QVC has actually done a lot to keep up technologically. They make a good deal of revenue from purchases made by people watching their streams via their apps on mobile, Roku, AppleTV, Facebook, and their website. $4b of their $8.7b in revenue from 2016 was from people using the apps to make purchases. source
Let me explain how commercials generate revenue: Ad companies pay money to show ads during prime time. Bamph! Revenue. Commercial ad rates are based on the only rating that really counts: C3. This is the measure of live + 3 days of DVR viewing of the commercials (not the show). So media buyers have a pretty good idea of how many people are viewing the commercials. C3 ratings are rarely public but the live overnights are a pretty good substitute for how a show is doing, and the key factor sites like TVByTheNumbers and TheTVGrimReaper use to predict renewals/cancellations.
That said, they are pushing back and this year ad buy revenue has been flat for most networks compared to last year (usually goes up a bit each year). They are aware that the market is shrinking.
This is also why you are seeing more and more carriage disputes between cable/sat providers and the owners of the local affiliates (or the networks themselves if they are O&O stations). Carriage fees are a massive part of their revenue now, and they are using that as a bit of a buffer against falling viewership numbers. The affiliate owners keep pushing to increase the fees each contract.
Yes, they still got paid. And the victims that paid money and still lost all their files are the worst off of all. However when word gets around about what happened and it becomes common knowledge that people who pay ransomware still don't get their files back, people will know to stop paying.
Of course there will be a few who pay up in the vain hope that it would work, but if the majority of people know that it's just throwing good money after bad, then the business model of these ransomware writers will fall over. (fingers crossed).
You mean like how word got out about ransomware being a thing and therefore everyone now makes sure they have solid offsite backup schemes in place now?
While this doesn't do anything to improve life for the poor folks trying to retrieve their files, this type of aggressive approach may be required to eliminate the incentives for ransomware creators. It's truly the nuclear option, as the fallout is likely to hurt many unintended targets, but it could end the war.
But they still get paid. It will take time for people to find out they can't get their files back even if they pay. Many people will never know. You want nuclear option, find a way to seize their bitcoin wallets or block transactions to it.
This is the 3rd consecutive day that Microcenter's website has been down.
The only message is a maintenance page stating, "we're updating our site".
It is currently not possible to place orders or check status on existing orders.
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Anybody know what happened?
Obviously Whole Foods, using their new AWS back end, launched a cyber-attack.
You could elect Jesus Christ and Mohamed as Pres/VP and they still wouldn't have enough political power and clout to untangle the bureaucratic rat's nest that is the US government.
Just rip out the antenna so it can't try to get on your wifi or cellular networks. Bam, good old fashioned dumb appliance that will simply do what it was originally designed for instead of trying to integrate a billion little web marketing doodads on to a screen that shouldn't be there in the first place.
"We're sorry, there seems to be a problem connecting to the internet. You will need to complete the WiFi setup before you can make your toast"
The question for me is, why would I want to pay $6/month just to watch a few episodes of Star Trek: Discovery?
Well if you are patient you don't have to pay anything (and can still be 'legal' about it). Just wait for the season to wrap up in winter 2018 and sign up for a free 7 day trial. Binge the show that week, cancel, then next year do the same thing with a new email address.
OK that last part might be a bit sketchy, but still...
They have no inherit right to that information. Its really non of their business at all. They shouldn't be allowed to gather any information on voters unless the voter allows them. I know its unlikely since they now want to be able to harass us with messages straight to our voicemail.
Then you should start talking to the states because voter records are public info and can be access for free by most local party committees and campaigns/parties/action groups/etc can pay the state for state-wide records in a wide variety of formats. Much of the time it's available on the county clerk website for anyone who pinkie-swears it's for a legitimate use (i.e. you are not allowed to use it for commercial purposes such as solicitations for products, etc).
He paid ransoms, which is illegal both where he and Coinbase do their business. Whether he actively partook in the original thefts is (or ought to be) subject to a criminal investigation.
Why the hell are people paying the ransoms in the first place? This is just encouraging more people to make these types of viruses. Make fucking backups of your shit, fire the moron that unleashed the virus in your network, restore from backup, and carry on with life.
Do you really think they are paying if they have good backups? Or do you expect them to rent a time machine and go back and fix/implement the backups? Yes, they should have good backups but when they don't, and when the documents that get encrypted are make or break for their company (and yes, such a thing does exist) then you pay.
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Guess some B&M stores decided to step up their lobbying and PR efforts.
I live in the US midwest and I'd say 99% of my Amazon packages come via USPS (primary, not smartpost or such)
QVC has actually done a lot to keep up technologically. They make a good deal of revenue from purchases made by people watching their streams via their apps on mobile, Roku, AppleTV, Facebook, and their website. $4b of their $8.7b in revenue from 2016 was from people using the apps to make purchases. source
Let me explain how commercials generate revenue: Ad companies pay money to show ads during prime time. Bamph! Revenue. Commercial ad rates are based on the only rating that really counts: C3. This is the measure of live + 3 days of DVR viewing of the commercials (not the show). So media buyers have a pretty good idea of how many people are viewing the commercials. C3 ratings are rarely public but the live overnights are a pretty good substitute for how a show is doing, and the key factor sites like TVByTheNumbers and TheTVGrimReaper use to predict renewals/cancellations.
