Googlezon: The future of media
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Stand-Alone Media Servers and Digital
Media AdaptersJust a Niche in Future
Digital Home
Stand-Alone Media Servers and Digital
Media AdaptersJust a Niche in Future
Digital Home
03/14/2005 04:45 PMEarly digital home media solutions fail to find an early market, but
will be reborn in convergence platforms based on well-diffused
devices. [PRWEB Mar 1, 2005]
Mark Cuban on the future of HD Media
Mark Cuban on the future of HD Media
08/23/2004 02:25 PMTop Online Media Execs See Bright Future
Top Online Media Execs See Bright Future
02/12/2003 05:19 AMLet's hope so. I read your article about the "Power of Google." The
relationship that online newspapers have with Google is free marketing
for a free product. ...
On future developments in home media
centres...
On future developments in home media
centres...
06/05/2005 10:48 PMA couple of days ago I was e-mail interviewed by a guy writing an
article on future developments in televisions and home media centres
who was interested in the piece I wrote on Social Software for Set-Top Boxes. For what
it's worth - here are my answers in full, slightly edited for
clarity:
In your presentation you outlined some interesting ideas (buddy
lists, watch with friends etc.) - Is anyone going down this route?
Online gaming is leading this kind of hybridised social /
entertainment stuff - things like Xbox Live already make it possible
for you to talk and chat and play alongside people from all over the
world - and to manage those relationships. Simultaneously, each of
these boxes is coming closer and closer to the idea of a home
entertainment hub, so I wouldn't be surprised if the edges between the
various activities you could do with them started to blur. Also,
around the same time that I put up my stuff on Social Software for
Set-Top Boxes, the PARC people also started talking about similar stuff.
Obviously, a huge amount of the technology that we take for granted
today was developed at PARC, so that bodes quite well for the
future.
Is TV and PC convergence a dead idea? I think the idea of a
screen in the corner of your room that you watch TV on and then
completely change modes so that you can do your taxes is pretty much
inevitably going to have limited appeal. There are machines that can
do this kind of stuff already of course, but they're really targeted
towards people with very limited space - students and the like. I
think the future looks much more interesting than that - with some of
the functionality that has been associated with PCs starting to appear
in entertainment appliances all around the home. The technology behind
all the devices is probably going to be pretty much the same and
slightly further off I think we can expect that they'll all be talking
to each other behind the scenes. The various devices in your home will
be acting together to give you relatively unified access to your data
and media and to the network - but each device will provide its own
way of mediating that data - it's own tailored interface.
What about the Apple media hub? Yeah, I don't know quite
what Apple are doing to be honest. With computer technology gradually
moving out of the desktop PC and into the rest of the home, you'd
think they'd be right at the forefront. That kind of thing - making
complex concepts and devices comprehensible - is exactly what they're
great at. Sony and Microsoft are clearly making huge inroads with
their gaming machines to the extent that they already have low-powered
media hubs attached to millions of televisions worldwide - I really
would have thought that Apple would similarly be looking to get into
that space by leveraging their advantage in the digital audio space.
But while there are rumours that the Mac Mini is destined to be a
foundation for that kind of thing, there's very little actual evidence
of it so far.
Is D-TV more likely to see a continuation of selected internet
or internet-like functions rather than fully-fledged net access?
Fundamentally the interface just isn't there for web-browsers on the
TV to really take off enormously. I don't doubt that people will
continue to develop them, and I don't doubt that there will be some
people who use them, but having to have an extra wireless keyboard or
input device and having to control the screen from the other side of a
room makes the whole enterprise less than optimal. In the longer term,
I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't pretty easy to install
network-enabled apps on your TV that allowed you to do things like
access your Flickr photostream or the iTunes music store, but I would
think you'll probably do that kind of stuff via a different
lean-forward interface somewhere else in your home.
