tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-278340122024-03-07T23:30:59.543-05:00DIGITAL MEDIA ALLIANCE FLORIDA...A Non-profit Industry Association Connecting Florida's Digital Media, Art & Entertainment Companies, Institutions & Professionals...Jamie Flanaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18304967274982267962noreply@blogger.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27834012.post-10657224371960817682007-05-29T23:44:00.000-04:002007-05-30T00:37:07.295-04:00Web Site Makeover It's spring cleaning time here at DMAF. Every file and folder in the web site is being dusted off, cleaned and polished. Some will be archived; some will be moved; some will be created anew. But everything will be ready for our June 6 celebration. You may need to refresh your cache to see some of the changes though hopefully this will be kept to a minimum. Watch this space, our blogs and our Jamie Flanaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18304967274982267962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27834012.post-53581245207386896042007-05-16T01:25:00.000-04:002007-05-16T01:27:11.808-04:00Full Sail Campus is all a-Buzz Nationally Syndicated Morning Show to Relocate to Full Sail Campus The Daily Buzz Moving to New State-of-the-Art Facilities WINTER PARK, FL, May 15, 2007 – Full Sail Real World Education and ACME Communications (NASDAQ: ACME) announced today that The Daily Buzz, ACME’s leading nationally syndicated morning show, will move to the Full Sail campus in Winter Park, Florida beginning June 2007. Jamie Flanaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18304967274982267962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27834012.post-66286102728965924512007-04-15T17:26:00.000-04:002007-04-15T17:36:30.221-04:00Digital Content Creation Market to Grow to Nearly $5 Billion in 2012 Source RedOrbitJon Peddie Research announces the release of the 2007 Digital Content Creation Report. This year's report includes sections on 3D modeling and Animation, 2D Animation, Digital Video, Graphics and Imaging, and Audio.The digital content creation market has seen a healthy period of growth. The total DCC market grew 16% from $2.6 billion to reach more than $3 billion in 2006. The Jamie Flanaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18304967274982267962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27834012.post-61892144159729633012007-04-06T10:30:00.000-04:002007-04-06T10:31:55.231-04:00Financial Incentive Bill Passes Third House Committee Unanimously FINANCIAL INCENTIVE BILL PASSES THIRD HOUSE COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY. HB1325 passed unanimously through the House Policy & Budget Council Thursday afternoon, April 5. The bill is now ready for consideration to be voted on by the entire House chamber. The amended version of the bill will be posted soon to the following website http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Bills/billsdetail.aspx?Jamie Flanaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18304967274982267962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27834012.post-65432748540301882222007-04-05T15:04:00.000-04:002007-05-30T17:49:55.969-04:00House Incentive Bill Update…[from FilminFlorida] -- HB 1325 will indeed be heard tomorrow (Thursday, April 5) in the Policy and Budget Council of the House of Representatives, its final stop before going to the floor of the House for a final vote. Meeting is scheduled from 9:00AM to 4:00PM in room 212 of the Knott Building, a wing off of the Capitol buildingin Tallahassee. The bill will feature a few technical amendments Jamie Flanaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18304967274982267962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27834012.post-10378370569280830432007-04-02T15:58:00.001-04:002007-04-02T16:04:22.873-04:00Apple Unveils Higher Quality DRM-Free Music on the iTunes Store DRM-Free Songs from EMI Available on iTunes for $1.29 in MayCUPERTINO, California—April 2, 2007—Apple® today announced that EMI Music's entire digital catalog of music will be available for purchase DRM-free (without digital rights management) from the iTunes® Store (www.itunes.com) worldwide in May. DRM-free tracks from EMI will be offered at higher quality 256 kbps AAC encoding, resulting in Jamie Flanaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18304967274982267962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27834012.post-4006560050093771332007-03-30T00:41:00.000-04:002007-03-30T00:43:40.518-04:00DIGITAL MEDIA DAYS A BIG HIT IN CAPITOL! [Reposted from FilminFlorida.com] "Our digital media industry, led by Digital Media Alliance Florida (DMAF) and their members, did a bang-up job of educating our legislators with their multi-booth set-up on the Plaza level of the Capitol building. Exhibits from the DAVE school, Electronic Arts, Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy, Engineering & Computer Simulations, Inc., and Web WiseJamie Flanaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18304967274982267962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27834012.post-64330310963505319402007-03-30T00:27:00.000-04:002007-03-30T00:35:30.669-04:00Mobile Media Multitasking Mania As a gadget-freak with a long history of multitasking (I started playing the drums at age 10, and would be lost with out my Palm Treo's phone/pda/MP3 player/camera/videocam/IM/web/email/reminder capabillities...) Steve Lohr's article in the March 25th NYT, "Slow Down, Brave Multitasker, and Don’t Read This in Traffic", was of particular interest to me