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Music Streaming Comes to Japan; But Will it Last?
1000 648 David Hoppe

Two weeks ago, Line Corp.’s, the operators of Japan’s most popular messaging app, launched an in-app music streaming service called Line Music. Japan is the second-largest music market in the world after the United States, but its consumers have so far been global outliers, clinging to physical products like CDs and DVDs,…

If Content Is King, Then Netflix Rules!
1000 648 David Hoppe

“Sometimes you’re up, and sometimes you’re down,” the old saying goes. And no one knows that better than Netflix. After several dismal years, and a crisis of investor confidence, the company is flying pretty high these days. The internet streaming giant has awoken and has come roaring back to life. Back in…

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Your Television is about to be Disrupted!
1000 648 David Hoppe

Major broadcast networks including Disney’s ABC, News Corp, CBS, and Comcast’s NBC Universal are in a fight for their lives, so to speak. Their nemesis: Aereo, a start-up that offers live television streaming over the internet. Unlike satellite or cable companies, which pay the networks hefty retransmission/licensing fees, Aereo has found a…