How do the next generation of games consoles fit in to the
mix? I think they're fundamental - unlike with set-top boxes, it's
not a fully commoditised market, there's enormous scope for
technological development and each of the major players is throwing
enormous amounts of money into the area - often expecting years of
loss-leading before profit. Of course they're looking to the
future. Of course they're competing to own this new critical
space under the TV and at the heart of the connected home. That's not
to say that the gaming element is just a Trojan horse - it's clearly
not - but I think it's also fairly clear that it's not the end of the
road. The set-top box space is a really powerful and important area -
for a start it can potentially mediate all your media consumption.
Whoever controls that has a lot of power. And the market for operating
systems is huge - how many more people in the world have televisions
than computers right now? Think how much money you could make by
having your media centre installed on every new TV sold. And boxes
like the X-box are in the perfect space to position for that final
leap...
Microsoft Integrates SiS Media I/O
Technologies Into Future Xbox Products
Microsoft Integrates SiS Media I/O
Technologies Into Future Xbox Products
11/04/2003 08:43 AMDvorak on large hard drives and the
future of the media center PC
Dvorak on large hard drives and the
future of the media center PC
11/19/2003 01:41 AMCurmudgeonly PC Magazine columnist John Dvorak wonders, with hard
drive capacities doubling every year, whether all PCs might eventually
have to become Media Center PCs just so we'll have something (i.e.
recorded TV shows) to fill up their massive hard drives with. He is,
of course, not particularly pleased by the prospect of this. Read...
Ambient Media Inc. Expands Digital Media
Network into New York's Penn Station
Ambient Media Inc. Expands Digital Media
Network into New York's Penn Station
07/12/2004 02:08 AMAmbient Media Inc., owner and operator of the Ambient Media Network, a
digital media network for communicating, branding, marketing and
advertising in public and private spaces, today announced it has
completed the initial phase of its expansion into select venues in New
York's Pennsylvania Station (Penn Station). [PRWEB Jul 12, 2004]
New England Republican: Media Hypocrisy
- How the Media Handled the Bush AWOL
Controversy
New England Republican: Media Hypocrisy
- How the Media Handled the Bush AWOL
Controversy
08/16/2004 06:25 AM"Media hypocrisy -- How the media handled the Bush AWOL controversy."
.. New England
Republican
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ia-handled-bush.html
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"Forgery feeding frenzy: Media falling
afoul of ... [Media Matters for
America]"
"Forgery feeding frenzy: Media falling
afoul of ... [Media Matters for
America]"
09/13/2004 03:42 AMFirst Interfaith Streaming Media Website
Launched by Faith & Values Media
First Interfaith Streaming Media Website
Launched by Faith & Values Media
06/17/2005 03:26 PMWebby-Award Nominee FaithStreams.com Creates Unique “Electronic
Library” of Faith-Based Video; Offers Streamed Programs and
Video-On-Demand [PRWEB Jun 16, 2005]
Creative's Zen Portable Media Center
with Windows Media Player 10
Creative's Zen Portable Media Center
with Windows Media Player 10
09/01/2004 08:55 PMReview: Microsoft readies its next Windows Media Player as
hardware makers start to ship portable video players. We look at the
Creative Zen Portable Media Center as a prime early example. In wooing
content producers, has Microsoft imposed too many shackles on users?
Real Digital Media Releases Neocast
Media Player XF
Real Digital Media Releases Neocast
Media Player XF
03/22/2005 03:16 PMProduct Represents Company’s Next Generation Digital Signage and
Narrowcast Network Media Player Appliance [PRWEB Mar 21, 2005]
""Media hypocrisy -- How the media
handled the Bush AWOL controversy.""
""Media hypocrisy -- How the media
handled the Bush AWOL controversy.""
08/15/2004 09:32 PMFlashback: In 1999, media virtually
ignored ant ... [Media Matters for
America]
Flashback: In 1999, media virtually
ignored ant ... [Media Matters for
America]
08/21/2004 08:17 PMFortunate Son vs. Swift Boat Liars ..
