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• Google, Verizon and the Netflix Business Model

  Three independent but related announcements on Monday reveal the power of the Internet to reinvent distribution. They also highlight the importance of net neutrality in maintaining the delicate balance that currently sustains the business models of some of the biggest online players. Google and Verizon talked about their plan for Net Neutrality, Netflix continued to shore up its streaming catalog and AT&T announced U-verse TV-Everywhere content to the mobile phone. All three announcements are interesting in themselves. But taken together they illustrate how even minor changes to the status quo could destroy the most robust of online business models.... Posted Aug 11 2010, 10:43 AM by Colin Dixon with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: AT&T, Colin Dixon, Netflix, TV Everywhere, Google, Net Neutrality, FIOS, U-verse, Verizon

• FCC Loses on Appeal

  The US Court of Appeals in DC today ruled in favor of Comcast’s assertion that the FCC lacks authority to enforce rules relating to Net Neutrality. The particular case in question was Comcast’s “network management” practices in controlling peer-to-peer activities of users of its broadband network. The FCC told Comcast that they couldn’t discriminate against a particular application in this way and Comcast found other ways to achieve their management goals. ... Posted Apr 06 2010, 03:13 PM by Colin Dixon with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Colin Dixon, Comcast, FCC, US Court of Appeals, Net Neutrality, peer-to-peer