Very good interview by Walt Mossbert
Saturday, June 2, 2007
Friday, June 1, 2007
BestBuy, Blockbuster To Enter Movie Downloads; Deals With Lionsgate
I found this post on paicontent.org last night. I always knew a large number of providers would offer movies online for consumers to rent or purchase, but I have to admit, I'm surprised at how many and how quickly they have launched. I did see this a bit with music downloads, followed by a large consolidation, but the train seems to just be picking up steam.
To date, since early 2006, Amazon, Apple, Wal-Mart, Vongo, AOL, NetFlix (and now BestBuy and Blockbuster) have all gotten into the game. This is in addition to Movielink and CinemaNow who have been in the game for over 4 years.
In addition, most of the movie download services are pricing their studio titles with little or no margin (negative in some cases). Wal-Mart and Apple provide the content as a lost leader to bolster their storefronts or consumer electric sales.
I will be interesting to see how things shape up... let the games begin.
I found this post on paicontent.org last night. I always knew a large number of providers would offer movies online for consumers to rent or purchase, but I have to admit, I'm surprised at how many and how quickly they have launched. I did see this a bit with music downloads, followed by a large consolidation, but the train seems to just be picking up steam.
To date, since early 2006, Amazon, Apple, Wal-Mart, Vongo, AOL, NetFlix (and now BestBuy and Blockbuster) have all gotten into the game. This is in addition to Movielink and CinemaNow who have been in the game for over 4 years.
In addition, most of the movie download services are pricing their studio titles with little or no margin (negative in some cases). Wal-Mart and Apple provide the content as a lost leader to bolster their storefronts or consumer electric sales.
I will be interesting to see how things shape up... let the games begin.
Sunday, May 20, 2007
What is Digital Media?
I've been involved with Digital Media since 1994 when I took an online producers position at NTN Communications (sports and trivia game network). Every since, whenever I get asked 'what do you do' I get that unknowing blank stare from people when I tell them "I work in digital media". Wikipedia defines digital media as "Digital media (as opposed to analog media) usually refers to electronic media that work on digital codes." I'm not even sure I know what that means. For me, digital media is text, pictures, audio, and video content delivered on an interactive platform (Internet, mobile phone, IPTV platform, etc.). It's content delivered to consumers who can interact with that content. This interaction can be as simple as select the next set of text results, posting a reply or a review of the content, to as complex as creating the content themselves or participating in the creation of the content.
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