Online social-networking powerhouse MySpace on Thursday set out to knock YouTube from its throne by launching a website devoted to Internet video and television shows.
MySpaceTV is a platform for homemade video and professional productions, such as news programs and "webisodes" made for the Internet of shows like "Prom Queen."
"This works just as well for NBC and Fox and for the aspiring Steven Speilberg as it does for the kid doing skateboard tricks on the weekend," MySpace vice president Jeff Berman told AFP.
"We've seen video explode as a way for users to connect."
The beta, or test, program unveiled at www.myspacetv.com is customized in seven languages for the US Internet firm's users worldwide.
The site's creators hope to replicate the success of MySpace, which gets more visitors than any other website in the United States and is the most popular online social community in with world, according to industry statistics.
The teen-oriented website is a forum in which people share pictures, journal entries, videos, music and more on personalized profile pages.
MySpaceTV is taking on YouTube, the undisputed king of online video-sharing, with its share of the US market surging 70 percent in the first five months of 2007, reports tracking firm Hitwise.
Since February, MySpace has gained on Google-owned YouTube when it comes to the numbers of videos streamed to people's computers, according to comScore Media Metrix.
29 junho, 2007
29/06/07 - O dia do iPHONE
IPhone launch day arrives
By MAY WONG, AP Technology Writer 18 minutes ago
After six months of hype, thousands of people Friday will get their hands on the iPhone, the new cell phone that Apple Inc. is banking on to become its third core business next to its moneymaking iPod players and Macintosh computers.
Customers were camped out at Apple and AT&T stores across the nation. The gadget, which combines the functions of a cell phone, iPod media player and wireless Web browser, will go on sale in the United States at 6 p.m. in each time zone.
At Apple's flagship store in New York, the line snaked around the block as would-be customers brought a dog, an inflatable couch and good spirits, despite little sleep.
"I was too amped up to sleep," said Pablo Defendini, 28, a graphic designer. "Apple has a knack for creating very easy-to-use products. Their touch in the cell phone market is long overdue, I believe."
David Zho, 21, an Xbox video game tester who came with a friend to check out the scene, looked at the line in amazement.
"I would just buy it online. You waste less time to get on the site. Instead of camping out three to four days, you just get it three or four days after" in the mail.
Zho wasn't even planning to get an iPhone soon. Though he wants one, he said he'd wait for a second version — once Apple and AT&T work out any bugs.
Apple's media blitz didn't escape first-day glitches. On NBC's "Today" show, co-host Meredith Vieira first met with problems simply getting the iPhone to work to show off its features, laughing that "this is why gadgets drive me crazy."
Later, with a team of Apple representatives hovering off-screen, Vieira was supposed to receive a call from co-host Matt Lauer in London. The iPhone — billed by Apple as the most user-friendly smart phone ever — displayed the incoming call, but she couldn't answer it.
Apple spokeswoman Natalie Kerris declined to comment.
The gadget with a 3.5-inch touch-screen display, which Apple CEO Steve Jobs has touted as "revolutionary," has been the focus of endless anticipatory chatter and has been parodied on late-night TV. Since its unveiling in January, expectations that it will become yet another blockbuster product for Apple has pushed the company's stock up more than 40 percent.
Apple itself has set a target of selling 10 million units worldwide by 2008, gaining roughly a 1 percent share of the cell phone market. It's expected to go on sale in Europe later this year and in Asia in 2008.
And despite the handset's price tag of $499 for a 4-gigabyte model and $599 for an 8-gigabyte version, on top of a minimum $59.99-a-month two-year service plan with AT&T Inc., the phone's exclusive carrier, some bullish Wall Street analysts have predicted sales could hit as high as 45 million units in two years.
"That's nuts. Over-hyping this thing just puts it at risk of being seen as a failure," said Rob Enderle, an industry analyst with The Enderle Group. "Apple will break (sales) records for a phone of this class, but selling tens of millions of units so quickly is going to be tough. First-generation products always have problems that you don't know about until the product ships."
In all likelihood, however, Enderle and other analysts think Apple will grow its iPhone sales, refining its models and improving its software features — much as it did with the iPod, which has fueled record profits for the company.
But unlike its foray into digital music players, Apple faces competition in cell phones from deep-pocketed, well-established giants, such as Nokia Corp. and Motorola Inc.
Even a gadget-loving person like Gene Cram, who owns a BlackBerry Pearl smart phone from Research in Motion Ltd., and sometimes also uses an older Palm Inc. Treo phone or his Motorola SLVR, said he's going to wait for customer reviews before investing in what appears to be the latest must-have piece of techno-wizardry.
"It'll be interesting to see how well it really works," Cram, a flight instructor, said Thursday at a cafe next door to the Apple store in Burlingame, where lines hadn't yet appeared.
Apple has not disclosed how many iPhones will available at launch. But analysts expect it will sell out by early next week — between sales rung up at retail stores and online through Apple's Web site, which has been a major distribution outlet for other Apple products.
In Philadelphia, Mayor John F. Street was among those waiting in line at an AT&T store when he was asked by a 22-year-old passer-by, "How can you sit here with 200 murders in the city already?"
Street, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer, told the man: "I'm doing my job."
The mayor then told an aide to hold his spot and said he would return later in the day. Earlier, Street said he liked trying new technology and the iPhone would allow him to work outside the office.
"We don't have to be sitting in City Hall to be conducting city business," he said.
By MAY WONG, AP Technology Writer 18 minutes ago
After six months of hype, thousands of people Friday will get their hands on the iPhone, the new cell phone that Apple Inc. is banking on to become its third core business next to its moneymaking iPod players and Macintosh computers.
Customers were camped out at Apple and AT&T stores across the nation. The gadget, which combines the functions of a cell phone, iPod media player and wireless Web browser, will go on sale in the United States at 6 p.m. in each time zone.
At Apple's flagship store in New York, the line snaked around the block as would-be customers brought a dog, an inflatable couch and good spirits, despite little sleep.
"I was too amped up to sleep," said Pablo Defendini, 28, a graphic designer. "Apple has a knack for creating very easy-to-use products. Their touch in the cell phone market is long overdue, I believe."
David Zho, 21, an Xbox video game tester who came with a friend to check out the scene, looked at the line in amazement.
"I would just buy it online. You waste less time to get on the site. Instead of camping out three to four days, you just get it three or four days after" in the mail.
Zho wasn't even planning to get an iPhone soon. Though he wants one, he said he'd wait for a second version — once Apple and AT&T work out any bugs.
Apple's media blitz didn't escape first-day glitches. On NBC's "Today" show, co-host Meredith Vieira first met with problems simply getting the iPhone to work to show off its features, laughing that "this is why gadgets drive me crazy."
Later, with a team of Apple representatives hovering off-screen, Vieira was supposed to receive a call from co-host Matt Lauer in London. The iPhone — billed by Apple as the most user-friendly smart phone ever — displayed the incoming call, but she couldn't answer it.