That said, they are pushing back and this year ad buy revenue has been flat for most networks compared to last year (usually goes up a bit each year). They are aware that the market is shrinking.
This is also why you are seeing more and more carriage disputes between cable/sat providers and the owners of the local affiliates (or the networks themselves if they are O&O stations). Carriage fees are a massive part of their revenue now, and they are using that as a bit of a buffer against falling viewership numbers. The affiliate owners keep pushing to increase the fees each contract.
and there were not any hamsters, but lots of poor people that could not afford to even buy clothes to wear
Oh there were hamsters, you just didn't look in the right category!
>> Amazon's Alexa voice platform (now has) 15,000...apps And only 42% of them are malware.
Source?
because that was the important take-away from the post you replied to.
Yes, they still got paid. And the victims that paid money and still lost all their files are the worst off of all. However when word gets around about what happened and it becomes common knowledge that people who pay ransomware still don't get their files back, people will know to stop paying. Of course there will be a few who pay up in the vain hope that it would work, but if the majority of people know that it's just throwing good money after bad, then the business model of these ransomware writers will fall over. (fingers crossed).
You mean like how word got out about ransomware being a thing and therefore everyone now makes sure they have solid offsite backup schemes in place now?
While this doesn't do anything to improve life for the poor folks trying to retrieve their files, this type of aggressive approach may be required to eliminate the incentives for ransomware creators. It's truly the nuclear option, as the fallout is likely to hurt many unintended targets, but it could end the war.
But they still get paid. It will take time for people to find out they can't get their files back even if they pay. Many people will never know. You want nuclear option, find a way to seize their bitcoin wallets or block transactions to it.
That missed the word "of" when first reading the headline?
This is the 3rd consecutive day that Microcenter's website has been down. The only message is a maintenance page stating, "we're updating our site". It is currently not possible to place orders or check status on existing orders. - Anybody know what happened?
Obviously Whole Foods, using their new AWS back end, launched a cyber-attack.
Ah. It's been a really long week. I blame mental fatigue and a lack of excessive coffee.
OK. Not sure why you replied to me instead of the root article, but OK.
You could elect Jesus Christ and Mohamed as Pres/VP and they still wouldn't have enough political power and clout to untangle the bureaucratic rat's nest that is the US government.
Just rip out the antenna so it can't try to get on your wifi or cellular networks. Bam, good old fashioned dumb appliance that will simply do what it was originally designed for instead of trying to integrate a billion little web marketing doodads on to a screen that shouldn't be there in the first place.
"We're sorry, there seems to be a problem connecting to the internet. You will need to complete the WiFi setup before you can make your toast"
Streaming is legal in many countries.
Not in the US, and if OP isn't in the US then why bother worrying about paying CBS All Access to watch the show, which isn't available outside the US.
I didn't even around to buying one. Well I guess I'll just have to keep annoying my co-workers with click-pens then...
Please cite the law that makes this illegal.
or just wait 24h and go on any streaming sites.
(and can still be 'legal' about it)
* Add massive amounts of time between seasons! * Take one season and split it into two!
Well done CBS!
Sorry, you know a show with less than 3 months between seasons that airs in the US?
The question for me is, why would I want to pay $6/month just to watch a few episodes of Star Trek: Discovery?
Well if you are patient you don't have to pay anything (and can still be 'legal' about it). Just wait for the season to wrap up in winter 2018 and sign up for a free 7 day trial. Binge the show that week, cancel, then next year do the same thing with a new email address.
OK that last part might be a bit sketchy, but still...
They have no inherit right to that information. Its really non of their business at all. They shouldn't be allowed to gather any information on voters unless the voter allows them. I know its unlikely since they now want to be able to harass us with messages straight to our voicemail.
Then you should start talking to the states because voter records are public info and can be access for free by most local party committees and campaigns/parties/action groups/etc can pay the state for state-wide records in a wide variety of formats. Much of the time it's available on the county clerk website for anyone who pinkie-swears it's for a legitimate use (i.e. you are not allowed to use it for commercial purposes such as solicitations for products, etc).
He paid ransoms, which is illegal both where he and Coinbase do their business. Whether he actively partook in the original thefts is (or ought to be) subject to a criminal investigation.
Please cite the law that makes this illegal.
Why the hell are people paying the ransoms in the first place? This is just encouraging more people to make these types of viruses. Make fucking backups of your shit, fire the moron that unleashed the virus in your network, restore from backup, and carry on with life.
Do you really think they are paying if they have good backups? Or do you expect them to rent a time machine and go back and fix/implement the backups? Yes, they should have good backups but when they don't, and when the documents that get encrypted are make or break for their company (and yes, such a thing does exist) then you pay.
And you must not have many outside the tech world.