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Key Articles of the Week...
Posted in Television, Publishing, Mobile, News on November 11th, 2007. By Eduard F. Vinyamata.
Google Launches Mobile Phone Platform, Android: What it Means, What Experts Think
A fully integrated mobile “software stack” that consists of an operating system, middleware, user-friendly interface and applications. It will be made available under one of the most progressive, developer-friendly open-source licenses, which gives mobile operators and device manufacturers significant freedom and flexibility to design products.
Trends in Media: Freemium...
Posted in Television, Publishing, Music, Mobile, News, Free on November 2nd, 2007. By Eduard F. Vinyamata.
Freemium is business model that works by offering basic services for free, which potentially attracts a large customer base, and then charging a premium for advanced or special features. Let’s see how this Web 2.0 trend is working (or could potentially work) for media, from mobile platforms to publishing. (more…)
Key Articles of the Week...
Posted in IPTV, Television, Mobile, News on November 2nd, 2007. By Eduard F. Vinyamata.
The Google Phone: The Story So Far, Some Launch Details & What’s Next
The Wall Street Journal has been reporting on Google’s mobile phone efforts and how it is beginning to draw some interest from carriers, especially in the United States. Sprint (S) and Verizon (VZ) are in talks with Google (GOOG), according to the Journal, and an announcement by the company is expected sometime in November. Here is what I have been able to gather from my sources:
Links of the Week...
Posted in Music, Internet, Mobile, Advertising, News on September 21st, 2007. By Eduard F. Vinyamata.
Record Labels Use Piracy Data to Please Fans (Via Digg)
It turns out that P2P is not only an enemy for the major record labels, it’s also an excellent marketing research tool. In fact, MediaDefender is using piracy to help labels increase profitability. (more…)
Still Looking for a Business Model for Internet Video...
Posted in IPTV, Television, Internet, Mobile, News on September 13th, 2007. By Eduard F. Vinyamata.
Despite the huge growth of video on the net, a clear business model has yet to be found. At MCH we advocate that to find a working business model a complete paradigm shift is required: The industry is not only in front of a simple platform shift, it’s facing a whole social transformation where scarcity doesn’t exist…among other important changes. (more…)
Product Placement 2.0...
Posted in Mobile, Advertising, News on September 6th, 2007. By Eduard F. Vinyamata.
Apple announced a partnership with Starbucks that will let their new WiFi enabled iPods and iPhones download music from any WiFi enhanced Starbucks store. An important part of the “Starbucks Experience” is the music selection they play at their stores. What was a cost to Starbucks might suddenly become a new revenue stream as iPod and iPhone users start to check on their devices what music is currently playing and buy it on the spot. (more…)
Links of the Week...
Posted in Television, Citizen Journalism, Music, Mobile, News on August 24th, 2007. By Eduard F. Vinyamata.
The Onward March of Citizen Journalism
Every major news event from the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami has been recorded by Citizen Journalists and broadcasted by traditional media. The Beijing Olympics of 2008 could be the event that pushes the trend forward. (more…)
Links from last week...
Posted in IPTV, Publishing, Mobile, News on August 16th, 2007. By Maren Hermans.
1 The copyright-question remains a hard one. In a world where publishing is that easy: so are copying, pasting and stealing. New guidelines could help to redefine property in new media. (more…)
Immediate media: Everywhere, anywhere, whatever you choose...
Posted in Television, Internet, Mobile, News on July 20th, 2007. By Maren Hermans.
Day in and day out, there is a lot to organize, categorize, customize, manage and report on. And let’s not forget: a lot to be entertained and informed by. The postmodern world maybe lost it’s grand narratives, but it offers a lot of little ones. Welcome to the age of immediate media. (more…)
New power of the mobile platform...
Posted in Mobile, News on July 13th, 2007. By Maren Hermans.
What a cellphone can do for you, how it looks like, how it makes you look, all that seemed to change in a week’s time. Making the mobile platform fashionable; once again, Apple did what they do best. (more…)