tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-885044235899976192011-08-01T16:35:23.874-04:00Phil in the Cloud with DiamondsPhilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08488059584451710132noreply@blogger.comBlogger461100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88504423589997619.post-84212938842466575962010-08-27T10:28:00.001-04:002010-08-27T10:31:09.100-04:00

Spin doctors are setting the agenda for the upcoming NAB Radio Show.Broadcasters defend push for mandatory FM tunershttp://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-20014874-38.htmlAn interesting summary of the streaming music royalties saga in the US and the inclusion of FM chips in mobile devices. Undoubtedly this will be a hot topic at the upcoming NAB Radio Show in Washington D.C. And might influence how

Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08488059584451710132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88504423589997619.post-27853486411216769992010-08-24T22:26:00.002-04:002010-08-24T22:39:35.970-04:00

F4V Supported media typesH.264 (or AVC) is the video codec that Flash Player plays back when the media is encapsulated inside an F4V file.Flash Player Update 3 (9,0,115,0) and higher can play F4V files. The F4V format is based on the format specified by ISO/IEC 14496-12: ISO base media file format.The FLV container format supports 6 video codecs (VIDEODATA)Sorenson H.263Screen videoOn2 VP6On2 VP6

Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08488059584451710132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88504423589997619.post-28871582618073205302010-08-24T16:13:00.002-04:002010-08-24T16:15:12.184-04:00

Exceptional Performancehttp://developer.yahoo.com/performance/Let's make the web fasterhttp://code.google.com/speed/Any other resource I should be aware of?

Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08488059584451710132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88504423589997619.post-74072312384497884872010-08-06T10:23:00.004-04:002010-08-09T08:31:52.239-04:00

Unstaged is a YouTube series of live events sponsored by American ExpressArcade Fire live from Madison Square GardenOn August 5, 2010The show started around 22:00 Eastern and ended at 23:50(3 minutes after the end of the live show, they streamed the whole show (playback from tape) as if it was live.)http://youtube.com/ArcadeFireVevoOr shortened URL:http://pub.vitrue.com/CeSorhttp://go.vevo.com/

Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08488059584451710132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88504423589997619.post-14700835896478790012010-01-06T20:43:00.004-05:002010-01-06T20:51:09.013-05:00

Dan Rayburn has been tracking CDN pricing on his blog for a while.I just felt like procrastinating and use Google to calculate monthly data transfer costs:

Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08488059584451710132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88504423589997619.post-3321974818424685002009-08-23T19:05:00.000-04:002009-08-23T19:06:52.938-04:00

http://dlab.cbsradio.comThat’s what DLAB is all about – the most important resource for local interactive advertising where businesses can learn, interact, find great ideas, be inspired, and ask questions about effective on-line strategy. Additionally, we’ll link to great articles, case studies, bloggers and useful information that will hopefully be helpful as you think about your advertising

Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08488059584451710132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88504423589997619.post-8579213820307966602009-08-06T12:48:00.005-04:002009-08-06T13:05:32.366-04:00

Statistics Canada : 22% of canadian home internet users between 45 and 64 years old listen to the radio over the Internet.Internet activities performed at home in the last 12 months by Internet users, by age group, 2007http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/11-008-x/2009002/t/10910/tbl001-eng.htm

Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08488059584451710132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88504423589997619.post-41453573271445297402009-06-27T07:39:00.002-04:002009-07-03T13:26:08.592-04:00

I know, this is old stuff. But it is still interesting.http://youtube.com/html5You need a browser that supports HTML5 Video tag and can decode and playback H.264 encoded video.

Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08488059584451710132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88504423589997619.post-14089995084360152102009-06-25T10:44:00.002-04:002009-06-25T10:50:23.138-04:00

http://adobe.com/devnet/rtmp/http://blogs.adobe.com/ktowes/2009/06/rtmp_specification_now_availab.html

Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08488059584451710132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88504423589997619.post-57351279513012334692009-04-03T14:04:00.003-04:002009-04-03T15:07:48.601-04:00

VLC just got better:http://videolan.org/vlcInteresting excerpt from VLC FAQ:Is libdvdcss legal?http://www.videolan.org/doc/faq/en/#id374183My favorite /. comment about the VLC vs MPlayer debate:http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1187129&cid=27447043

Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08488059584451710132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88504423589997619.post-91163062862623362482009-03-26T11:13:00.001-04:002009-03-26T11:15:25.820-04:00

Looks like ads don’t pay the bills.EUR 3/monthhttp://last.fm/about/subscriptionradio

Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08488059584451710132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88504423589997619.post-76402652326445871532009-03-25T11:40:00.000-04:002009-03-25T11:41:03.776-04:00

impressive!TTSL (Total Time Spent Listening in hours per month)http://yp.shoutcast.com/ttsl.html

Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08488059584451710132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88504423589997619.post-76880702141298542152009-03-25T10:51:00.001-04:002009-03-25T10:53:55.772-04:00

There is no such thing as “iTunes podcast format”. Apple developped a module to the RSS standard.RSS Modules : extend the basic XML schema established for more robust syndication of content.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS#ModulesApple iTunes Modulehttp://apple.com/itunes/whatson/podcasts/specs.html#rssSee my previous post on Media RSS.

Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08488059584451710132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88504423589997619.post-86971339643392504742009-03-19T13:39:00.003-04:002009-03-19T13:52:33.677-04:00

This is getting very interesting.Blaupunkt Presents World’s First in-car Web radiohttp://blaupunkt.com/press/download.aspx/2610/BP_iRadio_en.pdfmiRoamer Partners with Blaupunkt to Introduce the World’s First Internet Car Radiohttp://corporate.miroamer.com/press-release.html#p1Cadillac rolls out in-car Internet accesshttp://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13746_7-10199833-48.html

Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08488059584451710132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88504423589997619.post-56621077085718201092009-03-10T14:12:00.002-04:002009-03-10T14:14:23.077-04:00

FFmpeg 0.5 is released!http://ffmpeg.orgcaught this one on /.

Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08488059584451710132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88504423589997619.post-76056705364716823432009-03-08T21:06:00.020-04:002009-03-09T12:04:38.464-04:00

A friend of mine that I cannot see often enough asked me today what where my hobbies. As a geek I must have geek hobbies. One of them is to play with Google.My friend also asked me how much it would cost to listen to streaming radio for one hour on my iPhone.The canadian iPhone carrier does not offer unlimited data plans.So lets calculate using the 1 GB monthly data transfer offered by Rogers'

Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08488059584451710132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88504423589997619.post-67823395809735458092009-02-16T19:58:00.007-05:002009-02-20T09:15:41.759-05:00

Interview (all in french) between Yours Truly and Jacques Beauchamp (replacing Pierre Maisonneuve) aired live today on CBC’s Première Chaîne. Now available on demand online (scrub to 14:43 to get to my part)http://radio-canada.ca/radio/maisonneuve/16022009/115282.shtmlIt was tough to keep my personal opinion for myself. I could not tell Beauchamp that I am against any form of ruling on the

Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08488059584451710132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88504423589997619.post-30994147910261386872009-02-16T06:51:00.002-05:002009-02-16T06:55:24.318-05:00

Interesting story in NY Times.http://nytimes.com/2009/02/15/business/15ping.htmlWhich helps better understand Google's recent decisions. Of particular interest is this one:Google Exits Radio but Will Explore Online Streaming Audiohttp://google-tmads.blogspot.com/2009/02/google-exits-radio-but-will-explore.html"[... ] So we have decided to exit the broadcast radio business and focus our efforts in

Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08488059584451710132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88504423589997619.post-6114400141645391422009-02-16T06:42:00.002-05:002009-02-16T06:55:56.790-05:00

http://news.google.com/news?ncl=1304599202Satellite Disshttp://slate.com/id/2211158Internet Killed the Satellite Radio Starhttp://entertainment.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/02/15/0027251

Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08488059584451710132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88504423589997619.post-81391725207902439942008-12-31T13:57:00.005-05:002009-03-13T21:49:04.623-04:00

Media RSS is an RSS 2.0 module proposed by Yahoo!Adopted by Adobe Media Player and YouTube among others.

Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08488059584451710132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88504423589997619.post-857527224254283942008-12-18T07:02:00.002-05:002009-03-23T13:31:12.708-04:00

Interesting (geek) readhttp://facebook.com/note.php?note_id=39391378919http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_servers

Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08488059584451710132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88504423589997619.post-64135029808493208372008-12-11T07:19:00.003-05:002008-12-11T07:24:19.824-05:00

Interesting article from Guardian about the BBC's iPlayer.http://guardian.co.uk/media/2008/dec/11/interview-anthony-rose-iplayer[...] But rich content means heavy demands on bandwidth: along with other BBC Flash content, the BBC iPlayer now accounts for almost 10% of UK internet bandwidth at peak time, says Rose. That figure is likely to increase, as the BBC adds better device support and more

Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08488059584451710132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88504423589997619.post-16416155012957811442008-12-09T06:32:00.002-05:002008-12-10T09:20:22.238-05:00

Are there other ones out there I should be looking at besides Gomez and Keynote?http://gomez.com/products/streaming.phphttp://keynote.com/products/voip_and_streaming/streaming_performance/streaming_perspective.htmlGomez Launches New Streaming Media Monitoring ServiceMonday, September 22, 2008http://blog.streamingmedia.com/the_business_of_online_vi/2008/09/gomez-launches.htmlHow Is CDNs Network

Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08488059584451710132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88504423589997619.post-46602922997302036162008-12-03T10:26:00.001-05:002008-12-03T10:28:35.764-05:00

So much to read. So little free time.IBM : Industries : Media and entertainment : Resource libraryhttp://www-03.ibm.com/industries/media/us/list/resource/all/

Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08488059584451710132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88504423589997619.post-3152207385265964362008-12-01T06:42:00.003-05:002008-12-01T06:45:29.300-05:00

Interesting read.Mostly a criticism on satellite radio but they talk about streaming radio as well,http://entertainment.slashdot.org/entertainment/08/11/30/1458232.shtml

Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08488059584451710132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88504423589997619.post-29940000291327521532008-11-28T13:23:00.000-05:002008-11-28T13:24:37.356-05:00

That is kewl!http://labs.google.com/gaudiThe speech research group at Google has developed its own speech recognition system (called GAudi, for Google Audio Indexing) [...]

Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08488059584451710132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88504423589997619.post-71035732608969766932008-11-22T21:00:00.016-05:002008-11-24T07:59:26.241-05:00

Since I have no life, I had nothing better to do Saturday night than to watch YouTube Live.If you didn't know already, November 22, 2208 at 8:00 PM Youtube streamed their first live event. A show featuring mostly Youtube stars doing their thing live.Once again, thank you Dan Rayburn for putting things in perspective.http://blog.streamingmedia.com/the_business_of_online_vi/2008/11/

Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08488059584451710132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88504423589997619.post-64544427414595288582008-11-07T14:40:00.006-05:002008-11-07T15:04:20.946-05:00

European Broadcasting Union (EBU) recommends P2P streaminghttp://octoshape.com/press/press.asp?press=id081107_EBU&xml=newsStrangely enough, they do not insist on:You need administrator access (which most corporate users don’t have) to install Octoshape plug-in on your computer.Your firewall must be configured to let Octoshape plug-in through.ISPs do bandwidth throttling to restrict P2P

Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08488059584451710132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88504423589997619.post-45888055570056556192008-11-05T06:54:00.002-05:002008-11-05T07:06:07.876-05:00

A while back I posted a few notes about Live UGC.http://philpatrice.blogspot.com/2008/07/live-ugc.htmlI've had the chance to meet with Arjun Saksena, Yahoo's Sr. Product Manager, Video Platform at the latest Streaming Media West conference in San José. Arjun is always surprised to see the enthusiasm that this Yahoo! Live experiment generates without any real advertisement.http://

Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08488059584451710132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88504423589997619.post-36742701689677214662008-10-24T18:20:00.004-04:002008-10-24T18:25:30.534-04:00

I haven't posted in a long time!So lets break the silence with an old news that is not relevant with this blog's focus...http://portfolio.com/news-markets/top-5/2008/02/05/Eli-Lilly-E-Mail-to-New-York-Timeshttp://nytimes.com/2008/01/30/business/30cnd-drug.htmlI just bring this one out every time a colleague of mine sends an e-mail to the wrong person because of e-mail address auto complete.

Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08488059584451710132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88504423589997619.post-46495402935028276822008-07-31T17:12:00.003-04:002009-03-27T11:24:38.675-04:00

iTunes Uhttp://deimos3.apple.com/indigo/main/main.xmlYou need to have iTunes installed for this URL to work properly as it links to a section in the iTunes Store.YouTube EDUhttp://youtube.com/eduMIT OpenCourseWarehttp://ocw.mit.edu

Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08488059584451710132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88504423589997619.post-16837394287236867142008-07-20T09:26:00.010-04:002008-07-25T00:37:58.409-04:00

This is exciting stuff. I sure hope other radio broadcasters will embrace this Open API.NPR looks to developers for help distributing showshttp://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-9993420-93.htmlWhat NPR wants is for developers to help make it easier to share its content on Web sites and blogs, including those owned by the 860 NPR member stations.[...]"This launch represents one of the first

Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08488059584451710132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88504423589997619.post-33129459019633271542008-07-09T15:27:00.003-04:002008-08-29T09:07:56.744-04:00

update: YouTube Video Captionshttp://help.youtube.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?answer=100079Nothing super new here but interesting stuff from Google.Google's Video Captionninghttp://video.google.com/videocaptionedSubtitles Search only closed captioned videoshttp://video.google.com/videoadvancedsearchHow do I enter captions or subtitles for my video?http://video.google.com/support/bin/

Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08488059584451710132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88504423589997619.post-61430294024837149272008-07-02T07:13:00.001-04:002008-07-02T07:14:53.108-04:00

Just in case you haven’t seen this yet.A neat little feature about Viddler. It allows you to share its video clips with object/embed code (nothing new here). It gives the user the option to Start Playing From Current Frame. Kewl.http://viddler.com

Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08488059584451710132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88504423589997619.post-33715974318925641452008-07-01T21:21:00.003-04:002008-07-01T21:28:10.497-04:00

It seems to me like more and more ventures are trying to surf the social networking wave with live UGC.http://live.yahoo.comhttp://justin.tvhttp://ustream.tvhttp://kyte.tvhttp://qik.comhttp://selfcast.comhttp://flixwagon.comhttp://comvu.comhttp://mogulus.comhttp://operator11.comreporter : When are you guys gonna do live video on YouTube ?Steve Chen : 2008

Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08488059584451710132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88504423589997619.post-61419801072825035112008-06-20T13:46:00.003-04:002008-06-24T11:12:31.144-04:00

Interesting numbers from a very large webcaster. BBC Radio has committed to releasing monthly figures detailing the performance of its online sites and services.http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/siteusage/

Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08488059584451710132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88504423589997619.post-61011106852004798362008-06-16T21:13:00.003-04:002008-06-26T19:48:38.448-04:00

Interesting follow up article about this questionable feature introduced in RealPlayer a year ago.http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/08/06/16/1420233.shtml[...]its real impact will be not on piracy but on the perceived legitimacy of ripping programs.

Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08488059584451710132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88504423589997619.post-73228403572022749342008-06-16T18:37:00.005-04:002008-06-19T20:35:11.338-04:00

I'm fed up with people mixing up the concepts of codec and container format. I've seen that mistake so many times and not just from newbies. Whitepapers written by large companies (names intentionally omitted here) carry that confusion.For example, VP6, VC-1 and H.264 are codecs.MP4, MOV, AVI, ASF and FLV are examples of container formats.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Container_format_(digital)

Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08488059584451710132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88504423589997619.post-10705588844706441992008-06-10T20:36:00.000-04:002008-06-19T20:59:16.248-04:00

This weekend I had the chance to attend the nextMEDIA conference in the magnificent Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel.So on my way to a session room on Sunday morning I walk across Leila Boujnane, CEO, Idée Inc..Phil : Leila!Leila (intrigued) : Yes?P : You went to the Milia in Cannes a while back?L : I believe so but it was a long time ago.P : Indeed. 10 years ago, my masters' thesis won the Milia's

Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08488059584451710132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88504423589997619.post-57559119570160836522008-06-03T19:51:00.002-04:002008-06-03T19:55:35.039-04:00

I'm eager to see what this device will be capable of. http://open.neurostechnology.com/content/vlc-porting-neuros-open-internet-television-hdplatform[...]porting will be carried out in phases, from basic multimedia platform bring up, to full playback and full recording support, with complete system integration done in Q3 of 2008[...]

Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08488059584451710132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88504423589997619.post-11364900614940101762008-06-02T19:54:00.001-04:002008-06-02T19:57:29.199-04:00

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HE-AAC#Perceived_quality[…] Scientific testing by the European Broadcasting Union has indicated that HE-AAC at 48 kbit/s was ranked as "Excellent" quality using the MUSHRA scale. MP3 in the same testing received a score less than half that of HE-AAC and was ranked "Poor" using the MUSHRA scale. Data from this testing also indicated that some individuals confused 48

Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08488059584451710132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88504423589997619.post-56246503237408428922008-05-19T21:42:00.002-04:002008-05-19T21:46:54.069-04:00

Tomorrow and Wednesday I’ll be attending the StreamingMedia East conference in New York City. It will be my fourth SME and it gets better every year. I’m eager to see this year’s show. Go check out the program.If you’re touring the show floor, come visit my colleagues at our booth. I’ll try and post as much notes from the conferences as I can.If you cannot make it but are interested in knowing

Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08488059584451710132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88504423589997619.post-89637093617998535452008-05-12T13:22:00.001-04:002008-05-12T13:35:36.060-04:00

http://tynerblain.com/blog/2008/04/28/dont-build-a-stupid-product-roadmap/There is value to your customers in knowing your roadmap.[...]There is value to your team in knowing your roadmap.[...]Just make sure you don’t become a slave to an old roadmap. Keep it current. Use it to chart your course. And when your course changes, update your roadmap.

Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08488059584451710132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88504423589997619.post-56394843372474902442008-05-07T21:59:00.005-04:002008-06-16T18:14:28.328-04:00

Old news but still interesting.http://www.beet.tv/2008/05/rejoice-online.html[…]There is still more work to be done in the standardization of online video advertising including pricing the value of engagement.[…][…]For the ad agencies and publishers, the challenge is how to keep content relevant.[…]Digital Video Ad Format Guidelines and Best Practiceshttp://iab.net/media/file/

Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08488059584451710132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88504423589997619.post-90723356097363062592008-04-19T00:42:00.005-04:002008-04-20T22:36:05.689-04:00

I'm currently in the Las Vegas airport waiting for my flight back home. I am exhausted. At this year's NAB, StreamTheWorld (my employer) had two booths. A rather small one in the radio section located in the Las Vegas Convention Center's North Hall and a larger one in the Lower South Hall. I spent the majority of my time at either one of our booths but also had some time to visit a lot of the

Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08488059584451710132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88504423589997619.post-14867401164076023172008-04-19T00:35:00.004-04:002008-04-21T21:48:04.351-04:00

Today is the day I start blogging. Bear with me while I do the usual first ego post. It is not every day that one looses his blogger virginity.What about this blog?Well a friend of mine, Martin Lessard convinced me to start blogging through a chapter he wrote in the excellent book Pourquoi Bloguer? (why blog?). This gave me the kick in the butt to get off mine and start sharing my thoughts and

Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08488059584451710132noreply@blogger.com