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Se muestran los artículos pertenecientes a Enero de 2008.
02/01/2008
«This year saw the emergence of a new buzzword in the digital music space -- widgets. Next year, we'll see if they do any good. An offshoot of the global social networking trend, widgets are small applications that users can place into their blogs, profiles and Web sites, and thereby extend the functionality of an otherwise separate Web site or service. What's more, users can simply copy widgets found on friends' profiles and insert them onto their own, thus enabling a tremendously viral distribution opportunity.
The concept gained prominence in 2007, picking up momentum once Facebook opened its platform so that any developer could write an application using its user data and connections. Then Google upped the ante with its OpenSocial initiative, a standardized widget-development tool that would allow developers to write one application that can work with any social networking site adopting the technology -- which include MySpace and Bebo. ComScore, a leading Web traffic monitoring firm, even began a metrics service tracking the most popular widgets and their usage.
These widgets have opened the door to a whole new style of selling content and services online, called "distributed commerce." Simply put, rather than making customers navigate to a specific site to buy a concert ticket or a music download, widgets allow bands and their fans to sell the same from their own Web sites. If iTunes is the Wal-Mart of music, widgets are more like vending machines.» 03/01/2008
«(...) Given the popularity of mobile phones and social networking among teens, it is not a giant leap to expect them to use the two technologies together. Early data suggest that is the next step. "Mobile social networking is predominantly a young consumer’s game," said John du Pre Gauntt, senior analyst at eMarketer. He cited a June 2007 M:Metrics study that found that users under 25 were the most active on mobile social networks, accessing sites daily or several times a week. "The next question is whether early adopters gather at mobile-only social networking destinations or if they are extending their existing social networking relationships to mobile," Gauntt said. "Here, the evidence is well in favor of the latter."» fonte: Teens Primed for Mobile Social Networks, eMarketeer, JANUARY 3, 2008 «Social networking is an activity that 37% of US adult Internet users and 70% of online teens engage in every month, and the numbers continue to grow. eMarketer projects that by 2011, one-half of online adults and 84% of online teens in the US will use social networking»
«NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - About 38 percent of U.S. consumers are watching TV shows online, 36 percent use their cell phones as entertainment devices and 45 percent are creating online content like Web sites, music, videos and blogs for others, according to a new-media survey from Deloitte & Touche. The findings of the online survey of 2,081 Americans, conducted October 25-31, were provided to The Hollywood Reporter before their official release next month. The "State of the Media Democracy" notes that in Deloitte's first edition of the survey just eight months earlier, 24 percent of consumers used their cell phones as entertainment devices, meaning that usage has soared 50 percent. About 62 percent of "millennials" (consumers 13-to-24-years-old) are using their cell phones as entertainment devices, up from 46 percent in the previous study conducted February 23-March 6, 2007. And among Generation X consumers (25-to-41-year-olds), the number grew to 47 percent from 29 percent in the earlier survey. About 20 percent of consumers said they are viewing video content on their cell phones daily or almost daily. The percentage of consumers watching TV online jumped from the 23 percent figure reported in the previous study. Roughly 54 percent of those surveyed said they are making their own entertainment content through editing photos, videos or music, 45 percent said they are producing that content for others to see, and 32 percent said they consider themselves to be "broadcasters" of their own media. "I think for advertisers one of the conclusions is you don't make decisions to advertise either on television or the Internet when you want to hit all the demographics, but rather you need to have a multiplatform strategy," said Ken August, vice chairman and national sector leader for Deloitte & Touche's media and entertainment practice, which commissioned the study. "It shouldn't be an either or proposition."» fonte: «Americans more wired: survey» Reuters, Gail Schiller Fri Dec 28, 2007 04/01/2008
«Arbitron’s Pierre Bouvard says there’s been big progress among 18-24s, and they plan to begin applying those lessons and techniques to 25-34s. Their plan will go into motion next month, when Arbitron’s internal software systems will begin working to increase sampling rates and incentives paid to panelists in the demo. Bouvard predicts Philadelphia and New York will “start to see some growth” by the end of the first quarter» fonte: «"25-34 is going to be our focus."», Inside Radio, 4/1/08 «There are essentially four ways to put music onto a portable player: rip it from a CD or other storage media, download it from the Internet, get it streamed from the Internet or receive it by satellite. The new Stiletto 2 from Sirius Satellite Radio does all four, using one device. It’s a satellite receiver, a Wi-Fi receiver for both streaming and recording from the Internet, and an MP3 player that can accept music files copied from a hard drive. Sirius has expanded from its satellite service and now streams most of its 130 channels with its Internet radio service. The Stiletto 2, which sells for $330 with a monthly subscription of $13 a month, provides the satellite channels as well as Internet radio when in range of a Wi-Fi hot spot, or plays downloaded files. The files can include those from music services like Rhapsody or Yahoo Music.» fonte: « A Versatile Portable Player Can Carry a Tune From a Satellite, the Internet or a Hard Drive», NYT, 3/01/07, stephen Miller 05/01/2008
