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Predictions for digital media for 2008

January 5th, 2008 · 9 Comments

Predictions appear to be a big blog topic this New Year. I have decided to pick a particular topic to predict about and it’s what I mainly blog about. Technologies that will change the way we watch long form visual media. I appear to be a little late with my predictions, as video on the [...]

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Tags: Apple · DRM · google · IPTV · Microsoft · Sony · Uncategorized

Itunes dominance in Music will erode

December 28th, 2007 · 2 Comments

This morning news that Warner music was added to AmazonMP3 as DRM-free. (TechCrunch coverage) (Routers coverage) A lot has been said written about how Apple became so dominant in online Music and how it is likely to stay there.  In my opinion, Itunes will likely to always be a dominant player but will, over time, [...]

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Tags: Apple · DRM

Your Own TV Network. Get it now at Adobe.

December 25th, 2007 · No Comments

Adobe is about to release “Flash Media Server 3“. (The web site says it has, but the download area still has version 2, for 3 weeks now. Waiting….) This is great news especially because the PRICE has come down to a resonable level. This is a “Change the internet event”. Mainly because it will allow [...]

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Tags: Adobe · codecs · DRM · flash · flex · IPTV

AppleTV will be a new beginning at MacWorld

December 25th, 2007 · 4 Comments

AppleTV is called the white elephant of the Apple product line. Low Margin. Poor sales. Called “An Experiment” by Steve Jobs. I, however, see it very differently. And, in my opinion, Steve Jobs does too. Steve has always been big on diversions. The “AppleTV experiment”, the now lack of Apple TV in Christmas promotions. One [...]

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Tags: Apple · codecs · DRM · IPTV

Sony PS3 are getting desperate

December 19th, 2007 · No Comments

I said this was coming, but am surprised to see it so soon. PS3 has in the last month, dropped its pants. They have cut the bottom of the hardware costs bringing the price down dramatically. Here in Australia, the price was briefly below the Xbox360 price until they matched it. While at the same [...]

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Tags: codecs · DRM · IPTV · Microsoft · Sony