Archive for the ‘TV/Cinema/Music/Sport’ Category
Aha @ Wembley Arena, 27.11.2010
Monday, November 29th, 201025 ani, 1985 – 2010, turneul “ending on a high note”, ultimul concert in UK inainte de destramarea trupei, unul dintre cele mai bune vazute de mine.
Si apropo de divertisment
Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010si postul anterior, citeam in dimineata asta cum piata distributiei de jocuri pe calculator (in special) si console a crescut in ultimii doi ani, mi s-a parut interesant tinand cont de datele de mai jos, costul per ora al distractiei, e adevarat, la americani (se joaca si ei World of Warcraft):
- Borrowing a book from library: free (taxpayer supported)
- Playing a freemium/social game: free to pennies/hour
- Cable Television ($71/mo, 153 hours/person/mo., 2.54 people/household): $0.18/hour
- Playing World of Warcraft 10 hours per week: $0.35/hour
- Playing Call of Duty for 30 hours ($60 retail): $2/hour
- Seeing a 2-hour movie for $7.95: $3.98/hour per person
- Upper Bleachers Red Sox ticket ($12) for a 3-hour game: $4.00/hour per person
- Average US Family Vacation (AAA data: $250 per day): $10.41/hour
- 2-hour Broadway show: $50-$150 per hour
Ceva fin despre industria muzicala
Thursday, October 7th, 2010They fly out to Cupertino and let Steve Jobs smack them around and then fly home and try to take every dime they can get out of start-ups in order to make them feel better about themselves.”
The fact that Google is now interested in getting serious about a music play has gotten every record company lawyer wet in the pants. They think that this is going to be a game changer. It won’t be. People forget that, just because it’s Google, doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s going to be a hit. They’ve had plenty of bombs. Remember Google Wave and Buzz?
De citit tot materialul – The Dream Is Over: Music Labels Have Killed Their Digital Future – merita.
Probabil ca Google Music, combinat cu Android-ul la nivel de mobil, ar putea concura cu iTunes + iPod, dand sperante unei industrii care traieste din amintiri 
Pareri?
Pe scurt, Google Music
Tuesday, September 21st, 2010- Google vrea sa vanda melodii “la bucata”, pe modelul iTunes;
- Google ar dori sa le ofere userilor posibilitatea de a asculta orice melodie, gratuit, macar o data, pe modelul MySpace. Nu toate melodiile vor putea fi insa ascultate gratis;
- Google vrea sa ofere, pentru 25 USD pe an, posibilitatea de a-ti stoca muzica, indiferent de unde ai cumparat-o, pe un server. O poti asculta de acolo ori de cate ori doresti, online sau pe telefonul mobil;
- Cu serviciul de la Google vei putea da “share” prietenilor acestia avand posibilitatea de a asculta, doar o data, melodiile tale.
Detalii aici
Any Given Sunday
Tuesday, September 14th, 2010Oliver Stone a facut multe filme bune, incepand cu Platoon, apoi JFK, Nixon, Wall-Street sau The Doors, totusi pentru mine Any Given Sunday e cel mai special, e un film pe care il vad ori de cat ori am ocazia, e un film care-ti arata cat de importanta e echipa si nu individul. E un film simplu care are insa un Al Pacino mare si doua scene ce te reseteaza, una din ele o aveti mai jos, iar cealalta e la finalul filmului. Daca va place muzica din fundal gasiti melodia aici, enjoy
Video: Apple – Youtube 1-0, Netflix si Amazon in joc de glezne
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010In timp ce Google se chinuie de un an de zile sa introduca filme noi pe YouTube (citeste aici articolul din septembrie anul trecut), Apple marcheaza prin relansarea Apple TV, in 8 tari, la 99 USD cost pentru echipament (era 299 USD) + 4.99 USD pentru un film nou in format HD, disponibil in aceeasi zi in care apare pe DVD + 0.99 USD pentru serialele TV.
