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iBiquity and iTunes have figured out a new way for us to buy music over HD Radio.  Personally I don’t know why they couldn’t have done this 5 years ago. 

But now that’s it’s here why can’t the music industry figure out a way to embed the lyrics and liner notes in that file too?  I don’t care about the packaging any more.  All I want is the info to match what I’m listening too. 

The generation is coming that won’t even care about the album art.  I lost interest in that when I switch from LP’s to CD’s.  Heck the art was so small what was the point?  Now they put it on a 2 inch screen.

Really at this point I just want the lyrics so I can figure out what they are actually singing and not some best guess because I’m to old to know what all the kids are saying these days.

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Jerry Seinfeld was on the season premiere of ”30Rock“, great show by the way.  “MUST SEE TV” is back!  The story goes, NBC was going to take his old show and digitally put Jerry in their new shows.  He was not happy about this.  They asked him which show he would like to be on.  He said,  ”LOST, is that one of yours?”

Okay, I’m about to read way too much into this but what I think is funny about his response is not only is it not an NBC show but it’s ABCs.  I want to pretend that he uses TIVO or downloads shows from iTunes… 

What does this mean?  It means it didn’t matter where the show came from or the network.  All that mattered was he heard about the show and it was available and Seinfeld watched it.

This is the future of media.

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I think we are already use to the idea, we just didn’t realize it. 

Most good video podcasts last 3 to 7 minutes.  Then the next day or week you get another.  After all how many commercial breaks are there in an hour show?  About 5 or 6 and each show segment is already about 3 to 7 minutes (depending on how popular a show is and where they want to put a cliff-hanger.  Then there might be more breaks.)

But here’s the great thing about podcast and each episode only lasting say 5 minutes.  I could watch 5 or 6 different podcasts and get much more information and entertainment in less time.  Now if they will just make commercials relevant to my needs then advertising would be useful to me and to the advertiser.

When shows aren’t trying to fill an hour or umm 45 minutes because of the commericals.  They put more concise information in the show whether it’s plot or DIY information.  I’m finding myself more bored when a character walks endlessly down a hall, around corner, down stairs, down another hall, just to bump into a cat; I hit the fast forward button.  Oh yeah I feel the same way about DVD menus!  I’ll save that for later.

I know I’ve made this error in my own films, I won’t anymore or I’ll try not too. 

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Come on Amazon!  No Bob Seger ready for downloading?  I realize I’m over the hill but I don’t want to buy another CD.   There’s no reason it shouldn’t be there.

Maybe Bob Seger isn’t ready to be rediscovered by a new generation, or he doesn’t want the money, or they are still fighting over some rights…

Here’s and idea.  While you are fighting about who gets what, let all the money go into a trust or Amazon gift certificates.  Then maybe when you are done you’ll wonder why you were fighting while you’re walking to the bank.

Well, now I got to go find some old friends that might have some Bob Seger CD’s so I can rip them…

Don’t worry I’ll wait a little longer it’s bound to show up sometime.

Now why can’t the music industry can’t figure why people pirate?

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Yeah and guess what?  It was good!  Check it out right now… Bionic Woman

NBC made some of their of new shows available for download right to my TIVO for free!  Smart move I’m already talking about them!

This concept is right on.  I really don’t even care if they have commercials in them.  I just want the commericals to be relevant to me.  Amazon already knows what I want, why can’t the networks?

Here’s the idea NBC, send me the shows right to my TIVO with commercials for things I like, like; zombies, robots, spaceships, time travel, anything future related did I mention robots?  I also like to shop at Target…

Now just think if NBC could pick commericals for products I like and insert a few of those into the normal breaks.  Then I wouldn’t get ads for men who have ED or female problems maybe another MAC add.  (sorry, you can’t convert a PC user if you are always making fun of them… just so you know…)

The chances of me watching and buying go up!  Way up!  Really how hard could this be?  It’s the future of TV.

Now the Bionic Woman’s tag line should be,  “Some HEROES aren’t born… They’re made”

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Looks like some Vampires are in for a world of hurt!

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I want to point fellow podcasters and content creators to a great blog called Hear 2.0

Mark Ramsey blogs about the future of radio and how it’s going to go through a major transition with the advent of wi-fi radio in cars and competition from podcasters. He tries to give advice and idea to radio broadcasters on how to make that transition to being more Internet savvy and relevant to your listener in the web age.

His insight is interesting and applies to podcasting in general and there’s great advice and ideas about marketing.

The other important aspect of his blog which applies to podcasting is how some of his insights might provide ideas that will enable podcasters to unite with the radio stations as they try make new content to keep up with the vast tastes of their ever changing listener.

Especially the listener five years from now…

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I remember stories of how the police and families were watching cars at train stations and airports to see if people that hadn’t been accounted for would return.

All I could think about was how many people across this country maybe even the world, wouldn’t be returning to their cars that day. 

I wanted to paint all the parking spots where people had never came back, a color. 

It could be any color, maybe that persons favorite color.

Not that anyone would ever forget that day but I wanted people to think that could have been their parking spot.   And how lucky we are we get another day to find a better spot in life.

Sean McMenemy

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Why can’t Comcast just blank out the channels on my cable box that I don’t have when I’m channel surfing?  All it’s doing is reminding me I don’t have that package.  Maybe that’s their clever idea, that it will make me want those channels…  But it’s not working!

“Not Authorized” or “Subscription Service”  How hard would it be to put something nice there.  I wouldn’t want to order it because it makes me feel bad for not already having it.  It also makes my channel surfing experience bad because it hangs up on those channels while it’s trying to figure out what negative message it needs to display for me.

I’d rather just not see it.

Now If HBO and the other premium networks would realize I still want some of their programming, they might be able to make even more money.  If you are a subscriber you can watch it again through “On-Demand” for free.   That only benifits the subscribers and not all their possible viewers.  I’m willing to pay a extra for not being a subscriber, it might even make me want to subscribe at some point.

I’m ready to watch and pay for it.  Maybe that’s the way AlaCarte should work?

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Um right…

Comcast is upset someone else is starting up the Big10 network to cover sports? 

Comcast is putting fans first? 

In the commercial they said they don’t think it’s fair everyone has to so much pay to view those games especially the fans.  What?  What sporting events do you get for free on cable?  Keep in mind you are paying for cable… so it’s not really free! 

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not a sports fan in fact they mess up all my regular shows because golf goes to long, football goes too long on and on, sorry that’s not my point I’ll save that for another time.

They charge you for a regular movie but if you want an HD version it’s 2 bucks more…  Now they are moving all channels up to the digital range and that forces the consumer to “rent” their cable box.  Remember back when all the VCR’s and TV’s came “cable ready?”  The Cable companies didn’t like that because they couldn’t up sell us the technologies.  Now they say they say the new digital standards are to complicated to make all the equipment standard.  I’m sure it has nothing to do with the extra 7 bucks a month they are getting out of it…

You put a .org on something and it looks like some grass roots effort.  Just remember if the Big10 makes it to Comcast Cable.  You’ll still going to have to pay for it.

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