http://newamsmedia.com/blog Digital media consultants New Amsterdam Media create VOD, IPTV, Broadband TV , DVR, mobile, download and social media with some of the world's leading brands. Sat, 25 Oct 2008 21:42:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The season premieres on the traditionally leading Thursday prime-time lineup were down across the board. ABC still led (with CBS #2 and NBC third) with Grey's Anatomy and Ugly Betty – but with numbers down 17% and 15% from last year, respectively. Reminds me what we wrote in out DVR/VOD ... http://newamsmedia.com/blog/2008/09/29/this-years-thursday-premieres-all-down/ There was something to like and a lot to dislike about this year's 60th Emmy Awards, broadcast this past Sunday. The good: the best thing that can be hoped of an award, generally, is the recognition of work which is not the market leader, but which is good work. Both ... http://newamsmedia.com/blog/2008/09/24/emmys-%e2%80%93-good-and-bad/ On 7/19 I'll moderate a discussion on "The Influence of Audience" for BLT LA, at the Luxe Hotel in LA (Sunset @ 405).  Social media has obviously increased discussion of the effect of audiences on the creation of media. But in truth (whether through market testing in TV, multiple ... http://newamsmedia.com/blog/2008/07/14/the-influence-of-audience-conversation-saturday-july-19/ By request: there has been one mobile IPO so far in 08 (OnMobile). There were 16 in 07, 10 of which were in the first half of the year. http://newamsmedia.com/blog/2008/07/09/mobile-ipo-stats/ Unlike the dismal IPO/venture stats we mentioned yesterday, private equity is only slightly (3%) off its stellar, record-setting 2007 total ($313B) - press release is here. http://newamsmedia.com/blog/2008/07/09/and-pe-is-still-up/ As expected, AT&T has ended its current five-year agreement with Dish, effective in this December. It did the same with DIRECTV a few months ago. Not clear what the long-term dance will be (or not be) between ATT and satellite - the acquisition speculation is not far behind ... http://newamsmedia.com/blog/2008/07/08/att-dumps-dish/ Nobody cares http://newamsmedia.com/blog/2008/07/08/madonna/ According to the NVCA, there was not as single VC-led IPO in the last quarter. Not one. This follows a slow Q1, in which there were only five. In the first half of 2007, there were 43. http://newamsmedia.com/blog/2008/07/08/no-venture-backed-ipos-in-q2/ We are updating the site with new features today. All bugs should be resolved by end of day. Thanks. http://newamsmedia.com/blog/2008/06/25/site-update/ You may have read about Canoe Ventures, a long-in-development but recently-unveiled consortium of the US cable MSOs to create a national ad sales platform for cable. The venture points underlines the need for cable to modernize its ad sales businesses and compete more effectively. It gets ridiculed for ... http://newamsmedia.com/blog/2008/06/22/canoe-and-the-future-of-cable/