Cbs and hbo announced they would begin internet streaming services, this bypassing traditional media cable, et cetera. Thats our topic this week on the communicators. How people get tv, whats the future of tv, and joining us are two analysts, leading analysts, craig moffet and Michael Nathanson, and theyre partnered in the Moffetnathanson Research firm. Mr. Moffet, what is the impact, whats your initial reaction to what cbs, hbo, have announced, and then add on to that netflix and apple, et cetera, and all these other different services. Whats the impact on the Overall Television industry . Guest well, those are two separate categories, really. The new one, hbo and cbs, my guess is the impact will be, actually somewhat limited. On the other hand, the impact of some of the ones already here, like netflix, has already been very profound, and i think what were seeing here is a real change in the viewing habits of millenials. Theyre simply watching tv in a very different way than my genera
They are partners in the Moffett Nathanson research firm. Mr. Moffett, lets begin with you. Whats the impact, whats your initial reaction to what cbs, hbo have announced and then add onto that netflix and apple, etc. , and all these different services. Whats the impact on the Overall Television industry . Guest well, those are two separate categories really. The new ones, hbo and cbs, my guess is the impact will be actually somewhat limited. On the other hand, the impact of some of the ones that are already here like netflix has already been very profound. And i think what were seeing here is a real change in the viewing habits of millennials, that theyre simply watching tv in a very different way than my generation watched tv, and youre starting to see all the Media Companies embrace that and recognize that they cant sort of circle the wagons and just try to protect the existing ecosystem anymore, they have to actually reach out to that set of consumers. The advertisers want to reach
The new ones, hbo and cbs, my guess is the impact will be somewhat limited. On the other hand, the impact of some of the ones that are already here, like netflix, has already been very profound. I think what we are seeing here is a real change in the viewing habits of millennials. They are simply watching tv in a very different way than my generation watched tv, and you are starting to see all the Media Companies embrace that and recognize that they cant sort of circle the wagons and just try to protect the existing ecosystem anymore. They actually have to reach out to that set of consumers. Advertisers want to reach that set of consumers, Media Companies want to reach that set of consumers, and they are not reaching them today with the traditional product. Michael nathanson, your reaction . Heh, well, craig and i worked together, so my reaction is it is a really complicated question that you gave us. There is so much change going on we have been doing this a long time, and i think 201
Good morning, everyone, im scott mcgrew. One of the key drivers in Silicon Valley is Venture Capital, money to help grow your company in exchange for a piece of the pie. If the value were a living breathing thing then Venture Capital is its blood and sand hill road is its heart, which is what makes the company, appster, so mysterious started by two teenaged australians who havent taken a cent of outside money. The Company Growing so fast it will hire 150 people in San Francisco by the end of the month. The young men who share the title of ceo started their company in melbourne with 3,000. Last year, appster made 10 million in revenue. Josiah humphrey is one half of that team at appster, joined by Quentin Hardee the New York Times and alice trond of quartz. You started the company with 3,000 of your own money. I suppose if we are talking about this littlement amount of money, get specific australian or u. S. . Australian dollars. So 2300 u. S. There you go. And turned it into a company
A registered 6 offender was caught volunteering at a south bay catholic school. It is illegal for a sex offender to be on school grounds. In this case he had permission from the church. Leslie brinkley is live at st. Francis Cabrini Church to explain why he had that kind of permission. Thats exactly the question being asked by a lot of people here tonight. You can see the church behind me, the school adjacent to it. I talked to a lot of parents as they came out to pick up kids tonight. They knew nothing about this incident. No emails and no information from the school. On the other hand parishioners asked us to please leave the property which we promptly did. Here is the background. 51yearold Mark Christopher worked as a volunteer at the st. Francis School Festival last month according to our media partner, the san jose media news. Someone recognized him as sex offender and notified a Santa Clara Deputy on site. But he wasnt arrested because he had a letter with written permission from