Apple spokeswoman Natalie Kerris declined to comment.
The gadget with a 3.5-inch touch-screen display, which Apple CEO Steve Jobs has touted as "revolutionary," has been the focus of endless anticipatory chatter and has been parodied on late-night TV. Since its unveiling in January, expectations that it will become yet another blockbuster product for Apple has pushed the company's stock up more than 40 percent.
Apple itself has set a target of selling 10 million units worldwide by 2008, gaining roughly a 1 percent share of the cell phone market. It's expected to go on sale in Europe later this year and in Asia in 2008.
And despite the handset's price tag of $499 for a 4-gigabyte model and $599 for an 8-gigabyte version, on top of a minimum $59.99-a-month two-year service plan with AT&T Inc., the phone's exclusive carrier, some bullish Wall Street analysts have predicted sales could hit as high as 45 million units in two years.
"That's nuts. Over-hyping this thing just puts it at risk of being seen as a failure," said Rob Enderle, an industry analyst with The Enderle Group. "Apple will break (sales) records for a phone of this class, but selling tens of millions of units so quickly is going to be tough. First-generation products always have problems that you don't know about until the product ships."
In all likelihood, however, Enderle and other analysts think Apple will grow its iPhone sales, refining its models and improving its software features — much as it did with the iPod, which has fueled record profits for the company.
But unlike its foray into digital music players, Apple faces competition in cell phones from deep-pocketed, well-established giants, such as Nokia Corp. and Motorola Inc.
Even a gadget-loving person like Gene Cram, who owns a BlackBerry Pearl smart phone from Research in Motion Ltd., and sometimes also uses an older Palm Inc. Treo phone or his Motorola SLVR, said he's going to wait for customer reviews before investing in what appears to be the latest must-have piece of techno-wizardry.
"It'll be interesting to see how well it really works," Cram, a flight instructor, said Thursday at a cafe next door to the Apple store in Burlingame, where lines hadn't yet appeared.
Apple has not disclosed how many iPhones will available at launch. But analysts expect it will sell out by early next week — between sales rung up at retail stores and online through Apple's Web site, which has been a major distribution outlet for other Apple products.
In Philadelphia, Mayor John F. Street was among those waiting in line at an AT&T store when he was asked by a 22-year-old passer-by, "How can you sit here with 200 murders in the city already?"
Street, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer, told the man: "I'm doing my job."
The mayor then told an aide to hold his spot and said he would return later in the day. Earlier, Street said he liked trying new technology and the iPhone would allow him to work outside the office.
"We don't have to be sitting in City Hall to be conducting city business," he said.
27 junho, 2007
YouTube vence Cicarelli em disputa judicial
Com decisão, site poderá voltar a postar vídeo da apresentadora namorando em praias espanholas
25/06 - 18:56
O YouTube saiu vitorioso na queda de braço contra Daniela Cicarelli. A Justiça paulista decidiu a favor do site na ação movida pela apresentadora que solicitava a retirada do vídeo em que ela aparecia em supostas cenas de sexo com o namorado, o empresário Renato Malzoni Filho, numa praia espanhola em setembro do ano passado.
Segundo a coluna online de Ancelmo Góis, de O Globo, o juiz Gustavo Santini Teodoro decidiu que a apresentadora e o seu namorado não têm direito a indenização. Com a decisão, o portal já pode recolocar no ar o vídeo protagonizado pelo casal.
25/06 - 18:56
O YouTube saiu vitorioso na queda de braço contra Daniela Cicarelli. A Justiça paulista decidiu a favor do site na ação movida pela apresentadora que solicitava a retirada do vídeo em que ela aparecia em supostas cenas de sexo com o namorado, o empresário Renato Malzoni Filho, numa praia espanhola em setembro do ano passado.
Segundo a coluna online de Ancelmo Góis, de O Globo, o juiz Gustavo Santini Teodoro decidiu que a apresentadora e o seu namorado não têm direito a indenização. Com a decisão, o portal já pode recolocar no ar o vídeo protagonizado pelo casal.
'Day of silence' for US web radio
Web radio broadcasters across the US will hold a "day of silence" on Tuesday in protest at plans to hike royalty payments when music is played online.
The plan - due to come into force on 15 July - could cost webcasters around $1bn in additional administration fees, protesters claim.
The protest is being organised by the SaveNetRadio Coalition, whose members include Yahoo, Viacom and RealNetworks.
It is hoping the day will raise public awareness of the issue.
Bankrupt industry
The decision to impose the fees was made by a panel of judges who threw out requests to overturn an earlier ruling.
The sharp rises in royalty fees could be "fatal" to the nascent industry, a coalition of web broadcasters has claimed.
"These proposals will bankrupt the industry," Jake Ward, a spokesman for the SaveNetRadio Coalition told the Reuters news agency.
The increases could represent a 300% rise in current payments and the plan is to eventually charge royalties every time an online listener hears a song.
Public and commercial broadcasters claim the decision will force cuts to services used by an estimated 50 million people.
The decision to increase fees was made by the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) which reviewed an earlier decision to increase royalty fees collected from web broadcasters.
Kim Roberts Hedgpeth of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) said the new payments rewarded the "creativity, talent and hard work" of musicians.
But a broad coalition of internet broadcasters, headed by the US broadcaster National Public Radio (NPR) and including Yahoo and AOL, objected to the increases.
Show must go on
The copyright judges on the board said that they had not shown any new evidence which would influence their original decision.
The CRB wrote at the time: "Most of the parties' arguments in support of a rehearing or reconsideration merely restate arguments that were made or evidence that was presented during the proceeding."
The new fees, which will apply until 2010, will charge a flat fee per-song, per-user in addition to a $500 fee for every channel owned by a station. Fees will increase every year until 2010.
Radio stations with multiple channels, such as NPR, would be charged thousands of dollars. Previously, stations paid an annual fee plus 12% of their profits.
The fees will be collected retrospectively for 2006. Webcasters will be allowed to calculate retrospective payments by averaging listening hours.
Pricing internet radio off the air in the US is clearly a retrograde step
Felix Miller
Last.fm
Not all web radio stations are convinced that a day of silence is the best response to the issue.
"We don't want to punish our users and the show must go on," said a spokesman for Last.fm, a UK-based web radio station, which is not taking part in the protest.
"We have sympathy for the issue but we are a global operator. The idea of introducing fees has been mooted in the UK but nobody is talking about a similar protest here. We may well treat it differently," he said.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/technology/6240418.stm
Published: 2007/06/26 10:20:29 GMT
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The plan - due to come into force on 15 July - could cost webcasters around $1bn in additional administration fees, protesters claim.
The protest is being organised by the SaveNetRadio Coalition, whose members include Yahoo, Viacom and RealNetworks.
It is hoping the day will raise public awareness of the issue.
Bankrupt industry
The decision to impose the fees was made by a panel of judges who threw out requests to overturn an earlier ruling.
