Tuesday, May 18, 2010

"The Future Of TV Is: There Is NO TV (Just Different Screen Sizes) ~Avner Ronen, Boxee {Video} #PSFK #DigitalVideo #Boxee

From the PFSK Conference New York 2010/psfk.com:

" Some highlights from his talk:

- “The internet rather than proprietary networks will be the backbone for video (tv is just one more connected screen).” Boxee is a great example of how this would be implemented. As a mutli-media browser that combines the “worlds of The Internet and television,” Boxee allows users to stream entertainment from across inputs, channels and platforms (i.e. LAN shares, DVD, and online services like BBC iPlayer, Last.fm, NPR, ABC, Blip.TV, CNN). Companies like Boxee that aggregrate rather than segregate, will be the entertainment operations of the future.

- “For the most successful shows, video will only be a piece of the offering (coming: gaming, social interactions, mobile.)” Ronen predicts the rise of transmedia and the fluid movement of entertainment across platforms and media (we’ve already started seeing this happen around cult shows like Lost, The Simpsons, and The Sopranos).

- “Discovery of entertainment will remain mostly passive” here, Ronen points out, is an opportunity for innovation. How we discover entertainment is still largely a top-down process – how can we create apps and technologies to change that dynamic – so that audiences are discovering shows they like in an active, seamless way?

- “Audience fragmentation will grow (platforms will become audience aggregators).” With access to new and diverse content constantly growing, niche markets are becoming stronger, larger, and more myriad. Platforms are evolving into audience aggregators – taking over the role that networks once held.

- “The future of TV – there won’t be TV.” A reality that won’t come to fruition for at least several years, says Ronen, but a truth entertainment and media companies must come to terms with if they want to survive. "

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Thursday, May 13, 2010

Trending Google Search Topic: " HOW DO I DELETE MY FACEBOOK ACCOUNT "

" ADOTAS – Google, you always know what I’m thinking! Or perhaps I let you do my thinking for me… Anyhow, ReadWriteWeb discovered that when a user types in the words “how do I” into the Google search box, the fifth entry on the drop down list of suggestions is “how do I delete my Facebook account” (right after “how do I love thee” and “how do I get a passport,” proving that Shakespeare and trying to get the hell out of your country are still more popular).

When I inserted “how do I” on my own Google toolbar, deleting a Facebook account actually came up beneath “how do I breathe lyrics”; as someone who listens to the radio about as often as I lactate, I discovered this was a song by R&B singer Mario, who begs the question “How do I breathe when you’re not by my side?” I suggest listening to the instructions at the beginning of Bush’s “Machinehead.” You know, Liz Phair also had a breathing problem a few years back — must be a lot of asthma in the music industry. "

More at....

http://www.adotas.com/2010/05/facebooks-brewing-privacy-nightmare/#

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Monday, May 3, 2010

{VIDEO REPORT} " Twitter Usage in America 2010 ", By Edison Research (Thx Tom Webster)

This is a great report from Edison Research compiled in the month of February 2010, so it is fresh. Special thanks to Tom Webster, Vice President, Stategy & Marketing @ Edison Research.

The PDF can be obtained as well by going to their website:

http://www.edisonresearch.com/home/archives/2010/04/twitter_usage_in_america_...

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