Um receptor digital na GB que grava música

«A new digital radio receiver in the U.K. will allow listeners to download songs after their hear them. The HD Radio is being tested by Chrysalis and UBC Media, and if it is a success, will fully launch by year's end. The service will incorporate Chrysalis' AC "Heart" radio stations and a new mobile device that also receives TV stations as well as radio. It would likely work as a subscription service, with an extra fee on top for each song. The service uses DAB digital radio technology, according to Reuters, which allows data files and audio to be sent simultaneously. UBC CEO Simon Cole told the BBC, "If you press 'Buy' when you're listening to James Blunt on Heart, the file is immediately added to your library in the phone. The server also pushes a 128-kilobyte version of the song to your home account so it's also on your computer waiting to be put on your iPod. We think people will be willing to pay a premium for that level of service."»

fonte: FMQB, «New U.K. Digital Radio To Also Download Songs», April 6, 2006

A primeira geração de receptores portáteis via satélite

«Orbitcast has posted photos of the newest portable XM Radio player, the Pioneer Inno. The iPod-sized device receives XM's live signal, records up to 50 hours of music, schedules recordings, and plays WMA's and MP3's. Like earlier XM portables, the Inno has a built-in FM transmitter, allowing you to play your satellite radio over analog radio. Nice. Other specs: color display, 50 channel presets, playlist editing on the device, 5 hours of live XM playback and 15 hours of recorded playback. The price? A mere $399. »

fonte: http://www.droxy.com/2006/04/04/photos-of-pioneer-inno-xm2go-posted/

Um LAD a menos de 10 dólares (no Japão)

Não tem memória mas aceita cartões até 1 gb, é fino como um iPod shuffle e custa menos de 10 dolares (e, pelos vistos, tambem não tem rádio...)

«A very curious MP3 player emerged from Japan this past week from a company called Evergreen. Picture the most stripped-down, Spartan portable you can imagine, and you still may have to lower your expectations to arrive at the Evergreen DN-2000. The roughly 2-inch by 2-inch player has a crude matte black faceplate that is sans-display like the iPod shuffle. But unlike the shuffle, the DN-2000 comes with no memory. Instead, users must provide their own SD cards, though the player cannot read more than 1GB of removable storage. So what makes such a feature-deprived player interesting? The price. The Evergreen is now available from Yahoo Japan for 999 yen, which equals roughly $8.50 in US currency»

fonte: «Sub-$10 Portable MP3 Player Rattles in Japan», Digital Music News, 11/4/06

Programas de televisão oferecidos na net

O que leva a Walt Disney/ABC a decidir colocar on line muitos dos seus programas (as séries de ficção de maior sucesso) para serem descarregados gratuitamente? Só há uma explicação: a internet e o computador vão mudar o paradigma televisivo e com tanta gente, cada vez mais, na net, nada como começar a ganhar clientes... Os programas passam na televisão e no dia seguinte estão on line com anúncios (sem anúncios só através do iTunes, mas a pagar) e a WD/ABC pretende claramente chegar a outros potenciais telespectadores que estão a aderir aos leitores digitais e à net (e se este modelo/plataforma de negócio vai triunfar, a WD/ABC já lá está - em Portugal só a Sic disponibiliza programas na net e sem imagem!).

«From the Wall Street Journal: "Walt Disney Co. plans to make much of its newest and most popular programming on ABC and other channels available free anytime on the Web, in a move that could speed the transformation of television viewing habits and help revive the struggling TV advertising business. "On April 30, ABC will unveil a revamped Web site that will include a ’theater’ where people with broadband connections can watch free episodes of ’Desperate Housewives,’ ’Lost’ and other hit shows on their computers. Episodes will be available the morning after they air and will be archived»

Confirmado o telemóvel iPod?

