Filed under: Feature | Tags: AdultEntertainmentExpo, AVN Adult Entertainment Expo, Blackberry, Blu-ray Disc, Consumer Electronics Show, DVD, iPhone, Sign language
CES UNVEILED 2009: HOW TO MAKE OLD NEW AGAIN
Photo Credit: Cnet
Last night, I ventured out in a see of press to discover some cool gadgetry. I came out of the experience feeling like something was missing. . .a hole in my aching heart if you will. Where is the Blu-Ray crushing defeat of HD DVD? Where is the mind-blowing heart-pounding game-changing technology? The answer. The Adult Entertainment Expo down the hall. We’ll be covering that later in the week. For now, here’s the best of show for CES Unveiled 2009.
Sign Language in the Palm of Your Hand…Ironic No?
Type in a word and the translator shows you the sign for it. Check out the video below as I ask if it can help me get a date or yell at people.
Equal Opportunity Charger
Step 1: Slide this cover with PowerMat technology on your phone (pictured is an iPhone).
Step 2: Place your phone on the above Powermat. Charge and repeat. No need for multiple chargers. No need for all out panic when you remember you left your BlackBerry charger at home.
The Pacemaker Your Heart Can’t Use
Portable DJ system in the palm of your hand. Mix, play, and record music your way. As a former DJ, I’m always a little skeptical of new devices which give non-DJs the ability to play instant pseudo-turntablist. Overnight art form killer. But in demoing the device, the ability for manual mixing is endless and the cost sans turntables, mixer, and/or laptop, is quite affordable.
The device has a capacity of 60GB and comes with an app for both Windows and Mac that lets you manage the music on the device. As a DJ, the job can get a bit lonely. For the most part, you’re segregated in a booth kept away from the dancing masses below. Pacemaker allows you to line out to a wireless transmitter so in essence, the DJ could be spinning from the dance floor. If the job of the DJ is to read the crowd as effectively as possible, nothing helps like being in the middle of it.
Due in the spring for $550.
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Filed under: BROADCAST/CABLE | Tags: DreamWorks, DreamWorks Animation, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Monsters vs. Aliens, New York, Real Housewives of Orange County, Super Bowl, United States
During NBC’s Super Bowl XLIII broadcast on February 1, viewers will need 3-D glasses to view a 90-second commercial promoting the March release of animated movie Monsters vs. Aliens from DreamWorks Animation. DreamWorks CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg said the 90-second commercial plus giving away 150 million pairs of 3-D glasses through 28,000 retail locations via the Pepsi/SoBe Life displays will cost “tens of millions of dollars” and he calls the deal “perhaps the biggest media-advertising event in history.” A single 30-second ad in the Super Bowl is tabbed at approximately $3 million. (Cynopsis 1/6)
Is it wrong that I want to rubber band the glasses to my mom’s dog and see what happens? All in good fun…
The eighth season opener of A&E’s “The First 48″ attracted a record 2.3 million viewers, according to the network. The episode, which originally aired Jan. 1, won the much-coveted adult 18-to-49 and 25-to-54 demographics as well. Multichannel News (1/5)
Bravo is back in Manhattan as season two of The Real Housewives of New York City debuts February 17 at 11p following the finale of The Real Housewives of Orange County. The series will shift to its normal time slot of Tuesdays at 10p starting February 24. (Cynopsis 1/6)
To promote the new season of “Big Love,” a drama about a polygamous family, HBO is installing billboards in New York and Los Angeles that feature headphone jacks that allow passers-by to plug in and listen to people confess secrets. The campaign, by BBDO New York and other shops, is based around the tag line, “Everyone Has Something to Hide,” and also includes a microsite and performing street teams in major cities. The New York Times (1/5)
NBC News is denying a Drudge Report story claiming that conservative author Ann Coulter has been banned from the network after “Today” dropped her from Tuesday’s program because of breaking-news events. “We look forward to welcoming her back in the future,” says NBC. (Iwantmedia 1/6, http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3i27e6523c216f71f782c2de31d9dec3fb 1/5)
If only they could ban Crazy Train Coulter… And yes, I say this with full liberal bias.