The sharp rises in royalty fees could be "fatal" to the nascent industry, a coalition of web broadcasters has claimed.
"These proposals will bankrupt the industry," Jake Ward, a spokesman for the SaveNetRadio Coalition told the Reuters news agency.
The increases could represent a 300% rise in current payments and the plan is to eventually charge royalties every time an online listener hears a song.
Public and commercial broadcasters claim the decision will force cuts to services used by an estimated 50 million people.
The decision to increase fees was made by the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) which reviewed an earlier decision to increase royalty fees collected from web broadcasters.
Kim Roberts Hedgpeth of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) said the new payments rewarded the "creativity, talent and hard work" of musicians.
But a broad coalition of internet broadcasters, headed by the US broadcaster National Public Radio (NPR) and including Yahoo and AOL, objected to the increases.
Show must go on
The copyright judges on the board said that they had not shown any new evidence which would influence their original decision.
The CRB wrote at the time: "Most of the parties' arguments in support of a rehearing or reconsideration merely restate arguments that were made or evidence that was presented during the proceeding."
The new fees, which will apply until 2010, will charge a flat fee per-song, per-user in addition to a $500 fee for every channel owned by a station. Fees will increase every year until 2010.
Radio stations with multiple channels, such as NPR, would be charged thousands of dollars. Previously, stations paid an annual fee plus 12% of their profits.
The fees will be collected retrospectively for 2006. Webcasters will be allowed to calculate retrospective payments by averaging listening hours.
Pricing internet radio off the air in the US is clearly a retrograde step
Felix Miller
Last.fm
Not all web radio stations are convinced that a day of silence is the best response to the issue.
"We don't want to punish our users and the show must go on," said a spokesman for Last.fm, a UK-based web radio station, which is not taking part in the protest.
"We have sympathy for the issue but we are a global operator. The idea of introducing fees has been mooted in the UK but nobody is talking about a similar protest here. We may well treat it differently," he said.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/technology/6240418.stm
Published: 2007/06/26 10:20:29 GMT
© BBC MMVII
IPhone, nao e pra qualquer um...
Não só o preço, mas outros custos envolvem este artefato já considerado "marco histórico" na comunicação
Apple, AT&T announce iPhone service plans
By Edward C. Baig, USA TODAYWed Jun 27, 8:47 AM ET
NEW YORK - Apple and AT&T on Tuesday announced cellphone service plans for the iPhone starting at $59.99.
Typically, you activate a cellphone in the store when you buy it. Whether you're an existing AT&T customer or a newbie, Apple wants you to activate iPhone and pick your wireless plan at home through iTunes, without having to wait on line.
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Telecom analyst John Hodulik at UBS called the self-activation plan "an industry first."
The iPhone goes on sale at 6 p.m. Friday across the country at $499 for a 4-gigabyte version and $599 for 8GB of storage.
Across all the plans, which are aggressively priced, you get unlimited data for e-mail and the Web, plus visual voicemail. So what you're choosing are voice and SMS text messaging minutes. Monthly plans start at $59.99 for 450 voice minutes, 200 SMS text messages and 5,000 night and weekend minutes. An additional $10 a month buys 1,500 extra text messages; $20 buys unlimited texts.
There's a onetime $36 activation fee, and you must sign up for a two-year service agreement with AT&T.
Family plans, ranging from $80 to $310 a month, are also available. They include one phone line; additional iPhone lines are $29.99 each.
Current AT&T customers can keep their current voice plan and add an iPhone data plan for $20 per month.
A series of straightforward setup screens in iTunes walks you through the activation drill.
If you're an AT&T customer, you can replace a handset on your account with iPhone or add a new line to an existing account. You can also transfer an existing mobile phone number from another wireless provider.
The process only takes a few minutes, after which you can sync the device with your music, videos, photos, TV shows, calenders, movies, email accounts and Web browser bookmarks.
25 junho, 2007
Release of iPhone Has Industry Abuzz
Consumers, Industry Eagerly Await iPhone As Friday Launch of Triple-Threat Gadget Approaches
By MAY WONG
The Associated Press
SAN JOSE, Calif.
There's hype. There's hysteria. And there's history. The hype around Apple Inc.'s upcoming iPhone is abundantly clear. So is the hysteria. But how the iPhone will leave its historical mark after Friday's launch is to be seen.
Will the gadget which triples as a cell phone, iPod media player and a wireless Web device be as "revolutionary" as Apple CEO Steve Jobs has claimed?
Even if the product flops for some reason or stays limited to the high-end corner of the smart phone market, the iPhone has already jolted the industry, showing that it is not just the body and outward beauty of the handset that counts, but what's inside.
Remember the television ads for the Motorola RAZR?
The commercials showed off the sexy, thin profile of the clamshell handset and seduced more than 50 million people from 2004 to 2006 to buy it, making it the most popular cell phone ever sold.
But people want more now. There are plenty of slim, ultra-thin options out there, but not many make finding photos, saving phone contacts, picking up voice mail and selecting ringtones insanely easy.
"This is the most anticipated phone since Alexander Graham Bell did his," said Michael Gartenberg, an industry analyst at JupiterResearch. "Part of it is the fascination with Apple's products and how well they design them, but it's also about how poor the design in software is in cell phones now, and how much time Apple has spent working on this."
Apple's iPhone commercials show a finger swiping the touch screen display to activate the home menu, and with one tap on the photo icon, up pop your photos. Another icon zips over to your contacts.
Not a drop-down menu in sight.
"A few handset makers have been trying to make the phone simpler without having to refer to a manual that's 18 times the size of the phone," said Richard Doherty, president of The Envisioneering Group, a research company. "But Apple is going for the moon here."
Oakland Web programmer David Stillman, 21, hopes to be the first of his friends to own an iPhone.
Stillman, who has three Macintosh computers and two iPods, plans to trade in his two-year-old Sanyo phone for the high-end $599 iPhone if the all-inclusive monthly charges come to less than $100. Apple and AT&T Inc. the exclusive carrier for the iPhone have not yet disclosed the service charges.
Stillman says the best iPhone features appear to be the simple access to Google Inc.'s online maps and route directions and the intuitive user interface, which allows for easy scrolling through a contact list, fast searches through photo albums and quick callback for missed calls and recently dialed numbers.
Also, instead of just listening to voicemail in the order received, Apple has created what it calls "visual voicemail" for iPhone, an innovative way to see the list of voice messages so users can quickly choose the one they want to hear.
"The software is going to sell this phone it's going to be so easy and obvious and will correct a lot of problems in other phones," said Stillman, who was waiting for Apple's flagship retail store in San Francisco to open Friday morning to do some shopping. "Other phones even BlackBerrys can do a million things but you can't figure out how to do anything on them."
With its iPod players and Macintosh computers, Apple has already cemented a reputation for making products that are intuitive and easy to use. Other electronics makers have admitted that the Cupertino-based company has set the bar there for those product categories.
