Ver as letras das musicas, enquanto se ouve...

«Come along and sing a song and join the jamboree, indeed.
Radio Disney has completed a licensing agreement with Gracenote that allows Radio Disney to publish copyrighted lyrics. Kids can now see lyrics and sing along to Radio Disney songs while listening via the Internet Radio Player on RadioDisney.com.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Michael Peterson, executive director, digital distribution, Radio Disney, said, “The integration of lyrics into our Internet Radio Player is another way for us to leverage digital technologies to provide new and exciting user experiences for our young listeners who love to know the words to their favorite songs.” »

«A Internet será a nova rádio»

Diz o guru do marketing norte-americano Seth Godin: «I think the Internet is the new radio». Eu também acho, só que não será rádio...

Music Steering Project - mais um projecto de musica

«Music Steering Project
Researchers Frank Seide and Lie Liu previewed their Music Steering Project, a music application that analyzes audio content to build a playlist of similar music for MP3 devices. Internet radio station Pandora has a similar service, but music steering differs from Pandora's offering in that it uses software to analyze songs, whereas Pandora has a "large army of music specialists that listen to every song and create attributes," Seide said in a Microsoft video.»

Previsão para 2008: a rádio pode proliferar como nunca!!!!

«“Additionally, as the process of digitization takes hold in the developed world. Both radio and television could proliferate as never before. With more choice and generally better quality (of video and audio), advertisers may find that the sheer scale of traditional media is hard to beat.” (slide 9)Deloitte, TMT Trends 2008. (segundo a newsletter da MCRadios, «Esta previsão assenta na crescente penetração do online em banda larga, redes de cabo  e outras plataformas digitais, o que permite ouvir rádio e ver televisão em alta qualidade, aumentando, deste modo, o número potencial de ouvintes e telespectadores.»); eu não acredito

Facebook quer serviço de streaming musical

«Facebook is reaching out to the major labels and scheduling meetings to discuss the potential implementation of a music acquisition service with the popular social networking site, Billboard.biz has learned.

Sources at multiple major labels say discussions and meetings regarding the potential service are taking place this week. The sources said they expect something similar to the music service MySpace reportedly is working on, though details of Facebook's proposal remain unclear at this point. (...) Facebook's 66 million-strong members and open development platform -- which allows virtually anybody to create an application (or widget) that pulls data from user profiles to use with it -- have attracted more than 16,000 developers to the network. Just under 1,000 are music specific, including iLike, Imeem, Last.fm, Pandora, Qloud and RealNetwork's Rhapsody.

Facebook will have to be careful how it positions its own music service against these others, as well as determine how to integrate third-party music apps with whatever it comes up with. (...) "The logical conclusion of setting music free of DRM is that every profile page on MySpace or Facebook immediately becomes a music store where friends sell friends their favorite tracks," he wrote in the report.»

fonte: Facebook music service in works», Hollywood reporter, By Antony Bruno, Billboard March 6, 2008

Taxar o streaming musical

«(...) How idiotic is it to overtax Internet streaming when the Internet is the only guaranteed growth engine that could help the dying record business. They don't agree. To the music industry and the lawyers who love it Internet streamers should pay their fair share. While they're effectively stunting the growth of their new best friend, I get the feeling the labels are going to do everything they can to make an example of Internet streamers so they can expand their taxation of other music platforms (...). The record industry lawyers don't care about the next generation or radios problems or that the Internet is their future -- they only care what percentage they're going force them to pay.»

«A rádio perdeu o controlo do seu sistema de distribuição»

«What's scary is that no matter how many times you tell them that both the radio industry and record business have lost control of their delivery systems, they stumble back into dreaming up ways to get their piece of traditional music-related businesses and new ones that are struggling to get off the ground»

O primeiro ano positivo na rádio da GB (desde 2004)

«The UK commercial radio industry achieved its first full year of revenue growth since 2004 last year, with a 2.8% year-on-year increase in income to just below £600m.

According to figures released today by commercial radio trade body RadioCentre, the sector had revenues of £598,199,553 in 2007 compared with £581,695,114 the year before.

In the final quarter of last year revenues increased by 7.1% on the same quarter of 2006 to reach £150,949,721.

Ben Dowell guardian.co.uk, Tuesday March 4 2008

 

O relançamento do Qtrax

The 'world's first free, legal P2P service' Qtrax has redeemed itself since it 'launched' at the end of January, when they failed to deliver music from Universal Music Group, Warner Music, Sony BMG and EMI as promised.

Wired's Listening Post scored an exclusive scoop on the Service That Embarrassed Itself, and reported that Qtrax has succeeded in signing up EMI, Sony/ATV Music Publishing and TVT Records. Not quite the big four as first claimed, but it's a good start for what's essentially a legal BitTorrent.

