Mobile Movie Making Before Video Calls
It’s a surprise to see analysts focus on the mobile video phone call. The use of the mobile with video other than simply for recording is likely to take off in unexpected ways.
Already mobile video movies are becoming well established. One of many mobile movie festivals has just ended in Paris and there is now […]
TV, IPTV Roundup
The week was marked by growing interest in how the future of TV will pan out on the web.
There was the realisation by Robert Scoble that vidcasting is less economic than he first thought, covered here, and a rumination by Mark Evans on how the web and TV together engage viewers better.
Mark was also […]
It’s About Copyright Stupid
The Japanese content providers request that YouTube take down nearly 30,000 videos (who had to sit through that lot?) comes at the end of copyright week.
Copyright issues have been prevalent and they’ve been tied up with issues of economic viability and the role of free upload/download sites that currently dominate the web, making this the […]
When Wired’s Second Life Travel Guide Becomes a Travel Guide in Second Life
When Wired produced a Travel Guide to Second Life it resonated with a discussion I had yesterday with Rick Segal.
Once people go to Second Life to book holidays in real life, then the majority of guide publishers will be watching their investments go all mouldy on the shelves of book sellers. Unless they get […]
IPO Phobia
IPO DROUGHT. In the third quarter only eight venture-backed companies managed to go public, according to data just released by the National Venture Capital Assn. Only 37 startups have managed to go public all year in the U.S.—the fifth bad year in the last six….
This week old article is one of the most interesting […]
The Money Flow
Proctor and Gamble ….is running a contest for Crest Whitestrips that involves 20 different colleges and universities. The four schools that have the most students join the “Smile State” group will earn a free on-campus concert by an up-and-coming artist (only for members of the group, of course)
Joining the Party, Eager to Make Friends - […]
India and The Global Start-Up
Just picking through a few pieces of old news this caught my eye - India a major base for US-backed start-ups.
New business “set up headquarters in Silicon Valley to take advantage of funding and ideas, but have major operations in places like Bangalore.”
Thats from the Hindustan Times. Why it’s interesting is I asked for advice […]
The Story of the Week
The week’s really been about classifieds. It might have been about Google and YouTube or even Iran, Bush, Blair, Bertie or bungs but it’s definitely been about classifieds and classifieds are what will change our lives.
What’s currently protecting newspapers from rapid decline - in fact what’s keeping newspapers buoyed - is the fact that the […]
High Definition is Not an Innovation Too Far
In fact European cable companies and film makers are relying on it - they believe it will create a new market in home cinema that will suit the inherently long tail character of European movies (for which read small audiences).
From advanced TV:
Rainbow HD Holdings is launching a new global channel, VOOM HD, which will be […]
Today’s Media Pulse
Hollywood studios must accelerate electronic distribution of their film content if they are to halt the rapid growth of digital piracy, which is projected to increase three-fold by 2015, Bain & Company has warned.
From Advanced Television.
Strange but I would have said: if they want to stay in business.