A poignant comment by El Skid today:
“…if we play our cards right, we will begin to be able to perceive film much more the way we perceive art. The value of the work is directly linked to the value of the artist. Build the concept of director as artist, removed from the [...]
Wired just posted an interesting article titled “The Web Is Dead. Long Live the Internet” with an infographic showing the recent rapid increase of video and the steady decline of browser-based web traffic.
The relatively large file size of video skews such statistics toward video in comparison to text and photos in pure traffic terms, but [...]
This glimpse into how Netflix sees the future of media distribution is revealing both for their segment and for the broader industry. This is the actual powerpoint presentation from their CEO’s office, they were nice enough to share it…
Netflix Business Opportunity
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Content providers hoping to finally make money from online digital distribution [click title for more]
Wired magazine has revealed a glimpse of what it sees as its future in a digital world — a tablet-based format with a rich, immersive experience combining web interactivity with print-caliber design and a whole new sense of freedom.
They seem to be adding a few new ideas to similar prototypes we’ve seen from Sports Illustrated, [...]
An indie film dominates Hulu.com and details on the $30m deal for the YouTube short film [click on title for more]
YouTube is beginning to open the door to a paying audience for indie filmmakers. [click title for more]
I think that the more literal approach to developing a magazine experience on a tablet is one of the smart directions to go, especially since it might be a smoother transition from print to digital with a much better visual experience than the web. But as creative companies and individuals experiment with new interfaces over [...]
This is crude and cumbersome, and the implementations we’ve seen so far from GQ, Billboard, InStyle and the rest have been weak. But I love the idea.
As part of a few ads and a number of pieces of editorial content, magazines have included digital marks that when shot with a mobile phone camera (with the [...]
A somewhat flexible wireless digital reader is on it’s way through Sprint. As reported from the 2010 CES trade show by engadget, it will have wifi and Sprint 3G capability. [click title for more]
Mashable.com, citing The Wall Street Journal, reports that the Apple tablet will launch in March with a price tag of $1,000. [click title for more]