« Social networking sites aside, for many, the Internet has become more utilitarian in usage and scope. Some say the Internet functions as the epicenter of online banking, interfacing with schools/jobs/careers, and performing various functions—such as photo sharing, product research, and shopping. Having said that, many rely more and more on news and entertainment sites, video streaming sites such as YouTube, and other resources where they can easily and instantly access content on demand. This integration of control, variety, and choice—or CVC—is an ongoing theme throughout The Bedroom Project interviews. These same attributes make video streaming attractive and popular. Some Bedroomers are regular visitors to TV-network Web sites where they can access programs and/or acquire information about favorite shows»« iPods® are everywhere and going strong. Just about everyone owns one (and, yes, Applebranded MP3 players are the most popular), and once again, these devices provide CVC— control, variety, and choice—without the commercials. Additionally, they also exude portability and aesthetic value. Most speak about their portable MP3 players passionately. For many, these devices have become their central source of music consumption. The iPod has not fully made its way into vehicles, but several are able to connect them in the cars they drive, while others look forward to the day when they are able to do so. Several own the iTrip, but the general consensus is that this device is substandard. Many look forward to having a direct connection in their next car or vehicle for their iPod. Interestingly, some own video iPods, but most of these respondents do not use them for viewing video»« Radio is often relegated to a secondary media choice, and an alarming number of Bedroomers do not have (or rarely use) an AM/FM radio in their homes. In some of the interviews, radio is a nonfactor until the required trip to the car. For those who don’t have a radio in their primary dwelling, its role in their overall media/entertainment scheme is minimal. For everyone else, there is typically more enthusiasm about other entertainment choices and newer technologies. Radio’s lack of CVC (control, variety, and choice), combined with perceptions of excessive commercials and being “old school”—often drops its status among other media. As noted, most of the meaningful radio discussions in these interviews occurred when we visited the respondents’ vehicles. To that end, radio’s traditional listening locations are being threatened by new devices. Portability has been usurped by personal MP3 players, in-home radio listenership is overshadowed by myriad gadgets, and even in-car listening is being challenged by current and future MP3 connectivity.»«A terceira vida da rádio foi antecipada pela chegada de uma nova tecnologia: a Internet. A Internet tal como a Rádio foi algo de um discurso similar sobre as suas capacidades libertadoras da criatividade e da comunicação humana. E em grande medida foi capaz de viver, até hoje ao nível das expectativas criadas pelo seu discurso. Embora tecnologicamente diferentes no seu âmago, as duas tecnologias de massa mais similares nas suas características de proximidade e criação de laços sociais são de facto a Internet e a Rádio. Daí que a resposta às diferentes variantes sobre “O fim da rádio” só possam ter como resposta que a “Internet não matou a rádio mas deu-lhe uma terceira vida”. Uma vida diferente das anteriores, é claro. Mas uma nova vida sem dúvida. Uma vida alicerçada no facto de a rádio ser o media que mais facilmente se adapta à Web 2.0.» fonte: CARDOSO, Gustavo, «A terceira vida da rádio», Editorial Obercom, s/d (2007?) «A rádio é também o espaço que mais facilmente, num contexto nacional, pode competir com redes sociais como o myspace.com na descoberta de novos talentos musicais e também é o espaço, por excelência, para a partilha de receitas com os artistas que seguem o modelo “livre de editora”. È claro que nem todas as rádios estarão preparadas para este novo modelo ou, se quisermos, vida. As rádios que nas suas emissões mais apostam na intimidade com os seus ouvintes são, porventura, as que melhor podem passar à criação de comunidades online. O sucesso está em conseguir criar redes alargadas, ou seja, chamar os seus ouvintes até esses espaços, num processo lento e de respeito para com essa relação e ao mesmo tempo diversificar para outros espaços falantes de português ou onde portugueses se encontrem, pois os espaços virtuais tais como os outros espaços precisam de diversidade para atraírem novos elementos e consolidarem as redes.» fonte: CARDOSO, Gustavo, «A terceira vida da rádio», Editorial Obercom, s/d (2007?) «The young people I have been working with and studying the past four years voluntarily remind me that they have iPod fatigue.
I have written about this before but I keep hearing it -- and the term iPod fatigue is theirs not mine.
There is no doubt in my mind that you'd have to amputate their arms to pry an iPod away from this generation, but I've been thinking about iPod fatigue a lot lately. It seems to me that what these young people are saying is -- entertain me where I live.
They are not particularly addressing the terrestrial radio industry. Outside of NPR and some catch-as-catch-can listening this generation isn't looking to radio for help.
But they are plainly tired of hearing the same songs over and over again. It's like they all turned into Steve Rivers (just kidding, Steve!). You know, many of their iPods have a limited play list smaller than Steve. The fact is iPods aren't loaded with lots of music like radio station computers.
Another factor may be that as the years go on Gen Y is spending more time with their cell phones and smart devices. It's not unusual to see college students carrying around Blackberry Pearls. Of course, not every young person is blessed with a chance to go to college and many other young people can't afford an iPod. (...)» fonte «The iPod Is Vulnerable», Jerry del coliano, Inside Music Media, 18/12/07 UM estudo da Jacobs Media não diz isso: «"iPods are showing no signs of stopping," according to Fred Jacobs, President of Jacobs Media. "Last year, our data showed that the growth of personal mp3 players was far from over. This year, our new study confirms that this phenomenon continues to have lots of life, and we expect strong growth throughout ’07."» « (...) almost everyone has a cell phone whether they can afford it or not.
I strongly believe that the mobile device will be the delivery system for content -- someday for music when the copyright issues are worked out -- and just about everything else from short videos to movies.
If I'm reading it right this a wonderful opportunity for record labels to satisfy the desire of the next generation to access more variety. Now, can they work out the remaining DRM issues and be the solution for this generation's boredom with their iPods?
Radio companies have an opportunity to create content for mobile devices. I know it's a bitter pill to swallow after spending billions of dollars to own terrestrial radio stations but the Internet is the new transmitter and the cell phone is the new receiver.
This generation is definitely not bored with their cell phones. They are attached to them permanently. I kid my USC students that someday when a new baby is born there will be an obstetrician and pediatrician, the parents, a psychologist and a lawyer to no doubt handle their RIAA lawsuits when they get older. I also say that I can see the day when a chip will be implanted in every new baby's head so they can receive signals, hear music and be on the GPS of life.
I'm kidding. I think.
They're not sure either.
One thing is for sure -- something is going on worth further study. The iPod is getting long in the tooth. It's still better than a radio to most but it's clearly not going to be enough to command the restless Gen Y.
It's too early to jump to conclusions, but times they are a changin' in the mobile space.
For the beleaguered radio and record industries -- it means opportunity if they will listen with an open mind.
If not, Steve Jobs will continue to satisfy their need for new content.
