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Thursday, February 16
MADCast: Handicapping Amazon's (Alleged) Foray into Online Music
by
m2
on Thu 16 Feb 2006 08:34 PM MST
In today's installment, Allen and Mike weigh in on Amazon's alleged entry into the online music business. Is it too late? Can the company create a unique and compelling alternative to iTunes and the iPod? In an era where definitive answers to anything are hard to come by, we provide them. Kind of . . .
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Advice for Companies Offering New Media Players
by
Allen Weiner
on Thu 16 Feb 2006 11:20 AM MST
There is lots of talk about a number of new media players which will soon be entering the market to compete with the iPod. Hey, why not, it’s a free market. But, here are some issues that these hopeful entrants must consider:
1. Any new player must support open MPEG-4, the lingua franca of the videoblogging world. 2. Any new player must have open MP3 support to facilitate podcasters and listeners. 3. Any new player company must have some tools to empower community sharing of content. 4. Any new player company must have some capabilities to empower consumer creators, such as easy MPEG-4 editing tools for videobloggers (like iMovie) and for podcasters (like Garageband). And that’s just for starters… |
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