Category: Digital Content
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What’s happening with Spotify?
It has been a big week for Spotify. At a special event last Wednesday the online music company announced its shift from being ‘just’ a provider of music online to a ‘music platform’ that ties in with third party applications. In short, this means that Spotify will turn its service into a platform for developers, who…
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Learning about streaming, with Klip as a first case study
I’m currently trying to learn more about streaming in its various forms. Streaming is all about the delivery method of media such as audio, film or TV. There are basically two forms of streaming: live streaming and archived streaming. With live streaming, you take the content and broadcast it live over the internet. It involves having…
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How robust will Netflix’ business model turn out to be? – Part 3
Just as I thought that the Netflix saga had come to an end with my blog post a few weeks ago (in which I wrote about Nextflix’ CEO Reed Hastings’ announcement to split the business into two separate units), the story has taken another twist. Last week, Netflix reversed its decision to split its business into…
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How robust will Netflix’ business model turn out to be? – Part 2
Back in February, I asked the question about the (long-term) sustainability of Netflix’ business model and I guess that some major events in Netflix’ life over the past week have provided some useful insights into answering that question: Splitting the company in two – On the Netflix blog, Netfox CEO Reed Hastings last week announced the…
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