Monthly Archives: April 2007

Guest Blogger Kelly Holtzclaw: Adobe – Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 2007

By Kfir Pravda | Published: April 30, 2007
Most of the people I met at the NAB didn’t comprehend net video yet. They’re still in the broadcast/cable mentality. The idea of somebody doing a show from their garage and having millions of people watch it draws a blank expression. They certainly don’t get generation Y. Not yet anyway, but there is a glimmer [...]
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Video Games/Story MashUp

By Kfir Pravda | Published: April 28, 2007
Recently I wrote a post about the importance of a good story, mentioning the amazing book by Robert Mckee with the same title. Not long after that, Lance Weiler, an independent film producer, director and distributor, who directed movies such as Head Trauma and The Last Broadcast, published a great post about the relation between [...]
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What Old Media Can Learn from New Media Creators

By Kfir Pravda | Published: April 24, 2007
The guys behind Something To Be Desired (STBD), Galacticast, and other great shows have one thing in common – they know how to create high quality content on the cheap. Most of them are not making a dime of their work. This is not their fault – it is a market that needs to mature. [...]
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Update: Jaxtr – Free calls made better

By Kfir Pravda | Published: April 23, 2007
Yesterday I talked for almost half an hour with Jeff for free. No news here. But the fact that he called me from his mobile to my mobile, without the aid of computer – that’s something else. Jeff and I were using a new service called Jaxtr (can someone please explain to me why all these [...]
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4 Features That Will Make Ustream Kick Ass (of Live TV at least)

By Kfir Pravda | Published: April 23, 2007
In my previous post I’ve discussed Ustream as broadcasting democratizer. But, in order to create a real alternative to live TV shows, we need several features that are missing in that platform today. I like Ustream, but like in any other web based business, if someone else will provide these features, I will switch without hesitation. Having [...]
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