«Insiders at Taiwanese phone maker BenQ say that Apple procurement executives have been talking to various Taiwanese phone makers during the past few months in an effort to cut a manufacturing deal on an iPod Phone. They say that Apple will launch an iPod with phone functions within the next few months.  "An iPod phone is definitely coming. BenQ will not be making it as we are in competition with Apple however several of our suppliers have been approached to manufacture parts. Among manufacturers in Taiwan it is common knowledge. The issue for many is the availabilty of parts if the phone takes off" said the BenQ executive.  (...) Analysts believe that if Apple does come out with a music-playing cell phone, it will likely have the biggest impact on Motorola, the leading cell phone maker in the U.S. "Even a modest showing for an Apple multimedia cellphone could put a dent in Motorola’s profits," Barron’s says. "If Apple were to grab just 1% of the 900 million phones expected to be sold world».

fonte: «iPod Phone Confirmed», SmartHouse, David Richards - Tuesday, 21 March 2006

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A MTV como fornecedora de conteúdos para telemóveis

«(...) a MTV vai introduzir a partir do Verão um serviço para criar comunidades móveis em torno de conteúdos desenvolvidos pelos próprios utilizadores. Sabe-se que o presidente desta rede tem em mente a implementação de um plano que irá permitir aos utilizadores a criação dos seus próprios toques para telemóveis e outro tipo de conteúdos que podem utilizar nos seus aparelhos. Atenta aos desejos e gostos das gerações mais novas, a MTV tornou-se, «in a relatively short time, (...) the world’s largest content provider for mobile phones. It works with 63 providers worldwide and has access to more than a billion cellphones».»

fonte: NetFM

O futebol nos telemóveis

«A Alcatel vai fornecer à Sportinveste Multimédia uma solução de Mobile TV para a cobertura da Liga Portuguesa de Futebol que permitirá criar e distribuir programas desportivos em formato específico para telemóveis. “A solução está a ser estudada junto dos operadores móveis. Trata-se de um canal de futebol especificamente formatado para Mobile TV”, afirmou ao Diário Económico Diogo Caldas, director-geral da Sportinveste Multimédia, escusando-se a falar no valor do contrato assinado com a Alcatel.  Os conteúdos serão notícias, resumos de jogos, classificações, etc..., mas não a transmissões dos desafios. O mais comum actualmente na área da Mobile TV ainda é a transmissão dos próprios conteúdos televisivos nos telemóveis, sem adaptações específicas ao formato.
“Trata-se de personalizar conteúdos para os fãs de futebol em Portugal”, explicou, por sua vez, José Camões Vieira, director de comunicação da Alcatel. (...) Para Diogo Caldas, os jogos de futebol no telemóvel estão predestinados a ser a próxima forma de entretenimento de massas mais popular em Portugal. “A solução fornecida pela Alcatel  permite-nos criar, formatar, adaptar e distribuir conteúdos de vídeo para telemóveis com uma grande liberdade e de uma forma económica”, acrescenta o mesmo responsável.
Tanto os operadores móveis como a Sportinveste, enquanto distribuidora e detentora de conteúdos, ganham com esta solução a oportunidade de realização de receitas em novos negócios junto dos utilizadores dos telemóveis de terceira geração»

fonte: «Resumos dos jogos da Liga em Mobile TV», Diário Económico, Carla Castro, 2006-04-10

HD em França - Vai chegar cá?

«Quincy, IL, and Paris - Apr 7, 2006 - Broadcast Electronics (BE) has installed an HD Radio FM system on an independent station in Paris, France. Towercast, in partnership with independent broadcast syndicate SIRTI and NRJ Group, began broadcasting an HD Radio signal on 88.2MHz last week using a BE low-powered transmission system. In the next phase of the trials, Towercast plans to multicast two or more channels of programming. "As a group, we’re very interested in the HD Radio technology because it lets us move right into digital broadcasting without giving up analog," said Anders Rällvik, who is the technical lead for testing digital technology for Towercast. "I believe we’re the first broadcaster to use HD Radio live, 24 hours in Europe." Towercast is broadcasting HD Radio with a test license granted by Conseil supérieur de l’audiovisuel (CSA), France’s broadcast authority. CSA has also granted Towercast an experimental license to broadcast HD Radio on 93.9MHz, and the group will begin broadcasting a single channel of digital audio on that frequency in the next month. It will eventually add another program channel to test HD Radio multicasting as well as any channel spacing interference»

fonte: «Broadcast Electronics Introduces HD Radio to France », Radio Magazine, 3 a 9 de abril,.

