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'In this two-volume tour-de-force on video, Noam nails the multi-dimensional answers to what is consumed and how it is consumed.' -- Vint Cerf, A 'Father of the Internet' and Chief Internet Evangelist, Google 'The Internet, now 50 years old, was not built for video, but today video is most of what it carries. Professor Noam does it for us again with his two volumes about the content of streaming video, in the broadest context, as next-generation television.' -- Bob Metcalfe, Internet Pioneer and Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, University of Texas, US 'Professor Eli Noam, one of the world's leading media economists, identifies key technical advances shaping media, policy and regulation for the digital age. His two volumes are must reading for anyone seriously interested in the future of the media-its business models, creative content, industry structure, and implications for policy and regulation.' -- William H. Dutton, Emeritus Professor, University of Southern California, USA, and Oxford Martin Fellow and Founding Director, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, UK 'Changing media consumers behaviors, further advances in digital technologies and a dramatic health and economic crisis, combine to transform the media and telecommunications industries. Eli Noam's new books present us with current, comprehensive,in-depth, analyses of unprecedented dimensions. The Columbia Professor offers its readers, scholars, students, managers, policy makers, essential present and future industry perspectives.' -- Gerard Pogorel, Professor of Economics Emeritus, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Telecom Paris, CNRS Interdisciplinary Innovation Institute I3, France 'These books show how the world's most impactful medium for entertainment, information, education and marketing will evolve-and why. No one is more qualified to project and describe the future of the media business, technology and regulation than Eli Noam. Numerous authors have chronicled the media industry's past and present, but this is the first description I've seen of where it is going and what it will look like in the future.' -- Bob Zitter, Former HBO Chief Technology Officer

'In the not-too-distant future all television will stream from the cloud to many devices. Everyone who wants to benefit from this epiphany needs to take Eli Noam's guidance. This particular vision of the future needs the most visionary person in the field and that is Professor Noam.' -- Reed Hundt, Former FCC Chairman, US 'Eli Noam gets to the heart of the underlying causes of some of the most dramatic and important changes in our world. His focus on underlying the economics as well as the technology enriches our understanding and provides an excellent guide. This work is essential to anyone seeking a full understanding of the changes being wrought around us and how we might approach the critical policy and commercial questions that they raise.' -- Ed Richards, Managing Partner/Founder, Flint Global Ltd and former CEO of Ofcom, the UK communications regulator 'In this two-volume tour-de-force on video, Noam nails the multi-dimensional answers to what is consumed and how it is consumed.' -- Vint Cerf, A 'Father of the Internet' and Chief Internet Evangelist, Google 'The Internet, now 50 years old, was not built for video, but today video is most of what it carries. Professor Noam does it for us again with his two volumes about the content of streaming video, in the broadest context, as next-generation television.' -- Bob Metcalfe, Internet Pioneer and Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, University of Texas, US 'Professor Eli Noam, one of the world's leading media economists, identifies key technical advances shaping media, policy and regulation for the digital age. His two volumes are must reading for anyone seriously interested in the future of the media-its business models, creative content, industry structure, and implications for policy and regulation.' -- William H. Dutton, Emeritus Professor, University of Southern California, USA, and Oxford Martin Fellow and Founding Director, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, UK 'Changing media consumers behaviors, further advances in digital technologies and a dramatic health and economic crisis, combine to transform the media and telecommunications industries. Eli Noam's new books present us with current, comprehensive,in-depth, analyses of unprecedented dimensions. The Columbia Professor offers its readers, scholars, students, managers, policy makers, essential present and future industry perspectives.' -- Gerard Pogorel, Professor of Economics Emeritus, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Telecom Paris, CNRS Interdisciplinary Innovation Institute I3, France 'These books show how the world's most impactful medium for entertainment, information, education and marketing will evolve-and why. No one is more qualified to project and describe the future of the media business, technology and regulation than Eli Noam. Numerous authors have chronicled the media industry's past and present, but this is the first description I've seen of where it is going and what it will look like in the future.' -- Bob Zitter, Former HBO Chief Technology Officer