Now Apple is promoting how easy it is to surf the Web on the iPhone.
Accessing the Web from a cell phone has improved over the years as carriers have installed faster data networks, but the experience of surfing the Internet, or completing tasks like pulling up Google Maps is still not as easy as it should be, Gartenberg said.
Not many cell phones are designed to serve up the whole Web. The underlying operating system either doesn't support it, or cellular carriers have limited the access.
But cell phone makers are increasingly indicating that they want to improve the user experience and not just their hardware designs, said Jon von Tetzchner, chief executive of Opera Software ASA, a Norwegian maker of a Web browser that has versions designed for use on mobile devices.
"Apple is lifting expectations on what you can get," von Tetzchner said. "Anyone competing with them will have to match it."
The proof will come once the iPhone gets into users' hands.
The all-touch-screen device, which lacks a button keyboard, will force users to get accustomed to typing messages on a virtual keyboard instead of regular buttons.
The fact that it will be using a slower 2.5-generation network instead of a 3-G network might also hamper the experience of data transfers or Web access, though Gartenberg noted that it's not just the bandwidth that matters, but how well the handset's software is designed to optimize the use of the bandwidth.
Many people are already clamoring for the gadget. More than 1 million people have signed up with Apple and AT&T for more information.
Not everyone will be lining up, though, when the phones are made available Friday at 6 p.m. local time for each time zone.
San Francisco network administrator Scott Buzzard, 31, says he's not tempted to trade in his Motorola Q a smart phone that the iPhone will be competing with anytime soon. He says the iPhone's price is too high, and Apple is inexperienced in the cellular market. His biggest worry is the touch screen and the software that underpins it.
"It looks cool and Apple has historically made great products, but the iPhone sounds too robust for its capacity they're packing too much into a phone," Buzzard said while shopping at the CompUSA store in San Francisco. "I don't want to be the early adopter on an untested product."
AP Technology Writer Rachel Konrad in San Francisco contributed to this report.
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ITunes No. 3 Music Retailer in U.S.
Apple's ITunes Was 3rd Biggest Music Retailer by Units Sold in 1Q
By ALEX VEIGA
The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES
Apple Inc.'s iTunes online store was the third-largest overall music retailer in the United States, leapfrogging ahead of Amazon.com and Target Corp. in units sold, a market research firm said Friday.
ITunes had a 9.8 percent market share in the first quarter, ranking behind Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s 15.8 percent and Best Buy Co.'s 13.8 percent, according to The NPD Group. Online retailer Amazon.com's share was 6.7 percent, slightly ahead of Target's 6.6 percent, NPD said.
The firm counted every 12 tracks purchased online as equivalent to an album in compact disc format, said Russ Crupnick, NPD's vice president.
NPD's survey does not include mobile music sales, nor does it factor in revenues.
Apple's rise in the NPD survey reflects a key shift in the music industry: Compact disc sales are declining while digital music sales are climbing. That, plus the popularity of Apple's iPod portable music players, has helped boost iTunes sales.
Still, digital music represented less than a quarter of total music units sold during the quarter, NPD said.
"Digital continues to grow at a fairly strong clip," Crupnick said. "Obviously, physical sales have been soft this year."
In all, 212 million albums have been sold so far this year, down about 16 percent compared to the year-ago period, according to Nielsen SoundScan, which tracks sales at the retailers compared with NPD's survey of consumers. Sales of digital tracks, meanwhile, are up 49 percent over the same period, according to the firm.
When digital music, CDs and other formats are combined, overall music sales as of the end of May are up 14 percent over the year-ago period, Nielsen SoundScan said.
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By ALEX VEIGA
The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES
Apple Inc.'s iTunes online store was the third-largest overall music retailer in the United States, leapfrogging ahead of Amazon.com and Target Corp. in units sold, a market research firm said Friday.
ITunes had a 9.8 percent market share in the first quarter, ranking behind Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s 15.8 percent and Best Buy Co.'s 13.8 percent, according to The NPD Group. Online retailer Amazon.com's share was 6.7 percent, slightly ahead of Target's 6.6 percent, NPD said.
The firm counted every 12 tracks purchased online as equivalent to an album in compact disc format, said Russ Crupnick, NPD's vice president.
NPD's survey does not include mobile music sales, nor does it factor in revenues.
Apple's rise in the NPD survey reflects a key shift in the music industry: Compact disc sales are declining while digital music sales are climbing. That, plus the popularity of Apple's iPod portable music players, has helped boost iTunes sales.
Still, digital music represented less than a quarter of total music units sold during the quarter, NPD said.
"Digital continues to grow at a fairly strong clip," Crupnick said. "Obviously, physical sales have been soft this year."
In all, 212 million albums have been sold so far this year, down about 16 percent compared to the year-ago period, according to Nielsen SoundScan, which tracks sales at the retailers compared with NPD's survey of consumers. Sales of digital tracks, meanwhile, are up 49 percent over the same period, according to the firm.
When digital music, CDs and other formats are combined, overall music sales as of the end of May are up 14 percent over the year-ago period, Nielsen SoundScan said.
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WiFi Salvador
O Grupo de Pesquisa em Cibercidades do Ciberpesquisa/PPGCCC/Facom/UFBa (http://www.facom.ufba.br/ciberpesquisa/gpc), dentro da pesquisa sobre tecnologias móveis (CNPq), está realizando um mapeamento (inédito na Bahia) de todos os "hotspot" (territórios informacionais dando acesso sem fio a internet via tecnologia Wi-Fi) em Salvador. Aqueles que souberem de hotspots (pagos ou abertos), por favor, me avise (alemos@ufba.br) com o nome do hotspot, o endereço, e se possível, o tipo de conexão. Aqueles que compartilham e deixam suas conexões abertas, sintam-se a vontade para divulgar o endereço também (vejam abaixo que, nesse caso, apontamos apenas uma zona e nao o número da casa ou prédio). Se quiserem anexar observação, fotos ou vídeos sobre o lugar, ou a experiência de uso do hotspot, sintam-se a vontade.
10 junho, 2007
Nielsen measuring mobile phone usage
Wed Jun 6, 4:52 PM ET
More than 33 million people have used mobile phones to access the Internet this year, according to Nielsen Media Research, which on Wednesday announced its new effort to measure such use.
With Nielsen known primarily for its ratings system for television viewing, the announcement is another indication of how it is trying to keep up with rapidly changing entertainment options.
At first, Nielsen is simply offering information culled from interviews of the 30,000 people included in its television sample. Besides the people who have used their phones for Internet access, Nielsen estimated that 8 million people viewed video on their phones during the first three months of the year.
One-quarter of all people aged 18 to 34 use their phones to access the Internet, Nielsen said.
The mobile video audience actually skews older and male: nearly half (46 percent) of this audience is aged 35 and up, and 54 percent are men, Nielsen said.