Which way do you want it?»
fonte «The iPod Is Vulnerable», Jerry del coliano, Inside Music Media, 18/12/07 «Os europeus já preferem a Internet à televisão. De acordo com um estudo de preferências dos media, realizado pela Associação Europeia de Publicidade Interactiva (EIAA, na sigla em inglês), os jovens, principalmente, passam mais tempo na Internet do que em frente à televisão. Esta é a primeira vez que a televisão fica relegada ao segundo lugar no estudo, realizado anualmente desde 2003. Realizado com mais de sete mil pessoas, em dez países europeus, o estudo mostra que os jovens entre 16 e 24 anos agora passam dez por cento a mais do tempo ligados à Internet do que em frente à televisão. O estudo revela ainda que 96 por cento dos inquiridos reduziram a utilização de outros meios de comunicação por causa da Internet, tendo sido a televisão a mais prejudicada: 40 por cento dos europeus vêem menos televisão e 28 por cento lêem menos jornais. Por outro lado, o estudo indica que a televisão online se está a tornar mais popular, tendo aumentado o visionamento de filmes e telediscos online, pelo menos uma vez por mês, em 150 por cento desde 2006. A isto se deve também a expansão da banda larga: 81 por cento de todos os utilizadores de Internet já usam este tipo de conexão. Actualmente, 57 por cento dos europeus acedem a Internet regularmente, por semana; o equivalente a 169 milhões de pessoas, um aumento de seis por cento em relação ao ano anterior. Desde 2006, o número de pessoas com mais de 55 anos que utilizam a rede aumentou em 12 por cento e o de mulheres subiu oito por cento.Também a frequência com que os europeus acedem à rede aumentou: 75 por cento dos utilizadores de Internet ligam-se à web entre cinco e sete dias por semana, um aumento de 61 por cento em comparação com 2004.» fonte: «Europeus já preferem Internet à televisão, cienciapt, 12/12/07 «Beaten down by the market for yet another year, radio companies appear poised to face more of the same in 2008, with projections typically calling for minuscule to nonexistent growth in advertising revenue and increased competition for listeners as a foregone conclusion.The current year certainly looks poised to go down as another difficult period for the industry, with total advertising revenue down 2% year over year through three quarters, according to figures released by the Radio Advertising Bureau Dec. 3, data that also showed revenue figures sagging further in the latter portion of the year, with third-quarter revenue down 5% year over year. (...) Wachovia Equity analyst Marci Ryvicker, for instance, recently said she now views radio as a "no growth medium" and puts zero percent growth as a likely, and potentially a "best case scenario" for 2008. (...) Ryvicker noted three major trends that will conspire to hold radio revenues down in 2008 and beyond: the flight of ad dollars to new media, the generally depressed state of the economy and a slowdown in overall ad expenditures.» fonte: MarketWeek: Radio revenues to get 'down' in 2008, SNL Interactive December 14, 2007 1:12 PM ET By Dave Hendrick «Depois da onda de optimismo gerada ontem com o anúncio do novo serviço da Nokia denominado “Nokia Comes With Music” que irá oferecer durante um ano downloads grátis da Universal Music a quem adquirir um novo telemóvel da fabricante finlandesa é altura de colocar mais água na fervura. É claro que já se sabia que a oferta iria incluir obrigatoriamente algum tipo de DRM, mesmo se os utilizadores tivessem a possibilidade de guardar a música depois da subscrição anual terminar. Mas segundo informa a Ars Technica, o sistema de DRM escolhido pela Nokia foi o PlaysForSure utilizado pela Microsoft no seu formato Windows Media. Ora, este sistema, para além de ser incompatível com o iPod da Apple, também não funciona com o Zune, o próprio leitor de música digital da Microsoft. E apesar das faixas poderem continuar a ser reproduzidas após o fim do prazo da assinatura anual, para ter acesso a mais música nova e renovar a subscrição, os consumidores terão que ser obrigados a comprar um novo aparelho… da Nokia, evidentemente. Quem também quiser gravar para um CD as músicas descarregadas terá que adquirir uma actualização para cada faixa. (...) Segundo a Nokia, o preço da subscrição será incluído no custo de venda do telemóvel. Isto é basicamente a primeira implementação na prática do modelo Total Music da Universal divulgado pela comunicação social no mês passado que iria supostamente permitir que os fabricantes de telemóveis e operadores de telecomunicações oferecessem serviços de downloads ilimitados juntamente com um novo dispositivo. Segundo o plano da editora, estas empresas teriam que pagar uma subscrição mensal de cerca de cinco dólares por mês por cada unidade comercializada. Esse valor poderia ser depois acrescentado ao custo final do aparelho ou cobrado à parte como uma espécie de tarifa plana. A nova oferta da Nokia confirma assim os piores receios na altura em que o plano da Universal foi anunciado: A música grátis, afinal, sai cara, muito cara. No caso do “Comes With Music” é o preço de um novo telemóvel. Por essas e por outras é que eu não uso telemóveis. Todo o hardware e software dos dispositivos está feito para controlar os usos do consumidor. Trata-se de uma autêntica “caixa negra” que limita a liberdade do utilizador e em que quase tudo é a pagar ou implica uma contrapartida oculta. fonte: «O Nokia vem com DRM», 5/12/07 Rexmitures A proposito deste estudo, os autores chamam bedroomers aos jovens (18-28 anos): «Additionally, interviewees were single, college students, young professionals, married, and married with children. Living situations included respondents in dormitories, students living off-campus, in apartments, homes, fraternity houses, and living with parents. We found that much of their time with technology was spent in their bedrooms, which not only gave us the name for this study—The Bedroom Project—but also the name “Bedroomers” for this generation» « Of all the devices that Bedroomers discuss, the mobile phone emerges as the most revered, the most valued, and the most essential. Respondents were all prescreened for mobile phone ownership, and most use these devices with great frequency and passion. Clearly, they use their phones to do many functions beyond speaking to others, and in this context, texting often leads the way. 5. For most Bedroomers, the mobile phone is the Swiss Army knife of devices, serving simultaneously as a lifeline, fashion statement, photo album, and status symbol, that allows them to express their own unique personalities. Whether it’s the model of the phone itself, its color, customized phone cases, ringtones, wallpaper, or other attributes, the mobile phone is a device they’ve mastered. It also is a device that has cross-gender appeal. Down the road, they expect even more from mobile phone technology, and many are planning for their next device. There is acknowledgement that the future will be shaped by mobile phone improvements— greater portability, smaller size, and extensive integration. Many essentially describe the iPhone, before it came out. Video is also a desired future mobile phone feature, including improved cameras. And content creation is part of the mobile phone wave, as some respondents use these portable devices to interface with social networking sites. 6. Many are “cell phone only,” and these Bedroomers openly question why they need both a landline and mobile phone. While a number live in homes that have landlines, they are often quick to point out that these traditional phones are used by others in the household. Many associate landlines with their parents, and indicate they do not personally interact with these phones. Clearly, this cell-phone-only situation among this demographic, in particular, is a tough challenge for researchers. (More on this in the research section of this executive summary.)» 08/01/2008
