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Rivendell GPL radio automation software suite

February 9, 2006 in Applications, Industry, Infrastructures, public broadcasting by Administrator | No comments

Three weeks ago I reported about LiveSupport, an open radio automation software. Well, here is another platform I found: Rivendell. Doc Searls reports about it in his recent Linux Journal column:
 
Rivendell aims to be a complete radio broadcast automation solution, with facilities for the acquisition, management, scheduling and playout of audio content. As a robust, functionally complete digital audio system for broadcast radio applications, Rivendell uses industry standard components like the GNU/Linux Operating System, the AudioScience HPI Driver Architecture and the MySQL Database Engine. Rivendell is being developed under the GNU Public License.
 
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This looks like a very professionnal an complete radio automation suite that’s already being used in commercial ventures. Intersetingly, Rivendell can be used as the basis for internet radio as well.

Branding Méli-Mélo

February 8, 2006 in Divers, Industry by Administrator | No comments

In french there is this expression “méli-mélo” that means something like a mish-mash, a mess or a mix.
 
Well I think I observed some pattern in “mixing” letters together to get a brand for a mobile media service. Have a look at these brands:
  • Melodeo : music service “integrator” for wireless operators
  • Modeo: Cowncastle mobile TV service for the US based on DVB-H
  • Movio: BT mobile TV service based on DAB

I should get the following trademarks: Mevio, Medeo, Molideo, my MeliMelo of course and why not Osolemio !!!

Super Bowl viewers ratings: 1 billion ? Urban myth?

February 5, 2006 in Industry, Services by Administrator | 3 comments

I’m just scratching the surface of this subject but 5 minutes ago I heard, on CBC news (canadian public broadcaster), that the Super Bowl attracted 1 billion viewers… I haven’t found the answer yet but as I said in my previous post, wikipedia (whoever that is!) suggests that this is probalby an urban myth:
 
There is a popular urban myth regarding the Super Bowl — that the game is watched in 234 countries by 1 billion people, a fact unlikely to be true considering the time of the event, and the lack of popularity American Football has outside of the United States. In actual fact, Super Bowl XXXIX in 2005 was watched by 93 million viewers in total, of which 98 percent were in North America. Approximately half of the remaining 2 million worldwide viewers watched from the United Kingdom.
 
Just to have a better idea, I found the ratings of other big broadcast events:

My guts feelings tell me that soccer is the real global sport. How could american football be so popular all around the globe?

Anyone has the answer?

tvmobilenews.com

January 31, 2006 in Industry, Mobility by Administrator | No comments

Interesting web news on mobile TV(no RSS feed though!):
 

TV mobile News is a partnership between two leading commentators on the mobile and TV industry.

Together they aim to help the TV and mobile industries understand each other better and to help them explore the opportunites from the technology.

Link via (SmartMobs)

IP Wireless and TDtv

January 31, 2006 in Applications, Industry, Infrastructures, Mobility by Administrator | No comments

The 3GSM world congress is coming in two weeks and that is probably the reason why we see so many press releases these days. Mobile TV will definitely be a hot topic this year.
 
Well recently, the TDtv technolgy was anounced:
 
IPWireless Mobile Broadband technology is a packet data implementation of the international 3GPP Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS) standard. Time-division-duplex (TDD) is used, according to the 3GPP UMTS UTRA UMTS TD-CDMA standard, allowing operation on unpaired spectrum anywhere in these bands. Chip rates of 3.84 and 7.68 megachips/sec (Mcps) are supported, for operation in channelization of 5 and10 MHz (6 and 12 MHz in the MMDS band).
 
TDtv is a Sprint Nextel effort to keep Mobile TV within the 3G ecosystem. It is based on the multimedia broadcast and multicast service (MBMS) specification.
 

Freedom to Connect Conference

January 26, 2006 in Industry, Legislation by Administrator | No comments

For the second time, David Isenberg (the very bright father of the “stupid network”) brings us this great conference.
 
F2C is where communications policy meets networking technology, network economics, networked applications, and network construction and operation. F2C is dedicated to the proposition that strong networks build strong democracies, and vice versa.
 

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WATCH OUT!!! The logo is not up to date. The meeting is on April 3-4.
 

Blast Podcast

January 25, 2006 in Applications, Industry, Services by Administrator | No comments

Blast Podcast is a web service that matches advertisers and podcasters by inserting relevant ads. They now offer video ads insertion.
 
Fruitcast seems to have a similar product.
 
This matching of products with cunsumers and content is the traditional function of broadcasters. Maybe it’s the only function that’s left for them in the future although these guys here already grab a piece of the market.

A new mobile TV alliance

January 23, 2006 in Applications, Industry, Mobility, Services by Administrator | No comments

Nokia announced the following today:
 

… Other firms in the alliance include Intel Corp., Motorola, Texas Instruments and Modeo, owned by Crown Castle International Corp., it said in a statement. The tie-up, called the Mobile DTV Alliance, aims to encourage open standards for TV broadcasts to mobiles, focusing on the North American market.

DVB-H (Digital Video Broadcasting – Handheld) technology bypasses mobile networks and broadcasts directly to handsets from TV masts, allowing millions of phone users to access the service at the same time.

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This seems to build a united DVB-H front against Qualcomm’s MediaFLO in the US.
 

A NYT story about Internet media

January 16, 2006 in Industry, Infrastructures, Services by Administrator | No comments

A short review at the NYT about the new Internet content dissemination models:
 
“At one level it’s clear that the dam has broken,” said Paul Otellini, chief executive of Intel. “There’s an inevitable move to use the Internet as a distribution medium, and that’s not going to stop.”

Qualcomm IP

December 20, 2005 in Consumer devices, Industry by Administrator | No comments

And as I was browsing through The Register, I found this story about the big picture of IP ownership in the mobile wireless world. It looks like patents are moving from one hand to the other in a perpetual fight.
 

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