The present and future of post production business and technology

Day: March 10, 2010

  • Latest videos from Feb LAFCPUG

    Latest videos from Feb LAFCPUG meeting now on Open TV Network. http://bit.ly/dnoEh5 Larry Jordan on “How to configure your (Final Cut Pro) system to minimize problems and Nesting. Best $1.49 you’ll spend this week. Barry Goch provides an extensive (48 minutes for just $1.99) introduction to “Smoke on a Mac” – more than a product…

  • OK Go leave EMI, form own label

    OK Go leave EMI, form own lable. http://bit.ly/aZ0uL1 EMI banned embedding for real viral campaign, tried fake viral. Band leaves. Profit. Pop band OK Go are riding a wave of viral video success again with the amazing video of Here we go again but their last video flopped because their then label, EMI, refused to…

  • Why should Apple buy Adobe?

    “Why Apple should buy Adobe” http://theappleblog.com/2010/03/09/why-apple-should-buy-adobe/ Simple answer, they shouldn’t!  Also that the writer thinks After Effects could be discarded makes their knowledge of video production pretty suspect, and therefore the rest of the article should be treated with suspicion. But it’s an interesting thought. Apple could buy Adobe out of cash on hand. Adobe’s…

  • Kyte introduces broadcast quality live streaming

    Kyte introduces broadcast quality (SD) streaming in a backpack, not a truck! http://tcrn.ch/9GL5yJ It’s hard to believe that a backpack kit with wireless links can do the same portability and live reporting flexibility as those news trucks I see driving around LA all the time, with their relatively clumsy microwave uplink tower. Kyte’s partners in…

  • 79c an hour for Desperate Housewives

    79c an hour for Desperate Houswives from advertising revenue. http://nyti.ms/aRhoU2 This is right at the high end of advertising revenue per viewer per show.  Most fall in the range of 25-65c per viewer per show, with a few very successful outliers at 70-80c per viewer per show. And yet, through iTunes they want $1.99. Just…

  • Scott Kirsner is giving away free copies of his “Fans, Friends and Followers” ebook

    RT @ScottKirsner: free copies of the “Fans, Friends & Followers” e-book for the duration of @SXSW: http://bit.ly/bs2k50 (spread the word?) I’m working my way through this book but Scott is one person who has his finger on the pulse of independent distribution. The book is a summary of his thoughts and a series of interviews…

  • EU parliament overwhelmingly rejects ACTA

    EU parliament overwhelmingly votes against insidious nasty ACTA http://bit.ly/9xbgbL Great result. US should follow quickly. Nasty stuff ACTA is a trade agreement being negotiated in secret so that even American politicians can’t see it. But old media are heavily involved and basically attempting to rewrite international law to favor their dying business models. Bad news…