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Putting Broadband and DTV Together

Dealerscope (dealerscope.com) Gary Arlen: "Whenever I talk about MovieLink, CinemaNow, AtomFilms or any of the emerging and legitimate download and streaming movie services, one of the first questions is invariably: 'Do you just watch them on your computer screen?' ¶ As if there were something wrong with that! ¶ But, in fact, broadband delivery of online movies leads well beyond the desktop and laptop–directly to the digital video screens that are promulgating in American homes. ¶ The other oft-asked question is how long it takes for a movie to download. We're no longer in a dial-up modem world, with its painfully slow transmission. Broadband delivers the movies in minutes, not hours. [snip]"

DRM or taxes?

p2pnet.net p2pnet.net News:- With the Big Five record labels still trying todecide how best to squeeze consumers into buying online product through one or other of the corporate download sites they both supply and back, the European Union is moving to "defuse a clash between some of the world's largest technology companies and national agencies over who should collect payments for digital royalties".

Joi Ito's Web: Essay about trends

Joi Ito's Web: Essay about trends Venture capitalist Joi Ito writes, "Here are some thoughts on where I think things are going in the mobile and content space."

Boing Boing: Miniature Khutu's Pyramid turns your Japanese mobile phone into a PVR

Boing Boing: Miniature Khutu's Pyramid turns your Japanese mobile phone into a PVR

The Bullying Pulpit

- The Bullying Pulpit By Art Brodsky. In the first quarter of the year, about 100,000 people each month decided they were fed up with what broadcast radio stations were feeding them. They were fed up with the same songs played dozens of times a day, fed up with car dealers screaming at them in commercials. So, these people signed up for XM Radio, a pay-radio service broadcast by satellite. This year, XM added something new to its more than 100 channels of music and talk—local traffic and weather information. ¶ That new development was too much for the powerful broadcasting lobby, which sees the local market, and local ad revenue, as its own. Rather than recognize a weakness in their programming and try to find a way to hang on to their listeners, the broadcasters instead went to their friends in Congress as part of a campaign that would restrict consumer choice.

Praise God and Pass the Music Files

The New York Times
The Christian punk band Relient K built its audience by playing songs of faith for the Christian marketplace. Except for their devotional lyrics, the band sounds indistinguishable from a secular rock group. And the audience, in turn, has responded like fans of other musical genres: downloading the songs free from unauthorized file-sharing services.

Time Warner to offer music on demand - Apr. 23, 2004

Time Warner to offer music on demand - Apr. 23, 2004 Time Warner Inc. is launching an on-demand music video digital cable network, using content from its America Online unit, the company announced Friday. ¶ The new network, called My MC, will be available in May to digital cable subscribers of Time Warner Cable, the nation's No. 2 cable operator, with about 10 million customers. ¶ AOL for Broadband spokeswoman Anne Bentley said the company is talking to other cable operators about offering My MC on their digital cable tier as well. [CNN Money]

Movies play big on the PC screen

Movies play big on the PC screen. Frame by frame, file by file Hollywood's latest nightmare production could be rolling. ¶ Ipsos-Insight, a worldwide marketing research firm, reported Tuesday one out of five Internet users who swap files have downloaded a full-length motion picture. Almost 10 percent did so within 30 days of the research product conducted by Matt Kleinschmitt, senior analyst. [CBS MarketWatch]

US Wireless Broadband Market Grows -- But Which Standard Will Survive?

US Wireless Broadband Market Grows -- But Which Standard Will Survive? One thing is for certain – demand for wireless broadband is going to increase rapidly in the US. However, perceived competition between the three main access technologies means that many companies don't know how to meet that demand. ¶ WiFi, WiMAX and 802.20 are three technologies for providing broadband network connections wirelessly, and it's difficult to tell which one to back in this race. [Digital-Lifestyles.info]

Here, There, WiFi Anywhere

The Sunday Washington Post has a special report on WiFi, "Here, There, WiFi Anywhere."