MediaMatters
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Kerry’s Partisan Partners in Smearing
Bush -- 02/17/2004 - Media Research
Center - Media Reality Check
Kerry’s Partisan Partners in Smearing
Bush -- 02/17/2004 - Media Research
Center - Media Reality Check
02/18/2004 05:11 AMKerry’s Partisan Partners In Smearing Bush -- ABC, CBS and NBC Give
Bush “AWOL” Charge Double The 1992 Coverage Of Clinton’s Draft Dodging
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Boris Graffiti To Be Included with
Software-only Version of Media 100
Advanced Vector Titling Solution
Integrates with New Media 100 NLE
Boris Graffiti To Be Included with
Software-only Version of Media 100
Advanced Vector Titling Solution
Integrates with New Media 100 NLE
04/18/2005 04:11 AMBoris FX, the leading developer of integrated effects technology for
video and film, today announced that Graffiti 4.0 will be bundled with
Media 100 sw, a software-only version of the company’s Media 100 HD
editing system. [PRWEB Apr 18, 2005]
Media Alert: COMDEX Las Vegas 2003
Creates A Lively Media Preview Panel Set
For The Aladdin Hotel OnSunday, No
Media Alert: COMDEX Las Vegas 2003
Creates A Lively Media Preview Panel Set
For The Aladdin Hotel OnSunday, No
11/14/2003 01:18 AMCOMDEX Nov 14 2003 1:14AM ET
High-Tech Media Vets Form Microcast
Communications to Offer Custom Content
and Events; New Media Company is th
High-Tech Media Vets Form Microcast
Communications to Offer Custom Content
and Events; New Media Company is th
04/18/2005 08:41 AMBusiness Wire UK Apr 18 2005 12:21PM GMT
Advanced Media Introduces "QuattroDrive"
Four-in-One Media Drive
Advanced Media Introduces "QuattroDrive"
Four-in-One Media Drive
01/05/2005 03:24 AMNew Ridata-Brand Stand-Alone Unit Is Perfect Combination of Company's
Two Core Products: Optical Media and Flash Cards [PRWEB Jan 5, 2005]
Media Professionals: "The Business of
Creativity Media Conference" on 4/26
Media Professionals: "The Business of
Creativity Media Conference" on 4/26
04/15/2005 04:41 AMThe Graduate Media Association of Metropolitan College of New York
(MCNY) announces its plan to hold its first media conference, “The
Business of Creativity”, which is set to take place on Tuesday, April
26, 2005 at MCNY’s Manhattan campus on the 12th floor. The conference
will assemble a program of today’s top professionals to give hands-on
workshops, lectures, and panel discussions, covering topics that are
in the forefront of today’s media world. [PRWEB Apr 15, 2005]
Media Made Easy Announces the
Availability of the Media Made Easy
Media Center PC
Media Made Easy Announces the
Availability of the Media Made Easy
Media Center PC
03/24/2005 08:30 PMMedia Center PC World Mar 25 2005 12:48AM GMT
News: Media 100 to offer software-only
Media 100 HD
News: Media 100 to offer software-only
Media 100 HD
04/04/2005 03:18 PMOptibase Ltd. subsidiary Media 100 has announced Media 100 sw, a
software-only version of its Media 100 HD editing system. The software
will be distributed as a CD-ROM-based installation, available as a
public beta. It'll be distributed exclusively on CD-ROMs available at
Optibase's booth at the NAB 2005 trade show later this month.
Media 100 offers hardware-based Media
100 HD
Media 100 offers hardware-based Media
100 HD
12/10/2003 03:10 PMMedia 100 Inc. has supported the
Mac with updated OS X-native versions of its Media 100 i software, but
it's been eight years since the company produced any hardware for the
Mac. Now that drought has ended with the introduction of the Media 100
HD, a new native High Definition (HD) and Standard Definition (SD)
editing system that resides on a PCI-based expansion card.
