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media trending
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The business of digital consumption. Discussing consumer technology, digital distribution, and the business models that evolve around them.
- Added on: Aug 11th, 2007
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Ryan Miller
- Listed in: Technology Business
- Tags: music entertainment Web 2.0 Tech media vod
Recent Posts
Slow traction for Blu-Ray
Not much has changed since the HD-DVD format met its demise several months ago. Adoption continues to be slow. And not surprising, since players are still at $400+. They need to be at $200 or below (a milestone HD-DVD hardware had already reached). B...
What Hollywood can learn from the music industry
Wired has a good commentary on the lessons Hollywood should learn from the music industry. The article points out the folly of the music industry’s strategy to fight piracy while not providing a suitable alternative for consumers. Their obsessi...
Blu-ray wins. Yawn.
Blu-ray has all but won with Warner’s recent abandonment of HD-DVD. Some are declaring this a victory for consumers, as it resolves the format war dispute. In the long run, maybe. In the short run, not so much. I just had to tell my dad to retu...
Comcast & Panasonic unveil portable DVR that’s ugly as sin
For all the talk of Comcast’s new open platform tru2way, the device they chose to lead with is not going to win many advocates. It’s a portable DVR player which you can take with you to catch up on your backlog of shows. Problems: 1) Yuk...
Yorke to musicians: don’t let the labels rob you
David Byrne interviews Thom Yorke on the future of music in the latest Wired. Some interesting tidbits from the Radiohead front-man. Byrne: Are you making money on the download of In Rainbows? Yorke: In terms of digital income, we’ve made more...
