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Jay Baage's blogCheck Out My Analysis Of The Current Hype For Internet VideoAuthored by Jay Baage on September 20, 2006 - 6:34am.
We have seen extremely bullish statements from the heads of some of the major US media companies regarding new media platforms in the last few weeks. The market is clearly buying into the digital entertainment "revolution", with major media stocks having bounced back this year with over 20 percent gains. But although things are looking up and we are finally starting to see some revenue from online video, we can't lose sight that new and innovative business models to monetize this content are far and few between.
Click HERE for my front page story. Check Out My Analysis of Why MyNetworkTV Should Go MobileAuthored by Jay Baage on September 15, 2006 - 10:24am.
 Click HERE for my Story on News Corp.'s new television network "MyNetworkTV" and why Jack Abernethy, CEO of Fox Television Stations, should take it mobile and ramp up marketing.
Check Out My Analysis of Microsoft's iPod KillerAuthored by Jay Baage on September 14, 2006 - 8:55am.
Click HERE for my front page story on Microsoft Zune Portable Music Player, that was officially revealed today. What it tell us about Microsoft's broader digital entertainment strategy?
Check out my coverage from CTIA Wireless IT & Entertainment ExpoAuthored by Jay Baage on September 13, 2006 - 1:19pm.
Click HERE for my story on News Corp. COO Peter Chernin's keynote at CTIA Wireless IT & Entertainment Expo, Los Angeles, on September 13. Check Out My Follow Up Story on Freston Being FiredAuthored by Jay Baage on September 5, 2006 - 9:14am.
Click HERE for my follow up story on my piece from last week where I posed the question if Viacom Executive Chairman Sumner Redstone has the guts to not just fire Tom Cruise, but also Tom Freston, CEO and President of Viacom.
Buzz Watch: Nic Harcourt – The Human Recommendation EngineAuthored by Jay Baage on October 4, 2006 - 12:26pm.
 From Digital Music Forum West 2006: Nic Harcourt, Music Director for KCRW and host of Morning Becomes Eclectic, articulates what many are thinking - the big record labels have themselves to blame for the current state of the music business, not just piracy: “What happened in the 90’s was that they pushed the alternative rock movement down our throats and then all these one-hit-wonders. They let the cat out of the bag. It is disingenuous of them to blame piracy for their problems.” He made the statement in a keynote interview with Ned Sherman, CEO and Publisher of Digital Media Wire, during “Digital Music Forum West” at the BelAge hotel in Los Angeles.
Buzz Watch: David Hasselhoff's New Music VideoAuthored by Jay Baage on September 25, 2006 - 1:36pm.
 Is it a joke? It is kind of funny, I guess, but more creepy if you ask me: David Hasselhoff returns to a foreign music career with a cover of the 1975 classic song "Jump In My Car" on the label Sony BMG Australia. The music video has him hitting on girls half his age and trying to act all sexy. Take a look and make up your own mind about what "The Hoff" is up to.
Buzz Watch: Jesus CampAuthored by Jay Baage on September 25, 2006 - 7:14am.
 The documentary feature film "Jesus Camp" opened on Friday in New York and will open in 20 more cities nationally in the beginning of October. It is an award winning production that depicts evangelical Christian children at a religious summer camp. After the trailer and a few clips were posted on YouTube, the blogosphere is on fire about it.
Buzz Watch: Inside The World Of Alpha-Geeks at GoogleAuthored by Jay Baage on September 22, 2006 - 8:02am.
 Have you wondered what the Alpha-Geeks at Google’s headquarters in Mountain View are up to every day? BBC World Service have gone behind the scenes at the mythical company. In the first podcast of two, Mike Embley, a dry British reporter takes a funny and interesting look at the relation between innovating and eating fried chicken made according to Elvis’ favorite recipe by a chef that used to cook for the legendary band The Grateful Dead. In the second podcast, BBC explores what Google’s vision really is and how powerful the company really has become. This is an interesting and very entertaining piece of journalism you don’t want to miss.Buzz Watch: Transformers – The MovieAuthored by Jay Baage on September 20, 2006 - 12:23pm.
 “Dueling alien races, the Autobots and the Decepticons, bring their battle to Earth, leaving the future of humankind hanging in the balance.” Sounds like a B-movie? Well, Transformers, an upcoming live-action feature film based on the popular TV series, it is gathering a lot of buzz online. It is currently number four on Yahoo Buzz list for movies and the movie is not set to premier until the July 4, 2007.
3DTV – Reality or Fiction?Authored by Jay Baage on September 20, 2006 - 8:32am.
