Recently, NPD Group reported that Apple’s iTunes store moved into the number two spot in 2007 for music retail sales in the U.S. (Wal-Mart remained at number one.) Selling music has been tough — ever since the RIAA took on Napster and Grokster, less downloaded music is being paid for, not more. Where does this leave Apple? In this podcast, PodTech’s Jason Lopez and Kevin Edwards discuss why Apple has been relatively comfortable in an industry where the profit margin appears to be razor thin.
When Wal-Mart recently decided to sell movies as digital downloads, they turned to Hewlett-Packard. Willem DeZoete is the vice president in charge of digital entertainment services for HP. He tells us how his video merchant services functions as the ASP for Wal-Mart, and can do so for ...
Cleantech Venture Network is a group of venture capitalists dedicated to finding investments in “clean” technologies. PodTech’s Rio Pesino spoke with Cleantech Co-Founder Nick Parker about the organization’s vision in New York.
The Cleantech Forum XII is right around the corner, February 19-22, in San Francisco. The San Francisco ...
LOS ANGELES, October 10, 2006, (PodTech News) - Last month, Apple unveiled its long-awaited movie download store and within a week sold 125,000 downloads, generating $1 million in revenue for the House of Mouse. Yet despite the success, only 75 Disney titles were available. Absent were movies from some of the largest Hollywood studios. Some insiders believe WalMart and other big retailers Hollywood cannot afford to alienate were to blame. But technology may also play a part in the slow adoption by studios
by David Alpert
The boom in worldwide video gaming is pushing China’s gaming device manufacturers to boost production and to expand product lines to include cutting-edge on-demand game services. More than 30 manufacturers in mainland China are ramping up production for the worldwide and domestic markets.
China is not a major competitor ...
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