«“Why didn’t anyone think of that before?” – It’s a Tivo-like device for radio that can record and playback multiple streams of radio bands. The radio will have multiple antennas which record AM, FM, Satellite and HD radio signals. It will also be able to record audio on any upcoming Wi-Max and 700 Mhz radio stations. Like Tivo, the unit digitizes content and stores it for later playback. Songs, talk shows and other content can be paused and replayed. You can even skip those annoying ads. 3DRadio doesn’t actually have a booth at the Consumer Electronics show and company rep Alan Kaplan actually pitched us the product as we were walking to a press conference. The company is looking for a hardware manufacturer to churn out the multi-channel radio, but Kaplan says the software portion is basically done. He has offered to show us a demo later in the show and we’ll update this article if that happens. 3DRadio will start selling units for in-vehicle use and then branch out to portable and home markets. He expects consumer units to be available by Christmas of this year.» fonte: «CES 2008: 3DRadio, Tivo for radio», 7/1/08, Tom's Hardware « Pandora (www.pandora.com) is a personalized radio service, available anytime and anywhere on the PC, in the home and on connected
devices. Pandora is based on the Music Genome Project, which began in 2000 and is the most thorough analysis of music ever undertaken. Each composition in this massive collection, which includes Pop, Rock, Jazz, Electronica, Hip Hop, Country, Blues, R&B, Latin and Classical, is analyzed by one of more than 50 trained musicians, and assessed against up to 400 distinct musical attributes (encompassing melody, harmony, rhythm, etc.) to capture its unique musical identity. Pandora uses this information to build playlists based on musical similarity. By simply entering a favorite song or artist, a listener is instantly launched into a personalized listening experience, full of new discovery as Pandora explores their favorite part of the music universe. Listeners can create up to 100 of these personal radio
stations and refine them by providing feedback via the Pandora radio tuner. Additionally, listeners can create profiles, search for other
listeners in the Pandora community who have similar musical tastes, and find stations built by other listeners, using artist and song
names as well as genre and mood search terms. The music analyst team works daily to keep the Music Genome Project updated with the latest releases, emerging artists, and an ever-deepening collection of catalogue titles.» 09/01/2008
10/01/2008
«2. The next generation -- and by extension older Internet users -- prefers to get their news on their terms -- when they want it, where they want it. They don't need someone to broadcast to them any longer. They seek out what they want to read, watch or hear. So instead of waiting for CNN or Fox News Channel to report to them, they research the things that interest them. Therefore, they see many sides of a story not just how news organizations see it. The Fox adage "we report, you decide" could arguably be replaced by "we research, we decide" among Gen Y.
3. Radio owners think that listeners want stations to entertain them. Increasingly young people want to participate in their own entertainment. Mash-ups. User generated content and what I think will be all the rage next -- collaborative user generated content that can be passed around social networks and altered as if it were a Wiki. If I'm right, this sure puts another nail in the radio coffin. Radio stations think they are playing the hits. What fools. Their future listeners want to make their own hits -- with each other.
(...)
6. The Internet business thinks that the holy grail is streaming 24/7. But what if I told them that the next generation can't and won't sit for streams the way older listeners enjoyed, say -- radio. What if the future of the Internet goes way beyond being a radio frequency on steroids. More of a delivery system that everyone has access to -- no FCC, no censorship, no gatekeepers -- and content could be five minutes or 45 minutes. Every day or once a month. Only your imagination would limit you. The next generation demands change because they want to listen when they want to listen -- to what they want to listen to -- for however long they will pay attention. Oh, and they want to be part of it.» fonte: «Ch-ch-changes», Jerry del Coliano, 10/1/08, Inside Music Media 12/01/2008
15/01/2008
«The Pew study also captured demographics for active video-sharing site users. As might be expected, they skewed younger. 
"The fact that younger Internet users are far more likely to be regular visitors to video-sharing sites points to a fork in the road,” said David Hallerman, senior analyst at eMarketer. "On the one hand, marketers looking to target the under-30 demographic can more reliably find them on these video sites. "On the other hand, the door is open for big content providers—mainly the TV networks, both broadcast and cable—to bulk up their online offerings, both in quantity and quality," Hallerman said. He also said that such counter programming could help attract the over-30 audience, which is accustomed to traditional TV content. Such content could draw ad dollars from marketers who want online-video ad inventory that is consistently appropriate for marketing, as opposed to a lot of user-generated content found on video-sharing sites. » fonte: «Young Adults Hit Online Video Sites», eMarketeer, JANUARY 15, 2008 16/01/2008
«(...) Delivery systems change. Content adapts.
Just because radio companies paid billions to consolidate radio stations does not mean that future generations will want to listen to content on radios.
There will be no more radio.
No more TV.
No more newspaper.
Just audio, video and text -- adapted for the delivery systems that consumers crave.