Mais: «Could France give up on Eureka-147?»

Rádio Bacardi é música de dança (e a Coca Cola tb)

É apenas um sinal do que está para acontecer (mesmo ao nível dos investimentos publicitários convencionais): a Bacardi acaba de anunciar a criação de uma rádio on line para chegar também aos telemóveis! 

«Spirits and song often go hand-in-hand, though Bacardi is taking the barroom sing-a-long to an entirely new level. The Miami-based rum manufacturer just announced a mobile and online radio station called Bacardi B Live Radio, which is heavily focused on dance music and club deejays. The station is slated to officially launch in the United States and the UK in May, though the stream is currently live at bacardibliveradio.com for those that want to take a peek. B Live will also showcase various Bacardi events on the channel, offering far greater branding and reach. "Bacardi B Live reinforces our music association by creating more opportunities to connect our target consumer in a way that reflects our brand values," commented John Burke, a global brand director at the company. Powering the backend is Colorado-based Blumodus».

fonte: «Bacardi Unveils Mobile, Online Streaming Radio Service», Digital Music News, 10/4/06

Mais: Beverage giants Coca-Cola and Bacardi--regular glass-mates at bars around the globe--have launched separate marketing campaigns that use digital music to connect with consumers.

Coca-Cola has created the entertainment Web site Stageside.tv, from which fans can download exclusive videos from select acts using peer-to-peer file-sharing networks. The first artist featured on the site is Island Def Jam's Ne-Yo, whose label debut, "In My Own Words," entered The Billboard 200 at No. 1 six weeks ago. (...) These are two more examples of brands using music to carry their marketing messages over digital channels. The music industry is jumping at the chance to participate as the sponsoring brands not only bankroll the creation of new services that more widely distribute music and expose artists, but also pay labels licensing fees to access content. (...) Coca-Cola is paying Ne-Yo's label, publishers and the artist himself for the right to exclusively film a 15-minute "day in the life" mini-documentary interspersed with two minutes of music. The video is available not only as a free download from Stageside, but also has been distributed throughout chat rooms, social networking sites and has even appeared on Youtube.com. Jeff Straughn, Island Def Jam's vice president of strategic marketing, said the partnership allows the music industry to utilize the marketing power of free P2P networks--and realize a revenue stream while doing so. "We see this as the first step in the direction of embracing P2P networks," he said. "It's given us tremendous viral exposure we wouldn't have gotten through traditional means." Coca-Cola also hopes to piggyback on this exposure by featuring its logo in each video. Each clip will be replaced after 90 days, and only one artist will be featured at a time. Coca-Cola and marketing firm the Jun Group already are negotiating with labels for the next artist. Reichgut said Coca-Cola is looking for acts it feels match the "upbeat and positive" message conveyed via its new "Coke Side of Life" marketing effort (...)"

fonte: «Rum and Coke find new mixers: digital music», Cnet (by Reuters) April 17, 2006, 4:59 AM PDT

HD consegue apoio dos retalhistas

Talvez o facto da transmissão em HD exigir novos receptores, desses receptores serem raros e caros, seja o seu maior problema na actualidade.

Este desenvolvimento acaba por ser relevante: «retailers are now jumping on board. Early this morning, retailers Tweeter, Crutchfield and ABC Warehouse Detroit announced that they would be selling a crop of HD-compatible receivers. Starting today, the receivers will be available in more than 100 stores in over 30 markets across the United States. "Consumer demand for HD digital radio receivers has increased significantly over the past few months as consumers see the incredible value that HD radio offers," said Peter Ferrara, president and CEO of the HD Digital Radio Alliance».

fonte: «Radio Conglomerates Push HD, Retailers Offer More Support», Digital Music News, 10/4/06

A indústria dos webcasters que difundem música nos EUA

Os vários webcasters dos EUA vão reunir-se com os detentores dos direitos autorais naquele país para negociarem formas de continuarem a transmissão de música.

