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MCH Live...
Posted in Live on May 31st, 2007. By Eduard F. Vinyamata.
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The Rise of Mass Self-Communication...
Posted in MCWC on May 31st, 2007. By Manuel Castells.
Human life is organized around communication. Communication is the process of exchange of data, signals, and codes to create meaning. The character and effects of communication largely depend on the technology of communication. Power, in all societies historically known, is based on the control of communication and manipulation of information. But some technologies make it easier than others to monopolize the means of communication. Thus, in the industrial society, mass communication was organized around the mass media, such as television, radio, mass newspapers and magazines, that made possible centralized broadcasting systems and required substantial access to capital and (more…)
Pirate Bay’s Video Streaming...
Posted in IPTV, News on May 31st, 2007. By Eduard F. Vinyamata.
Today, one year ago, The Pirate Bay, one of the most important resources for downloading copyrighted content, was shut down by the Swedish police. Three days later the website was up and working again (more…)
Links from Last Week...
Posted in IPTV, Internet, News on May 31st, 2007. By Maren Hermans.
Google’s hotties (Via Digg)
Google started to show a daily list of hot trends, meaning: a list of the most popular search terms every day. Forget about the first ‘but’ in your head: porn related search-actions are excluded from the listing. (more…)
Media Cool Hunting is Growing...
Posted in News on May 19th, 2007. By Eduard F. Vinyamata.
Very soon you will be able to enjoy several changes we’ve been working on for the past few weeks:
First of all, we are humbled, yet very exited to welcome Professor Manuel Castells to Media Cool Hunting. (more…)
Future for Paid Video Downloads?...
Posted in IPTV, News on May 17th, 2007. By Maren Hermans.
A new study by Forrester Research, Inc. predicts the end for the paid video download market: Only nine percent of online adults have ever paid to download a movie or a television format. (more…)
Remediating and Remoneymaking...
Posted in Television, Internet, News on May 17th, 2007. By Maren Hermans.
“The liveness of the web is a refashioned version of the liveness of broadcast television.”, Jay David Bolter and Richard Grusin wrote in 1999.
Eight years later, this is a two way influence, as recent (more…)
Links from Last Week...
Posted in IPTV, News on May 17th, 2007. By Eduard F. Vinyamata.
Tv Anytime, Anywhere? Sooner than you think. (Watching TV Online)
The launch of Joost could show why it’s time the TV industry stopped fearing the spectre of free shows via theinternet, reports James Robinson (From the original article)
“Ta” (Photography)...
Posted in Visual, Photography on May 14th, 2007. By Ona Vinyamata.
Ta’s photographs are squared, simple and silent.
An involved-from-the-distance point of view wonderfuly leaves a lot to the viewers imagination. The sense of light and space in his scenes keep on reminding us of Tanizaki’s “In Praise of Shadows”
European TV Consumption Online...
Posted in IPTV, Television, News on May 10th, 2007. By Eduard F. Vinyamata.
An study conducted by Motorola shows that 45% of European broadband users have watched at least some TV shows online. How many of those broadband users (more…)