I Want Media - Media People: Jeff Jarvis
I Want Media - Media People: Jeff Jarvis
03/13/2003 09:58 PMJeff Jarvis: 'Bloggers Are Becoming Influencers' .. I Want Media"
interview with Jeff Jarvis .. questions
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Promixis LLC, Releases NetRemote 1.1
Featuring MediaBridge 2.0, Expanding
Wireless Control of Users' Digital Music
Collection to Windows Media Player,
iTunes, Winamp and J. River Media Center
Promixis LLC, Releases NetRemote 1.1
Featuring MediaBridge 2.0, Expanding
Wireless Control of Users' Digital Music
Collection to Windows Media Player,
iTunes, Winamp and J. River Media Center
06/17/2005 03:26 PMPromixis LLC today announced the immediate availability of NetRemote
1.1 featuring Media Bridge 2.0 at its website:
http://www.promixis.com. NetRemote allows users to wirelessly view and
control playback of their digital media using Windows Media Player,
iTunes, J. River Media Center and Winamp. NetRemote runs on Windows
and Pocket PCs. [PRWEB Jun 15, 2005]
Microsoft Windows Media Center Extender
Technology Delivers Digital
Entertainment and the Media Center
Experience to Any Screen in the House
Microsoft Windows Media Center Extender
Technology Delivers Digital
Entertainment and the Media Center
Experience to Any Screen in the House
01/08/2004 07:35 PMThis evening during his keynote address at the 2004 International
Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Microsoft Corp. Chairman and Chief
Software Architect Bill Gates unveiled Windows® Media Center Extender
Technology. The software will power a new generation of products that
will extend the Media Center Edition PC experience allowing consumers
to access their favorite digital entertainment, such as live and
recorded television, photos, movies, and music that reside on their
Windows XP Media Center Edition PC, from any room in the home --
regardless of where the PC is located. Media Center Extender
Technology will not only provide access to rich content and services,
but will enable devices throughout the home to utilize the full
processing and storage capabilities of the PC creating new
opportunities for services and providing unprecedented choice and
access to content for consumers
UNDERSTANDING MEDIA: WEBLOGS ARE
EXCELLENT COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA, BUT
LOUSY COMMUNICATION TOOLS
UNDERSTANDING MEDIA: WEBLOGS ARE
EXCELLENT COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA, BUT
LOUSY COMMUNICATION TOOLS
06/04/2004 11:02 AM
Ton Zijlstra is on to
something.
He describes blogs as "personal presence portals", and then goes on to
describe the "awkwardness" that we feel when we go from 'knowing'
someone through their blog to meeting them in person. His solution to
that is simple: acknowledge
the awkwardness explicitly in the first face-to-face conversation, and
then work through it. Jon Husband chimes in
with the observation that on-line 'presence' is still foreign to us,
and we need to learn how to use it, much as at one point in our lives
we first learn to use the telephone. So why is it that learning to use
the telephone is childsplay, while learning to use blogs, especially
when 'enriched' with Skype VoIP telephony, IM, wikis and webcams is so
awkward, so hard?
It all comes down to the subject of Ton's post: presence. Ton refers to this
article that defines presence as a high-quality simulation of actual personal
existence,
high-quality implying socially rich, perceptually and socially
realistic, transporting (in both senses of the word), immersing, and
natural. Do blogs, with or without add-on multimedia tools, provide a
high-quality simulation of the author's existence, do they have presence?
To understand why this question is meaningless, we need to turn to the
guru of media, Marshall McLuhan. In his landmark book Understanding Media,
almost half a century ago, he explained the difference between media
and tools. Communications media are place holders for content, for the
message ("the medium is the
message"). Communication tools are technologies that deliver
the content, the message . In today's electronic age, he said, the two
have become blurred together. So my communication media decision tree
from last year, reproduced above, while useful, is somewhat flawed, in
that it mixes the two together.
But if we want to understand blogs, which are part media, part tools,
we need to unblur these distinct characteristics. The best way to do
this is to understand what, in McLuhan's terminology, the constituent
parts of blogs are extensions
of. The telephone, a communication tool, is an extension of the ear
and
the voice. Radio is a communication tool, likewise an extension of the
ear and voice, but the radio program is a communications medium, an extension of
the programmer's memory (and,
if we tape it, an extension of our memory as well).