personally.As our industry explores, Jamie Flanaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18304967274982267962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27834012.post-59328313743431110312007-03-26T22:13:00.000-04:002007-03-27T16:32:28.692-04:00Web Site Downtime Update We're still planning to move but the move has been delayed a day, so we will be down [March 27, 2007] (after midnight EST) while all the files are uploaded.Later tonight [March 26, 2007] (after midnight EST), we'll be moving to a new server at Bluehost. During the move, the main site may be unavailable for a brief period of time. After we come back up we invite everyone to register at our all Jamie Flanaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18304967274982267962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27834012.post-10847843460286132602007-03-17T11:36:00.000-04:002007-03-17T11:47:58.346-04:00Sony Introduces Internet Audio MasteringSony Music Studios recently announced a new audio mastering service that is only available online. Any audio track that you upload is quickly mastered by award winning Sony engineers and returned digitally in 2 business days for only $99 a song; physical deliverables are also available for an additional cost.. (According to the website, the service is still in beta...)It seems to me that they're Todd Bealshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06551917616143334639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27834012.post-79195184976717808552007-03-13T14:48:00.000-04:002007-03-13T14:54:23.626-04:00Database Upgrade | Link IssuesPardon our pixels. Our Database is currently down as it is being both upgraded and moved to a higher performance server in order to better serve our members. During this time all the links in the external Membership Area are available but empty of data. This also affects some Internal links: Events, Showcase Cool Stuff and Login being among those links. If you're looking to become a first-time Jamie Flanaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18304967274982267962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27834012.post-1168095621139006472007-01-06T09:54:00.000-05:002007-01-06T10:00:21.153-05:00Online Music Servics That Help You Find New MusicFrom USA Today, here's a list of 6 music recommendation/discovery services that are pretty easy to use and mostly free...To be honest, I'd never heard of a few of Goombah, but MusicIP is my personal favorite...although Pandora is pretty compelling too...Try them out and see which one is your favorite! I guarantee they'll bring an added dimension to your listening pleasure :-)MusicIP Mixer: Todd Bealshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06551917616143334639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27834012.post-1167998470147347372007-01-05T07:01:00.000-05:002007-01-05T07:01:14.496-05:00Some Interesting 2006 Music Statistics"According to the Music Marketing Network, with 40% of the USA's 177 million internet users going online for music, by placing your music online, you gain a potential audience of 70 million. Globally, with 404 million total internet users, your potential audience grows to 161 million.''...The statistics are in and Nielsen Soundscan cited a 'dramatic increase' in digital download music sales for Todd Bealshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06551917616143334639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27834012.post-1167491959029841842006-12-30T10:19:00.000-05:002006-12-30T10:19:19.806-05:00AACS is Unbreakable!It's pretty amazing when you think about how hard Hollywood has fought to lock down video content and then a video like this shows just how easy it really is to make a personal copy or backup of DVD's that you buy...Todd Bealshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06551917616143334639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27834012.post-1167178835107599352006-12-26T19:19:00.000-05:002006-12-26T19:20:35.120-05:00P2P Digital Video Downloading Outpacing Legal Alternatives 5 to 1The NPD Group posted a press release last week that confirms what everyone already knows - Adult-oriented content is the most popular genre among those who dowload video files via P2P. The research also indicates that:Among U.S. households with members who regularly use the Internet, 8 percent (six million households) downloaded at least one digital video file (10MB or larger) from a P2P service Todd Bealshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06551917616143334639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27834012.post-1166183303272404882006-12-15T06:46:00.000-05:002006-12-15T06:48:23.283-05:00New Radio Study Released by FOMC(Via press release) The Future of Music Coalition publicly released its report this week documenting the effects of radio station ownership consolidation on musicians and the public.Data in the 116 page report shows that station ownership consolidation at the national and local levels has led to fewer choices in radio programming and harmed the listening public and those working in the music and Todd Bealshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06551917616143334639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27834012.post-1165923835123888082006-12-12T06:43:00.000-05:002006-12-12T06:46:13.100-05:00New Akamai Index Measures Real-Time Global Consumption of Online Music(from press release) The Akamai Net Usage Index for Digital Music is the world's first and only daily Web traffic benchmark that tracks where and when digital music is being consumed