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30/1/2006; 4:36:23 |
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Fascinating! Charles Wiltgen speculates on how this will play out. Two things I find particularly interesting. It looks like Sony and Philips are taking on Microsoft. My goodness! Also, Sony and Philips are working together to push SACD. They promote their DRM capabilities to the industry as one of the reasons to go with their format instead of DVD-A. All interesting. .< 10:37:45 PM  >EMI in US music download deal 'In a statement David Munns, Chairman and CEO of EMI Recorded Music North America said: "This is the next step in our plan to give consumers our music in the formats they are demanding today, and to give our distributors maximum flexibility to offer a wider range of options and a deep selection of music." ' .< 10:31:57 PM >The Perishable DVD as Musical Taste Test: " In the promotion by Atlantic Records, retailers in the southern United States will offer a free sample DVD to buyers of a CD by Nappy Roots, a hip-hop group. Once the packaging is opened, the disc will work for only eight hours before being made unreadable by a dye sandwiched between the DVD's layers that interacts with air, leaving it opaque." Freaky. The idea is to move music fans to DVD-V and away from CD. It's part of an effort to revive the industries fortunes. .< 10:24:23 PM >Lift Bugle, Press Play: A High-Tech Taps. Facing a Shortage of buglers for veterans' funerals, the military turns to technology. By John H. Cushman Jr.. [New York Times: Arts] Argh. Not enough buglers. .< 12:22:35 PM >The Pitch: Dreamland Goes Digital. Merging computer know-how and ingenuity with entertainment, multimedia companies are escaping the dot-com ruins by fleeing to Hollywood. By Michel Marriott. [New York Times: Arts] .< 11:13:12 AM >Using a Hard Drive to Show Films in Theaters. BMW and Microsoft are spending several million dollars to exhibit eight independent films in digital format over the next year at theaters in 25 cities. By Amy Harmon. [New York Times: Arts] |
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