Nielsen is still unable to specifically measure what videos are hottest on cell phones. The company is working to develop technology that would accomplish this, either through a tiny meter attached to a phone or a docking station that can record how the phone was used, said Karen Gyimesi, company spokeswoman.
More than 33 million people have used mobile phones to access the Internet this year, according to Nielsen Media Research, which on Wednesday announced its new effort to measure such use.
With Nielsen known primarily for its ratings system for television viewing, the announcement is another indication of how it is trying to keep up with rapidly changing entertainment options.
At first, Nielsen is simply offering information culled from interviews of the 30,000 people included in its television sample. Besides the people who have used their phones for Internet access, Nielsen estimated that 8 million people viewed video on their phones during the first three months of the year.
One-quarter of all people aged 18 to 34 use their phones to access the Internet, Nielsen said.
The mobile video audience actually skews older and male: nearly half (46 percent) of this audience is aged 35 and up, and 54 percent are men, Nielsen said.
Nielsen is still unable to specifically measure what videos are hottest on cell phones. The company is working to develop technology that would accomplish this, either through a tiny meter attached to a phone or a docking station that can record how the phone was used, said Karen Gyimesi, company spokeswoman.
05 junho, 2007
Apple says iPhone to go on sale June 29
By Scott Hillis
Reuters
Monday, June 4, 2007; 2:40 AM
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc. will start selling its iPhone on June 29, a debut that will test whether the company's design success with Mac computers and iPod media players can carry over into mobile handsets.
Apple announced the date on Sunday, with three television commercials showing off the phone's large touchscreen and ability to watch video, play music and display photos. The ads can also be seen on the company's Web site.
The U.S. launch date was confirmed by a company spokesman. Apple plans to sell the iPhone in Europe and Japan eventually, but has not announced specific dates.
The iPhone will cost $500 or $600, depending on the amount of memory included and will be sold through the online and physical stores of Apple and AT&T Inc., which is the only current service provider. AT&T has exclusive iPhone rights for two years.
Apple's chief executive, Steve Jobs, unveiled the iPhone in January after months of speculation that the company was working on a mobile phone wrapping in features of its popular iPod music and video players.
Worldwide cellphone sales are running at about 1 billion units a year, and Jobs noted that if Apple took a 1 percent market share in 2008, that would mean the company would sell 10 million iPhones.
The debut of the iPhone poses a challenge to other handset makers such as Motorola Inc. and Nokia , who are also selling highly profitable high-end "smart phones."
AT&T, the biggest U.S. phone company, is also hoping the iPhone's draw will give it an edge over rivals such as Verizon Communications Inc. and Sprint Nextel Corp. .
Executives from rival companies say the iPhone's high price may turn off many potential customers, while the buzz over the device could carry over to other fancy phones.
The iPhone will come with either 4 gigabytes or 8 gigabytes of flash memory for storing video, music and photos, and does away with all buttons in favor of a touch screen. It has been lauded for features such as its built-in camera, light and orientation sensors, and sleek design.
Critics also note that it uses GSM, an older wireless technology that is gradually being supplanted by so-called 3G networks that can transmit data much faster.
Apple's stock has been sensitive in recent weeks to any rumors about the iPhone's launch.
Last week the shares rose on a media report that the phone would be launched on June 20. In mid-May the shares fell after a technology news Web site posted an e-mail purportedly from Apple that claimed the phone would be delayed. Apple said the e-mail was a hoax.
Apple shares rose 7 percent last week and have nearly doubled over the past year.
© 2007 Reuters
Reuters
Monday, June 4, 2007; 2:40 AM
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc.
Apple announced the date on Sunday, with three television commercials showing off the phone's large touchscreen and ability to watch video, play music and display photos. The ads can also be seen on the company's Web site.
The U.S. launch date was confirmed by a company spokesman. Apple plans to sell the iPhone in Europe and Japan eventually, but has not announced specific dates.
The iPhone will cost $500 or $600, depending on the amount of memory included and will be sold through the online and physical stores of Apple and AT&T Inc.
Apple's chief executive, Steve Jobs, unveiled the iPhone in January after months of speculation that the company was working on a mobile phone wrapping in features of its popular iPod music and video players.
Worldwide cellphone sales are running at about 1 billion units a year, and Jobs noted that if Apple took a 1 percent market share in 2008, that would mean the company would sell 10 million iPhones.
The debut of the iPhone poses a challenge to other handset makers such as Motorola Inc.
AT&T, the biggest U.S. phone company, is also hoping the iPhone's draw will give it an edge over rivals such as Verizon Communications Inc.
Executives from rival companies say the iPhone's high price may turn off many potential customers, while the buzz over the device could carry over to other fancy phones.
The iPhone will come with either 4 gigabytes or 8 gigabytes of flash memory for storing video, music and photos, and does away with all buttons in favor of a touch screen. It has been lauded for features such as its built-in camera, light and orientation sensors, and sleek design.
Critics also note that it uses GSM, an older wireless technology that is gradually being supplanted by so-called 3G networks that can transmit data much faster.
Apple's stock has been sensitive in recent weeks to any rumors about the iPhone's launch.
Last week the shares rose on a media report that the phone would be launched on June 20. In mid-May the shares fell after a technology news Web site posted an e-mail purportedly from Apple that claimed the phone would be delayed. Apple said the e-mail was a hoax.
Apple shares rose 7 percent last week and have nearly doubled over the past year.
© 2007 Reuters
Governo promete padrão de rádio digital até setembro
Hélio Costa afirma que americanos desistiram da cobrança de royalties; esse é o modelo preferido pela ABERT
Alexandra Bicca, de Brasília
30/05 - 14:44
Dentro de três a quatro meses teremos a definição de padrão de rádio digital que será implantado no Brasil. A afirmação foi feita pelo ministro das Comunicações, Hélio Costa, na manhã desta quarta-feira, 30, durante plenária no 24º Congresso da Radiodifusão Brasileira, em Brasília. O ministro destacou que, apesar de muitas emissoras brasileiras já realizarem testes com sistemas de rádio digital, ainda há a necessidade de definição do padrão a ser adotado pelo Brasil. Ao contrário da TV Digital que já tem seu padrão definido e data para início das transmissões - 2 de dezembro - as emissoras de rádios ainda aguardam essas definições e também como será feita a implantação do modelo escolhido e que linhas de financiamento terão acesso. "Estamos empenhados nas discussões do sistema de rádio digital a ser implantado no Brasil", afirmou.
As discussão estão entre a escolha dos sistemas americano - IBOC - e europeu - DRM. O sistema americano é o melhor para realidade da radiodifusão brasileira, de acordo com o presidente da Associação Brasileira de Emissoras de Rádio e Televisão (ABERT), pois opera em AM e FM, na mesma banda e na mesma freqüência. Daniel Slaviero destaca que essa convergência é uma questão de sobrevivência para as emissoras de rádio do país, sem falar da melhora da qualidade do áudio. "Precisamos fazer a migração tecnológica no rádio por uma questão de sobrevivência. Teremos melhora na qualidade do áudio, ou seja, as AMs não terão mais o chiado característico, além da multiprogramação. Diante desta perspectiva e da realidade das emissoras de rádio do país, acredito que o sistema IBOC é o único que atende as nossas característica", disse.