Blogs, like newspaper columns or news digests, are essentially
communications media, extensions of our memories, place holders for
our
ideas and messages. They are not really extensions of our brains,
because they capture, like a snapshot, our thinking at one point in
time. Although we can try to make them conversational and describe our
thought processes in a blog article, they do not, in their simplest
form, allow the reader to truly engage our brains in real or
close-to-real time.
Now, blogs also have two communication tools included: a publishing
and
subscription tool (RSS), which does transmit our messages (very well),
and the rudimentary comments 'thread' functionality which, like a poor
web forum, does allow some dialogue with the author and with other
readers. The thread is a (lousy, and because it's asynchronous, jerky)
extension of our brains. To some extent the Internet itself is a
communication tool that disseminates our blog comment; it is the
blog's
'printing press'. And by that analogy, RSS is like the delivery truck
that takes the newspaper to the subscriber's house -- both are
communication tools, though RSS is clearly the superior delivery
vehicle.
So what? Well, there is a huge amount of discussion about how to make
blogs better, how to use them in business, and what their future is,
none of which makes the essential distinction between their role and
value as communication media and their role and value as communication
tools.
I would argue that the critical functionality of blogs, both in
personal and business use, is as a personal communications medium i.e.
a storage space for everything of consequence in our memories, and
everything of consequence in that other extension of our memory, the
filing cabinet (and its electronic analogue, the 'My Documents'
folder). As I've said in my posts on the future of blogs and in my future
state visions,
I think blogs will eventually (and properly) morph into purer, simpler
versions of this one critical functionality -- they will become the
proxies, the substitutes for our memories, for use by friends and
business contacts when we're busy or away from the high-presence
communication tools, by vendors to ascertain our need for their
offerings, and by ourselves as a place to organize, store and access
our own thoughts and memories, thus freeing up more of our real
memories for new ideas and perceptions. There have been some
interesting articles lately by people who say that making and keeping
huge numbers of dynamic lists and notes, instead of trying to keep all
that in our memories, we can actually enrich our brain's power, our
intellectual effectiveness and even our intelligence by 'freeing up
memory and brain CPU'. Next-generation blogs could be perfect for
that,
not only freeing up our memories but also allowing others access to
our
ideas and learnings.
So to that limited extent, blogs have presence -- they can be
excellent
simulations, surrogates, proxies for our personal memories. But what
if
we need more context to be able to properly understand the message, or
effectively use or build on the content of this virtual memory? Then
we
need high-quality, high-presence communication tools,
not communication media. We are rapidly moving towards a convergence
of
several 'online' communication tools: telephony, e-mail, IM, and
potentially voice-mail and videoconferencing. Right now, the content,
the stored messages of these various tools are unintegrated, but voice
recognition and transcription is quickly improving and we will soon be
able to 'record' conversations in any of these media in one simple,
intuitive way, and with Simple
Virtual Presence
we will also have a simple intuitive way to connect with people using
any or all of these media. Then we'll need a 'bridge' to allow each of
the participants in a conference to see anything in the blog/virtual
memory of any of the participants.
Until that day arrives, blogs get high marks as a communication
medium, but barely a
passing grade
as communication tools. If the technology developers understand the
distinction, and start building tools that are properly engineered for
simple, seamless connectivity, then one day the blurring won't matter,
and the integration between media and tools will be complete.
