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MIPTV in Cannes April 2010 the place to be this year #miptv
I’ve just seen the details for this year’s MIPTV to be held in Cannes April 12 – 16th.
From the conference agenda – where else would you find Shine Group’s Elisabeth Murdoch and Joanna Shields, News Corp’s Jonathan Miller, Sky’s Jeremy Darroch to name just a few.
MIP Digital kicks off with a by-invitation executive brainstorming huddle featuring 40 senior leaders from the highest ranks of digital entertainment.
Companies set to attend include YouTube, Hulu, Facebook, AOL, Channel 4, The Walt Disney Company, France Télévision Interactive, Paramount Digital Entertainment, Starz Media, ITV Marvel Entertainment and RTL Group, amongst others. More...
JASRAC wants to charge YOU for tweeting song lyrics!
In a completely boneheaded move, the Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers (JASRAC) announced that they want to set up a system to charge people who tweet any part of song lyric.
As reported (in the Japanese language) on J-cast news, they haven't decided on the details yet, but JASRAC insists it's the law and everyone has to obey with their decree.
"We want everyone to recognize that Internet is not your private place," JASRAC says. Even in the world of 140 characters, the law must be obeyed.
Yikes!
Music artists I know like Amanda Palmer (who has 400,000 Twitter followers) love when people tweet their stuff because they get more fans!
Here is what JASRAC is in the business of doing according to the JASRAC English language site: More...
Hospitality TV Operators Embracing IPTV
Hotels and Airlines alone will account for a $1.9 billion global market in 2012, indicating that for most hospitality applications, analog video use is likely to quickly become extinct.
MRG says that both In-Room Entertainment (IRE) and In-Flight Entertainment (IFE) markets show a sharp shift in user expectations.
"While respondents indicated that IPTV may be too expensive for the low-end market, the study finds that there is a substantial and growing need for IPTV to serve the mid- and high-end of the hospitality market. More...
What Brands Can Learn From AC-DC
Australia’s greatest musical export AC-DC recently returned to home soil for a major sell-out tour.
These guys are simply amazing. Still rocking after all these years, packing in the crowds year after year after year. Who would have thought the band would still be one of the biggest rock acts in the world some 35 years after their formation in Australia in 1974?
POP QUIZ: What was the first gig AC-DC played? (check the answer at the bottom of the post!).
Let’s face it, any brand would kill for AC-DC’s longevity, their cross-generational appeal and the fanatical fan base that continues to buy their product year in, year out. More...
Why 2010 will be the year TV and the web really converge | Media | guardian.co.uk
How Project Canvas’s user experience might work
There is a real feeling within the TV business that the year ahead looks set to become something of a milestone for our industry. The long-heralded convergence of television, video, broadcast and the internet is reaching a tipping point. But why are things about to change dramatically and what is this likely to mean for programme-making, post production - editing, sound, special effects - and delivery of TV content?
Looking back at the past decade, highlights that will change the trajectory of the industry in the next 10 years include the steady migration to digital media at all points from acquisition to consumption, the emergence of an increasingly universal transport medium built around the internet protocol (IP) and the ever-expanding reach, capacity and performance of the public internet as a viable platform for rich media distribution, including video.
DSBtheMovie: Crowdsourced film created quickly and with zero budget
While in Amsterdam where I keynoted the Marketing Pioneers event, I met Jan Willem Alphenaar, Producer and Director of DSB the Movie.
The film tells the story of the Netherland's DSB Bank NV which was declared bankrupt by court in October, 2009.
Amazingly, Jan crowdsourced everything for the film including the film's logo, producer, scriptwriters, soundtrack, editor, camera, actors, and publicity. The film will be completed in just four months and with zero budget.
Here is my interview with Jan which includes the film's trailer at 0:55.
Direct link to the film trailer here.
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Infographic: Video Games By Numbers
A few interesting facts: Average gamer age is 32.
26% are over 50.
80% of Wii gamers are female
On average 18 hours are spent a WEEK playing video games
The Xbox 360 is 10 times more likely to fail in the first 2 years than the Nintendo Wii.
A Digital B2B Future
I admit it. I went to see Miley Cyrus at the O2. Whatever the rumours to the contrary, it was my kids that wanted to go. They badgered me at least once to buy tickets, which, as a dutiful father, I did. I spent the first few tracks ogling a blonde dancer with my daughter’s binoculars, and then there was a pause. The music lowered and Hannah, I mean Miley, addressed her adoring fathers. I mean fans.
“This Summer I had to, you know, get away from everything and everyone and do some growing up. So I made a movie called ‘The Last Song,’ and it was so totally the best thing I’ve ever done. More...