On Digital Media

On Digital Media, Episode #25

In this week’s episode, John Federico, Ken Gellman and Steve Hatch discuss:

• Listener email and audio comments
• Google to roll out software to protect copyrights (we now know it’s Audible Magic)
• Viacom does a distribution deal with Joost
• Nicholas Butterworth’s Diversion Media launches Snowvision, a video destination for snowboarders (He also has a site for travelers called…)
• Will all media go on-demand? We’ve certainly got enough banwidth.
• Jeff Jarvis wants FIOS so bad, he’d dig the trench himself. Funny…
• We think TV producers would freak out if television moved to a completely on-demand world…although we have the bandwidth to do it.
• XM/Sirius merger: what it really means for media
• Podcast advertising to reach $400 million annually by 2011?

Our closing music is Democracy from Alexander Blu.

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On Digital Media, Episode #24

This week, we begin a new, regular segment entitled Digital Media Makers, a series of discussions with the people who drive the business and technology of Digital Media.

Our guest this week is Keith McAllister, CEO of Mochila.

Recently named one of the Top 100 Private Companies by AlwaysOn Media , Mochila provides a global online media marketplace for print, audio, video, and photo content.

About Keith McAllister

Keith McAllister is an award-winning media executive whose career accomplishments range from investigative journalism to overseeing the largest electronic newsgathering organization in the United States. Until late 2003, Mr. McAllister had spent almost 18 years at CNN. In his last role, he was CNN’s executive vice president and managing editor of national newsgathering, a division with 500 staff that provided news coverage, programming, and other content to CNN’s many TV, radio, web, and wireless outlets. Mr. McAllister directed all news coverage, as well as nine bureaus, five beats (Political, Medical, Science, Travel, and Entertainment), and newsgathering relationships with CNN’s 700 affiliated local stations and networks. In the period between CNN and Mochila, Mr. McAllister consulted clients on media and branding strategy, crisis management, and content development strategies.

During Mr. McAllister’s tenure in charge of domestic newsgathering, CNN US’s ratings improved and the network solidified its lead in total audience among news networks. CNN also enhanced its status as the industry’s leader in breaking and quality news coverage as shown by the many awards won by Mr. McAllister’s division and its various units. Those include the following: Emmy Award, National Headliner Award, Edward R. Murrow Award, Peabody Award, Overseas Press Club Award, and Royal Television Society Award.

Prior to becoming a senior executive, Mr. McAllister’s other roles at CNN included vice president and New York bureau chief, New York managing editor, field producer, assignment editor, writer, and production assistant. Mr. McAllister received a B.A. from Amherst College and is married with three sons.

You can learn more about Keith and Mochila at www.mochila.com.

NOTE FROM JOHN: The audio quality of this episode is not up to our usual standards, but we now have better gear for mobile recording and promise improved quality during the next installment of Digital Media Makers. Cheers. -jf.

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On Digital Media, Episode #23

In this episode, John Federico, Chia-Lin Simmons and Steve Hatch ponder:

• Steve Job’s DRM Rant
• Piper Jaffray’s Gene Munster believes that Apple would benefit from the unlocking of DRM-protected music as people choose their player first and their music store second and consistently, people are choosing Apple’s iPod.
• Karl Kruger doesn’t think you should be walking around New York City and crossing the streets with your iPod. He’s proposing a $100 fine. Puhleeeease….
• Wal-Mart opens a digital movie download service
• Companies that don’t make their video content available in digital, on-demand format will be subject to piracy. Duh.
• TV and Movie downloads to hit $6.3 Billion by 2012
• The top ten reasons why movie downloads suck
• IAC is going to be investing millions in content creation, bucking the trend of consumer generated media
• Mobile ESPN….it’s baaaaack on Verizon’s Vcast Service
• Will the Disney MVNO fail, as well? John and Chia-Lin think it will succeed. Steve thinks it’s next on the DOA list.

Our wine selection was a 2003 Old Moon Old Vine Zinfandel.

Our closing music is Democracy from Alexander Blu.

Send us email to comments@odmcast.com or call our comment line: 775-860-2263. You can also reach us via Gizmo by contacting username ondigitalmedia.

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