Category: Item of Interest

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Item of Interest The Business of Production

Copyright’s stakeholders don’t “fit in a room” and must include the public.

Post author By Philip
Post date June 4, 2012
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People like the MPAA’s Chris Dodds (who only opens his mouth on the topic to lie) and now Hollywood Super agent Arri Emmanuel want to sit down in a room with “the government” and “Silicon valley” to craft a “deal” on copyright. What they consistently miss is that every one of us has a stake in this: we’re consumers and producers of material. The group formerly known as the “audience” are no longer passive consumers of whatever Â the metaphoric “Hollywood” wants to hand out.

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Forget about â€˜content management’ and focus on Audience Development

Post author By Philip
Post date June 2, 2012

Forget about â€˜content managementâ€™â€“and focus on â€˜audience developmentâ€™ http://t.co/CsvtX391

Without an audience there is no monetization. Â The article points to five actions:

1. Manage across the many channels of distribution.

2. Adjust the focus from audience to individual.

3. Use abundant user data to know what works. Â Â

4. Make your systems look forward, not back.

5. Fully socialize your distribution. Â Â

Item of Interest The Business of Production Video Technology

Episode 45: The Post NAB Show

Post author By Philip
Post date May 30, 2012

Episode 45: The Post NAB Show http://t.co/j0vkytfp A new episode of The Terence and Philip Show

We went way, way over time so itâ€™s a long show. If there was more time it would be edited down for content, so hit that fast forward button. We cover everything we can remember from NAB 2012.

Item of Interest Monetizing The Business of Production

Amanda Palmer And Steve Albini – Piracy only helps musicians

Post author By Philip
Post date May 27, 2012
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Amanda Palmer And Steve Albini On ‘Piracy’: It Only Helps Musicians http://t.co/WBptNZZF Those actually making music weigh in.

Item of Interest The Business of Production

Content’s Never Been a Profit Center

Post author By Philip
Post date May 22, 2012

Content’s Never Been a Profit Center,Why Should It Be Any Different Online? http://t.co/oJUx3r7y

Yes, viewers are moving online, but despiteÂ billionsÂ of connected devices out there, itâ€™s unreasonable to think that in the slugfest between TV and the Internet, TV will lose.Â But the fact remains that with falling rates, the pre-roll isnâ€™t enough to fund online content.

For content to survive — let alone thrive — it needs to make economic sense.

That’s how the article starts and continues with a good analysis of why pre-roll and sponsorship may not be enough.

Apple Pro Apps Item of Interest Video Technology

Final Cut Pro X ingests from multiple devices at the same time. [Updated]

Post author By Philip
Post date May 14, 2012
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Well that’s interesting. We noticed that in Final Cut Pro X’s Import from Camera window that, not only was the built-in camera always visible (it’s a MacBook Pro) even with external devices mounted, so Greg hypothesized that it would ingest from multiple sources at the same time. This, of course, would be highly desirable on The Solar Odyssey, so I decided to test it.

Item of Interest The Business of Production The Technology of Production

The Terence and Philip Show Episode 44

Post author By Philip
Post date May 9, 2012

The Terence and Philip Show Episode 44: The HPA Retreat – technology’s leading edge. http://t.co/mikrdyRD

Terence attended this year’s Hollywood Post Alliance retreat with the theme “Snowflake Workflows” and talks about the technologies that were previewed.

The things that stood out for Terry in the demo room: Sony’s Blu-ray archive solution to compete with LTO and $25,000 4K home projector;

There’s a side discussion how disruptive technologies often come out of the consumer divisions of the large conglomerates rather than their professional product division.

Terry then a panel where Disney discussed automating the diversity of outputs from master file (up to thousands of variations).

How does the combination of RAW and Lytro camera affect production? How much moves from production to post?

Terry also talks about the trends in production and consumption revealed at the HPA Retreat.

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Lynda.com hits $70m in revenue.

Post author By Philip
Post date May 3, 2012
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Color me pleasantly surprised: http://t.co/ymWJMR2s hits $70 million in revenue http://t.co/GD9HQNir Awesome result, congrats Lynda & Bruce.

Just goes to show that delivering a product people want at a price they’re prepared to pay, is always good business.

Item of Interest The Business of Production

Chris Dodd Rewrites Hollywood History to Pretend that came about Because of IP Laws

Post author By Philip
Post date May 3, 2012
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Chris Dodd Rewrites Hollywood’s History To Pretend That It Came About Because Of IP Laws http://t.co/rLKcxW4i Exactly the opposite of fact!

Interesting Technology Item of Interest

All Hail the Robotic Farmers and Pilots of the Future

Post author By Philip
Post date May 2, 2012

All Hail the Robotic Farmers and Pilots of the Future http://t.co/dlOM5NXM

A very interesting article on the increasing computer algorithm use to make landings and take-offs safer:

Fighter pilot Mary â€œMissyâ€ Cummings saw it coming while landing her F/A-18 supersonic jet on a Navy aircraft carrier â€” the world-changing disruption barreling toward the present.

Instead of landing the multi-million-dollar machine on the small deck of the ship herself in the 1990s, a computer accomplished the tricky feat for her.

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