Stand back and see it happening before our eyes even now» fonte: Jerry Del Colliano, «Radio vs Laptops», 16/1/08
Jango ( www.jango.com), the fast-growing new social music site, today announced that more than 1 million listeners have created over 3 million custom Internet radio stations – within just two months of its public launch. This rapid growth separates Jango from the crowded field of emerging social music companies – putting it on a clear path towards the first tier market leaders. According to Compete.com, Jango already had 423,000 unique US visitors in December, compared to 990,000 for Last.fm and 1,596,000 for Pandora. (fonte: Jango Reaches 1 Million Listeners within 2 Months of Launch , 15/01/08) 18/01/2008
«NEW YORK -- January 17, 2008: "Can a different revenue stream start and sustain a radio rebound?" asks CL King & Associates analyst Jim Boyle in a note released Thursday. Yes, he says, if radio starts "monetizing the P1 listener."
King notes that radio groups are now making 2 percent-3 percent of their revenues from the Internet, but says, "that hasn't stopped 2007 from being a down year."
He goes on, "So what else is out there? We would strongly recommend that radio look to the second of its two constituencies. Not just its advertiser, its audience!" Boyle says he'd like to see radio offer "small local content and branded items" to P1 fans. "Consumers have become highly trained by eBay, iTunes, Amazon, and others to frequently purchase impulse or planned items via the ease of well-established micropayments," he writes.
He writes, "Radio should establish a second revenue stream or resign itself to being the 'new newspapers.'"» fonte: «Analyst: Radio Should Look To Listeners To Solve Revenue Woes», Radio ink, 18/1/08 « You also write that “people are the message.” Absolutely, people are the message. People deliver the message, and they are the message as well. I use the example in the book where I listen to Daily Source Code with Adam Curry, and he kept talking about his great experience flying Virgin Atlantic. He was talking about Virgin because, you know, he’s a human being and he loved the experience. Well, guess what? When I was flying to the UK and thinking about which airline I wanted to fly, I ended up flying Virgin - all because of one person - one person’s not even overt recommendation, but endorsement. I’ve never met this person before, but I trusted him. I just felt like I trusted him. I trusted them because I listen to him regularly. Gee, that sounds pretty familiar. It sounds like the radio business. We trust these people we listen to because of the power of asynchronous intimacy. We build a relationship and rapport with them over time. And that trust almost goes out the window in the radio business when I hear, for example, these Dan Patrick live reads, you know: ”Hey, I’m Dan Patrick and when there’s a snowfall in the …. (Laughter) I use some brand of gloves, or whatever.” And I’m like, “Come on!” It’s ridiculous. People are the message. They’re carriers of the message, but they’re also originators of the message as well. So, you know, there's no ad campaign any more. There’s no start. There’s no end. It's a very fluid picture. There are no more sellers. There’s just life, you know? Life happens. Life is around us. Humanity is around us. Passion and engagement are natural. It doesn’t belong to the media companies, and it doesn’t belong to the brand marketers. It belongs to us, and I think that’s the opportunity.» fonte: Mark Ramsey, «"Radio, get your head out of the sand" - an interview with marketing guru Joseph Jaffe (Part 2)», Hear2-0, 16/01/08 « The iPod defines modern-day music listening, and its role within the digital music ecosystem is commanding. But despite heavy sales volumes, unit and revenue gains are starting to slow.
During the most recent fiscal year at Apple, which ended September 27th, 2007, Apple sold an impressive 51.6 million devices. That represents a 31 percent year-over-year gain, a slowdown from previous annual increases of 75 percent.
Sales totals remain impressive, though the revenue picture is less robust. According to company filings, iPod-specific revenues topped $8.3 billion during the year, an 8 percent jump over previous-year totals. That is far more subdued than year-ago gains of 69 percent, a shift that suggests lowered per-unit margins. Meanwhile, the iPhone recently pushed past 4 million, though that sales story is just emerging.» 19/01/2008
Este trabalho tem como objectivo ajudar a tentar conhecer e - já agora - explicar o que se passa com os novos hábitos (com a atitude) dos ouvintes mais novos relativamente ao que hoje ainda conhecemos por rádio: desde o seu desinteresse, constatado em diversos estudos, até aos seus comportamentos. Passa-se alguma coisa de diferente. «Analfabetos, a pesar de tanta tecnologia, seriamos si desconocemos los modos de conocer y explicar la comunicación» (Daniel Marti). É, pois, um contributo para tentar compreender o que se passa; teremos todos a ganhar - utilizadores e industria - se percebermos o que se passa, porquê e como. «En un mundo en construcción como el que nos ha tocado vivir, no debemos darle a estas referencias más que un valor relativo de situación. Pero tampoco podemos despojarlos de todo valor. Incluso para la postmodernidad son fragmentos, restos supervivientes en las culturas fluidas y pluriformes que compartimos.» (Daniel Marti, "comunicología iberoaméricana: tradiciones y postmodernidad")
«A pesar de las aciagas predicciones de la segunda mitad de los años noventa, la radio está de regreso y, en muchas maneras, mas fuerte que nunca. Las ganancias están aumentando y la audiencia es constante. A medida que avanza un nuevo siglo vemos también como las fortalezas tradicionales de la radio siguen realzando el atractivo del medio. Ahora también es posible acceder, por medio de un teléfono celular, a estaciones de radio por Internet» (Hausman, Benoit e O'Donnell, 2001: 351) 21/01/2008
« From NewsFactor.com: “The trademark ‘SprintSpeed’ could take on a whole new meaning in 2008, as the telecommunications firm moves ahead with plans to deploy its long-awaited WiMAX service, known commercially as Xohm. “[Recently,] the company announced at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas that a soft launch of the service to Xohm employees in Chicago, Baltimore and Washington, D.C., is now under way. “The show in Las Vegas was a busy time for Sprint. In addition to the soft launch, the company has announced a number of new Xohm agreements** for portal services and WiMAX devices… “The promise of WiMAX technology is remarkable: data transmission speeds as fast as 70 Mbps over distances as great as 50 kilometers. Transmission speeds do drop over distance, however, and it is a shared-bandwidth technology, so actual mileage may vary. A more common metric for the service is 10 Mbps over 10 kilometers. Nonetheless, WiMAX offers the potential for significantly faster and far-reaching wireless Internet than cellular data transmissions or the more well-known WiFi» fonte:
23/01/2008