Um dos pontos que ainda pesavam contra o padrão americano era o pagamento de royalties sobre o sistema, o que é não cobrado pelo sistema europeu que trabalha sobre uma base de software livre. Mas, segundo o ministro Hélio Costa, os americanos acenaram com a possibilidade de isenção de royalties, o que pode vir a ser fator determinante para escolha do sistema IBOC pelo Brasil.
O ministro Hélio Costa também aproveitou o espaço para informar que encaminhará um documento ao Ministério Público pedindo punição às emissoras de rádio pirata. De acordo com o ministro, é preciso mais rigor na fiscalização dessas rádios que operam sem licença e que acabam prejudicando outros sistemas de comunicação, como ocorreu na tarde desta terça-feira, 29, nos aeroportos de Guarulhos e Congonhas, em São Paulo. "Está pronto o documento para ser enviado hoje ao Ministério Público pedindo providências para a Justiça para criminalizar aqueles que estão entrando no ar sem a autorização legal. Vamos partir para ação, a lei prevê pena de prisão de até dois anos para aquele que infringe a lei de funcionamento das rádios comunitárias", disse.
O ministro pediu apoio aos representantes de indústrias para que deixem de vender transmissores para rádio que não possuem licença. "Tem que ter uma regulamentação e tem que partir da própria indústria essa responsabilidade de não vender um transmissor para qualquer um. Se você não tem licença, não pode comprar um transmissor", afirmou.
O 24º Congresso Brasileiro da Radiodifusão acontece até a próxima quinta-feira, 31, no Centro de Convenções do Hotel Blue Tree, em Brasília. Paralelo ao evento acontece a 21ª Exposição Nacional de Equipamentos, onde empresários da radiodifusão podem conhecer as novidades da indústria para o setor.
Alexandra Bicca, de Brasília
30/05 - 14:44
Dentro de três a quatro meses teremos a definição de padrão de rádio digital que será implantado no Brasil. A afirmação foi feita pelo ministro das Comunicações, Hélio Costa, na manhã desta quarta-feira, 30, durante plenária no 24º Congresso da Radiodifusão Brasileira, em Brasília. O ministro destacou que, apesar de muitas emissoras brasileiras já realizarem testes com sistemas de rádio digital, ainda há a necessidade de definição do padrão a ser adotado pelo Brasil. Ao contrário da TV Digital que já tem seu padrão definido e data para início das transmissões - 2 de dezembro - as emissoras de rádios ainda aguardam essas definições e também como será feita a implantação do modelo escolhido e que linhas de financiamento terão acesso. "Estamos empenhados nas discussões do sistema de rádio digital a ser implantado no Brasil", afirmou.
As discussão estão entre a escolha dos sistemas americano - IBOC - e europeu - DRM. O sistema americano é o melhor para realidade da radiodifusão brasileira, de acordo com o presidente da Associação Brasileira de Emissoras de Rádio e Televisão (ABERT), pois opera em AM e FM, na mesma banda e na mesma freqüência. Daniel Slaviero destaca que essa convergência é uma questão de sobrevivência para as emissoras de rádio do país, sem falar da melhora da qualidade do áudio. "Precisamos fazer a migração tecnológica no rádio por uma questão de sobrevivência. Teremos melhora na qualidade do áudio, ou seja, as AMs não terão mais o chiado característico, além da multiprogramação. Diante desta perspectiva e da realidade das emissoras de rádio do país, acredito que o sistema IBOC é o único que atende as nossas característica", disse.
Um dos pontos que ainda pesavam contra o padrão americano era o pagamento de royalties sobre o sistema, o que é não cobrado pelo sistema europeu que trabalha sobre uma base de software livre. Mas, segundo o ministro Hélio Costa, os americanos acenaram com a possibilidade de isenção de royalties, o que pode vir a ser fator determinante para escolha do sistema IBOC pelo Brasil.
O ministro Hélio Costa também aproveitou o espaço para informar que encaminhará um documento ao Ministério Público pedindo punição às emissoras de rádio pirata. De acordo com o ministro, é preciso mais rigor na fiscalização dessas rádios que operam sem licença e que acabam prejudicando outros sistemas de comunicação, como ocorreu na tarde desta terça-feira, 29, nos aeroportos de Guarulhos e Congonhas, em São Paulo. "Está pronto o documento para ser enviado hoje ao Ministério Público pedindo providências para a Justiça para criminalizar aqueles que estão entrando no ar sem a autorização legal. Vamos partir para ação, a lei prevê pena de prisão de até dois anos para aquele que infringe a lei de funcionamento das rádios comunitárias", disse.
O ministro pediu apoio aos representantes de indústrias para que deixem de vender transmissores para rádio que não possuem licença. "Tem que ter uma regulamentação e tem que partir da própria indústria essa responsabilidade de não vender um transmissor para qualquer um. Se você não tem licença, não pode comprar um transmissor", afirmou.
O 24º Congresso Brasileiro da Radiodifusão acontece até a próxima quinta-feira, 31, no Centro de Convenções do Hotel Blue Tree, em Brasília. Paralelo ao evento acontece a 21ª Exposição Nacional de Equipamentos, onde empresários da radiodifusão podem conhecer as novidades da indústria para o setor.
01 junho, 2007
A Digital Radio That Costs Less Than Half Its Cheapest Rival
By GLENN FLEISHMAN
The cost of receiving digital AM and FM signals will drop next week as Radiosophy releases its HD100 receiver for less than $60 with a rebate. The HD100 pulls in HD Radio signals, a digital format that is broadcast alongside standard radio by more than 1,200 stations in this country. The next least expensive digital receiver is $160 with a rebate; most start at $300.
Available at www.radiosophy.com, the HD100 is a 2.2-pound compact receiver with built-in speakers. It has a play-through auxiliary input, a headphone jack and an alarm clock. AC power is required.
The radio has an internal AM antenna and a pull-out FM antenna. Both can be replaced with external antennas. Because digital signals are limited to 1 percent of the power of a station’s analog transmission, HD receivers often need external antennas for clear sound on far-off signals.
A display screen shows station call letters, song and artist details and — depending on the station — brief updates on traffic, weather, news and sports.
With its low weight, telescoping antenna and ability to play music from devices like iPods, the HD100 might have a place on the beach — as long as there is a cord long enough to reach it.
RCTV dribla Chávez e mantém transmissões via internet
Um fenômeno interessante de massificação, desmassificação e remassificação... Afinal, como podemos classificar isso ???