The files contain DRM, however can be loaded onto PMPs compatible with WMDRM, excluding iPods at this stage.

fonte: «After a wobbly start, Qtrax announces licensing deals with EMI, Sony and TVT Records», Tech digest, 4/03/08

Mais: «New York-based Qtrax generated some controversy when it claimed at the MIDEM conference in January that it would launch its service with over 25 million tracks, but later conceded that it had not yet obtained the requisite licenses from the major labels to offer their catalogs»

Um jornal que antecipa a edição (esbatem-se as fronteiras)

O site do diário argentino Crítica, lançado este fim de semana, mostra aos leitores o plano do jornal que estará nas bancas no dia seguinte, página por página, e quais os temas que serão tratados na publicação. A excepção serão os furos jornalísticos ou os exclusivos do jornal, que terão o símbolo de uma bomba, na página em questão, mas cujo o tema não será revelado. O site está disponível em http://www.criticadigital.com.ar e as notícias do dia seguinte começam a ser postas a partir da tarde.

Musica na televisão

«O serviço de IPTV da Portugal Telecom passou a disponibilizar o serviço Jukebox, com 12 canais temáticos de áudio. Com estes canais, os responsáveis pela Onda Musical, empresa do Grupo Telefónica, que desenvolveu o projecto para o Meo, acreditam ir ao encontro dos mais variados gostos musicais. Desde a música portuguesa, à música clássica passando pelos ritmos brasileiros e música romântica, do pop rock ao hip-hop, sem esquecer o disco house e o jazz&blues, todos os géneros foram contemplados, incluindo a chamada música ambiente e a infantil. (...)A partir de Abril os canais integram um pacote Premium para subscrever.»

Briefing, Jukebox no serviço Meo 2008/03/03Paula Ferreira Fernande

A rádio é a menos preparada para o digital (?)

«But of all major consumer media, radio is the least suited to an online transition. (...) Industry executives fiercely deny this point, but consider the landscape. Newspapers' ills are well-documented, and I've had much sport with them in this space. But the local paper's Web site is almost always the dominant local online entity. Newspapers churn out tons of original content daily. Radio is built to a large degree on music it doesn't own and syndicated talk shows. Both are available in countless venues online, which means radio Web sites have less unique stuff to attract audiences. And stations aren't structured like newspapers. While their profit margins are much higher—try 40% and up—they also have much smaller news organizations and fewer bodies to create new content that can be slapped up online. Ryvicker says radio companies that are doing well in the Web are getting 1% to 2% of revenues from it. Hogan says Clear Channel Radio will get 5% of revenues from its 1,005 Web sites "very soon" but isn't there yet. (Radio executives also extol the revenue potential of radio stars turning up on cable, à la Imus, or on local TV, but few can make that leap.)» fonte Requiem for Old-Time Radio by Jon Fine 28/02/08

Mark Ramsey: «Where Business Week goes wrong, I think, is in underestimating the relationship that millions of radio listeners have with their favorite stations. And underestimating the value of "permission" that those listeners grant those stations to communicate with them, whether that communication is about station content or the benefits of various advertiser partners.

This is a huge advantage for the radio industry, one that has barely been realized to date when it comes to digital content. And woe unto those (outside the radio industry or inside it) who underestimate its value.

In the long run, your radio station is the loudspeaker for your content online. The "non-traditional revenue" will be today's spot revenue, and the NEW-traditional revenue will be sourced online. Get this through your heads and we can start creating our future.»

MySpace aposta em musica via streaming?

«Several companies, including LastFM and Imeem, are attempting to build ad-supported music services. I'm a fan of most of these, especially for the service they provide for independent artists. But lets be clear about one thing… these companies are not offering "free music." They’re offering free on-demand radio. There’s a big distinction.

SpiralFrog and Qtrax are building a reputation for delivering free, downloaded tracks, with the cost recouped through advertising revenues. I've had some previous thoughts on the subject. It would take more than traditional ad revenues to support the cost of music given the price points set by labels.

But the MySpace story is different, and raises two questions. Can MySpace actually provide even a streaming service supported by advertising when great services like Pandora and Live365 have stumbled. And even if MySpace can, who cares?»

MySpace Ad-Supported Music: Feasible or Fiasco? 22/02/08

YouTube planeia streaming?

«YouTube plans to launch a live streaming service later this year, in a bid to take on internet TV services. The live channels will enable users to create live feeds of news events, entertainment and even 24-hour "lifecasts" which could be broadcast from users' homes.The live streaming channels could also include live music, breaking news stories and other entertainment content. The long rumored addition to the video sharing site was confirmed by YouTube... »

Por causa da internet até os trabalhos de casa são prejudicados

«British 15-to-19-year-olds admit spending significantly less time doing homework than they used to as a result of their use of social-networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace and Bebo, according to research published today.

