YouTube Blog: Upload limit increases to 15 minutes for all users 30. July 2010
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We want YouTube to be the best place to upload video. Without question, the number one requested feature by our creators is to upload videos longer than 10 minutes. We’ve heard you, and today we’re pleased to announce that we’ve increased the upload limit to 15 minutes.
via YouTube Blog: Upload limit increases to 15 minutes for all users.
Google TV to be Unveiled Next Month 30. April 2010
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TV-stations will – at least partially – be replaced by Internet-TV. New HD-tubes already have special services like YouTube included. And with YouTube offering Full HD Videos mainly for free this service is more attractive than many old fashioned “semi”-HD Pay-TV-Stations. Now Google will start its own TV service. It will be important, if You´ll need set-top boxes for this service – or can use services included in Your HD-Tube. Mashable informs, that Google will start its TV-service already in may.
We’ve been curious about the Google TV initiative since hearing about the search giant’s foray into set-top box land, and although scant few details have emerged since then we can now look forward to a full reveal at next month’s I/O Developer Conference.According to The Wall Street Journal, Google Google will unveil the Android Android-based television platform at its annual developer event in San Francisco on May 19 and 20.
WePad: Newspaper of Tomorrow? 30. March 2010
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Apple, Microsoft, Google and other ones: Only a small number of companies are – relatively succesfully – trying to monopolize the web. While it was possible for everyone to provide software for Microsoft´s Windows e.g. Apple decides, which applications are allowed to be used on an iPhone or in the near future on the iPad. A situation, which could become quite dangerous for diversity of opinion as the editorial of the german magazine “Stern” had to discover, when they were removed from the App Store without any warning – due to photo galleries allegedly featuring too much nakedness.
So the german media landscape is looking forward to Apple´s iPad not as chance, but more as danger for their diversity. And as a reaction the so called “WePad” should be a sort of “Anti-iPad”: As TechCrunch editorial writes:
The Neofonie WePad has similar form and function as the wet dreams of our Crunchgear editors, but facts are that the German Android device has a bigger multitouch screen and a faster CPU than the iPad. Also it runs Flash, has USB ports, an inbuilt card reader and expandable memory. Additionally it allows complete multitasking and has a webcam. Beat that baby.
Europe´s biggest publisher Gruner&Jahr will publish his products on the WePad – not only not to loose control over their own content and not become the next victim of Apple´s censorship but also to avoid the “absurd side effect of Apples prize policy”. For example the german magazine “Der Spiegel” is available for €3.80 in the print version – but should be sold for €3.99 for the iPhone version.
The future of newspapers and magazines soon will be found on slate pcs and epaper. You will be buying Your iPad, WePad or whatever similar epaper-provider together with the contract with Your mobile network operator and Your newspaper-, magazine- and videochannel-subscriptions as an all-in-one package. Maybe You´ll only read some articles from traditional mass media – and be informed about other interesting news by relevant bloggers. But You´ll find Your newspaper, Your magazine, Your TV-Channel and Your radio in one device. And companies, who cannot be found on this device, will not be part of our future media landscape.
Further information: TechCrunch: Europe’s biggest publisher embraces the WePad.
YouTube HD – Das Fernsehen von morgen 15. November 2009
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YouTube startet diese Woche mit der Übertragung von Videos in Full-HD. Ein logischer Schritt für YouTube, ein entscheidender Schritt für das Fernsehen der Zukunft. Wie ich schon in meiner Bakk2-Arbeit skizziert habe, sind die Fernsehsender dabei, ihre dominierende Rolle als Videoquelle zu verlieren. Die Ursache liegt in den aktuellen technischen Umstellungen: Die Digitalisierung bringt einen langsam anlaufenden Schub für die Fernsehindustrie. Die Tatsache, dass der in den alten Fernsehern eingebaute Tuner recht nutzlos für den Empfang des digitalen Fernsehens geworden ist, bringt viele dazu, die Anschaffung eines neuen HD-Fernsehers zu überlegen. Diese Chance für die Fernseh-Industrie birgt große Herausforderungen für die Fernsehsender, denen sie nicht einmal ansatzweise gerecht werden. Der ORF hat die Umstellung auf die Digitalisierung dafür genutzt, sein Programm im Ausland immer schwerer empfangbar zu machen und damit Zuseher vor die Tür gesetzt. Die deutschen Privaten wollen ihr Programm zwar in HD anbieten, im Unterschied zum “alten” Programm aber Gebühren dafür verlangen. Und das viel gepriesene HD Plus verhindert, dass Fernsehsendungen aufgezeichnet werden können.
Während also die etablierten Fernsehsender alles daran setzen, ihre Zuschauer zu vergraulen, bieten sich für die Konsumenten neue Möglichkeiten: Die neuen HD-Flachbildschirme verfügen großteils schon über Netzwerkanschlüsse und speziell angepasste YouTube-Plattformen. Aus dem Internet heruntergeladene Filme können ganz einfach auf den neuen PC gestreamt werden. Und das alles natürlich (und auch YouTube ab nächster Woche) in Full HD. Ohne Werbepause. On Demand. Und mit Aufzeichnungsmöglichkeit.
HD bietet viele neue Chancen. Fernsehsender nutzen sie, um das Publikum zu vergraulen. YouTube hat die Nase vorn. Wir stehen vor einer Revolution am Fernsehmarkt.