« Em 2010, o investimento na Internet deverá corresponder a 10% do total do mercado. Mas, segundo a Deloitte, três quartos dos utilizadores consideraram a publicidade no meio intrusiva «O ano de 2008 será provavelmente o ano de confirmação do modelo de negócio da publicidade online» revela Miguel Eiras Antunes, partner responsável pela área de consultoria no sector de tecnologia, media e telecomunicações da Deloitte. Na apresentação do estudo «TMT Predictions 2008», que ao mesmo tempo decorreu em diversos mercados ao nível mundial foram, no entanto antecipadas algumas barreiras a este meio. «A publicidade na Internet enfrentará múltiplos desafios relacionados com uma crescente antipatia por parte dos utilizadores e com um maior escrutínio regulamentar», sugere. No ano em que celebra 15 anos de actividade, desde o primeiro banner vendido, a publicidade online tornou-se numa indústria que vale 28,5 mil milhões de euros, devendo crescer 23% face a 2007. Estima-se também que em 2010, a fatia correspondente à publicidade online proveniente do investimento dos anunciantes seja de «10% do total do mercado». «É no entanto provável que em 2008 a publicidade online enfrente uma multiplicidade de obstáculos», destaca Miguel Eiras Antunes. Uma delas prende-se com o facto de «três quartos dos utilizadores considerarem este tipo de publicidade intrusiva, sendo que um quarto pagaria para ter conteúdos livres de publicidade no meio», salienta o responsável» fonte: «Publicidade na internet cresce 23%», Briefing, 2008/01/23 Paula Ferreira Fernandes «A friend put together this list of key radio companies before yesterday's roller coaster ride on the Dow. Look how well they have built shareholder value for their investors.
Spanish Broadcasting
High 42.00 -- Recently 1.54 -- Loss of 96.33% (1.50 yesterday)
Emmis
High 62.34 -- Recently -- 2.47 -- Loss of 96.04% (2.62 yesterday)
Radio One
High 31.33 -- Recently 1.77 -- Loss of 94.35% (1.68 yesterday)
Citadel Broadcasting
High 22.79 -- Recently 1.69 -- Loss of 92.58% (1.52 yesterday)
Regent
High 14.19 -- Recently 1.49 -- Loss of 89.50% (1.32 yesterday)
Salem
High 33.65 -- Recently 4.63 -- Loss of 86.24% (3.93 yesterday)
Entercom
High 67.75 -- Recently 11.00 -- Loss of 83.76% (11.00 yesterday)
Cumulus (Private buyout in progress)
High 22.70 -- Recently 5.90 -- Loss of 74.01% (5.43 yesterday)
Saga
High 23.44 -- Recently 5.90 -- Loss of 74.83% (5.97 yesterday)
Beasley
High 19.34 -- Recently 5.05 -- Loss of 73.89% (4.48 yesterday)
Cox Radio
High 34.67 -- Recently 11.10 -- Loss of 67.98% (10.89 yesterday)
Entravision
High 20.31 -- Recently 7.27 -- Loss of 64.20% (6.03 yesterday)
Clear Channel (Private Buyout in Progress)
High 91.50 -- Recently 34.42 -- Loss of 62.38% (32.14 yesterday)
CBS
High 35.50 -- Recently 24.00 -- Loss of 32.39% (22.28 yesterday)
(New issue missing most of the loss).» fonte: «Radio's "Recession" Started A Long Time Ago», Jerry Del Coliano, 23/01/08
24/01/2008
«"We have created the world's biggest free jukebox," said Richard Jones, one of Last.fm's three founders. "People love our recommendation service but they also want to cherry pick songs and now we can offer both."» «O site de música Last.fm vai passar a oferecer a seus usuários a possibilidade de escolher a canção que deseja ouvir após fechar acordo com as quatro grandes gravadoras, informou a agência de notícias Reuters esta quarta-feira (23). Até então, o site vinha funcionando como uma espécie de rádio on-line na qual o internauta pode escolher o estilo das músicas que gosta, mas não faixas individuais para audição. A mudança, por enquanto, valerá apenas para usuários dos Estados Unidos, Reino Unido e Alemanha. O serviço será gratuito para ouvir as faixas em streaming, mas oferecerá também a opção de download pago em MP3, em parceria com o site Amazon.com. A possibilidade de ouvir músicas via rádio em streaming, com seleções randômicas baseadas no gosto do usuário, continua para todos os usuários internacionais. De acordo com a Last.fm, fundada há seis anos, a oferta se tornou possível graças à receita obtida com a venda de anúncios em seu site. A rede americana CBS comprou a Last.fm em maio passado pela quantia de US$ 280 milhões.» «Asked how Last.fm was able to make its ad-funded operation economically viable, Jones said that Pandora operated purely as an internet radio station, while his company had a diverse offering including social networking and music recommendation.He added that the company had always enjoyed "good industry relations" and had been paying artists and licence fees since 2002.Last year saw the launch of Spiral Frog, an ad-funded online music service that forces users to listen to an ad before being able to access the music track.» «Até aqui, o modelo do Last.fm era baseado na oferta da audição linear de música através de acordos com estações de rádio e do seu serviço de recomendação de música. As faixas não estarão, contudo, disponíveis para download, o que quer dizer que os utilizadores não poderão transferir a música para um leitor de MP3. Depois de ouvirem as faixas, os utilizadores terão a possibilidade de fazer a compra a partir de uma das plataformas parceiras como o iTunes, o Amazon ou o 7 Digital.» «(...) last.fm would make an announcement which might radically shape the way we consume music, and certainly makes Pandora look a bit old hat. (...) this puts last.fm right up there with MySpace as a place to hear tracks by, well, most bands you'd care to mention. (...) But last.fm are clearly on the right track, here. OK, there are caveats; individual tracks can only be played three times by each user, although they state that they're aiming to increase this number. Beyond three plays, a subscription service will allow you to listen to each track an unlimited number of times. But, crucially, it's taking the element of "ownership" of the music out of the equation. Traditional subscription models, such as the ones run by Napster, where you "rent" your mp3 files for the duration of your subscription, now look increasingly under threat. last.fm store the music, and they let you listen to it when you like. And as mobile phones, mp3 players and living room hi-fis become net-savvy, it's going to be something more and more people turn to.» «In the absence of radio play, garage bands all across America are establishing a presence on MySpace, a social-networking site popular with young adults. According to MySpace, more than 240,000 artists of every kind -- from unsigned amateurs to international rock stars -- are using MySpace as a way to market themselves and build a fan base. Artists are using the site to build massive social networks and spread the word about upcoming shows and CD releases. Startup bands like My Chemical Romance have launched careers exclusively through MySpace, collecting more than 100,000 fans through the service. As the seventh most popular domain on the internet in terms of pageviews, according to February numbers from comScore Media Metrix, MySpace gives bands the chance to be seen and heard in a way never before possible. Traditionally, bands toured cities and played dive bars to create buzz about their music. But with MySpace, bands can host demos of their songs, announce shows and connect with fans without spending weeks on the road. (...) "It's a medium where people can go and hear new music and develop an attachment to the band," said Miller. MySpace is aimed at teenagers. It claims more than 15 million members, and even established acts like Weezer, Beck and Billy Corgan are starting to realize the potential of social networking.» fonte: «Bands Embrace Social Networking» Wired, 18/05/05, david Cohn 25/01/2008
«(...)The Motley Fool investors publication says Last.fm could mean the end of radio.