01/06/2007 - 11h07
DIÓGENES MUNIZ
Editor-assistente de Ilustrada da Folha Online
Apesar de ter perdido sua concessão na Venezuela, a RCTV (Radio Caracas
Televisión) mantém suas transmissões e ataques ao presidente venezuelano
Hugo Chávez. A emissora usa uma equipe reduzida para produzir e colocar na
internet o telejornal "El Observador".
"Reiteramos que 'El Observador', da Radio Caracas Televisión, segue na
transmissão noticiosa em defesa da liberdade de expressão", diz o
apresentadores Pedro Guerrero, num vídeo de quarta-feira (30). A cobertura
enfatiza a onda de protestos, que acontecem em Caracas e outras localidades
do país.
No espaço de comentários destinado para cada vídeo, internautas debatem em
tom acalorado a medida de Chávez de não renovar a concessão do canal. Os
filmes já foram vistos mais de 170 mil vezes. O perfil atribuído à RCTV no
YouTube já jogou na rede 40 vídeos até agora.
(http://www.youtube.com/elobservadorenlinea)
Fora do ar desde a 0h de segunda-feira, a emissora quer voltar a transmitir
por cabo "em breve". A informação é do diretor-geral da TV Globovisión,
Alberto Federico Ravell.
A afiliada da RCTV na Colômbia, TV Caracol, também concordou em transmitir
uma edição noturna do "El Observador" por meio de seu sinal internacional,
de acordo com a CNN. O programa poderia atingir até 800 mil pessoas na
Venezuela. O início destas transmissões ainda não foi definido.
O YouTube também abriga vídeos que acusam a RCTV de manipulações. Em um
deles, a apresentadora Berenice Gómez, conhecida como "La Bicha", faz uma
falsa denúncia para atacar um evento chavista. Para isso, usa uma
foto-montagem --sem avisar o telespectador de que se trata de uma
manipulação de imagem.
Manifestações
A emissora saiu do ar no domingo. Desde então, manifestações estudantis tem
sido amplamente noticiadas pela mídia internacional. De acordo com deputados
chavistas, os protestos são manipulados pela oposição.
Os líderes universitários, que negam ser manipulados, convocaram para hoje
uma nova marcha em Caracas, desta vez em direção à Assembléia. Já Chávez
convocou uma marcha oficialista para amanhã.
O governo tem argumentado que se trata de uma decisão "administrativa", já
que não renovou a concessão da RCTV, emissora que apoiou a tentativa de
golpe de abril de 2002, quando as manifestações pela volta de Chávez ao
poder não foram televisionadas.
Com informações de Fabiano Maisonnave, da Folha de S.Paulo, em Caracas
01/06/2007 - 11h07
DIÓGENES MUNIZ
Editor-assistente de Ilustrada da Folha Online
Apesar de ter perdido sua concessão na Venezuela, a RCTV (Radio Caracas
Televisión) mantém suas transmissões e ataques ao presidente venezuelano
Hugo Chávez. A emissora usa uma equipe reduzida para produzir e colocar na
internet o telejornal "El Observador".
"Reiteramos que 'El Observador', da Radio Caracas Televisión, segue na
transmissão noticiosa em defesa da liberdade de expressão", diz o
apresentadores Pedro Guerrero, num vídeo de quarta-feira (30). A cobertura
enfatiza a onda de protestos, que acontecem em Caracas e outras localidades
do país.
No espaço de comentários destinado para cada vídeo, internautas debatem em
tom acalorado a medida de Chávez de não renovar a concessão do canal. Os
filmes já foram vistos mais de 170 mil vezes. O perfil atribuído à RCTV no
YouTube já jogou na rede 40 vídeos até agora.
(http://www.youtube.com/elobservadorenlinea)
Fora do ar desde a 0h de segunda-feira, a emissora quer voltar a transmitir
por cabo "em breve". A informação é do diretor-geral da TV Globovisión,
Alberto Federico Ravell.
A afiliada da RCTV na Colômbia, TV Caracol, também concordou em transmitir
uma edição noturna do "El Observador" por meio de seu sinal internacional,
de acordo com a CNN. O programa poderia atingir até 800 mil pessoas na
Venezuela. O início destas transmissões ainda não foi definido.
O YouTube também abriga vídeos que acusam a RCTV de manipulações. Em um
deles, a apresentadora Berenice Gómez, conhecida como "La Bicha", faz uma
falsa denúncia para atacar um evento chavista. Para isso, usa uma
foto-montagem --sem avisar o telespectador de que se trata de uma
manipulação de imagem.
Manifestações
A emissora saiu do ar no domingo. Desde então, manifestações estudantis tem
sido amplamente noticiadas pela mídia internacional. De acordo com deputados
chavistas, os protestos são manipulados pela oposição.
Os líderes universitários, que negam ser manipulados, convocaram para hoje
uma nova marcha em Caracas, desta vez em direção à Assembléia. Já Chávez
convocou uma marcha oficialista para amanhã.
O governo tem argumentado que se trata de uma decisão "administrativa", já
que não renovou a concessão da RCTV, emissora que apoiou a tentativa de
golpe de abril de 2002, quando as manifestações pela volta de Chávez ao
poder não foram televisionadas.
Com informações de Fabiano Maisonnave, da Folha de S.Paulo, em Caracas
Governo promete padrão de rádio digital até setembro
Hélio Costa afirma que americanos desistiram da cobrança de royalties; esse é o modelo preferido pela ABERT
Alexandra Bicca, de Brasília
30/05 - 14:44
Dentro de três a quatro meses teremos a definição de padrão de rádio digital que será implantado no Brasil. A afirmação foi feita pelo ministro das Comunicações, Hélio Costa, na manhã desta quarta-feira, 30, durante plenária no 24º Congresso da Radiodifusão Brasileira, em Brasília. O ministro destacou que, apesar de muitas emissoras brasileiras já realizarem testes com sistemas de rádio digital, ainda há a necessidade de definição do padrão a ser adotado pelo Brasil. Ao contrário da TV Digital que já tem seu padrão definido e data para início das transmissões - 2 de dezembro - as emissoras de rádios ainda aguardam essas definições e também como será feita a implantação do modelo escolhido e que linhas de financiamento terão acesso. "Estamos empenhados nas discussões do sistema de rádio digital a ser implantado no Brasil", afirmou.
As discussão estão entre a escolha dos sistemas americano - IBOC - e europeu - DRM. O sistema americano é o melhor para realidade da radiodifusão brasileira, de acordo com o presidente da Associação Brasileira de Emissoras de Rádio e Televisão (ABERT), pois opera em AM e FM, na mesma banda e na mesma freqüência. Daniel Slaviero destaca que essa convergência é uma questão de sobrevivência para as emissoras de rádio do país, sem falar da melhora da qualidade do áudio. "Precisamos fazer a migração tecnológica no rádio por uma questão de sobrevivência. Teremos melhora na qualidade do áudio, ou seja, as AMs não terão mais o chiado característico, além da multiprogramação. Diante desta perspectiva e da realidade das emissoras de rádio do país, acredito que o sistema IBOC é o único que atende as nossas característica", disse.
