Stars of C.C.T.V.
Monday, October 09, 2006
You Tube is an excellent way to get ratings for your videos click here to open You Tube in a new window
You Tube is soon to be available on your mobile in the U.S claims an article published in the New York Times By Matt Richtel on November 28, 2006
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Here in Britain we are in the midst of a music revolution. You Tube, P2P networks and Social networking sites such as My Space, Beeboo and Face Book (click for a comprehensive list of social networking sites) have brought about this revolution. Musicians no longer have to tout their wares to a record companies . They can get their music out there by publishing it online. The fans are the new hit makers, bypassing the men in suits at the record companies.
The Arctic Monkeys are one such band that achieved their fame through the Internet. They were an unsigned band who played local gigs in small backstreet clubs. After uploading demo files to their site they began handing out demo CDs at their gigs with their web address inside the cover. Fans downloaded and shared their music with friends and friends of friends and news of the new talent spread worldwide like a virus. The Arctic monkeys were soon bombarded wit fans demanding to know where they could purchase their music. By the time they got signed they were so popular that their debut single became the fastest selling debut record by a British artist ever. Another such artist who shot to fame online is Lily Allen. She says at the time of joining My Space she didn't realise the potential of using her space as a marketing tool. She initially signed up for an account because "Everybody else was doing it". She never imagined she would gain over 135,000 friends/fans online. She now uses her My Space to keep fans up to date on her career and to inform them of single / album releases and tour dates.
Lily Allen leads the nominations for the Brit Awards this year. The 21-year-old - unknown to all but her My Space friends this time last year - is nominated in four categories including Best British Female. She is also in the running for Best British Breakthrough Act, Best British Album for Alright Still and Best British Single for Smile.
One of her rivals in the Best British Female is Nerina Pallot. The part-French, part-Indian singer-songwriter grew up on the Channel Island of Jersey. She was dropped by her record label in 2001 and considered quitting the business altogether. But her second album Fires, released independently, sold 10,000 copies via the Internet and after-gig sales before it was picked up by a major label. Arctic Monkeys are nominated for Best British Group and for Best British Album.
Salad Fingers
people on the program want to make video but how to make it interactive
interaction with google and You Tube for rating
Radio 2 using it
Chris Moyles
peer 2 peer & my space as marketing tools
Interaction with audiences using my space
Gap in the marketing the film radio industries
copyright issues
snowballing effect with my space
Phenomenon of using camera phones
you can email in videos on "who's been framed"
people using mobile technology
video phone footage from latest gulf war
the Blair witch project - night-vision on big screen
Shift in the way that we do trust thing coming from p2p networks
Network traffic intense when something big happens in one area.
mobiles are centralised networks
diy approach to making news coverage
instead of working for press they work freelance and distribute the media through forums and networks
Independent news gathering services
http://www.indymedia.com/mc/index.php
Compression tools
low resolution images
a lot of people who make movies want to make high compression movies in a controlled environment
data rate
Vectorised graphics are scalable without losing quality and sharpness of images compared to pixelated images
GPRS expensive so would have compressed images
Image quality is down to bandwidth of user
Production
flash technology produced for people distribution of video
opportunity to pitch an animation for a broadcast
peter greenway
light low res approaches to making images
personal project
you can do screen projecting
www.mediawatch.com