Kurt Hanson, who I respect more on these issues, says wait one minute -- Last.fm isn't even radio.
It's an interesting prospect either way. To bring you up to date the four major record labels have cut a deal with Last.fm to get a penny or so for every time a young consumer goes to Last.fm and requests a song. Hanson points out, "Going to a website and saying “I would like to hear ‘You Know I’m No Good’ by Amy Winehouse right now and then being played that song is not “radio” by any stretch of the definition that I’ve ever heard."
The Motley Fool is enamored at the prospect of free online streaming of music from the major labels and a host of indies.
One problem.
Young people have voted again and again in this race that they want to own their music not rent it or listen through a glorified subscription or ad-supported service.
(...) 6. Radio (whether Last.fm or terrestrial) cannot compete with an iPod for playing favorite music. An iPod is a storage device that plays back music. Radio entertains -- or should. Subscription services or ad driven services like Last.fm will be more popular with record labels than with young consumers.
The Motley Fool says:
“Last.fm, bought by CBS… is providing on-demand delivery of its growing digital library for free...Naturally, this is also bad news for other companies selling digital tracks, like Apple, or music subscription services like Napster and RealNetworks".
I disagree. Terrestrial radio doesn't have to worry about what Last.fm is doing. It needs to worry about what radio isn't doing.(...)» fonte: «lost.fm», Jerry Del Colliano, 25/01/08 KURT HANSEN: «This is not radio! Going to a website and saying “I would like to hear ‘You Know I’m No Good’ by Amy Winehouse right now” and then being played that song is not “radio” by any stretch of the definition that I’ve ever heard. Reasonable people can differ as to what is “radio.” The NAB and the RAB, for example, apparently don’t consider XM or Sirius to be “radio.” Some traditional broadcasters think it’s not “radio” if it doesn’t have disk jockeys (although then you have to reject Jack FM stations and 50 years of automated FM stations). Others might say it’s not “radio” unless it’s a one-to-many transmission, which would exclude personalizable Internet radio brands (even though most consumers wouldn’t). But in every case above, there’s some element of a continuous stream of music that’s selected by someone (or, in the case of a smart recommendation engine, something) else. Influenced by the consumer? Sure. A precise sequence of songs specifically selected by the consumer? I think not. That’s not radio — that’s an “on-demand music service.” Just like Rhapsody, except without a 25-songs-per-month limit (and with more advertising). And it has far less value to both the average adult consumer and to record labels» 24/01/08 «(...) Young people have voted again and again in this race that they want to own their music not rent it or listen through a glorified subscription or ad-supported service.
The labels -- a group that would cause me to do the opposite of what they do -- is simultaneously selling music to cellphone companies so their customers can have a phone full of music included with the price of the phone. That's a loser with young people.
Last.fm -- now with the ability to play what you say instead of what terrestrial stations like "Jack" want to play -- is also a non-starter.
These ideas and concepts are the creative result of older and in some cases out of touch people who do not understand the young consumer. These products are what they think young people should listen to vis-a-vis their dying record businesses. They are not, however, what young people want. In the months ahead, the painful truth will become evident even to them.
Here's what the entrance and exits polls -- so to speak -- are telling us about the next generation, the record business and new forms of listening:
1. They want to own their music (I use the term own loosely to include paid and stolen music). Rental services like Napster and Rhapsody have not resonated. The labels want young consumers to rent. Cell phone companies can't see why adding a few extra bucks to the monthly bill for all the music in the world won't be a winner. I'll give you two reasons: one is the iPod -- the choice of the next generation and it isn't going away any time soon. And, two, the next generation can steal music without a problem. Who needs rental?
2. Young listeners don't like radio because they have alternatives, but radio has sucked since the 80's -- at least that's when the term "radio sucks" emerged. No one says, "iPods suck" -- at least not yet. But young people show signs of iPod fatigue. Properly read, this means they are not giving up their iPods, they'd just like to be entertained every once in a while.
3. Internet radio will be the smash hit we all think it can be once it can be received everywhere on every device. It's beginning to happen now, but most people don't listen to Internet radio on the go. And by Internet radio I don't mean terrestrial radio "lite" or another version of an HD subchannel. I mean real entertainment. Internet radio is the killer app.
4. Keep an eye out for some form of mash-up music sharing. We're seeing this in video where users can take pictures and send them along to a friend to add music or whatever. Control freaks like record and radio execs will do just about anything but enable a generation to fool with their artists rights. Admirable? Not when their customers do it anyway.