'Eli Noam gets to the heart of the underlying causes of some of the most dramatic and important changes in our world. His focus on underlying the economics as well as the technology enriches our understanding and provides an excellent guide. This work is essential to anyone seeking a full understanding of the changes being wrought around us and how we might approach the critical policy and commercial questions that they raise.' -- Ed Richards, Managing Partner/Founder, Flint Global Ltd and former CEO of Ofcom, the UK communications regulator 'In this two-volume tour-de-force on video, Noam nails the multi-dimensional answers to what is consumed and how it is consumed.' -- Vint Cerf, A 'Father of the Internet' and Chief Internet Evangelist, Google 'The Internet, now 50 years old, was not built for video, but today video is most of what it carries. Professor Noam does it for us again with his two volumes about the content of streaming video, in the broadest context, as next-generation television.' -- Bob Metcalfe, Internet Pioneer and Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, University of Texas, US 'Professor Eli Noam, one of the world's leading media economists, identifies key technical advances shaping media, policy and regulation for the digital age. His two volumes are must reading for anyone seriously interested in the future of the media-its business models, creative content, industry structure, and implications for policy and regulation.' -- William H. Dutton, Emeritus Professor, University of Southern California, USA, and Oxford Martin Fellow and Founding Director, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, UK 'Changing media consumers behaviors, further advances in digital technologies and a dramatic health and economic crisis, combine to transform the media and telecommunications industries. Eli Noam's new books present us with current, comprehensive,in-depth, analyses of unprecedented dimensions. The Columbia Professor offers its readers, scholars, students, managers, policy makers, essential present and future industry perspectives.' -- Gerard Pogorel, Professor of Economics Emeritus, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Telecom Paris, CNRS Interdisciplinary Innovation Institute I3, France 'These books show how the world's most impactful medium for entertainment, information, education and marketing will evolve-and why. No one is more qualified to project and describe the future of the media business, technology and regulation than Eli Noam. Numerous authors have chronicled the media industry's past and present, but this is the first description I've seen of where it is going and what it will look like in the future.' -- Bob Zitter, Former HBO Chief Technology Officer

'In this two-volume tour-de-force on video, Noam nails the multi-dimensional answers to what is consumed and how it is consumed. The passage of video through programmable devices invites unconstrained transformation.' -- Vint Cerf, VP and Chief Internet Evangelist, Google 'These books show how the world's most impactful medium for entertainment, information, education and marketing will evolve - and why. No one is more qualified to project and describe the future of the media business, technology and regulation than Eli Noam. Numerous authors have chronicled the media industry's past and present, but this is the first description I've seen of where it is going and what it will look like in the future.' -- Bob Zitter, Media Technology Advisor and former HBO Chief Technology Officer 'Will the media businesses and industry of today survive the transition to next generation digital video services? Will emerging technical advances usher in new kinds of content and the rise of cloud services? Is the stage being set for the vertical integration of more global subscription services? Professor Noam explains the techno-economic logic of such shifts and presents approaches to public support and regulation that will nurture pro-social implications of this coming transformation to 'next generation' media.' -- Emeritus Professor William H. Dutton, University of Southern California, US and Oxford University, UK 'Changing media consumers' behaviors, further advances in digital technologies and a dramatic health and economic crisis, combine to transform the media and telecommunications industries. Eli Noam's new books present us with current, comprehensive,in-depth, analyses of unprecedented dimensions. The Columbia Professor offers essential present and future industry perspectives to readers, scholars, students, managers and policy makers.' -- Gerard Pogorel, Professor of Economics Emeritus, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Telecom Paris, CNRS Interdisciplinary Innovation Institute I3, France 'The Internet, now 50 years old, was not built for video, but today video is most of what it carries. Professor Noam does it for us again with his two volumes about the content of streaming video, in the broadest context, as next-generation television.' -- Bob Metcalfe, Internet Pioneer, now UTAustin Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, US

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Eli Noam, Professor of Finance and Economics and Garrett Professor of Public Policy and Business Responsibility, Columbia University Business School and Director, Columbia Institute for Tele-Information, US

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