The present and future of post production business and technology

Day: May 14, 2010

  • Cable TV was created to sell more TVs

    Cable TV was created to sell more TVs. http://bit.ly/cAhDSx Talk about unintendec consequences. Guest blogger Craig Engle Senior VP from SyFy on Boing Boing has written a really interesting series all week on why shows get produced and others don’t; why shows get cancelled and other insights into the mind of a network executive. Walson connected…

  • If you’re not totally bored with Adobe v Apple re Flash…

    If you’re not totally bored re Apple v Adobe re Flash MC Seigler “Adobe You Brought An Advertisement To A Gun Fight” http://tcrn.ch/9PjWYp Adobe, no one seems to want to say this to you, but I will. Stop it, you’re embarrassing yourself. You’ve just spent God-knows how much money on an ad buy that blankets much…

  • Mick Jagger says that record labels no longer pay money to artists

    Mick jagger says that record labels no longer pay money to artists (and only did for 25 years) http://bit.ly/cVWDuY The article has a lot of background to the Stones, the Exile on Main Street album and his thoughts on Internet distribution: I’m talking about the internet. But that’s just one facet of the technology of…

  • Reputation vs. Branding

    Reputation vs. Branding http://bit.ly/cnV5vA Doc Searls on why reputation is more important than branding. Branding has jumped the shark. The meme is stale. Worn out. Post-peak. If branding were a show on Fox, it would be cancelled next week. He goes on to make the case that what’s really important is reputation. Without reputation the…

  • Vidler launches HTML5 beta

    Vidler launches HTML5 beta – another distributor gets on the HTML5 bandwagon. Adding HTML5 support means iPhone, iPod touch and iPad users can now watch Viddler-hosted videos. Previously, they couldn’t watch Viddler content because the devices don’t support Adobe’s Flash platform.