Um dos pontos que ainda pesavam contra o padrão americano era o pagamento de royalties sobre o sistema, o que é não cobrado pelo sistema europeu que trabalha sobre uma base de software livre. Mas, segundo o ministro Hélio Costa, os americanos acenaram com a possibilidade de isenção de royalties, o que pode vir a ser fator determinante para escolha do sistema IBOC pelo Brasil.
O ministro Hélio Costa também aproveitou o espaço para informar que encaminhará um documento ao Ministério Público pedindo punição às emissoras de rádio pirata. De acordo com o ministro, é preciso mais rigor na fiscalização dessas rádios que operam sem licença e que acabam prejudicando outros sistemas de comunicação, como ocorreu na tarde desta terça-feira, 29, nos aeroportos de Guarulhos e Congonhas, em São Paulo. "Está pronto o documento para ser enviado hoje ao Ministério Público pedindo providências para a Justiça para criminalizar aqueles que estão entrando no ar sem a autorização legal. Vamos partir para ação, a lei prevê pena de prisão de até dois anos para aquele que infringe a lei de funcionamento das rádios comunitárias", disse.
O ministro pediu apoio aos representantes de indústrias para que deixem de vender transmissores para rádio que não possuem licença. "Tem que ter uma regulamentação e tem que partir da própria indústria essa responsabilidade de não vender um transmissor para qualquer um. Se você não tem licença, não pode comprar um transmissor", afirmou.
O 24º Congresso Brasileiro da Radiodifusão acontece até a próxima quinta-feira, 31, no Centro de Convenções do Hotel Blue Tree, em Brasília. Paralelo ao evento acontece a 21ª Exposição Nacional de Equipamentos, onde empresários da radiodifusão podem conhecer as novidades da indústria para o setor.
Alexandra Bicca, de Brasília
30/05 - 14:44
Dentro de três a quatro meses teremos a definição de padrão de rádio digital que será implantado no Brasil. A afirmação foi feita pelo ministro das Comunicações, Hélio Costa, na manhã desta quarta-feira, 30, durante plenária no 24º Congresso da Radiodifusão Brasileira, em Brasília. O ministro destacou que, apesar de muitas emissoras brasileiras já realizarem testes com sistemas de rádio digital, ainda há a necessidade de definição do padrão a ser adotado pelo Brasil. Ao contrário da TV Digital que já tem seu padrão definido e data para início das transmissões - 2 de dezembro - as emissoras de rádios ainda aguardam essas definições e também como será feita a implantação do modelo escolhido e que linhas de financiamento terão acesso. "Estamos empenhados nas discussões do sistema de rádio digital a ser implantado no Brasil", afirmou.
As discussão estão entre a escolha dos sistemas americano - IBOC - e europeu - DRM. O sistema americano é o melhor para realidade da radiodifusão brasileira, de acordo com o presidente da Associação Brasileira de Emissoras de Rádio e Televisão (ABERT), pois opera em AM e FM, na mesma banda e na mesma freqüência. Daniel Slaviero destaca que essa convergência é uma questão de sobrevivência para as emissoras de rádio do país, sem falar da melhora da qualidade do áudio. "Precisamos fazer a migração tecnológica no rádio por uma questão de sobrevivência. Teremos melhora na qualidade do áudio, ou seja, as AMs não terão mais o chiado característico, além da multiprogramação. Diante desta perspectiva e da realidade das emissoras de rádio do país, acredito que o sistema IBOC é o único que atende as nossas característica", disse.
Um dos pontos que ainda pesavam contra o padrão americano era o pagamento de royalties sobre o sistema, o que é não cobrado pelo sistema europeu que trabalha sobre uma base de software livre. Mas, segundo o ministro Hélio Costa, os americanos acenaram com a possibilidade de isenção de royalties, o que pode vir a ser fator determinante para escolha do sistema IBOC pelo Brasil.
O ministro Hélio Costa também aproveitou o espaço para informar que encaminhará um documento ao Ministério Público pedindo punição às emissoras de rádio pirata. De acordo com o ministro, é preciso mais rigor na fiscalização dessas rádios que operam sem licença e que acabam prejudicando outros sistemas de comunicação, como ocorreu na tarde desta terça-feira, 29, nos aeroportos de Guarulhos e Congonhas, em São Paulo. "Está pronto o documento para ser enviado hoje ao Ministério Público pedindo providências para a Justiça para criminalizar aqueles que estão entrando no ar sem a autorização legal. Vamos partir para ação, a lei prevê pena de prisão de até dois anos para aquele que infringe a lei de funcionamento das rádios comunitárias", disse.
O ministro pediu apoio aos representantes de indústrias para que deixem de vender transmissores para rádio que não possuem licença. "Tem que ter uma regulamentação e tem que partir da própria indústria essa responsabilidade de não vender um transmissor para qualquer um. Se você não tem licença, não pode comprar um transmissor", afirmou.
O 24º Congresso Brasileiro da Radiodifusão acontece até a próxima quinta-feira, 31, no Centro de Convenções do Hotel Blue Tree, em Brasília. Paralelo ao evento acontece a 21ª Exposição Nacional de Equipamentos, onde empresários da radiodifusão podem conhecer as novidades da indústria para o setor.
YouTube estará no Apple TV
Usuários poderão acessar vídeos diretamente na televisão, usando a interface da TV
31/05 - 17:49
A Apple anunciou nesta quinta-feira, 31, que o portal de compartilhamentos de vídeos You Tube estará disponível no Apple TV, que, quando lançado, poderá ser conectado a grande quantidade de TVs widescreen e sistemas home theater. Dessa forma, os usuários poderão acessar vídeos diretamente na televisão, usando a interface da TV. Segundo Steve Jobs, presidente da empresa, “esta é a primeira vez que os usuários poderão facilmente navegar, encontrar e assistir vídeos do YouTube sentados no sofá da sala de estar, e é realmente muito, muito divertido".
A companhia promete que milhares de vídeos do site já estarão disponíveis à época do lançamento do Aple TV, e, que, até setembro, todos os sites do portal poderão ser acessados.
31/05 - 17:49
A Apple anunciou nesta quinta-feira, 31, que o portal de compartilhamentos de vídeos You Tube estará disponível no Apple TV, que, quando lançado, poderá ser conectado a grande quantidade de TVs widescreen e sistemas home theater. Dessa forma, os usuários poderão acessar vídeos diretamente na televisão, usando a interface da TV. Segundo Steve Jobs, presidente da empresa, “esta é a primeira vez que os usuários poderão facilmente navegar, encontrar e assistir vídeos do YouTube sentados no sofá da sala de estar, e é realmente muito, muito divertido".
A companhia promete que milhares de vídeos do site já estarão disponíveis à época do lançamento do Aple TV, e, que, até setembro, todos os sites do portal poderão ser acessados.
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