On Tuesday, National Geographic announced that it will be expanding its business into video games in an effort to reach its younger audience. The magazine hopes to have at four games released by next year.
This news comes at such a morbid time in the world of print media. National Geographic seems to be making moves to reach out to its younger readers. Instead of just watching things deteriorate, the picturesque magazine is putting forth some innovative effort. Who knows what the developers have in store, but I can imagine game plots ranging in anything from escaping the Amazon to leading a…
In the never ending battle between video sites and studios, MGM and Youtube are close to an agreement. They’ve decided to allow Youtube to host full length videos on their site. Starting today, YouTube will have some of MGM’s content available.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios will kick off the partnership by posting
episodes of its decade-old “American Gladiators” program to YouTube,
along with full-length action films like “Bulletproof Monk” and “The
Magnificent Seven” and clips from popular movies like “Legally Blonde.”
These will be free to watch, with ads running alongside the video.
They are not the only studio considering posting content online in this format. Hulu also features…
From a post that I recently wrote on Artists House Music:
Calling all independent artists!!! Bandcamp is here, have no fear! I think.
For those of y’all who have not checked out bandcamp.mu, you’re missing out. Not only is this the sexiest place that I’ve seen where independent artists can call their music’s home, but it looks as if its not all bells and whistles.
I’m not going to explain all of the fancy features in detail, Ethan Diamond’s screencast is wonderful and I encourage everyone to take the six minutes to watch it; you won’t be disappointed. In particular, the graphs that show the differing…
EMI, one of the four major record labels, has sealed a deal with InMotion Entertainment that places music from the label into kiosks in major airports across the country. Before travelers board their flights, they can stroll over to one of the Playpoint Media HotSpot kiosks and browse through a catalog of EMI’s content. Potential buyers need only a credit card, a portable mp3 player, and their fingers. (the kiosks run touchscreen menus)
Although I do commend EMI for branching out and trying to find new revenue streams, I do not see this as a particularly attractive model. It seems that…
We all know that a digital download of a song should cost 99 cents right? Wrong. The arbitrary value of 99 cents/song, set by Steve Jobs for his iTunes, is finally beginning to be challenged. In September of last year, Amazon launched its digital download service, AmazonMp3, which set all of its prices at below 99 cents; most at 89 cents. Since Amazon others have begun to change their price structures too.
The latest, LaLa, has been around for several years, but has just recently changed its price structure. For the price of 10 cents/song, you can stream the bought song…
The updates to CS4 seem to be more of a system overhaul than a system upgrade. The new and improved CS4 will provide designers from video production, print design, and the web to reduce their time allocated to projects with the workflow enhancements. In addition, Adobe has designed the system to easily assist designers to bridge their designs from print to the web and from the web to your TV screen. The latest report by DoubleClick on Creative Insights on Rich Media supports the trends of providing rich media through all forms of communication such as mobile phones, TV, digital…
Her name is Emily.
Well, actually I don’t know ‘her’ name but the article says that it’s Emily! and by sweet god they sure did a number on her. I love animation, in any form possible, computer generated or oldschool hand drawn, I have great respects for the artists who work night over night making something out of nothing. I know it’s not an easy task to draw or animate and to make it look real has always been a challenge for any animator.
So, what do we have here today? basically the best lifelike animation I have seen in a long…
In the beginning ….. an Introduction ….
First of all, I want to thank the folks at Talent Zoo for asking me to be one of their bloggers at Digital Pivot. ‘Tis an honor I don’t deserve. I will try to make my blogs interesting, witty and thoughtful.
Initially, I want to share with you my perspectives, creative background and the source of my creative musings. So, sit back, read on and get to know me.
There are so any things going on in the interactive, broadcast and new media platforms that it is near impossible to keep up with it all. In…
“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace” - Sir Chimhoy Ghose.
Every now and then a friend of mine from the other side of the world sends me a link of an item that moved him or her, that link sparked something with in them and they choose to take the time and spread their thought and emotions regarding that event. I decide to take my precious time and embark on an adventure which will connect us to a higher meaning of relationships. This bonds us and make us wonder about how souls connect and…
In a very aside sidebar to June 3’s election coverage was the media’s unfavorable notice that John McCain presented his general election kickoff speech in Kenner, La., in front of a green screen containing the slogan, “Change We Can Believe In.”
I’m not trying to pick on McCain (see this previous post about the HD impact on the candidate), but the New Media landscape doesn’t seem to favor him. When I saw McCain’s speech live, I was instinctively struck by the green backdrop. I thought of Stephen Colbert’s “Green Screen Challenge” from last year. In that little landmark of digital media integration, Stephen…