Interessante ver como esses webcasters se organizam por lá:

• Digital Media Association (DiMA), which represents large Internet-only webcasters like Yahoo! LAUNCHcast, AOL Radio, and Live365,

• A consortium of large broadcasters who also stream their AM/FM/HD programming on the web, including Clear Channel, Bonneville, Salem and others,

• A consortium of self-described “small webcasters,” headed by Digitally Imported, AccuRadio, Radioio, and MVYRadio,

• NPR and various parties representing noncommercial broadcasters and webcasters, including colleges and universities.

 mais em http://www.kurthanson.com/archive/news/040706/index.asp

Música na internet - criar a nossa rádio (Rhapsody)

Corey Deitz fala no serviço da Raphsody, um dos mais conhecidos dos EUA, mas de que nunca falei.

Por isso, aqui vai:

«If you’d like 100 radio stations to choose from and would also like the option of creating your own customized streams, then Rhapsody might be your music service. No matter your mood, you can always have just the right sound for your work or leisure with the various options from Rhapsody. The free Rhapsody software allows you to also build your music library, share your playlists with others in the Rhapsody music sharing community, burn custom CDs, transfer it to your digital devices and more. Sharing playlists is one of the most interesting features of Rhapsody. You can browse by genre, celebrity picks, theme/holiday mixes, decade mixes, single artist mixes, and label spotlights. At a cost of $9.99 per month you have access to over 1,000,000 music tracks to play and share. A 14-day free trial is available. (Sign Up Directly) It’s not quite Satellite Radio but, it is about $3.00 less per month than XM and SIRIUS and you don’t have to buy any special equipment. You should know that XM Satellite Radio does offer 75 channels online for $7.99 per month compared to Rhapsody's 100 channels for $9.99. Compare the channels offered by each one to make your best decision».

fonte: «Rhapsody: Diverse Like Satellite Radio, Only Cheaper» 

Mais da música na internet

A rádio perde o privilégio da divulgação da música
“Enquanto a indústria discográfica faz o balanço de um ano em que as vendas voltaram a baixar, alguns sinais apontam para uma democratização da música, graças à Internet, que começa a alterar o equilíbrio de forças no seio da indústria musical. Explorando designadamente os fóruns e os blogues musicais, as companhias independentes de discos fazem grandes progressos, à custa dos quatro conglomerados mundiais de música, cujo modelo comercial, que consiste em promover os «hits» graças à difusão radiofónica, parece cada vez mais ultrapassado”.Jeff Leeds, no New York Times, traduzido pelo Courrier Internacional, “Net beneficia editoras independentes”, nº 43, pág. 43

” (…) la promoción y la venta de música on line se ha disparado en el útimo año. El paradigma digital está modificando la estructura de industria musica al incrementar y simplificar los procesos de reproducción musical y está dando lugar a formas autónomas de distribución. La distribución de música a través de la Red con el sistema MP3 y el más que paradigmático fenómeno Napster han sacudido profundamente la industria tradicional del disco. (…) También desde el punto de vista de la recepción, el paradigma digital amplia la posibilidad del consumidor para manipular el sonido, programar la reproducción y realizar copias de alta fidelidad. Esto se traduce desde los años 80 en formas más individualizadas de consumir música, incremenlando la interactividad y ampliando los canales de exhibición musical. (…) Esta situación lleva a las emisoras musicales a replantear su estrategia de programación, ya que pierden la exclusividad de la difusión masiva de música. ”

 

MARTINÉZ-COSTA, María del Pilar e MORENO MORENO, Elsa, Programación Radiofónica, Ariel, Barcelona, 2004 , pág 342

 

Cebrián Herreros, Mariano, La radio en la convergencia multimedia, Gedisa, Barcelona, 2001

Musica em streaming, no cabo ou no telemóvel. É o quê?