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Microsoft Adopts thePlatform media
publishing system To Manage MSN Video
Downloads; thePlatform's Media Manage
Microsoft Adopts thePlatform media
publishing system To Manage MSN Video
Downloads; thePlatform's Media Manage
01/06/2005 07:20 AMInvestors Business Daily Jan 6 2005 11:38AM GMT
Microsoft Announces Windows Media
Connect Technology, Enabling Seamless
Media Transfer Between Windows XP-Based
PCs and Consumer Electronics Devices
Microsoft Announces Windows Media
Connect Technology, Enabling Seamless
Media Transfer Between Windows XP-Based
PCs and Consumer Electronics Devices
01/08/2004 07:36 PMToday at the 2004 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES),
Microsoft Corp. announced Windows® Media Connect, technology designed
to enable hardware manufacturers to easily develop devices such as
Digital Media Receivers (DMRs), which have rich functionality for
playing digital media files stored on personal computers over home
networks. A broad range of industry leaders have announced their
support of this upcoming technology, including leading PC OEMs and
consumer electronics device manufacturers including Arcadyan
Technology Corp., Creative Labs, Dell Inc., Mediabolic Inc., PRISMIQ
Inc., Rockford Corp., Roku, Simple Devices Inc. and Toshiba. Leading
content service providers such as LAUNCH Music on Yahoo!, MusicNow
(formerly FullAudio), and Napster also endorsed Windows Media Connect
for its ability to extend the reach of their content and services to a
new range of consumer devices. Available in 2004, Windows Media
Connect technology will overcome two critical hurdles faced by
networked media devices today: compatibility between proprietary
devices and ease of access to content stored on the PC.
The humanism of media ecology: Keynote
address delivered at the inaugural media
ecology association convention
The humanism of media ecology: Keynote
address delivered at the inaugural media
ecology association convention
12/09/2003 03:47 AMI Want Media - Media News & Resources
I Want Media - Media News & Resources
04/18/2005 12:42 AMIWantMedia.com (an excellent source of media information, as if people
didn't know) .. Iwantmedia.com, Patrick Phillips' one stop shop for
stories about the media .. i want media .. iwm
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Premio Introduces Media Center PC with
Microsoft® Windows® XP Media Center
Edition 2005
Premio Introduces Media Center PC with
Microsoft® Windows® XP Media Center
Edition 2005
12/19/2004 03:45 PMPremio Computer, Inc. today announced the Premio Media Center PC.
Preinstalled with Microsoft® Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005,
the Premio Media Center is a versatile, comprehensive solution for
media and home entertainment applications [PRWEB Dec 15, 2004]
NewsGator Launches "NewsGator Media
Platform," a Private Label RSS Service
for Media Companies
NewsGator Launches "NewsGator Media
Platform," a Private Label RSS Service
for Media Companies
03/14/2005 04:38 PMDenver Post and the Media News Group Partner with NewsGator for
Next Generation Media Service
DENVER, CO -- March 3, 2005 -- NewsGator Technologies, Inc., the
leading RSS software platform company, announced today the launch of
its 'NewsGator Media Platform,' a private label RSS service for the
media industry. Media News Group and its flagship newspaper, The
Denver Post, announced that they will launch branded RSS readers
powered by NewsGator's Media Platform for the Denver Post and other
Media News Group properties.
J.B. Holston, the President and CEO of NewsGator, said, "We're
thrilled to be working with The Denver Post to apply our
industry-leading software platform to help extend their brand with the
power of RSS. After a thorough review, Media News Group chose the
'NewsGator Media Platform' because it is the most scalable,
cost-effective, and reader-friendly solution available on the market.
We're very proud of our partnership with one of America's leading
media groups."
The NewsGator Media Platform is powered by NewsGator's
industry-leading NewsGator Online system, which manages hundreds of
thousands of RSS feeds for tens of thousands of individual end-users
who access their content synchronized across a myriad of devices.
NewsGator is working with a wide range of media and other enterprises
around the world to leverage that system to manage private-labeled RSS
readers. NewsGator's Media Platform is the only service that supports
web, desktop, mobile, Media Center, DivX, and a wide range of other
RSS applications and readers, all seamlessly synchronized. NewsGator's
interface and interaction design experts work closely with clients to
create a consumer-friendly experience around the client's brand,
leveraging the power of NewsGator's rich RSS aggregation and reading
capabilities.