5. Young consumers have iPods -- they have hard drives loaded with music bought and stolen. They also want to be entertained. Instead the labels and their cohorts keep trying to invent the next thing but this generation is going to tell you what the next thing is. And what is it? Entertainment. They want to be entertained. They want to participate in the entertainment. If I'm in radio reading this I am jumping for joy -- that's a core radio skill -- but it will have to be transfered to where the next generation lives and it's not on the radio band.» 26/01/2008
«In our content analysis, we found that many radio station Web sites do not include the features most desired by Web site visitors. Radio station Web site visitors were asked to rate their interest in different features on radio station Web sites. As we can see in the table below, the most popular radio station Web site feature is the “ability to listen to the radio station”; however, less than 60 percent of the Web sites stream their audio and allow people to listen to live broadcasts. “Information about local concerts,” the second most wanted feature, was found on only half of the Web sites. A mere six percent of the Web sites gave the “title and artist of songs recently played on the station,” which is the third most desired feature.» Rank of interest in each Web site feature* (% radio station Web sites with each feature)Ability to listen to the radio station 1 59 %Information about local concerts 2 50Titles and artists of songs recently played on the station 3 6To enter contests 4 49Listings of fun and interesting places to visit in local community 5 27Opportunity to vote on whether songs are good or not 6 13Information on local weather 7 44Schedule of programming 8 63Information on and pictures of DJs 9 78To contact or e-mail the DJs and personalities 10 53Traffic information 11 12Information on upcoming DJ and personality appearances in local area 12 43Listings of local restaurants and bars 13 10"Side channels" (Additional Internet-only audio provided on the site) 14 1Reviews and schedules of movies playing in local area 15 17Information on professional sports in local area 16 26Information on charity events in local community 17 25To print out coupons from advertisers 18 8Local shopping and merchant information 19 13To buy radio station clothing and other merchandise 20 11To see an advertiser's products 21 9To buy products or services (other than station merchandise) 22 14 fonte: ROSIN, Larry e SHUL, Janet S., Radio Station Web Site Content: an in depth look, (2000), Arbitron A. Komarova (The content of music radio websites, by Komarova, Anastasia, M.A., University of Missouri - Columbia, 2004, 112 pages; AAT 1420925) lembra contudo que «what one most frequently finds there is information that is interesting from the point of view of the people working at the radio: DJ's bios with photos, music news, requests, and stations events» (pag 12) «E, no entanto, nada lhe falta! Pois a essência do rádio consiste justamente em oferecer a totalidade somente por meio sonoro. Não no sentido exterior, de incompletude, segundo a visão naturalista, mas fornecendo a essência de um evento, uma ideia, uma representação. Todo o essencial está lá – e neste sentido um bom programa de rádio é completo. (…) As estátuas não precisam ser pintadas na cor da pele, e um programa de rádio também não precisa se fazer visível». Rudolf Arnheim (1936), Estética Radiofónica, Barcelona, Gutavo Gili, 1980 Como fazer persistir a mensagem, tornando o consumo de rádio num mais acto primário: «(…) listening to news online improves both recall and comprehension of events. Participants were able to retrieve more details and understand developments of actions when they had more control over the pace of information (...)», conclui-se num estudo de Hesham Mesbah (2006: 188)» «(...) Who is watching all this homegrown video? Harris Interactive asked US adult Internet users about the types of online video they would like to see more. The supply of UGV was apparently sufficient for most of those surveyed, since it drew the lowest response rates. However, young adults were most likely to want more user-generated video. 
An even more detailed picture of UGV viewer demographics came from the "Annual Gadgets Survey 2007" by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, which profiled active adult users of video-sharing sites where many UGVs are hosted. Pew found that more than half of these site visitors were 18 to 29 years old. (...)» fonte: «Who's Watching User-Generated Video?», eMarkeeter, JANUARY 24, 2008 «In the 2000s it’s the music that young listeners are sharing among themselves that radio seems to systematically ignore. Herein lies a great new format opportunity. “Paragon Media Strategies research into Youth Radio makes clear that there is a body of music that has reached gestation. Whether it be called ‘Indie’ music or ‘music that my friends and I like that isn’t on the radio,’ there’s a format out there. Check out Last.FM and see what this generation is doing in forming their own library.“Concentrating on this body of music—which also contains a lot of new music—would address pleas research respondents make to radio, and it would shore up one of radio’s big unique selling propositions: introducing listeners to new music… 
“14-24 year olds are actively designing radio that’s not on the radio. The average (median) young adult has 500 songs on their computer, 400 songs on their MP3 player, and 50 CDs. 14-18 year-olds have more than double the number of songs that 19-24s have on their computers and MP3 players… Young music consumers are already creating their own ‘radio stations’ by creating playlists on their iPod.» fonte: «A Once In A Generation Format Opportunity», Paragon Media Strategies, 17/01/08 « Did you know that almost one-third of mp3 player users are kids 10 or younger? I'll bet you didn't. Did you know that 40% of 6 to 8-year-olds own an mp3 player? Or that 60% of 13 to 18-year-olds do? Our youth are being raised on a diet of media control and extreme customization. The consequences for how we program and market to this demo today - and as they mature - are profound. As every smoker knows, lifetime habits are shaped during your youth. We can't prevent a generation of listeners from embracing mp3 players, but we most definitely can make sure we're embracing the listeners who are doing the embracing. We can make sure we're a part of their iPods and a part of their lives. And to do that we're going to have to care about youth oriented stations and find a way to monetize our efforts there. We're going to have to inject a spark of engagement into these stations like never before. We're going to have to convert the monologue into a dialogue and the dialogue into a conversation. We're going to have to open up the airwaves for their input and their voices and their production and their content.Staying relevant for the future is not about launching a social network. It's about being a brand worth joining a social network for.» fonte: «Kids embrace iPods rather than Radio», Hear2.0, 23/01/08 Etiquetas: mp3 |