“Las zonas fronterizas entre los consumos radiofónicos y musicales anteriores estaban claros, pero con Internet es imposible ya que tales fronteras desaparecen y emerge una red de búsquedas y de interrelaciones entre lo que antes aparecía por separado. Cada oyente lo vincula a su gusto. Tal vez lo que esté emergiendo sea otra cosa, un nuevo consumo de sonidos musicales y de informaciones sonora que se separan claramente de los modelos tradicionales. Por esta razón no conviene cerrar las limitaciones ni los conceptos hasta que los comportamientos de los usuarios y las implantaciones de tales consumos se definan a su vez. Lo que está claro es que asistimos a renovaciones transcendentales independientemente de que las llamemos de una manera o de otra.” (Cebrián Herreros, 2001: 120)

Os esforços (individuais) para pôr a XM e a Sirius nos telemóveis

«Fans of U.S. satellite radio have been waiting eagerly for nearly a year to get XM or Sirius onto their cell phones.

But as the two satellite radio providers carefully ponder their mobile strategies and chew over business plans, a small group of technically savvy devotees are taking matters into their own hands.

Grass-roots software and web developers have found ways to tap into XM Satellite Radio Holdings' and Sirius Satellite Radio's websites to stream music channels onto Windows-powered smartphones and other devices»

fonte: Wired News, Satellite Radio Rocks Cell Phones, Reuters  13:10 PM Mar, 24, 2006

«Para onde vão os ouvintes da rádio?»

Um estudo da Bridge Ratings sobre a erosão dos ouvintes da rádio convencional. Conclusões:

«Bridge Ratings reports that audience erosion from terrestrial radio is due to generally less time spent with AM/FM radio and more time spent with a variety of digital media. This includes MP3 players and iPods, Internet radio, satellite radio and CDs. 

1. Terrestrial audience erosion to alternative audio entertainment continues to occur in young demographics.

2. Podcasting is beginning to siphon listening.

3. MP3 device usage can consume as much as 80% of a radio user's audio entertainment during initial ownership weeks and months. This number tends to be generally lower among 30+ women and 35+ men.

4. MP3 player fatigue is slowing overall as the market continues to expand due to consumer interest in these devices. Fatigue with MP3 players remains high among those consumers who have owned the devices longer than 6-8 months.

5. Competition for traditional radio time-spent-listening is more severe. Time spent listening to terrestrial radio is fighting for its share of time with a multitude of digital devices. Even television has regained viewership based on this quarter's data. The most often given reason for this by our sample: better programming and new shows. Meanwhile, music-specific radio stations are vying for the attention of their constituencies as MP3 players continue to be more pervasive than ever (75 million sold). Podcasting is beginning to show evidence of cannibalizing radio's time-spent-listening.

6. Satellite radio also suffers from attrition! For the first time, we are seeing satellite radio consumers who have been subscribers for longer than 6 months are actually spending less time than they were six months ago with their satellite service of choice. According to our panel, during the second quarter of 2005 average time spent listening to satellite radio was 16 hours per week. During this most recent study during the period of January 1 through March 31, 2006, weekly TSL for satellite radio among subscribers of 6 months or longer was down to 12.6 weekly hours»

Sobre o estudo:

«This study, which has been tracking such behavior since January, 2004, once again reveals behaviors assumed to be taking place.
After a recovering Quarter 4 of 2005 for terrestrial radio where positive signs that terrestrial radio was experiencing positive Time Spent Listening and Weekly cume audience tune-in, the first quarter of 2006 showed just the opposite in overall listener behavior.  AM/FM radio listening among 18-34 year olds was significantly off fourth quarter 2005's pace as its increase in weekly quarter hours to "other media" than radio jumped from 50 to 60 quarter hours affecting the trend for both 12-24 and 25-49 year old metrics»

fonte: «Bridge Study: "Where Are My Listeners Going?"», Radio Ink, 7/4/06. O texto original aqui.

Para ouvir o trânsito, ouvintes desligam tudo

«A recent study conducted by Edison Media Research found that almost three-quarters of radio traffic listeners pay more attention to commercials read live by the announcer of a traffic or news report than they do to pre-recorded commercials. The Edison Metro Traffic Study also concluded that 78% of those commuters requiring traffic information for suburban roadways gained this traffic information from their regular local traffic stations.