on a global basis. Key to the relevance of the index - is the fact that Akamai is the delivery platform for many of the leading global digital music companies - giving it a unique view into the daily Web traffic of Todd Bealshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06551917616143334639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27834012.post-1165320273643712282006-12-05T07:03:00.000-05:002006-12-05T07:04:33.650-05:00Superdistribution = ZUNE + WEEDSHAREWith all the ZUNE-bashing lately, here's an interesting article from last Wednesday's Good Morning Silicon Valley, which talks about one of the most innovative and distinguishing business models out there called WEEDSHARE and Microsoft's recent desire to use it....no...copy it....umm...I mean share it :-) It's been updated twice since the original post (with some inquisitive patent comments at Todd Bealshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06551917616143334639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27834012.post-1164672082208802432006-11-27T18:58:00.000-05:002006-11-27T19:01:58.136-05:00Digital Music Market to reach $15 Billion by 2010According to the latest research from iSuppli, The global market for digital recorded music, (delivered both via broadband and over mobile-phone networks,) is expected to grow by nearly six-fold during the period from 2005 to 2010.Due to the rapid growth of these two segments, iSuppli believes the worldwide market for digital recorded music will reach $14.9 billion in revenue by 2010, expanding Todd Bealshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06551917616143334639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27834012.post-1164024570342514882006-11-20T07:07:00.000-05:002006-11-20T07:09:30.350-05:00Rhapsody Releases White PaperThe folks over at Rhapsody have released a new 33 page PDF white paper which provides an overview of Rhapsody DNA, the music software platform that enables integration of the Rhapsody experience directly into hardware, software and the Web. Rhapsody DNA is an extension to the Rhapsody music service that provides the entire technology stack needed for a Rhapsody-branded consumer facing experience.Todd Bealshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06551917616143334639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27834012.post-1161736159002734212006-10-24T20:21:00.000-04:002006-10-24T20:29:19.103-04:00DWA Publishes White Paper on P2P Copyright Issues[via press release] "The Digital Watermarking Alliance (DWA), an international group of industry leading companies, recently announced a new white paper that discusses how digital watermarking can effectively address the copyright and content identification issues facing the peer-to-peer (P2P) and social networking communities.The PDF white paper outlines how content owners can embed digital Todd Bealshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06551917616143334639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27834012.post-1160947611143211932006-10-15T17:23:00.000-04:002006-10-15T17:38:23.773-04:00Nationwide Survey of 1,000 Digital Music UsersBelow are the key findings of a recent report commissioned by www.soundflavor.com and conducted by Insight Express via the Internet from June 8-12, 2006. Consumers are clearly frustrated trying to find new music online, but apparently, help is on the way...the answer is Soundflavor DJ, which is powered by the Soundflavor Music Recommendation Engine, which is based on more than six years of Todd Bealshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06551917616143334639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27834012.post-1159882949673972502006-10-03T09:42:00.000-04:002006-10-03T09:42:29.920-04:00DVD Jon Fairplays AppleApple's Fairplay DRM solution has been reserve-engineered by "DVD Jon" and he's apparently going to try to license the solution to other companies who want their digital products on iPods - beyond MP3 quality..."Instead of breaking the DRM (something he's already done), Jon has replicated it, and wants to license the technology to companies that want their content (music,movies, etc.) to play on Todd Bealshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06551917616143334639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27834012.post-1159616142691120142006-09-30T07:29:00.000-04:002006-09-30T08:04:23.476-04:00ComScore Releases U.S. Video Metrix Rankings ComScore Releases U.S. Video Metrix RankingsVideo Metrix is the first and only service to track actual online streaming video behavior among U.S. Internet users, offering publishers and advertisers valuable insights into the emerging Internet video universe. According to the latest press release, Flash video content is now part of the monthly rankings for streaming video sites and as a result - Todd Bealshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06551917616143334639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27834012.post-1159318322708962232006-09-26T20:50:00.000-04:002006-09-26T20:52:02.720-04:00The Future of the Internet - PART IIThe Pew Internet Project announces the release of its second report on The Future of the Internet. (For the full report, please click HERE.) The report is built around respondents' responses to scenarios stretching to the year 2020 and hundreds of their written elaborations that address such things as the kinds of new social interactions that will occur when more "meetings" take place on screens;Todd Bealshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06551917616143334639noreply@blogger.com0