Madonna releases latest single as an MP3
Posted by Simon Perry on 31 March 2003 | Tagged as: Content
I see that Madonna has released her latest single, American Life, as a downloadable MP3 well in advance of its official release on 29 April 2003.
Archive for March, 2003
At last, PVR to become popular
Posted by Simon Perry on 25 March 2003 | Tagged as: Gadgets, Platforms
The question that is always raised, when one or more TiVo owners are gathered together is — why doesn’t everyone have one? I know that I couldn’t live without mine. In fact I don’t watch live TV, unless there happens to be a war on. In-Stat/MDR latest report reveals that 83% of their respondents were either “Extremely satisfied” or “Very satisfied” with their PVR.
War is good for streaming
Posted by Simon Perry on 24 March 2003 | Tagged as: Content
Forbes has a piece covering how streaming media is getting a boost from the public appetite for all things war. This is the same for text news — I know there has also been a considerable spike in usage for Google with their excellent news product.
Tragic – SonicBlue file for Chapter 11
Posted by Simon Perry on 23 March 2003 | Tagged as: Business
Sad news as SonicBlue file for Chapter 11. In my view they were singularly the most progressive thinking company in the digital media space, with features like Ethernet ports on their PVR, ReplayTV, from the very beginning.
Media player for Xbox
Posted by Simon Perry on 21 March 2003 | Tagged as: Content
There’s an interesting open-source project on SourceForge called XboxMediaPlayer that gives modded Xboxes the ability to show video/audio/pictures on a TV’s. The development is highly active, which has taken it to the four most active on SF.
Reuters launch “Raw Video”
Posted by Simon Perry on 20 March 2003 | Tagged as: Content
In an interesting move, Reuters announced the launch of their “Raw Video” service coverage of the now-current war. After looking at it, it’s not quite the warts-and-all unedited rushes that the service first sounds like, but is certainly a step in an new direction.
Yahoo Platinum AV service launches
Posted by Simon Perry on 17 March 2003 | Tagged as: Content
Yahoo launch their $9.95/month Platinum audio and video service on Monday. It’s going to be going head-to-head with RealOne SuperPass. Lots of the sports content that Yahoo have is from the purchase of Broadcast.com, who had signed exclusive, opened ended deals with the baseball teams — at a time when the teams hadn’t recognised that there was value in it.
Ken Kutaragi – Sony Visionary
Posted by Simon Perry on 17 March 2003 | Tagged as: Business
Short bio on Ken Kutaragi is the person that Nobuyuki Idei, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sony Corporation calls “our Steve Jobs”.
Microsoft Xbox Live – Now Live
Posted by Simon Perry on 14 March 2003 | Tagged as: Distribution
A significant milestone in broadband gaming today as Microsoft Xbox Live goes live over most of Europe, and enters the shops in the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium and Sweden.
Microsoft and MPEG-4
Posted by Simon Perry on 9 March 2003 | Tagged as: Business
Microsoft subsidise MPEG-4 to gain market share.
