On Digital Media

On Digital Media, Episode #37

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

• John is looking for Gig 2.0
• Steve Jobs and Apple offer a glass of ice water to people in hell
• Apple introduces iTunes Plus, 160 GB Apple TV
• iTunes Plus offers DRM-free - but information rich - audio files. Shame as a tactic for copy protection?
• Google has introduced Google Gears. It’s open source. A platform for AxL?
• The Facebook OS = The MySpace Killer?
• CBS buys Last.FM and last week, WallStrip

Our wine this week is our old standby, the 2004 Coppola Rosso.

Our closing music is Democracy from Alexander Blu.

Send us email to comments AT odmcast DOT com or call our comment line and leave a message: 775-860-2263.

You can also reach us via Gizmo Project by contacting username ondigitalmedia or by leaving a comment in our blog.

Be sure to stop by http://www.odmcast.com to complete our listener survey - we’d really appreciate it.

For partner or sponsor information, contact jaf AT newrules DOT com.

If you weren’t able to download the latest episode, you can always catch it by calling our Podlinez number (818) 688-2754 from any telephone. (Long distance charges or cellular minutes usage may apply. Blah, blah, blah.)

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31.May.07 Episodes Read more Comments (0)

On Digital Media, Episode #36: Follow the Google

In this episode John Federico, Chia-Lin Simmons, Ken Gellman, Steve Hatch and guest panelist Craig Calder , CMO of Mochila discuss the week in digital media. (Yes, we realize that we referred to this episode as #35, at least twice. We were overwhelmed by our temporary studio location. Or something.)

• Google’s making all the right moves and everyone else seems to be following.
• Google acquires FeedBurner for $100MM in cash.
• Will GoogleClick serve up video ads for TV?
• Craig gives us some insight into DoubleClick during digital media’s “Nuclear Winter.”
• Microsoft acquired aQuantive for over $6B dollars.
• Google has recently invested in a biotech company…run buy Sergey’s wife.
• Is Terry Semel the person to run Yahoo? What is a “Digital Media Executive“?
• Yahoo has decided to kill off WebJay in the next 30 days
• We dissect Yahoo a bit.
• Yahoo is rumored to buy Bebo for $1B
• Is there a place for an advertising “upfront” in digital media. Uuuuh, no.
• What would the repercussions of a Salesforce.com acquisition by Google be for the B-to-B marketplace? It would probably turn the market on its head.
• ScanScout introduces “Google Adsense for Video”. Coincidentally, so does Google. Apparently the executions are quite differrent, though. More to come on this.
• Are pre and post roll video advertising “dead”? No, but it’s the easiest (best?) thing that can be delivered at the moment.

Our wines this week were a 2004 Coppola Rosso and…something that Craig brought, which was very good but I don’t remember what it was called.

Our closing music is Democracy from Alexander Blu.

Send us email to comments AT odmcast DOT com or call our comment line and leave a message: 775-860-2263.

You can also reach us via Gizmo Project by contacting username ondigitalmedia.

Be sure to stop by http://www.odmcast.com to complete our listener survey - we’d really appreciate it.

For partner or sponsor information, contact jaf AT newrules DOT com.

If you weren’t able to download the latest episode, you can always catch it by calling our Podlinez number (818) 688-2754 from any telephone. (Long distance charges or cellular minutes usage may apply. Blah, blah, blah.)

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On Digital Media, Episode #35

It’s our first fivesome! John Federico, Chia-Lin Simmons, Ken Gellman, Steve Hatch and guest panelist John Havens review the top digital media stories of the week.

(Our audio quality is not up to our usual standards in this episode. Ken called-in via Gizmo Project and John is still learning how to deal with balancing remote callers with in-studio panelists. Please pardon the faux pas.)

• Thanks to Seth Godin, Hugh McLeod and Stormhoek for the Pinotage tonight.
• Amazon is going to launch a DRM-free music store.
• Chia-Lin thinks that industry should get together and formulate a ubiquitous standard for DRM. Really!? Steve thinks that’s a monumental task. John F. agrees.
• John H. thinks that DRM helps artists get paid.
• John F. thinks that some file sharing is good - as promotion.
• Audible Magic and The Harry Fox Agency to launch a service that will track piracy in UGC.
• John H. thinks that this service could be a great way to measure passalong listening for podcasts.
• Ryan Block from Engadget posted a story that caused Apple’s stock to drop a couple of points - the story was ultimately proven false.
• A strike of members of the “guilds” in hollywood and television could put studios and other distributors at a disadvantage given the ease at which the internet enables production and distribution of content
• John H. shares his perspective on being paid for your craft - whether it be acting, writing - or podcasting. Why are people willing to pay 99 cents for a song, but not an informational podcast. Like ODM for instance.
• Steve and John F. don’t believe in creating friction, particularly when advertising can fund content and reduce friction
• Comcast is going to start selling movies on-demand while they’re in the theaters…and charge $30 - $60 premium for the privelege. And Mark Cuban thinks the theaters have to get a cut. (If you count the babysitter, we parents already pay that much for a movie…)
• ABC is going to be putting Lost and Desperate Housewives on the web and distributing them in HD.
• 24/7 Real Media is bought by WPP. Conflict of interest? Yeah.
• DiscRevolt allows bands to sell custom gift cards for their music. Chia-Lin thinks all gift cards are evil.

