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DigitalTomorrow Will Be Televised InterviewAuthored by Ned Sherman on December 22, 2008 - 2:07pm.
 Today I had the pleasure of being a guest on Tomorrow Will Be Televised, a weekly Internet radio program hosted by our friend Simon Applebaum in New York City. Simon and I had a lively discussion about the future of television. Topics included the effect of the writers' strike, the upcoming DTV transition, the outlook for online video, problems ahead for the networks, the lack of diversity in television, and predictions for 2009. Simon gives some great insights and hosts an entertaining show. You can check it out online (click on the 12/22/08 show link). Happy holidays!
DMW Interview: Peter Price, President & CEO of The NATASAuthored by Scott Goldberg on August 16, 2007 - 1:17pm.
 Peter Price was named President and CEO of The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in February, 2002. He has expanded the role of the National Television Academy as a professional service organization dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of television and the promotion of creative leadership for artistic, educational and technical achievements within the television industry. Last year the Academy created a new Emmy Award for video content on new delivery platforms, including the Internet, mobile phones, iPods, PDAs and similar devices. Price also spearheaded the development of the Business & Financial Reporting Emmy Awards, and he expanded the Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards, one of the Academy’s oldest ceremonies honoring patent holders of television technology, to recognize the technical applications of patented technology via the New Media Technology Awards. I sat down with Peter to discuss his current job, and get his perspective on new media.
Promo Only MPE System Adapted for Digital JukeboxesAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on February 22, 2006 - 4:37am.
Vancouver, B.C. - Destiny Media Technologies announced on Wednesday that its Promo Only MPE technology -- used to securely deliver new singles to radio stations over the Internet -- has been adapted for use in digital jukeboxes. The company partnered with SML Entertainment, which will distribute a line of Max Fire jukeboxes that hold 50,000 songs and can receive music delivered securely over the Internet. Vancouver-based Destiny's Promo Only MPE system is already used by major and independent labels to distribute songs to all the major radio broadcasters.
Digital Audio Chipmaker JAM Technologies Raises $11.3 MillionAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on February 21, 2006 - 6:44am.
Austin, Texas - JAM Technologies, a developer of digital audio amplifier chips for consumer electronics devices, announced on Tuesday that it has raised $11.3 million in its second round of venture capital financing. TL Ventures and Origin Partners led the investment round; Intel Capital, EDBV Management, Launchpad Ventures and Hub Angels also participated. Austin-based JAM develops audio chips used in flat-panel TVs, home theater systems, set-top boxes, portable audio players and cell phones. The company said the funds will be used for product development, to increase production, and to support Asian customers through its new Singapore headquarters.
AccessIT Using Philips Anti-Piracy Watermarking Tech for Digital CinemaAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on February 21, 2006 - 6:35am.
Morristown, N.J. - Access Integrated Technologies, a provider of digital cinema distribution systems, announced on Tuesday that it has launched a digital cinema anti-piracy initiative, which will utilize watermarking technology to protect digitally projected cinema programming. The company said its Christie/AIX unit will now incorporate Philips' CineFence forensic watermarking technology in its ongoing 4,000-screen digital cinema deployment plan.
UltraStar Cinemas First Exhibitor to Upgrade All Screens to DigitalAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on February 17, 2006 - 7:13am.
San Diego - UltraStar Cinemas, a Southern California theater operator with 102 screens, announced on Friday that it has become the first exhibitor in the nation to equip all of its screens with digital cinema projection systems. San Diego-based UltraStar partnered with Access Integrated Technologies and Christie Digital Systems to equip its screens with digital systems. The company said it has already screened alternative entertainment such as a live Duran Duran concert and the Super Bowl via its digital system, and also plans to project the Academy Awards live in some locations.
Digital Music Sales Improve Quarterly Profit at Warner Music GroupAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on February 15, 2006 - 9:45am.
New York - Major record label Warner Music Group credited digital music sales for helping to nearly double its quarterly profit to $69 million, up from $36 million a year earlier. The company reported digital music revenue of $69 million for the first quarter of 2006, up 30% from the fourth quarter of 2005. Warner said 70% of its digital music sales were made in the U.S., adding that sales were split evenly between full-track downloads and ringtones.
Mobile Content Delivery Firm Digital Orchid Raises $6 MillionAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on February 10, 2006 - 2:58am.
San Diego - Digital Orchid, a developer of wireless content delivery technology, announced on Friday that it has raised $6 million in its second round of venture capital financing. Shepherd Ventures led the investment round; NeoCarta Ventures also participated. San Diego-based Digital Orchid's technology automates the building and distribution of wireless content on mobile phones, and has been used by customers including NASCAR, MLB, ESPN, NHL and other sports entertainment brands. The company said the funds will be used to accelerate global growth.
