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Marc-Elliott Pierre-Louis (Sensorial Architecture)
Posted in Visual, Art, Design, Video on June 28th, 2007. By Ona Vinyamata.
Marc-Elliot is a sensory architect and a vusician. A visual alchemist.
We believe that Pierre-Louis’ work, framed in the fields of marketing, entertainment and environmental design, is based in the neurological condition of Synesthesia: that in which two or more bodily senses (more…)
Live TV: Where Traditional Broadcasters Will Live On
Posted in IPTV, Television, News on June 28th, 2007. By Eduard F. Vinyamata.
Broadcasting used to require an expensive, government auctioned, broadcasting license. It granted the right to use a portion of the limited radio frequency spectrum. With cable and satellite, the limited radio spectrum issue was largely solved, (more…)
It’s payback time: Monetizing User Generated Content
Posted in IPTV, Internet, Advertising, News on June 28th, 2007. By Maren Hermans.
‘Can User Generated Content (UCG) be monetized?’ A new study by Bear Stearns is asking (Via The Long Tail). ‘Yes.’ would be the answer of 20-year-old Brandon Fletcher, who just signed a revenue-sharing deal with YouTube for his online dating show. (more…)
Links from Last Week
Posted in Citizen Journalism, Publishing, Long Tail, Internet, Reports, News on June 28th, 2007. By Maren Hermans.
When everybody is able to make news, to report and, most important, to reach viewers and readers, organization plays an important role. How to organize this endless stream of information? (more…)
A Successful Business Model in an Evolving TV
Posted in IPTV, Television, News on June 21st, 2007. By Eduard F. Vinyamata.
What used to be the device that living rooms where designed around is losing it’s spotlight to younger and more intelligent gadgets such as the PC or the mobile phone. Or isn’t it? The fact that Joost might soon be bundled with your brand new TV, or your future cable/satellite box, might indicate that rather than disapearing, TV is finally evolving. (more…)
Mini Episodes, a possible first step into IPTV
Posted in IPTV, Television, Mobile, News on June 21st, 2007. By Eduard F. Vinyamata.
Following the Snack Size Contents trend we reported about a few months ago, Sony Pictures Television recently launched on MySpace what they call their minisode network. It features carefully reedited versions of their “out of catalog” TV shows so that, while preserving the story arc, each chapter is reduced to about six minutes. Pre-roll ad included. Here at Bamboo we’ve been working on that very same concept, applied to live TV. (more…)
Dominique Donois (Paper Sculpturing)
Posted in Visual, Art on June 21st, 2007. By Ona Vinyamata.
Dominique Donois lives in France, near a castle. She creates “wonderful dreams” unbelievably made out of paper (papier-mâché). Unbelievably because they seem alive cartoons. (more…)
Dilemma of the Journalist, Part 2
Posted in Citizen Journalism, Publishing, Internet, News on June 21st, 2007. By Maren Hermans.
What is the internet, if not a narcissist’s dream come true? Wired is asking its readers this week. That is a good question, and its subject is surely accompanied by another dream: the nightmare of the professional journalist. (more…)
Youtubing: Turning a brand into a cultural practice
Posted in IPTV, Internet, Mobile, News on June 21st, 2007. By Maren Hermans.
Every week, we hear news from YouTube. Exciting, interesting, groundbreaking. No way to ignore them. Especially not if our goal is to cover new developments and new technologies in media. But we started to ask ourself: Are we still reflecting? What about all the other platforms, other companies, other brands? And here, while asking the question, we already got the answer: YouTube is more than a brand, more than just a name between others. It is actually on its way to become a cultural practice. (more…)
Patrick Haney (Web Design Inspiration)
Posted in Visual, Design on June 15th, 2007. By Ona Vinyamata.
An image is a visual representation produced or perceived on a limited surface. Any blank surface to be filled with visual contents is a challenge, but imagine how this challenge grows when that blank space (more…)