http://importance.corante.com/ en-us ernest.miller@aya.yale.edu 2005-07-13T10:54:49-08:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/07/13/pbss_webonly_nerd_tv_to_launch_in_september_under_creative_commons_license.php Lost Remote, among many others, reports that PBS will be making one its shows available solely on the internet under a Creative Commons license (PBS Launches 'a Whole New Kind of Television'). The show, to be hosted by Robert X.... 6326@http://importance.corante.com/ Copyright 2005-07-13T10:54:49-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/07/08/netflix_in_another_indie_film_distribution_deal_where_is_netflix_for_the_internet.php IndieWIRE reports that Netflix has made another deal to distribute an independent film (Hal Hartley Takes Latest Film to Netflix for DVD Release). Hal Hartley's The Girl from Monday is the film being distributed this time. This is a very... 6312@http://importance.corante.com/ Broadcatching/Podcasting 2005-07-08T10:30:37-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/07/06/podcasting_for_the_xbox_360.php So, the next generation XBox360 is going to have all sorts of cool multimedia abilities and its connectivity through XBox Live is being heavily touted (XBox360 Fact Sheet). So, will Microsoft dare permit podcasting to the XBox? If they do,... 6301@http://importance.corante.com/ Broadcatching/Podcasting 2005-07-06T13:48:09-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/07/06/introducing_the_spoken_alexandria_project.php The Shifted Librarian brings news of the Spoken Alexandria Project (Introducing the Spoken Alexandria Project + Podcast). The Spoken Alexandria Projectis creating a free library of spoken word recordings, consisting of classics in the public domain and modern works (with... 6296@http://importance.corante.com/ Blink › 2005-07-06T10:03:27-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/07/03/1_public_domain_dvds_in_the_ny_times.php Via FurdLog, I note that the New York Times has an article on $1 Public Domain DVDs (Attack of the $1 DVD's).While overall DVD sales are robust - last year retailers sold $15.5 billion in discs - the low-end market... 6273@http://importance.corante.com/ Blink › 2005-07-03T08:44:00-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/07/03/media_server_for_tivo.php Galleon is "is a free open source media server for TiVo which allows you to enjoy many kinds of content and interactive applications right on your TV. The server runs on your home computer and organizes your media collection so... 6272@http://importance.corante.com/ Blink › 2005-07-03T08:26:37-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/07/03/capturing_audio_by_the_ton.php I'm a bit late in blogging this, but this is really significant. Doug Kaye of IT Conversations has a new project to document all the audio presentations from conventions and other places that he can (The New Project).Every day there... 6271@http://importance.corante.com/ Blink › 2005-07-03T08:15:32-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/07/02/first_it_was_box_office_now_dvd_sales_slumping_too.php There has been a lot of talk about the sluggish box office for recently released movies, but now BusinessWeek is reporting sluggish DVD sales as well (End of the DVD Party?). This is not good news for Hollywood, as many... 6269@http://importance.corante.com/ Blink › 2005-07-02T23:26:43-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/06/28/itunes_49_now_with_podcasting.php Ironically, the day after the Grokster decision, Apple releases iTunes 4.9, "Now With Podcasting". Interestingly, the Grokster concurrence by Justice Breyer actually mentions podcasts as something that can be legitimately swapped on P2P networks. As far as I know it... 6242@http://importance.corante.com/ Blink › 2005-06-28T10:28:29-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/06/24/five_unintended_consequences_of_podcasting.php Rex Hammock has completed his excellent series, How Apple Will Change Everything About Podcasting, with a post about Five Potential Unintended Consequences of iTunes Embracing Podcasting. The post punctures the podcast bubble just a bit, pointing out some of the... 6211@http://importance.corante.com/ Blink › 2005-06-24T23:36:00-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/06/23/study_pvrs_in_50_of_us_homes_in_2009.php Ed Bott points to a study that finds that despite tremendous growth, PVRs (aka TiVos) won't be in 50% of US homes until 2009 (PVRs Won't Hit the Mainstream for Years).If you own a TiVo, or a Media Center PC,... 6193@http://importance.corante.com/ Blink › 2005-06-23T21:12:35-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/06/23/clear_channel_to_launch_30_podcasts.php DesignTechnica reports that Clear Channel Communications is launching 20 podcasts with 10 more to follow shortly (Clear Channel Radio Goes Podcast Happy). They're primarily comedy/interview/morning zoo shows, but it'll be interesting to see how good they are. Clear Channel clearly... 6192@http://importance.corante.com/ Blink › 2005-06-23T21:05:00-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/06/22/listening_to_radio_on_your_cellphone.php BusinessWeek has an an interesting article about radio for your cellphone (Dial R for Radio on Your Cell).Chances are radio services will be a hit with the 2 billion wireless subscribers worldwide. "Mobile phones are always with you," explains Nancy... 6160@http://importance.corante.com/ Telecomm 2005-06-22T05:59:04-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/06/21/happy_20th_birthday_nick_at_night_hope_you_dont_have_too_many_more.php TV Squad wishes Nick at Night happy 20th birthday (Happy Birthday, Nick at Nite). The grandad of rerun TV turns 20 on July 1st. I hope we won't be celebrating their 30th. It's not that I don't like Nick at... 6153@http://importance.corante.com/ Blink › 2005-06-21T20:11:48-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/06/21/a_typical_joe_on_the_future_of_tv.php A Typical Joe on the future of television (Goodbye Network TV; Hello We TV).I spent 12 years working in community media production. The problem wasn't the talent or the creativity. It was the time, money and complexity. Each of those... 6142@http://importance.corante.com/ Blink › 2005-06-21T10:11:10-08:00