Our closing music is Democracy from Alexander Blu.

Send us email to comments AT odmcast DOT com or call our comment line and leave a message: 775-860-2263.

You can also reach us via Gizmo Project by contacting username ondigitalmedia.

Be sure to stop by http://www.odmcast.com to complete our listener survey - we’d really appreciate it.

For partner or sponsor information, contact jaf AT newrules DOT com.

If you weren’t able to download the latest episode, you can always catch it by calling our Podlinez number (818) 688-2754 from any telephone. (Long distance charges or cellular minutes usage may apply. Blah, blah, blah.)

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On Digital Media, Episode #34

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

• The viewers: where have they all gone? They’re definitely not watching network television.
• We think they’re programming their own media diets when they want, how they want, where they want.
• Want an invitation to Joost? Send us email to comments AT odmcast DOT com. (Thanks to listener José Moreno for the original Joost invitation that started it all.)
• Chia-Lin has discovered Jaman.com and is in love with it. She may leave her husband to go work for Jaman in San Mateo, California. Are you listening, Gaurav Dhillon and Carlos Montalvo?
• John and his wife have occassionally watched DVD’s in bed, using her 15″ Powerbook. Jaman could be the next thing they start watching in that way. Steve thinks that’s impractical for most people. He prefers Slingbox and its ilk.
• The demise of the traditional media in the digital age is overblown…according Dick Parsons, CEO of Time Warner, one of the largest traditional media companies in the world. Dick needs to choose better analogies for his public speaking engagements.
• John is now reading real paper books on the train to work! (Go figure.) Steve still prefers to listen to podcasts on the train. Chia-Lin geeks out, reading books on her Treo 700P.
• Steve’s looking for a good podcatcher for Windows Mobile. Anyone care to make a recommendation?
• “Prime Time” is any time for today’s media consumer.
• Cox Cable has disable ad skipping on ABC and ESPN content delivered as Video-On-Demand. Fix that!
• Peter Chernin, President of NewsCorp, thinks that the big will get bigger thanks to consolidation. Traditional media will join with digital media to make for even larger media entities. We say, “Duh. Welcome to the party.”
• Odeo was sold to SonicMountain for a little more than a million dollars.
• NewsCorp and NBC have signed CNET video properties to its “YouTube Killer” video service
• Yahoo is closing Yahoo Auctions. And Yahoo Photos. And…who knows what’s next. Apparently, a good number of people from the Yahoo Mobile team have left for mobile and wireless startups.
• What is Yahoo’s “Core” anyway?
• Correction from last week’s show: YouTube’s new advertising program will compensate its top contributors/producers

Our wine this week was a Bogle Merlot and a 2004 Cycles Gladiator Pinot Noir. (We loved the Pinot.)

Our closing music is Democracy from Alexander Blu.

Send us email to comments AT odmcast DOT com or call our comment line and leave a message: 775-860-2263.

You can also reach us via Gizmo Project by contacting username ondigitalmedia.

Be sure to stop by http://www.odmcast.com to complete our listener survey - we’d really appreciate it.

For partner or sponsor information, contact jaf AT newrules DOT com.

If you weren’t able to download the latest episode, you can always catch it by calling our Podlinez number (818) 688-2754 from any telephone. (Long distance charges or cellular minutes usage may apply. Blah, blah, blah.)

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On Digital Media, Episode #33: Me Too!

In this episode John Federico, Chia-Lin Simmons and Ken Gellman chatter about:

• Rupert Murdoch’s NewsCorp makes an offer to buy Dow Jones

Me Too! Me too!

In response to Google’s acquisition of DoubleClick:

• Yahoo buys RightMedia, the auction-based display advertising network
• Microsoft makes a play for 24/7 Real Media rumored to be in the neighborhood of $1 billion dollars

Other stuff

• Google responds to Viacom’s lawsuit with a big, “Meh.”
• SnoCap licenses music from Warner Music Group to sell in their commerce environments
• Digg pulls down the AACS code for HD-DVD throwing the Digg community into a frenzy regarding censorship and free speech

Our wine this week was a 2004 Coppola Rosso and a 2004 Pinot Noir…whose origin escapes me.

Our closing music is Democracy from Alexander Blu.

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

Be sure to stop by http://www.odmcast.com to complete our listener survey - we’d really appreciate it.

For partner or sponsor information, contact jaf AT newrules DOT com.

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