Monthly Archives: April 2008

New video models

April 28, 2008 – 12:09 pm

 
At the risk of encouraging disparaging remarks on my choice of subjects, I think we all suffer from “video is next Internet wave” fatigue  two sites have “launched” recently that deserve some attention. Hulu NBC and Fox’s collaboration, which due to territorial restraints I can only watch on Youtube, and Blinkbox ( co-founded by an […]

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Medium Cool

April 28, 2008 – 11:38 am

Clip above is from Medium Cool by Haskell Wexler. The title is a play on the notion of  film being a Hot Medium as defined by Marshall McLuhan. That is that it only engages one sense, is overwhelming and immersive  not requiring much  viewer particpation to extract meaning.

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Expanded media

April 25, 2008 – 1:15 pm

Convergence has been bandied about for quite a number of years without anyone really nailing down a key definition. The government through BERR and DCMS have set up a “convergence think tank” to examine the effects of convergence on the consumer landscape and the wider creative economy. There has always been something about teh word […]

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New licensing models

April 25, 2008 – 9:10 am

Demand for content has grown fuelled by Martini media  (I know the phrase is a tad out of date but I just love Leonard Rossiter) or “anywhere, anytime, anyplace”  (or if you prefer personalised, multi device, place and time shifted) media consumption.  Add in the transition from analogue to digital broadcasting, which created a proliferation of new […]

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