv" term="Advertising"/><category scheme="http://billniemeyer.tv" term="Broadband Video"/><category scheme="http://billniemeyer.tv" term="Cable"/><category scheme="http://billniemeyer.tv" term="Canoe"/><category scheme="http://billniemeyer.tv" term="MSOs"/><category scheme="http://billniemeyer.tv" term="Over The Top"/><category scheme="http://billniemeyer.tv" term="Revenue Models"/><category scheme="http://billniemeyer.tv" term="TV"/>		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[tinyurl.com/dfmndr I&#8217;m just back from The Cable Show (aka NCTA) in Washington DC.  Much of interest in advanced video for a &#34;quiet news&#34; show, here&#8217;s some topline&#160;takeaways… Despite the economy, attendance was actually slightly ahead of last year at around 12,000 (being in DC undoubtedly helped).  On the exhibit floor, most of the big exhibitors [&#8230;]]]></summary>
			<link href="http://billniemeyer.tv/2009/04/05/ncta-notes-msos-say-theyre-not-on-the-newspaper-arc-yes-but/#comments" rel="replies" thr:count="1" type="text/html"/>
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		<author>
			<name>Bill Niemeyer</name>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[VOD &#8211; The MSOs&#8217; Less Favorite Child? (When It Could Be the Cinderella Story)]]></title>
		<link href="http://billniemeyer.tv/2009/03/29/vod-the-msos-less-favorite-child-when-it-could-be-the-cinderella-story/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
		<id>http://billniemeyer.tv/?p=206</id>
		<updated>2009-04-06T04:36:46Z</updated>
		<published>2009-03-29T23:54:52Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://billniemeyer.tv" term="Advertising"/><category scheme="http://billniemeyer.tv" term="Canoe"/><category scheme="http://billniemeyer.tv" term="Revenue Models"/><category scheme="http://billniemeyer.tv" term="TV"/><category scheme="http://billniemeyer.tv" term="VOD"/>		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[tinyurl.com/cohrsz It&#8217;s Spring, and thoughts turn to March Madness and The Cable Show (this week in DC&#8201;&#8211;&#8201;if you&#8217;re going I&#8217;ll see you there).  And since Cinderella Stories are part of March Madness and VOD seems like it has the status of Cinderella among the various &#34;children&#34; of the MSOs (their business&#160;initiatives)… Rather than extending that [&#8230;]]]></summary>
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