As more cable channels produce must-see programs, a top-rated cable outlet could come to reach as many viewers as one of the broadcast networks, according to industry analysts. Within three or four years, “you probably could lose one” of the major broadcasters. (Iwantmedia 1/6, http://adage.com/mediaworks/article?article_id=133514 1/5)
TV and film company Lionsgate has acquired the TV Guide Channel and TVGuide.com from Macrovision for $255 million. For Lionsgate — which controls channel FearNet with Sony and Comcast and soon will launch pay-cable movie channel Epix with Viacom and MGM — the move represents deeper involvement in the cable arena. The Wall Street Journal (1/6) , Advertising Age (1/5)
CBS plans to reduce capital spending to $350 million this year and would sell more radio stations at the right price, according to CEO Les Moonves, speaking at an investor conference. He adds that he is optimistic advertising will recover: “CBS is going to get the bulk of that revenue.” (Iwantmedia 1/6, http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=a87gPx6Opxhk 1/6)
WGN America formed a new partnership with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) to begin airing the first-run, original show WWE Superstars beginning this April. WWE Superstars, a 60m weekly series produced by WWE, will highlight various Superstars and Divas from the three WWE franchises. The program will air Thursday nights at 8p and 11p and with a third run on the weekend. (Cynopsis 1/6)
New York viewers will get extra financial insight into the current economic crisis as The New York Times business reporter/columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin hosts a new seven-episode series It’s the Economy, NY! What’s Happening and What It Means to You. From WNET.ORG, the series opens this Thursday on New York public television stations THIRTEEN at 8p and WLIW21 at 1130p. During each episode, Sorkin will interview top financial leaders focused on topics important to New Yorkers. (Cynopsis 1/6)
Time Warner Cable is signing a new deal to carry CBS’s flagship network and Showtime premium channel. CBS and Showtime will be part of Time Warner Cable’s “Start Over” feature that lets viewers restart shows and the “Look Back” service that makes programs available for three days. (Iwantmedia 1/6, http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601204&sid=aISSWRB.Occo 1/6)
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Filed under: ONLINE SERVICES/INTERACTIVE MEDIA | Tags: Barack Obama, Digital rights management, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Juno: The Shooting Script, Sci Fi, Toni Collette, United States, United States of Tara
ONLINE SERVICES/INTERACTIVE MEDIA
Nearly two years ago, Steve Jobs published an open letter to the music industry calling for the death of DRM (digital rights management). He convinced EMI to ditch DRM back in April, 2007, but the three other major music labels held out. Until today
. Now all the songs on iTunes are DRM-free, or soon will be. (http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/06/the-price-of-going-drm-free-apples-hidden-18-billion-music-tax 1/6)
Barack Obama’s U.S. presidential campaign spent more than $16 million on online advertising in 2008. Google was far and away the winner, taking in some $7.5 million. Turner Broadcasting/CNN.com netted $461,000 of Obama’s online ad spend; Washington Post took home $125,000. (Iwantmedia 1/6, http://www.clickz.com/3632263 1/6)
Showtime will make the pilot of its new original series United States of Tara available from Jan. 8 on Netflix‘s Watch Instantly service, two weeks prior to its premiere on the network. United States of Tara was created by Juno screenwriter Diablo Cody and stars Toni Collette as a suburban wife and mother struggling with Dissociative Identity Disorder (a.k.a. multiple personality disorder, as dramatized in Sybil.) The season premiers of The L Word and Secret Diary of a Call Girl will also be available to Netflix subscribers the Jan. 18, day and date of their network premiers. (Cynopsis 1/6)
Sci Fi Channel’s SciFi.com has spun off its daily entertainment news service into a standalone site SciFiWire.com. The news blog will continue to focus on pop cultural news related to the Sci Fi and fantasy genres, covering movies, books, television shows, comics, etc. The satellite site is third new launch by SciFi.com during the past year, following the debuts of gadget blog Dvice.com and gaming site Fidgit.com. (Cynopsis 1/6)
Video recommendation engine ffwd has just released its completed API to developers, allowing them to incorporate some of the service’s core functionality into their sites. (http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/06/ffwds-web-channel-surfing-api-goes-live-is-coming-to-boxee 1/6)
Time spent watching video online jumped an astounding 40% during 2008 according to the November 2008 ComScore Video Metrix numbers. Users viewed an average of 273.1 minutes/month in Nov. ’08 compared to 195 minutes/month in Nov. ’07. Number of videos viewed jumped by 34% to 12.7 billion during the same period. Google Sites once again ranked as the top U.S. video property with nearly 5.1 billion videos viewed with YouTube.com accounting for more than 98% of the total. Google also dominated in terms of unique viewers with nearly 98 million users. Google (and YouTube) visitors accounted for more than half of all video views online during Nov. (Cynopsis 1/6)
Top U.S. Online Video Properties by Videos Viewed – November 2008
Property Videos (000) Share (%) of Videos
Total Internet 12,677,063 100.0
Google Sites 5,107,302 40.3
Fox Interactive Media 439,091 3.5
Viacom Digital 324,903 2.6
Yahoo! Sites 304,331 2.4
Microsoft Sites 296,285 2.3
Hulu 226,540 1.8
Turner Network 214,709 1.7
Disney Online 137,165 1.1
AOL LLC 115,306 0.9
ESPN 95,622 0.8
Source: comScore Video Metrix. Rankings based on video content sites; excludes video server networks. Online video includes both streaming and progressive download video.
Top U.S. Online Video Properties by Unique Viewers – November 2008
Property Videos (000) Share (%) of Videos
Total Internet 146,064 86.8
Google Sites 97,928 52.2
Fox Interactive Media 58,115 7.6
Yahoo! Sites 39,956 7.6
Microsoft Sites 34,979 8.5
Viacom Digital 27,109 12.0
Hulu 22,456 10.1
AOL LLC 22,442 5.1
Turner Network 20,735 10.4
Disney Online 13,028 10.5
Time Warner – Excl. AOL 12,564 3.6
Source: comScore Video Metrix. Rankings based on video content sites; excludes video server networks. Online video includes both streaming and progressive download video.
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Filed under: WIRELESS | Tags: Apple, AT&T, Best Buy, iPhone, Macworld, Reuters, Sling Media, Television
Sling Media, the company behind the popular (and very cool) settop boxes that allow you to stream cable from your house to your computer, looks like it has outdone itself. At this week’s Macworld the company will be showing off its upcoming iPhone application, which effectively gives iPhone owners instant access to their Cable TVs and Tivos from anywhere they have a network connection. Unfortunately, you’ll have to wait a little longer (the company says that the app will be submitted to Apple some time in Q1), but it looks like it will be well worth the wait. (http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/05/watch-cable-tv-from-your-iphone 1/5)
Yesterday, a reason to hook back up my Roku and now a reason to start using my Sling Box again. It’s a good Tuesday morning. I would much rather watch TV from my iPhone than my 17” laptop. Yes, I know. Very bad purchase decision indeed.
Consumers can buy refurbished iPhone 3G models at Best Buy for $149 and $249, a $50 discount from their original prices, the retailer said today. Buyers must sign a two-year contract with AT&T, which also offers discounted iPhones on its Web site. Yahoo!/Reuters (1/6)
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