Mike Higgins, Senior Vice President and COO of Media News Group
Interactive said, "We believe that RSS-based reading is the next
generation for a rich, personalized experience for our readers. We're
extremely excited to partner with NewsGator, the clear leader in this
space, around this vital industry innovation."
Gil Asakawa, Executive Producer for The Denver Post said, "We're
excited to be working with NewsGator to develop a tool for our readers
to take advantage of the burgeoning RSS universe, and to personalize
their news from The Denver Post. There's a huge opportunity here to
popularize RSS as a mainstream format."
About Media News Group
MediaNews Group, Inc is the nation's seventh-largest newspaper
company, with headquarters in Denver, Colorado. MediaNews Group and
its subsidiaries publish 47 daily newspapers and 110 non-daily
publications in 10 states, with daily and Sunday circulation of
approximately 2.2 million and 2.5 million respectively. In addition,
MediaNews Group owns a CBS affiliate in Anchorage Alaska and four
radio stations in Texas. MediaNews Group maintains 74 websites for its
daily newspapers and an umbrella website, www.NewsChoice.com.
Real Digital Media Integrates Macromedia
Flash Player with NEOCAST Media Player
XF
Real Digital Media Integrates Macromedia
Flash Player with NEOCAST Media Player
XF
06/17/2005 03:38 PMOnlypunjab.com Jun 17 2005 3:31PM GMT
"NPR and Media Matters Can't Tell Time--
It's a two-fer tonight: evidence of
incredible carelessness at both NPR and
Media Matters"
"NPR and Media Matters Can't Tell Time--
It's a two-fer tonight: evidence of
incredible carelessness at both NPR and
Media Matters"
09/12/2004 02:12 PMWindows Media Center Extender and
Portable Media Center Fact Sheets (PDF)
Windows Media Center Extender and
Portable Media Center Fact Sheets (PDF)
01/08/2004 07:34 PMNewsGator Media Center Edition Featured
in Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004
"Online Spotlight"
NewsGator Media Center Edition Featured
in Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004
"Online Spotlight"
06/04/2004 12:40 PMNewsGator Offering in Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004
Enables Users to Read Selected Content, or Watch On-Demand Video
Content
DENVER, CO - June 4, 2004 - Today, NewsGator Technologies announced
that the recently launched NewsGator Media Edition is featured in
Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004's "Online Spotlight," an online
guide created specifically for Media Center Edition PC customers that
offers a central location for them to find the latest third-party
services and software, such as music, movie trailers, news updates and
even Karaoke.
NewsGator provides a mechanism for Media Center PC users to easily
find NewsGator software and services online, without having to
separately download anything from the NewsGator web site. Both text
and multimedia content is supported, and information that has not
already been viewed on another device can be displayed by
synchronizing user subscriptions with NewsGator Online Services.
"We're excited to be included in Online Spotlight - this will
dramatically increase our visibility to the many thousands of Media
Center PC users," said Greg Reinacker, President & Founder of
NewsGator Technologies.
NewsGator Media Center Edition is included as part of NewsGator
Online Services. NewsGator Online Services includes three other
content reader editions, which allow users to read content they have
subscribed to from any web browser (with Web Edition), any email
client (with POP Edition), and from a mobile wireless device (with
Mobile Edition), which is a powerful feature for road warriors who use
mobile devices to access information while on the road. The service
also provides exclusive, subscriber-only content to its subscribers,
as well as the ability to search for content that matches a specific
keyword or URL, and return that content in a feed. NewsGator Online
Services pricing starts at $5.95/month per user.
"Media Center PCs allow consumers to have faster and more efficient
access to all of their favorite digital content when, where, and how
they want," said Brad Brooks, Director of Marketing at Microsoft Corp.
"With the NewsGator Media Center Edition, NewsGator Technologies is
delivering a complementary and innovative service that will let Media
Center Edition PC users easily access their customized choice of news
services."
