Category Archives: Musings

August 21

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Originally posted on Gigaom:
It’s easy to forget sometimes that the world wide web has been around for more than two decades now, or that it has caused massive and ongoing disruption of almost every form of content from books and newspapers to music and movies. In the early 1990s, only a few really foresaw…

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August 08

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Originally posted on The Trichordist:
By David Lowery (Copyright in the author, used by permission) What follows is based on my notes and slides from my talk at SF Music Tech Summit.  I realize that I’m about to alienate some of my friends that work on the tech side of the music business.  These are…

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August 07

The Future of Event Broadcasts

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One of the greatest challenges in any event broadcast is coverage. Apart from the standard budgetary and staffing constraints, productions have to deal with available camera positions that are often less than ideal, as well as having to second guess coverage needed for more dynamic events such as festivals, non-traditional sports, and wide-ranging events such […]

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July 31

The end of TV or just the end of the aerial?

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The House of Lords have proposed that Britain should move all TV services to the internet and free the airwaves for mobile services. On the surface, this looks like a bold statement, and in many ways it is, but it’s also a safe bet. The writing has been on the wall for a while now. […]

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July 30

Beyond HD – Super Hi Vision, a new approach to live events

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On Friday, I had the privilege of watching the opening ceremony of the Olympics in the BBC’s Pacific Quay Studio B over the first ever live transmission of an event using Super Hi Vision, the high resolution broadcast technology created by NHK, the national broadcaster of Japan. Super Hi Vision is the first entry in […]

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July 24

4G auction in the UK

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Ofcom have announced their plans for a 4G spectrum auction. Will we see repeat the outcome of the 3G auctions where £22 billion was raised, which came close to sinking several of the operators? The consensus is, “no.” Ofcom has predicted £1.4 billion, and there are estimates of up to £4 billion being possible. This […]

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July 13

Cloud PVR spreads over Europe

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Good article in Broadcast Engineering: Cloud PVR spreads over Europe. The “Cloud PVR” (Or DVR, if you’re in the US) is a bizarre sort of thing, designed to solve a legal problem, not a technological one. It boils down to this – if a distribution company such as a cable of satellite operator, as opposed […]

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June 29

Upcoming Roulette Events | Memorial for David Gamper

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Upcoming Roulette Events | Memorial for David Gamper I’ll be performing in the concert tomorrow.  If you’re in NYC, please come.

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June 29

On YouTube, Amateur Is the New Pro – NYTimes.com

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On YouTube, Amateur Is the New Pro – NYTimes.com. “A history of the entertainment business could be framed as a series of experts asking, “Who the hell wants to watch that?” When the answer is “more people than you think.” What you call TV on the internet?  “TV.” There is the kernel of another story in […]

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