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YouTube’s Newest Competition...
Posted in IPTV, News on August 9th, 2007. By Eduard F. Vinyamata.
YouTube’s competition is coming from many fronts and in many ways, yet it still manages over 21% of all online video streams. Yahoo, while only having 4.6% of streams, recently stated that they are going to take on YouTube. (more…)
My car, my house, my face: microblogging and the hyper-personal...
Posted in News, Hyperlocal Journalism on August 9th, 2007. By Maren Hermans.
Everybody is wondering what to do with hyper-local journalism: Can it work? How? Maybe, hyper-local is just too close to hyper-personal? Or is it the same? The hyper-local’s doom could be the hyper-personal’s glory. While social networking sites are more popular than ever, hyper-local sites are not flourishing. (more…)
BBC’s “as big a milestone as the arrival of color TV”, the iPlayer...
Posted in IPTV, Television, News on August 9th, 2007. By Eduard F. Vinyamata.
The BBC recently launched iPlayer a software that let’s UK residents download broadcasted contents and watch them on their computer up to 30 days after their original broadcast. (more…)
Harry Potter and Controlled Releases...
Posted in Publishing, Long Tail, Internet, News on August 9th, 2007. By Eduard F. Vinyamata.
The Spanish language version of the latest Harry Potter book will be released later on this year…the official one anyways. According to TechCrunch, a fan translated version of the book can be found on the net right now. (more…)
Links from last week...
Posted in Publishing, Internet, News on August 9th, 2007. By Eduard F. Vinyamata.
1 Content Makers Are Accused of Exaggerating Copyright (Link requires subscription)
An association of companies, some of which are the usual target of recent media lawsuits, have joined forces to fight overstated copyright infringement warnings from content creators. (more…)
Summer Vacation Break...
Posted in Uncategorized on July 28th, 2007. By Eduard F. Vinyamata.
Media Cool Hunting is taking a one week vacation. The next update will be published on the 9th of August and will include any important news and stories from the last 14 days. See you in a couple of weeks!
Reality Bites: The YouTube/CNN debate...
Posted in IPTV, Television, Citizen Journalism, Internet, News on July 28th, 2007. By Maren Hermans.
What was supposed to be a debate on politics turned into a debate on journalism and multimedia. Does ‘broadcast yourself’ mean to participate in a political debate, and what is the role of traditional journalism in the relation between politician and voter? (more…)
Google, the lobbyists and a reminder...
Posted in Internet, News on July 28th, 2007. By Maren Hermans.
In the past months, Google made such big steps that it is a. hard to follow, b. hard to belive and c. hard to accept. Natural scepticism makes me wonder how more is accepted from a company that thrives on its image as a very innovative and very colourful bunch of happy people. (more…)
Making Money out of Online Video: Paradigm Shift Required...
Posted in IPTV, Internet, Advertising, News on July 20th, 2007. By Eduard F. Vinyamata.
How to build a business out of online video? The Streaming Media Training program (Via Lost Remote) in Valencia, Spain, was all about this question. (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…)