Quova Media to Provide Geolocation Digital Rights ComplianceAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on January 30, 2006 - 7:33am.
Mountain View, Calif. - Quova, a provider of Internet geolocation services, on Monday announced the launch of Quova Media, a new service intended for use in online digital rights compliance. The company's technology has already been used in the delivery of live sporting events over the Internet, ensuring that webcasts may be viewed only by users in locations where rights restrictions do not exist. Mountain View, Calif.-based Quova said content delivery network Limelight Networks is the first customer of the new service.
New MTV Organizational Structure to Highlight Digital DistributionAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on January 25, 2006 - 9:21am.
New York - Viacom's MTV network on Wednesday announced a new organizational structure that will put digital distribution of its programming on equal footing with television. The company will operate two divisions -- one whose focus will remain on television, and another that will develop short-form video, music and news content for TV as well as online, video-on-demand, broadband, wireless and other digital platforms. The company named Dave Sirulnick as its new executive vice president of MTV Multiplatform Production, News and Music, who will work with vice president of digital media Ben White and MTVN chief digital officer Jason Hirchhorn under the new structure. The company also said vice president of label relations Peter Baron will now additionally program its video-on-demand and MHD platforms. "This new way of aligning creative talent to tee-up linear and non-linear entertainment for the audience will enable MTV to break through the clutter, launch new music superstars and develop for platforms not yet created," said MTV Networks president Van Toffler.
Nielsen SoundScan to Track Pan-European Digital Music DownloadsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on January 25, 2006 - 9:14am.
White Plains, N.Y. - Nielsen SoundScan International, a provider of audience ratings information, announced on Wednesday that over 32 million songs were downloaded from European digital music services in 2005. The company tracks sales data from more than 110 download services in 17 countries. Nielsen's Pan-European Digital Tracks Chart for the week ending January 22 found that the Artic Monkeys' "When the Sun Goes Down" was the top-selling song, followed by Notorious B.I.G.'s "Nasty Girl" and Richard Ashcroft's "Break the Night with Colour."
Penthouse to Offer Digital Version of MagazineAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on January 23, 2006 - 10:23am.
Boca Raton, Fla. - Penthouse Magazine said on Monday that it has partnered with Zinio Systems to launch a digital edition of its adult publication. Beginning with the February 2006 issue, users can purchase and download both single issues and subscriptions to the magazine in an electronic (PDF) format that digitally recreates all of the photos, copy and advertising found in the print edition.
Pace Micro to Provide Digital Set-top Boxes to Sky ItaliaAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on January 11, 2006 - 3:54am.
Saltaire, England - Set-top box maker Pace Micro Technology announced on Wednesday that News Corp.'s Sky Italia satellite TV service will deploy Pace's 160GB digital video recorder set-tops to its 3.4 million subscribers.
Warner Launches Digital-Only Label Imprint, Cordless RecordsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 10, 2005 - 8:23am.
New York - Major record label Warner Music Group announced on Thursday the launch of Cordless Recordings, a new digital-only label imprint headed by Jac Holzman, the founder and former CEO of Elektra and Nonesuch Records. In an unorthodox move for a major label venture, Cordless will allow bands to retain rights to their master recordings, which will be distributed in "clusters" of three or more songs on digital services, rather than as full albums. Cordless will initially sell clusters from signed artists Jihad Jerry & The Evildoers, Breakup Breakdown, Dangerous Muse, Nozzle, Koishii & Hush and Humanwine, on iTunes, Rhapsody, Napster and new, legal peer-to-peer services like iMesh and the forthcoming Mashboxx. "When we started to think about Cordless, certain lessons from the past kept returning to me," said Holzman. "The close, creative relationship with artists and their fan base by frequent release of records, keeping costs low and having a methodology that would let us use our medium to introduce our material to more fans. Cordless is a community intended to give new artists their chance, and a process that connects an audience to our artists' creativity. This is who we are and that is what we have pledged to do."
Report: U.K. Digital TV Subsidy to Cost Government $997 MillionAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 8, 2005 - 11:04am.
London - According to a new report from Ofcom, the U.K. telecommunications watchdog, TV viewers reluctant to move to digital TV could ultimately cost the government more than $997 million to convert from analog. The digital switchover is scheduled to take place, region by region, between 2008 and 2012. Currently, about 63% of U.K. households watch digital TV and about 200,000 make the switch to digital every month. However, Ofcom estimates that as many as 10% of all U.K. households will need either financial help or "encouragement" to switch to the digital signal. The regulator has placed the cost of switching each household at approximately $230.
