The removal of the artist's songs from the streaming service represents the latest development in an ongoing distribution struggle in the music industry.
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Tags: 1989, Big Machine Records, distribution, Spotify, streaming, Taylor Swift
Posted in Industry, Music | 4 Comments »
How HBO's deal with Amazon Prime reflects its history of embracing new forms of distribution in the interest of connecting with and monetizing audiences unable or unwilling to subscribe to the channel.
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Tags: Amazon Prime, DVD, HBO, Home Video, Sex and the City, streaming, syndication
Posted in Industry, TV | 1 Comment »
Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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Tags: Comcast, copyright, digital media, Disney, FTC, FX, FXX, GDC, HBO, Hollywood, Hulu, industry, News Corp., streaming, Supreme Court, television, TV, upfronts, Variety, video games
Posted in Columns, Current Events, Industry, What Are You Missing? | Comments Off on What Are You Missing? March 17-March 30
Netflix's willingness to give the audience control over serial viewing challenges assumptions that the best way to control program costs is to eke out episodes over time, measuring demand, and then raising and lowering prices in response.
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Tags: advertising, business models, HBO, House of Cards, Netflix, new media, streaming, TV
Posted in Industry, Perspectives, TV | 8 Comments »
Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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Tags: Amazon, Apple, box office, children, China, cloud services, digital media, Disney, Dreamworks, DVDs, e-readers, gaming, Hollywood, internet, iTunes, music, Nintendo, Redbox, social media, streaming, television, UltraViolet, Wal-mart, Xbox
Posted in Columns, What Are You Missing? | 1 Comment »
Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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Tags: Academy Awards, advertising, apps, Blockbuster, digital music, Disney, distribution, Facebook, Google, magazines, MPAA, MySpace, Netflix, newspapers, piracy, Redbox, social media, streaming, tax credits, television, YouTube
Posted in Columns, What Are You Missing? | Comments Off on What Are You Missing? Nov 25 – Dec 8
Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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Tags: Academy Awards, Amazon, Apple, Disney, e-books, gaming, internet, internet radio, iPad, Iranian cinema, mobile technology, movie theaters, music, Netflix, Pandora, Redbox, Sony, streaming, technology, television, UltraViolet, Universal Music Group, Verizon, video on demand
Posted in Columns, What Are You Missing? | 1 Comment »
Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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Tags: advertising, Amazon, Apple, China, digital media, e-readers, Facebook, film festivals, gaming, iTunes, Lionsgate, music, newspapers, Nintendo, piracy, Reddit, Sony, Spotify, streaming, television, Twitter, UltraViolet
Posted in Columns, What Are You Missing? | Comments Off on What Are You Missing? Sept 2-15
Despite generic familiarity and a solid first season, Hulu's Battleground has struggled to draw the attention of critics and viewers alike as the site's first original fictional series.
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Tags: Battleground, distribution, Hulu, Lilyhammer, Madison, Netflix, streaming
Posted in TV, TV | 3 Comments »
I demand a moratorium on breathless distribution announcements from cable companies until they upgrade the user interface. We all know the technology exists.
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Tags: Comcast, interfaces, streaming
Posted in Perspectives, Technology, TV | 7 Comments »
Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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Tags: Apple, Blockbuster, China, cloud services, digital distribution, digital music, distribution, DVDs, Facebook, gaming, Google, Hollywood, independent, iPad, Lionsgate, movie theaters, Netflix, Pinterest, porn, social gaming, social media, Spotify, streaming, television, UltraViolet, video on demand
Posted in Columns, What Are You Missing? | Comments Off on What Are You Missing? Feb 12-March 3
Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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Tags: Academy Awards, books, broadband, digital music, distribution, e-books, e-readers, Google, independent, independent film, internet, iTunes, Lionsgate, movie theaters, music, Nintendo, social media, streaming, Sundance, television, Twitter, video games, video on demand
Posted in Columns, What Are You Missing? | Comments Off on What Are You Missing? January 15-28
Music in the cloud services, such as Apple's iCloud, are a specific snapshot of music as a cultural commodity, one that sees music as indelibly networked to certain providers and technologies.
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Tags: cloud computing, iCloud, music, streaming
Posted in Technology | Comments Off on Cloudy with a Chance of Media
Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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Tags: 3D, Amazon, books, cloud services, digital media, Hollywood, independent, internet, net neutrality, Netflix, oscars, Paramount, porn, social media, Sony, Spotify, streaming, television, Twitter, UltraViolet, video games, Wal-mart, YouTube
Posted in Columns, What Are You Missing? | 1 Comment »
Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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Tags: 3D, Amazon, AOL, Apple, cloud services, digital media, Facebook, film festivals, Google, Hollywood, Lionsgate, movie theaters, music, MySpace, Netflix, streaming, summer blockbusters, television, Tumblr, Twitter, video games, video on demand, Wal-mart, Yahoo
Posted in Columns, What Are You Missing? | 2 Comments »