With Google TV Ads’ announced partnership to auction inventory across 11 national networks carried by DirecTV, the search giant begins to try to rebut skepticism about its ability to achieve significant reach. Now it must demonstrate the ability to generate healthy revenues, driven largely by SMB platform adoption, to avoid the pitfalls it suffered in …

The recent court ruling in favor of Comcast to limit the power of the Federal Communications Commission over Internet traffic, and the FCC chairman’s reaction to that decision dominated discussions during Pike & Fisher’s 6th Annual Broadband Summit. The role of the FCC in the entire area of the Internet and the attempt to …

In a preview of research conducted for Arbitron set to be released at next week’s NAB Show, Larry Rosen, president of Edison Research, reports that television and Internet now stand at a virtual parity in the live’s of Americans 12+ years of age.When asked the  question of which they would give up if …

According to new research released by the Pew Internet and American Life Project, news is personal, portable and participatory:

Portable : 33% of cell phone owners now access news on their cell phones.
Personalized : 28% of Internet users have customized their home page to include news from sources and on topics that particularly interest them.
Participatory : …

Lee Rainie, Director of the Pew Internet Project, presented new research last night to the Cap Cabal which is a Washington, DC based business and government social networking group. Following Rainie’s presentation, a “pundit panel” moderated by The Hill’s Kim Hart with guests Mark Walsh from GenuisRocket (Walsh spoke at BIA/Kelsey’s “Winning Media Strategies” event …

The growth of online classifieds has continued, even though online spending has diminished with the recession and bad press has plagued some online classified sites, like Craigslist. I had a chance to interview Greg Collier, CEO of Geebo, about how his company has fared over the last several months, his view of the industry and where Geebo is headed in the future.

The recent deal between the radio broadcasting industry and the recording industry on adjusting the royalties associated with streaming of simulcast radio broadcasters is a welcome development during a very tough time for the radio industry. Faced with three consecutive years of negative revenue growth, with at least some more negative years to come, the …

Posted by: David Gross
Senior Telecom Consultant to BIA
Hardly a week passes now without a city or town somewhere in the U.S. declaring plans to create a local wireless network. From major cities like Philadelphia and San Francisco to suburbs like Aurora, Illinois and Plano, Texas, municipal governments across the country are designing and building new …