While teachers and parents will be dismayed, the 2008 Digital Entertainment Survey also makes uncomfortable reading for commercial TV executives. It shows that not only does a significant proportion of the important 15- to 19-year-old audience watch less television as a result of social networking, but that the vast majority of Britain's 15-to-54-year-olds fast-forward through adverts when they watch programmes they have recorded.The report, produced by Entertainment Media Research for media law firm Wiggin, shows the way the internet has changed working, reading and viewing habits.A balance of -21% of teenage girls and -10% of teenage boys watch less TV than more because they are using social-networking sites. A balance of nearly a third of 15- to 19-year olds say they are doing less homework, -30% among boys and -32% among girls. The survey also shows the growing "digital divide" between age groups. Whereas 55% of males aged 15 to 19 regularly browse social-networking sites, only 13% of 45-to-54-year-old men do the same.»

fonte: Digital kids ditch homework for networking The Guardian, 3/03/08

Sobre o Social.FM

«(...)Social.FM, the innovative social music service for mobile and web users, and Handmark®, a global leader in the development and distribution of mobile media, today announced a strategic distribution agreement whereby Handmark will market and deliver Social.FM through its global channels. As a result of this partnership, wireless customers in the U.S., Canada and Europe will have immediate access to an immersive social music experience directly from their mobile devices.

A unique and engaging social music service, Social.FM allows wireless customers to enjoy their favorite music anytime, anywhere, directly from their mobile phones. Social.FM is the only social music service which leverages user-contributed content, social discovery and recommendations, and 3G-optimized media streaming to deliver the ultimate music experience across the mobile and web environments. (...) Social.FM is defining the future of social media consumption by building innovative products and services that leverage social broadcasting, social networking and user-contributed content to enable consumers to enjoy their favorite media anytime, anywhere and from anyone. Founded in 2003 by McAfee.com (NASDAQ:MCAF) founder and CEO Srivats Sampath, Social.FM is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, USA. For more information, please visit us on the web at www.social.fm.

Social.FM and Mercora are all trademarks or registered trademarks of Mercora, Inc. Handmark, Pocket Express, and the distinctive hand design are registered trademarks of Handmark, Inc. in the U.S. and other territories»

fonte: «Social.FM and Handmark Sign Global Distribution Partnership » 3/03/08

E quanto mais os pais ouvirem LAD menos os filhos conhecem a rádio

A partir deste caso (real ou fictício, poderá muito bem ser verdade), mais uma reflexão: o consumo de leitores de audio digital nomeadamente no carro não só diminui o consumo de rádio mas tem outra consequência indirecta: afasta os mais novos do conhecimento/familiarização da própria rádio.

A interactividade, entendida como relação bidireccional, é impossivel...

... enquanto for a industria - com os seus interesses - a oferecer-nos o streaming, a conceder-nos essa interactividade, enquanto ela não equitativa.

As novas funções do radiojornalismo na era digital

ideias retiradas de um texto de Eduardo Meditsch (ainda inedito):

-No contexto digital, o discurso sonoro do rádio estabelece já não apenas uma interface com a realidade bruta. Constitui também uma das interfaces com que se relaciona com um hipertexto maior, que redefine a realidade humana e ao mesmo tempo em que a expressa. A informação da web e dos demais meios, e uma grande quantidade de saberes locais, podem ser acessados através de sua sinalização no discurso polifônico do rádio, embora este acesso seja condicionado pelo fechamento do discurso em fluxo contínuo, pelo corte epistemológico do gênero, pela especificidade retórica do meio e pela intenção do emissor, para além do interesse do receptor. Cada vez mais, a informação radiofônica tende a se tornar uma forma de navegação dirigida num hipertexto maior. (...) Desta forma, o novo rádio digital, com todas as suas limitações, preserva ainda o papel social do velho rádio no sentido de servir de ferramenta para o enfrentamento das variadas formas de desinformação, que persistem e se ampliam no coração mesmo da nova “sociedade da informação" (...) Quanto a um radiojornalismo pós-mídia, certamente ele é possível. Talvez não tenha este nome e é pouco provável que surja do rádio digital como concebido ainda hoje. A informação sonora do futuro será mais provavelmente um produto da criatividade coletiva que emerge da web.»

Por quanto tempo se chamará rádio

«(...) chamaremos de rádios às instituições produtoras de conteúdo sonoro ou às distribuidoras deste conteúdo, como até agora? O debate acadêmico tende a ser rico, mas dificilmente a pura razão consegue controlar o uso das palavras pelo público mais amplo. Superado o tempo do hardware, o termo rádio ainda será disputado por muito tempo e por muitas instituições concorrentes como uma palavra mágica, tendo em vista a história e o imaginário que incorpora. Isso já acontece desde o surgimento da internet, quando vários tipos de sites se anunciaram como rádios, apesar de compartilharem com ele pouquíssimas características. Só o uso social e a habituação cultural dirão a quem pertencerá a designação no futuro, se ela vai ainda persistir ou se cairá em desuso. (EM; inedito, 2008, ?)