Despite the fact that prices have plummeted for next-generation high-definition DVD players, the two systems – Blu-ray, developed by Sony, and HD DVD, from Toshiba, have sold only about one million stand-alone players combined. In June, we suggested that the winner in the war between HD DVD and Blu-Ray could be Internet TV. Increasingly, it’s […]

Internet media is moving to the mainstream, according to research from Deloitte & Touche: 38% of Americans are watching TV shows online. 36% use their cell phones for entertainment. 54% of Americans use social networking sites, chat rooms or message boards to socialize. 45 percent have a profile on a social networking site. Online ads […]

The New York Times has an article today that suggests that “blogging is a low-cost, high return marketing tool”: To its true believers at small businesses, it is a low-cost, high-return tool that can handle marketing and public relations, raise the company profile and build the brand. That tool is blogging, though small businesses with […]

RSS and podcasting pioneer Dave Winer has a new project, FlickrFan, that’s a platform for uploading and downloading Flickr images. Even more important, though, it’s an attempt to turn your HDTV into a platform that embraces the Internet. Here’s how he explains it: It’s all about pictures… Pictures from your Flickr contacts… High-def pics from […]

Last Friday, Todd Cochrane of Geek News Central (also Blubrry and Raw Voice) broke new media ground with his 24-Hour Podcast Marathon. The event, which raised awareness and money for the One Laptop Per Child initiative, was an around-the-clock international Internet media event, featuring audio and video interviews with dozens of people in the podcast […]

Morgan Webb discusses how to video podcast and shows some behind-the-scenes secrets about how she puts together her video podcast, Webb Alert.

Radiohead,¬†the poster-boy for¬†Internet music promotion,¬†is promoting its album, In Rainbows, with an hour-long canned Internet video that will premiere New Year’s Eve on Al Gore’s Current TV. The pre-recorded performance will include all of the tracks from In Rainbows plus some “other bits”, according to the band. The event will air on Current TV and […]

Back in 1957, when the British Queen delivered her first television message, she acknowledged the need to adapt to changing times. “I very much hope that this new medium will make my Christmas message more personal and direct,” she said from her Sandringham estate in Norfolk. “That it is possible for some of you to […]

There are tons of digital photo picture frames on the market and none have them have really wowed me. Mustek has come up with something original, though, with the PF-i700, a 7-inch color digital photo frame with an integrated Apple iPod docking station. In addition to doing the usual digital picture frame duties, it can […]

Canada’s CBC is looking for proposals for original online content. This is an open call, so you don‚Äôt have to work at the CBC to submit a proposal. Here are some of the factors consider when putting together your pitch: Potential impact – There is much competition for limited resources and success in the new […]