TiVo, Meet Captain Obvious

7/31/2008

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4:30 PM -- Today on Contentinople:

• TiVo has proof of what we already know: Ads work better when they're relevant. Specifically, ads are less likely to be fast-forwarded when they are targeted demographically. The money on that study was well spent, TiVo.



• It looks as if even CDNs aren't immune to the economic downturn. Akamai missed analysts' estimates for the quarter, citing a "challenging environment."



• Mark Cuban nay-says streaming of HD video online. Given that his customers are traditional providers, it makes sense.



• Apple is too trusting of... developers. (Whom did you think -- users?) The downloading of third-party applications from Apple's App Store gives access to iPhone contact lists. Yikes.

And in today's News Bits, Google has some excitement via a lawsuit and adding interactive features to YouTube.

— The Staff, Contentinople