Additionally, the study found that traffic reports demonstrated an ability to pull people away from CD players, MP3 players and Satellite Radio. One in four respondents indicated that they listened to something other than radio in their cars, but then switched back to AM/FM radio specifically to hear traffic reports. Those with exceptionally long commutes (greater than 60 minutes each way) reported an even greater propensity to switch to AM/FM radio for traffic reports, as nearly half of those listeners indicated they listen to CDs or MP3s, but switch to hear traffic.

More than 90% of radio traffic listeners pay close attention to traffic reports. "Clearly, traffic reports are extremely ’sticky’ content for radio listeners," noted Tom Webster, Vice President of Edison Media Research. "Listeners know where to find localized traffic reports, especially in suburban areas, and rely on them to help them navigate their increasingly longer commutes."

The Edison Metro Traffic Study was conducted by random telephone sampling February 9 - 22, 2006 of Adults 25 - 54 evenly distributed throughout the nonmetro counties in 10 of the top 20 DMAs. Respondents were required to have at least a part-time job, work primarily outside of the home, and spend at least 30 minutes commuting one-way to their workplace via a personal vehicle. This study was conducted on behalf of Westwood One by Edison Media Research.»

fonte: Edison Media Research, «Traffic Reports Capture Listeners’ Attention Despite Distractions and Other», SOMERVILLE, N.J., March 30 /PRNewswire/ .

Anúncios lidos em directo mais eficazes do que gravados

«A recent study conducted by Edison Media Research found that almost three-quarters of radio traffic listeners pay more attention to commercials read live by the announcer of a traffic or news report than they do to pre-recorded commercials. The Edison Metro Traffic Study also concluded that 78% of those commuters requiring traffic information for suburban roadways gained this traffic information from their regular local traffic stations.

The Edison Metro Traffic Study was conducted by random telephone sampling February 9 - 22, 2006 of Adults 25 - 54 evenly distributed throughout the nonmetro counties in 10 of the top 20 DMAs. Respondents were required to have at least a part-time job, work primarily outside of the home, and spend at least 30 minutes commuting one-way to their workplace via a personal vehicle. This study was conducted on behalf of Westwood One by Edison Media Research.»

fonte: Edison Media Research, «Traffic Reports Capture Listeners' Attention Despite Distractions and Other», SOMERVILLE, N.J., March 30 /PRNewswire/ .

Leitores das edições on line são mais jovens

«This new analysis, which encompasses the top 25 markets in the country, confirms many of the findings of the first, including that newspaper websites are contributing significant numbers of readers who do not necessarily read the printed publications resulting in larger audiences overall. The “online-exclusive” audiences of the newspapers examined in the survey accounted for anywhere from 2 to 10 percent of their integrated audiences, proportions that represented hundreds of thousands of additional readers for many papers in larger markets.
An analysis of four of the newspapers examined – The Washington Post, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Tampa Tribune, and The Arizona Republic - sheds new light on the characteristics of newspapers’ online visitors. The audiences for newspaper websites tend to be younger than those for the printed newspaper, dispelling the common misperception that young people are not engaged by newspaper content. For example, about 37 percent of the adults who visited The Washington Post’s Website, WashingtonPost.com, in the past thirty days were ages 18-34. In comparison, about 26 percent of the paper’s weekly print audience (5 weekdays + Sunday) fell into this age group. Similar differences between online and print audiences were found at the Tampa Tribune, where about 32 percent of online visitors were in the 18-34 age bracket compared to about 22 percent of the weekly print audience (5 weekdays + Sunday). These findings were consistent across the other online leaders, The Atlanta Journal-
Constitution and The Arizona Republic, that were examined in detail for the study».
fonte: «“INTEGRATED NEWSPAPER AUDIENCE” METRIC GAINS MOMENTUM AT COUNTRY’S NEWSPAPERS» , Scarborough Research, 3/4/06 (via PontoMedia)