Archive for August 25th, 2006
Microsoft’s upcoming Zume portable music player will allow users to create their own mobile social networks and share photos and stream music over a wireless connection. Explains News.com about the DJ feature:
People have the option of turning the feature on or off, as well as of choosing whether to stream to any nearby Zune user or only to people on their friends list. If the DJ setting is on, people don’t need to do anything else to allow others to listen to their music. The music sent is the same as what the DJ is listening to; if they stop listening, the stream is interrupted.
Very cool. I imagine lots of folks will just leave it on so others can snoop at will — a great icebreaker for meeting people. As I’ve written before, social networking will soon be integrated into just about everything. The social technology revolution is just beginning.
August 25th, 2006
On the fifth anniversary of 9/11, Pipeline will stream CNN’s coverage of the terrorist attacks as they unfolded five years ago, matched to the exact time of day. The stream will begin at 8:30 a.m., just minutes before the first report of a plane hitting the World Trade Center. Plus, CNN.com is making Pipeline free for the day. Cool idea. Press release…
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Viacom’s BET Networks has bought out the original investors behind BET.com: Microsoft, News Corporation, Liberty Media and IAC/InterActive Corp and 360HipHop.com. “This is a great day,” said BET Networks Chairman and CEO Debra Lee. “We’ve seen our goal of 100 percent controlling interest in our Internet property come true.”
August 25th, 2006
Media companies are unveiling new online video projects left and right, but not everything is a success. Yahoo is canceling “Richard Bangs Adventures,” a travel adventure video section, due to low traffic. (But Yahoo says it remains committed to “Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone,” which is generating twice the traffic.) Also, Time Magazine is doing away with “Office Pirates,” a video-heavy webzine, because it didn’t attract enough monthly unique users to show up in the reporting data for Nielsen or Comscore.
August 25th, 2006
While Brian Williams, Charles Gibson and Katie Couric all receive positive responses from the Pew study participants, Couric is also described as “perky, cute, nice, energetic, bubbly, and fluffy.” She’s also the most familiar personality of the three.
August 25th, 2006
Chicago, IL
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The network is releasing more details about its upcoming plans to stream shows for free on CBS.com. In addition to Survivor, CSI, Jericho and Numb3rs, CBS will also stream the first four episodes of Shark and Smith, The Class, The Unit, How I Met Your Mother and The Adventures of Old Christine. The additional shows are produced by Twentieth Century Fox Television or Warner Bros. Television — both of which required some negiotiation because they’re not owned by CBS. “It’s because of our strong relationship with our partners at Twentieth Television and Warner Bros. that we were able to come to this first-of-its-kind agreement, which recognizes the great opportunities available for both networks and studios in connecting television and online platforms,” said Nancy Tellem, President, CBS Paramount Network Television Entertainment Group.
August 25th, 2006
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