EMI to Sell Digital Downloads of John Lennon Solo CatalogAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 8, 2005 - 10:59am.
London - Major record label EMI Music announced on Tuesday that it will for the first time offer John Lennon's solo catalog for sale in digital format. EMI's Parlophone and Capitol labels began selling the greatest hits album "Working Class Hero" in download form today, while the entire Lennon solo catalog will be available online beginning Dec. 6. A select number of tracks will also soon be offered for mobile download. "New technology is something he always embraced and this is something he would have loved," said Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono. "I always say that he would have been very excited by all the opportunities offered by the development of new means of communication. For people who still love John's music and for those now getting into John's music, this opens up a whole new world in which they can appreciate John's music again." While Lennon's solo tracks may now be available, the vast and potentially lucrative catalog from his band the Beatles is still yet to be licensed for digital distribution.
Amazon to Let Users Buy Individual Pages, Digital Versions of BooksAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 4, 2005 - 3:15am.
Seattle - Online retailer Amazon.com announced this week that it plans to launch two new digital book retail programs next year, which let users buy individual pages from books in digital format, as well as add access to complete digital versions of books purchased in print form. Amazon said that publishers will decide whether to participate in the programs, and set prices for both individual pages of works through Amazon Pages and digital copy add-ons from Amazon Upgrade. Prices are expected to range from a few cents per page -- likely more for pages within specialized or technical works -- to a fee for the digital upgrade that is a small percentage of the cost of the print copy. Separately, publisher Random House announced a similar plan to sell online access to its works on a page-by-page basis. The online books from Random House will be locked so that they may not be downloaded, printed or otherwise copied.
EU Unveils Five-Year Program to Boost Digital EconomyAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 1, 2005 - 8:48am.
Brussels -- The European Commission on Wednesday unveiled a five-year program to boost Europe's digital economy and close the gap with the U.S. and Japan. Dubbed i2010, the program aims to create a framework for investment in the IT sector, boost consumers and businesses' adoption of IT and deal with the increasing convergence of technologies. "(Internet telephony), Web TV, on-line music, movies on mobile telephones … all this is now reality," said Viviane Reding, EU Commissioner for Information Society and Media. "To enhance investment in this promising sector of the economy, we must provide a coherent regulatory framework for Europe's digital economy that is market-oriented, flexible and future-proof." Reding said the EU would focus its research spending on key information and communication technologies, such as nanoelectronics.
IBiquity Signs Top Radio Groups to Convert 2,000 Stations to DigitalAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on January 5, 2005 - 3:01am.
Las Vegas -- IBiquity Digital, a developer of digital radio broadcasting technology, announced on Wednesday that it has signed an agreement with 21 of the nation's leading radio groups to accelerate the rollout of its HD Radio technology. Under the agreement, broadcasters including Clear Channel, Infinity, Cox, ABC Radio, Emmis, Entercom and Susquehanna have committed to convert 2,000 of their AM and FM radio stations to digital. Another 500 stations have already begun the transition or are currently broadcasting an HD Radio signal. Clear Channel, the nation's largest broadcaster, has to date converted 65 stations to HD Radio, and plans to outfit 95% of its stations in the top 100 markets with digital broadcast equipment within three years. Maryland-based iBiquity also said the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) will soon offer a total of 309 digital stations. In addition to audio content, iBiquity's HD Radio allows stations to broadcast a wireless data feed to consumer receivers that could include traffic or weather information, in addition to song and artist information. The technology allows broadcasters to trasmit a digital signal alongside traditional analog signals, smoothing the transition as consumers begin to adopt the still-pricey digital receivers. Separately, iBiquity announced that it partnered with digital audio developer iLab America to create automotive, tabletop and home HD Radio receivers for release by the end of the year.
HP Unveils Branded Apple iPod, Other Digital Consumer ElectronicsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on August 27, 2004 - 8:16pm.
Miami -- PC maker HP on Friday unveiled a branded iPod digital music player as part of its new consumer digital electronics line that includes cameras and photo printers, home theater projectors and entertainment-based laptop and desktop PCs. In partnership with Apple, HP will sell a 20GB iPod for $299 and 40GB model for $399 -- the same price Apple charges -- and also offer "printable tattoo" water-resistant skins for the players that feature either album cover art or consumers' own personalized artwork or photos. HP is currently taking pre-orders for the branded iPods and will begin shipping them on Sept. 15.
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