Pe margine, la incalzire, Amazon reduce preturile la anumite show-uri, tot la 0.99 USD si testeaza “apa” sa vada cat de rece este tv-ul online, iar Netflix continua sa se dezvolte, e pe iPad, iPhone si iPod, semneaza parteneriate strategice, isi creste numarul de abonati, 15 milioane, cu 42% mai multi decat anul trecut si intentioneaza sa se lanseze worldwide.
Amazon, Netflix si YouTube au modele de business similare, folosesc online-ul ca mediu de distributie (presupunem ca YouTube va reusi sa dea drumul serviciului de filme online contra cost), streaming sau download, Apple joaca altfel, folosesc Apple Tv ca pe un set-top box.
Pe cine pariati?
De weekend, eu si pionii
Friday, August 27th, 2010Nu m-ati crezut
Wednesday, August 4th, 2010Cand v-am spus aici ca lucrurile se vor schimba, poftim stire de la vecinii bulgari:
Bulgaria conducts largest ever Internet anti-piracy action
SOFIA (AFP) – Bulgarian police have shut down four popular torrent websites in its largest ever action against Internet piracy, the international recording industry association IFPI said Monday. The file sharing websites — nanoset.net, rapidadd.com, 4storing.com and afasta.com — were accused of illegally distributing books, films, games, music and software, IFPI said in a statement.
Run by an organised crime network, the four sites were probed for several months before their closure, it added.
According to Bulgarian police, which conducted the operation, users paid a total 5.0 million leva (2.5 million euros, 3.36 million dollars) in fees to get access to these services, the federation also said. “Servers containing more than 120 terabytes of unlicensed content, or the equivalent of 200,000 CD-Rs,” were seized by police during the raid, IFPI noted.
The Bulgarian Association of Music Producers, BAMP, praised the action.
“The sheer scale of this operation, the quantity of seized pirate content and the vast financial profit of the criminals involved shows clearly what an enormous problem piracy is in Bulgaria,” Ina Kileva, executive director of BAMP, was cited as saying. Bulgaria is the country with the lowest revenues from legal music and film sales in Europe, and a piracy rate estimated at 100 percent, IFPI added.
Sursa aici
Apropo, sunt curios, filme mai vechi precum Casablanca se gasesc pe torrente?
Warner Brothers pe Muvix, de la 1 august
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010Incepand de luna viitoare vom avea pe Muvix.ro productii ale Studiourilor Warner Brothers, al doilea mare ‘major’ care va fi prezent pe Muvix dupa Disney. Acest lucru a fost posibil in urma parteneriatului semnat cu Pro Video, licentiat si distribuitor al produselor Warner Bros Home Video si distribuitor de filme in format digital in Romania
Asadar din august filme noi precum THE INFORMANT, SHERLOCK HOLMES, NINJA ASSASSIN sau SCOOBY-DOO: ABRA CADABRA DOO vor fi pe Muvix.ro + blockbustere ca THE BLOOD DIAMOND, THE DEPARTED, FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS, DEVIL’S ADVOCATE, seria completa HARRY POTTER, seria completa MATRIX, seria completa LORD OF THE RINGS, A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE, MYSTIC RIVER, POLAR EXPRESS etc.
Iar pentru nostalgici sau pentru tinerii care nu le-au vazut inca vom avea CASABLANCA, CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF, REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE, GONE WITH THE WIND, ALICE DOESN’T LIVE HERE ANYMORE, AN AMERICAN IN PARIS, LOLITA, THE MALTESE FALCON, SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS, WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF ETC.
Comunicatul de presa il gasiti aici.
de weekend, filme noi la Muvix
Friday, July 16th, 2010Muvix a ajuns la aproape 200 de filme, colega mea Cristina aduna ca o albinuta film dupa film, din ultima serie introdusa va recomand “Calea Imparatului“, un documentar ce ar trebui sa va scoata din tva si mariri de impozite, macar pentru + o ora, “Che” (ambele parti), un Kusturica precum si Oscarul din acest an, The Hurt Locker.
Mai spun doar ca promotia “Filme la 1 euro” continua si in Iulie