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The state of Citizen Journalism...
Posted in Citizen Journalism, Internet, News, Pro Am Journalism on July 20th, 2007. By Maren Hermans.
Citizen Journalism is growing. Now it is time to set standards and learn some lessons about this new way of reporting. But from whom? What can the traditional journalist add up to it, and what does it need to make Citizen Journalism a reliable source of information? (more…)
Links from last week...
Posted in IPTV, Television, Internet, News on July 20th, 2007. By Eduard F. Vinyamata.
1 63% of U.S. broadband users watch TV or movies online
However, traditional home television ratings seem to be minimally affected by broadband video viewing, according to Nielsen. (more…)
Small news, big plans and no money: hyperlocal journalism...
Posted in Citizen Journalism, Internet, News, Hyperlocal Journalism on July 13th, 2007. By Maren Hermans.
Naturally, the Internet works good for world news and vacation weather reports. But if the so called “World Wide Web” wants to go local, or even hyperlocal: is there anything more to add to the average citizen journalist reporting life from his living room? (more…)
LiveStation: Microsoft’s Live IPTV Solution...
Posted in IPTV, News on July 13th, 2007. By Eduard F. Vinyamata.
Two weeks ago we pointed out solutions and technologies to achieve live TV broadcasting over the Internet. Last week, Skinkers, a UK startup, presented a solution based on Microsoft Research technology: LiveStation. (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…)
Links from Last Week...
Posted in Citizen Journalism, Advertising, News, Pro Am Journalism on July 13th, 2007. By Eduard F. Vinyamata.
1 Creative Crowdwriting: The Open Book
Wired started republishing a selection of their Assignment Zero stories. Assignment Zero is a Pro-Am Journalism platform: a mix of professional journalists and members of the public: “Citizen Reporters”. This first selection of 12 stories are about “crowdsourcing” . (more…)
On duties, dazzle and danger of Citizen Journalism...
Posted in Citizen Journalism, Publishing, Long Tail, Reports, Advertising, News on July 5th, 2007. By Maren Hermans.
Citizen reporters can help to improve the work of traditional journalists. But without an organizing and overlooking element, is there a risk for the credibility and authority of news? (more…)
Looking back at TV’s past to foreshadow it’s future...
Posted in IPTV, Television, News on July 5th, 2007. By Eduard F. Vinyamata.
How what’s important in a communication platform is changing values, and how TV’s future business model could be in it’s past. (more…)
Links from last week...
Posted in Television, Internet, Mobile, News on July 5th, 2007. By Maren Hermans.
1 Once upon a time, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) had a mission: to control if new US films were morally acceptable before they appeared on the big screen. Well, times have changed (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…)