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Facebook IPO post mortem - Killer!

by Mark Cuban, June 1, 2012 | Comments

But not for the reasons you think; Valuation bubble in Silicon Valley is bursting

1. Say goodbye to the individual investor on Wall Street. Whatever positive impression they had of the IPO market and the stock market in general was just torched to the ground. When everyone you know associated with the stock market is telling you and the media is confirming that this could be a huge IPO that will make money for ...

I hope Yahoo crushes Facebook in its patent suit

by Mark Cuban, March 14, 2012 | Comments

If Yahoo is awarded $50 billion, it's a way consumers will realize what is at stake

(Mark Cuban is an entrepreneur and prolific angel investor. He is the owner of the Dallas Mavericks. In this opinion piece, he calls for patent reform.) Anyone who reads this blog knows how much I hate patent laws. I think 99% of the time they are anti-competitive, corruptive, impede creativity and innovation and can kill small businesses. I think the ratio ...

Why TV is still a better advertising medium than online

by Mark Cuban, February 15, 2012 | Comments

The TV business keeps getting stronger, boding well for Netflix and Hulu

Back in my Broadcast.com, days we had a saying that “bits are bits." That once content becomes digital, it is naturally going to become available on any and all digital devices. Based on this, we always made the point to be platform and device agnostic. We didn’t care where or how people saw our content, as long as they saw ...

Am I living the Google lifestyle?

by Mark Cuban, December 12, 2010 | Comments

	Google TV has a long way to go, but Google is right there As I installed my Logitech Google TV box, I checked my email, I mean Gmail, on my G2 Slide. Someone needed some info, so I pulled up the information from a file stored on Google Docs using my browser of choice, Chrome. Then it occurred to me. I’m surrounded by Google and for the most part, I like it. It ...
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The end of location-based apps?

by Mark Cuban, July 19, 2010 | Comments (2)

	Location check-in is so 2010 I just invested in a company that takes video of an area and can tell you exactly how many people are in the capture area at any given time. It’s great for traffic patterns, security, and much more. We are posting cameras in certain environments where anonymity is required, and we don’t and won’t capture faces or anything that could ...
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What newspapers can learn from Facebook

by Mark Cuban, June 8, 2010 | Comments (2)

and mobile... and how Google was the big loser in the Facebook privacy debate

I’ve written multiple times about the value of independence from Google to Newspapers. Of course, each generated responses from many who disagreed with me. I just wanted to point out that Facebook, arguably the largest and most important Web site in the world has most of its content walled off from Google. In fact, the biggest loser in the Facebook ...

The future of the entertainment business

by Mark Cuban, May 31, 2010 | Comments

.... and why Netflix is a big part of it, explains CEO Reed Hastings in his strategy deck

I’m a big fan of Reed Hastings. Not just of his vision, but his honesty as well. Reed posted his strategy deck on Slideshare.com . While we agree and disagree on a few items here and there, he does a great job identifying the risks created by Cable/satellite/telco (CST) . The key quote on this slide ( page 26) – ...

The future of Google TV is...

by Mark Cuban, May 24, 2010 | Comments

The success will come down to one thing - PageRank; Imagine the SEO battles

Google TV is going to be very interesting. It is far from a certainty that it will be more than Apple TV in terms of consumer sales. From a first glance the marketplace is the most important and interesting element of the announcement. As a development platform, Android creates the potential for untold unique and interesting applications that could capture ...

The future of TV is... TV

by Mark Cuban, May 5, 2010 | Comments (2)

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Why do media pundits think people want to turn their HDTVs into PC monitors? It's a hassle

There is an old saying that tends to work today and I expect will work for years to come: ”Follow the money." In particular, follow where consumers spend their money on new products. It is the ultimate definition of consumer choice. In the word of consumer electronics, consumers have been, and continue to spend their money on brand spanking new ...

Why Sen. Franken is wrong about online media

by Mark Cuban, March 10, 2010 | Comments (2)

His request to put all TV shows online for free is idiotic and he's wrong about the future of media

“In written questions to Comcast and NBC Universal regarding their $30 billion proposed marriage, Sen. Franken — who has been one of the harshest critics of the deal — wants Comcast and NBC Universal to promise that it will put all its television shows online. He also wants assurances that shows that the companies put online be made available to ...

Why Internet people lost touch with reality

by Mark Cuban, February 15, 2010 | Comments (1)

Your relationships with Google, Mahalo, Icerocket may need to be different than they were in 2006

Sometimes it's hard to tell if people are trying to be funny, mean, interesting, provocative or are just plain stupid or completely out of touch with reality. I know I get accused of being all of the above all the time. The other day in New York I gave a speech at the AlwaysOn Conference which AdWeek summarized nicely here. ...

Think the Internet will replace cable?

by Mark Cuban, January 18, 2010 | Comments

It's cheaper to reach a big audience using traditional cable distribution vs the Web

As is the normal way on the Internet, people love to read headlines. Of course, they rarely read the substance of the article behind the headline. They take the headline and run with it as gospel. This is particularly true of internet video and the presumption by many that the internet will be so vast and powerful that its a ...

Should the FCC reclaim broadcast spectrum?

by Mark Cuban, December 17, 2009 | Comments

No one has really taken a contrary view on how that spectrum could be used in the future.

The premise is very simple. Over the air broadcasters, the people who bring you TV that you can get with rabbit ears, pay nothing to the government for the allocated digital spectrum over which TV is delivered. Not only do they pay nothing to the government for that spectrum, they are no longer only using it exclusively to deliver a ...

Bing trying to get exclusive on Fox…smart

by Mark Cuban, November 25, 2009 | Comments (1)

Why Bing paying Fox to de-list from Google can be a significant first step and can work

Ok, I am getting bored talking about Fox and Google. But as things pop up, like news in the media saying that Microsoft is trying to entice Fox to “de-list” from Google, I can't pass up posting on it. Particularly when it makes so much sense.Here is why Bing paying Fox to de-list from Google can be a significant first ...

Rupert Murdoch to block Google

by Mark Cuban, November 9, 2009 | Comments (1)

	Equals smart equals Twitter has changed it all Rupert Murdoch has said that his Newscorp sites are going to block Google indexes. Of course, all the netizens freak out when this happens. Which I love.I love to tweak all the Internet information must be free bigots. They get so damn religious about information on the net that they lose what little objectivity and awareness of the real world ...
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