Archives for the "Music" tag
Tivo and Digital Media Servers
Back when they came out, I said that tools like Tivo and Replay could change the face of television watching. A couple of years ago, I assumed that game boxes would be the new home media center. What I missed, though, was the end run that Tivo was doing around the game companies. With yesterday’s [...]
Tags: AOL, Connectivity, Data, Future, Microsoft, Music, Networks, Strategy
In Business, Media, Technology
Memo to Media Execs
There’s an interesting Michael Wolff piece in New York about the declining value of content. (Disclaimer: I used to work for Michael in the early 90s) While I generally agree with the concept that content is becoming more widespread and that there is an increase in the amount of content being produced, I fundamentally disagree [...]
Tags: Cable TV, Content, Music, Trends
In Media
Ogg Vorbis: MP3 Contender?
With Linux becoming a strong alternative to Microsoft’s operating system, some members of the open source community are setting their sights on a new target: the music industry. The group has introduced a new sound format called Ogg Vorbis, which promises to deliver better sound quality or smaller digital music files than the popular MP3 [...]
Tags: Linux, MP3, Microsoft, Music, OS
In Media
Suggestions for RSS .92 spec
I’d like to suggest a few optional additions to the specification. Here are some ideas I’d like to throw around for discussion: At the item level : This would allow us to specify a particular date for an item. I think it would be nice for those of us who have several days’ worth of content in [...]
Tags: Broadband, Music, Privacy, Syndication, Video, Wireless
In Media, Technology
Napster Shut Down
It’s official: it’s curtain for Napster for now. The judge in a lawsuit filed the Recording Industry Association of America ordered the service to shut its doors by midnight this Friday. The genie is out of the bottle Yet, I can’t help but believe that the shutdown of Napster will not do much in terms of limiting [...]
Tags: AOL, Advertising, Cable TV, MP3, Music
In Media
AOL’s dark little secret
When AOL acquired Nullsoft last year, it probably didn’t expect them to develop software that wouldn’t fit the corporate line. However, last week, all that change, with Nullsoft’s release of Gnutella. With the release of this little piece of software, AOL unwittingly became a Napster competitor. What was surprising about this was not only the [...]
Tags: AOL, Google, Music, Search, Security, Software, web server
In Media
