| Brightcove, others aim for TV on Web | | Posted Monday, October 30, 2006 11:30:04 AM by Blog57 Team | | CAMBRIDGE -- Eyebrows went up when Google Inc. recently agreed to spend $1.65 billion for YouTube, the most popular website for free video clips. But that figure could be blown away one day if some emerging companies achieve their much broader visions for the future of online TV. These companies are building flexible online networks that can host content, serve up ads, and dish out interactive features. While "viral" video-sharing sites like YouTube focus on individual clips -- many pirated -- these new Internet TV platforms are designed to host full-fledged channels that content creators control. One of the best positioned is Brightcove Inc., which today is taking the wraps off an Internet video network that handles most everything for content creators. Aiming to serve everyone from garage auteurs to major media companies, Brightcove offers free publishing tools and runs video wherever publishers want it.... | |
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| | | NTT DoCoMo Unveils 14 New 3G FOMA Handsets; Including HSDPA and ' ... | | Posted Friday, October 13, 2006 1:06:44 PM by Blog57 Team | | Tokyo, Japan, Oct 12, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - NTT DoCoMo, Inc. and its eight regional subsidiaries today announced 14 new 3G FOMA(TM) handsets-the 903i series, SIMPURE(TM) series and N902iL.All 11 new 903i handsets provide a wide range of entertainment functions. They are equipped for DoCoMo's Chaku-Uta Full(R) full-track music-downloading service. Five models can play tracks transferred from PCs that were used to download music from sites such as Napster(TM) Japan, which offers unlimited access to approximately 1.5 million downloadable tracks for a flat rate. HSDPA-capable models work with the Music Channel(TM) service, which enables up to two music programs to be downloaded automatically during the night, and the expanded i-motion(TM) video clip for downloading up to 10MB files. All models are compatible with Mega i-appli rich applications, and some are also equipped for 'One-segment' digital terrestrial broadcasting.The new 903i series offer a number of improved conveniences for daily life.... | |
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| | | Warner Music videos to be free on YouTube | | Posted Tuesday, September 19, 2006 3:26:22 PM by Blog57 Team | | Music videos from artists including Madonna are to be made available free on the popular video website YouTube, as part of a deal with Warner Music. The agreement will see thousands of videos and interviews placed online on YouTube. It is not the first deal of its kind, as television broadcasters have been working with the site for some time. Capitol Records is also among the music companies to have embraced the site, but YouTube co-founder and chief executive Chad Hurley said the Warner deal was one of the most important he had ever made. "This is a real landmark for our company," he said. .... | |
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| | | Two More John Klemmer Recordings Released For Digital Download | | Posted Monday, August 07, 2006 5:04:00 AM by Blog57 Team | | Two More John Klemmer Contemporary Classics Series Recordings, Rio, vol.1 and vol.2 (Tough Records), released's for Digital Download only, available at iTUNES & other prominant Digital Music websites, is in the tradition of John Klemmer's now classic "Brazilia" & "Arabesque", on Klemmer's own Tough Records "Vanity" Label for "special release's only". These two, never before released fantastic recordings, chronicling John's journey into his exploring what he calls "the consciouness of Brazillian Music", in his own unique way, offer the Passionate & Beautiful Songs of John Klemmer, from, the Gentle & Sensual Bossa Nova-Samba Songs to the energetic Samba's including two Latin versions of John's now classic song "Tough". The prococative & memorable Song's & Performance's in these two recordings take you to a Romantic, Happy & Rhythmic place of Love Songs & Dance that only Brazillian Music can take you.... | |
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| | | RIM, MMP set flat fee for digital music use | | Posted Tuesday, August 01, 2006 11:07:30 PM by Blog57 Team | | It just got even easier for local content developers and telecommunications companies to utilise music in their services. The Recording Industry of Malaysia (RIM) and Malaysian Music Publishers Bhd (MMP) have agreed to a standard copyright fee of 8% of any royalties gained from the digital use of a song or a piece of music. Also, a content developer or telco now only needs to approach RIM for permission to use the music instead of going to the particular label, which can be time-consuming if there are several songs involved. Sandy Monteiro, RIM chairman, said the agreement will help stimulate further growth in the digital music business in the country. He said it creates a conducive environment for the content providers and telcos, especially in the delivery of ringtones, true tones, and ring-back tones. "We have simplified the process for them," Monteiro said at a press conference here last week to announce the agreement. The agreement covers current and future digital music formats.... | |
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