Kagan’s NBCU Deal Value Allocation

Deep-down, I believe almost everything Kagan puts out is bullshit.  Entertainment industry projections that are almost never right. However, I had to give pause when I saw this chart regarding Comcast’s NBC Universal purchase.  If you’re an old media mogul, this chart should scare the…

Xfinity – R.I.P.

Yesterday, I told Comcast to dump Fancast and embrace Hulu. Today, we learn that Comcast has decided to change the name of Fancast to FancastXfinity or just Xfinity. Horrible – horrible name. No one will use it. Xfinity is dead. As I said yesterday to…

Andy Forssell, Angela Bromstad, Ari Emanuel, Arthur Block, Ben Silverman, Brian Roberts, Chadwick Ho, Comcast, David Cohen, Dr. Judith Rodin, Edward Breen, Eric Feng, Fancast, Gerald Hassell, Hulu, J. Michael Cook, Jason Kilar, Jean-Paul Colaco, Jeff Weiner, Jeff Zucker, Jeffrey Honickman, Jill Kennedy, Joe Collins, Johannes Larcher, Julian Brodsky, Kenneth Bacon, Khan Manka, Lawrence Salva, Manka Bros., Michael Angelakis, Michael Sovern, OnMedea, Paul Telegdy, Ralph Roberts, S. Decker Anstrom, Sheldon M. Bonovitz, Stephen Burke, Terry Semel, Tom Fuelling

Comcast Should Dump Fancast, Embrace Hulu

Here’s why: “OPTION 1:  SWITCH TO ANOTHER BROWSER?” What is my five-year-old daughter and my 90-year-old grandmother supposed to do with that?! When I go to Hulu, I get no prompt that says (in so many words) “MY MACHINE IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO FOR…