 New television technology is being developed surprisingly slowly, don’t you think? We got color, then what happened? Not much. Sure, you might say that HDTV, flat screens and TiVo are major break-throughs, but it hardly science-fiction, is it? Imagine what a totally new technology like real 3D television would do for the entertainment industry.
Buzz Watch: Borat and Justin TimberlakeAuthored by Jay Baage on September 13, 2006 - 1:29pm.
 Jagshemash! The coming movie “Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan” featuring Sacha Baron Cohen has been called this year’s most offensive masterpiece. The trailer is hilarious and if the movie is anything like it, I’m sure that it will score big with the millennials at the box office this fall. When it comes to music, Justin Timberlake is reaching new highs with his latest album “Fururesex/Lovesongs”. It is pure 21st Century club energy.MECCA: Movie Cell Phones? Don't Believe the HypeAuthored by Jay Baage on September 11, 2006 - 4:39pm.
One of the more interesting sessions in the afternoon had four experts presenting their visions for the future of mobile entertainment. There was no consensus as to the most urgent question of which method of paying for mobile content that will prevail. However, the panelists were in total agreement that video is the next killer application for mobile and that it will not just be short clips that will sell, but movies and longer forms of programming as well.
MECCA: Who Will Be the First Band to Break on Mobile?Authored by Jay Baage on September 11, 2006 - 11:04am.
 An interesting question was posed in a session called “The Producers” at MECCA this morning: Can you break a band on mobile alone? You have seen bands like the British sensation “The Arctic Monkeys” get signed after having gathered a major following almost exclusively online. Now, can you gather that kind of buzz by marketing a band using just cell phones? The answer is probably.
Buzz Watch: Google Current TV and NYT PopcastAuthored by Jay Baage on September 8, 2006 - 9:06am.
 There is a lot of experimentation going on about what content works and what doesn’t work on new media platforms. Unfortunately, it seems like the majority of content does not work. But when it works, it works exceedingly well. Here are two good examples: Google Current TV, basically a short web TV news program based on what people are searching on, and NYT Popcast, a weekly audio guide to new music by the pop critics and writers from the New York Times.
Buzz Watch: Kate Moss and the Birth of the PornomercialAuthored by Jay Baage on September 6, 2006 - 10:25am.
 What do you get if you put a hot supermodel in sexy underwear and let her prance around in a dreamlike four minute erotic online video? Come on, you don’t have to be a rocket scientist to figure this one out - you get incredible word of mouth as this spreads like wildfire on the Internet. In fact, Agent Provocateur, a British lingerie maker, got such a rush of traffic to their website when they posted this video on Monday that it totally crashed. Welcome to the birth of the Pornomercial!
tags: Internet | Video | Marketing | Advertising | Broadband | Adult | Promotions | Buzz watch | Kate Moss |
Buzz Watch: TomKat and Steve IrwinAuthored by Jay Baage on September 6, 2006 - 7:49am.
 After being publicly “fired” by Viacom topper Sumner Redstone on account of the star's weird behavior allegedly leading to lower box office grosses than expected, Tom Cruise has gone to work on getting back into the media’s good graces. Today, he finally let the world see his and Katie Holmes’ baby daughter Suri, the world’s most anticipated baby photo, shot by top celeb photographer Annie Leibovitz on the cover of classy magazine Vanity Fair.
Is the Apple iPhone Finally Here?Authored by Jay Baage on September 5, 2006 - 11:32am.
 There will be an Apple special event one week from today, on September 12, at 10:00 AM Pacific (1:00PM Eastern, 5:00PM GMT) at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in downtown San Francisco. "It's Showtime," reads the media invite.
Check out my story on Apple vs SamsungAuthored by Jay Baage on September 1, 2006 - 12:55pm.
The battle of the electronic giants is shaping up in the music sector. Apple's iPod/iTunes combo is not just being challeged by Microsoft Zune, but by Samsung's new generation of players and branded music services, as well. For the full story, click HERE. In short, Samsung steps up to the plate with a new take on the social portable music gadget with built-in speakers that slide out from the back of the device. But perhaps most notable is that Samsung is going to launch a major ad campaign based on the tagline "MPFreedom", clearly aimed against iPod and iTunes. Ironically the ad campaign's theme is reminiscent of Apple's historic 1984 campaign against IBM, which was masterfully portrayed by Apple as an oppressive and unimaginative regime whose time was up.
Spiralfrog’s Free Music Downloads Have Significant DownsideAuthored by Jay Baage on September 1, 2006 - 12:49pm.
According to The New York Times and bloggers covering the story, there are some major drawbacks associated with the free SpiralFrog service, due to launch in December, supported by Universal Music Group and possibly some other major record labels. tags: Internet | Marketing | Tech | Universal Music Group | iPod | CE | Cell Phones | Mobility | SpitalFrog |
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