More about NewsGator Media Center Edition
This is the latest step in the "any time, any place, any device"
strategy that distinguishes the NewsGator product line. NewsGator
Online Services allows users to read one set of content from any
device, without duplication. The combined power of NewsGator Media
Center Edition and Online Services offers customers a productive and
fun way to access their personalized subscriptions and information
from any device, whenever they need it.
SnapStream Media Partners With NewsGator
to Feature NewsGator Media Center
Edition in SnapStream Spotlight
SnapStream Media Partners With NewsGator
to Feature NewsGator Media Center
Edition in SnapStream Spotlight
06/25/2004 12:01 PMSnapStream Spotlight Enables Users to Read Selected NewsGator
Content and Watch On-Demand Videos in Full-Screen Interface Mode With
Firefly PC Remotes
HOUSTON, June 25 - SnapStream Media, Inc. (http://www.snapstream.com), a
leader in PC entertainment products, and NewsGator Technologies
announced today the inclusion of NewsGator Media Center Edition in
SnapStream Spotlight. SnapStream Spotlight is a new addition to the
Firefly(TM) PC Remote package.
The Firefly PC Remote with SnapStream Spotlight brings the latest
online movies, radio, news and music into the living room by
leveraging the power of the PC and the Internet. SnapStream
Spotlight serves as a portal to various online media providers, such
as NewsGator, for Firefly PC Remote users. Its savvy interface makes
it easy to access online media content in a living room setting.
NewsGator Media Center Edition is a part of NewsGator Online
Services. It allows users to easily find NewsGator software and
services online without having to separately download anything from
the NewsGator web site.
SnapStream Spotlight and NewsGator Media Center Edition provide
Firefly PC Remote users a way to access NewsGator content and watch
on-demand videos away from the PC desktop.
"We are excited to have NewsGator Technologies on board for our
latest entertainment PC offering, SnapStream Spotlight," said Rakesh
Agrawal, President and CEO of SnapStream Media, Inc. "The new
SnapStream Spotlight feature, along with Firefly PC Remote, allows
users to control media stored on the PC in a living room setting.
SnapStream Spotlight and NewsGator Media Center Edition open doors for
Firefly PC Remote users by giving them another way to access online
news content."
"NewsGator Technologies is pleased to be a part of the SnapStream
Spotlight launch," said Greg Reinacker, President & Founder of
NewsGator Technologies. "With SnapStream Spotlight, even consumers
without Media Center PCs can enjoy the convenience of what NewsGator
Media Center Edition has to offer."
ABOUT FIREFLY PC REMOTE
Firefly PC Remote gives users remote control access to audio and
visual media stored on their PCs. It is sleek, lightweight and
designed to fit comfortably in the user's hand. It is an RF remote and
can transmit signals through walls and up to 30 feet away. Firefly
comes with its own media center software, SnapStream Media's Beyond
Media(TM) Basic, but is also compatible with others such as
Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP Media Center Edition. Beyond Media Basic is
a PC entertainment gateway with included music, video and photos
players.
ABOUT SNAPSTREAM MEDIA
SnapStream Media, Inc., a leading developer of digital
entertainment products, was founded in 1999 by Richard Kuo and Rakesh
Agrawal. Houston-based and privately held, SnapStream Media's vision
is to build high-quality consumer entertainment experiences that
leverage PC technology. The company's personal video recording (PVR)
software, Beyond TV(TM), was called "dazzlingly cool" by the Los
Angeles Times, referred to as "an idea whose time has come" by the
Associated Press and declared "better than TiVo" by Maximum PC.
Interested parties can find more information about SnapStream Media
and its products at http://www.snapstream.com.
ABOUT NEWSGATOR MEDIA CENTER EDITION
This is the latest step in the "any time, any place, any device"
strategy that distinguishes the NewsGator product line. NewsGator
Online Services allows users to read one set of content from any
device, without duplication. The combined power of NewsGator Media
Center Edition and Online Services offers customers a productive and
fun way to access their personalized subscriptions and information
from any device, whenever they need it.
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