Dave Morris » lost remote http://blog.newsok.com/davemorris From the laptop/iPhone of the Director of Video Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:04:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 New iPhone to come with GPS http://blog.newsok.com/davemorris/2008/06/09/new-iphone-to-come-with-gps/ http://blog.newsok.com/davemorris/2008/06/09/new-iphone-to-come-with-gps/#comments Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:15:19 +0000 davemorris http://blog.newsok.com/davemorris/2008/06/09/new-iphone-to-come-with-gps/ And that’s pretty cool. Lost Remote, as always, has a good recap of today’s announcement from Apple.

]]> And that’s pretty cool. Lost Remote, as always, has a good recap of today’s announcement from Apple.

As many of the rumors suggested, today Steve Jobs took the wraps off a brand new 3G iPhone with built-in GPS and Microsoft Exchange support. And the price? Just $199 for the 8GB model and $299 for the 16GB model. Launch date is July 11th.

Here’s the official 411 from Apple.com. Very, very cool.
]]> http://blog.newsok.com/davemorris/2008/06/09/new-iphone-to-come-with-gps/feed/ 1 Vegas: Day 4, the recap http://blog.newsok.com/davemorris/2008/04/16/vegas-day-3-the-recap/ http://blog.newsok.com/davemorris/2008/04/16/vegas-day-3-the-recap/#comments Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:38:00 +0000 davemorris http://blog.newsok.com/davemorris/2008/04/16/vegas-day-3-the-recap/ Last day in Vegas. I could come back this weekend.

Got an email from Ed Kelley, Editor of The Oklahoman, earlier this week.

]]> Last day in Vegas. I could come back this weekend.

Got an email from Ed Kelley, Editor of The Oklahoman, earlier this week. He’s in DC attending the NAA conference.

Says Ed: Here’s a quote from a trade pub covering NAA/ASNE in DC, from Martin Baron, editor of the Boston Globe: “Collecting audio and video is supplemental. We try not to do NPR style reports online. We look for video and audio that complements text but doesn’t replicate text. We would like to do three videos a day essentially, and I think we’ll get there relatively soon.”

Whoa. That’s some old school thinking there. I’m sure Boston.com is not realllly thinking that. Right?

Meanwhile, lots happening in the world of online video:

- Web video views are up 66% over last year, according to Comscore report found on LostRemote.

“The service estimates that close to 135 million users spent an average of 204 total minutes each viewing Web video over the month. Users watched the videos for an average of 2.7 minutes, with an average monthly consumption of 75 videos per person.”

NewsOK.tv viewers watch a similar 2-3 minutes per visit.

- People continue to say attendance is down at NAB. Some of the vendors note you can find similar information online. And some vendors are simply saying “go to our web site” to learn more. While some of the “booths” are overwhelming, like Microsoft and Sony, others are not here at all. Apple and Avid, two majors players in video, decided it wasn’t worth the effort. Apple said something like it wasn’t the best way to reach their audience.

- I spoke with the Associated Press yesterday, eager to learn more about their online video and online graphics packages. Unfortunately, I didn’t learn much from the guys at their display. In fact, they seemed puzzled as to why we wanted video or graphics. Yet at the same time, they announced this week a new OVN 3.0 and mobile video. It’s one thing to promote your new stuff, but you might communicated it through the ranks for those of use eager to use the products.

- The Las Vegas wifi is really slow. And everyone here is smart-phoned out the wazoo. The NAB site is not exactly user friendly for the on-the-go 411.

- Check out these numbers from Hitwise on online video usage.

“YouTube accounted for 73.18 percent of all U.S. visits among a custom category of 68 online video websites. MySpaceTV received the second highest percentage of visits with 9.21 percent followed by Google Video with 4.06 percent.”

Again, I’d be remiss if I didn’t give a lot of credit to LostRemote.com for their coverage of the NAB Show conference and the online video industry as a whole.
]]> http://blog.newsok.com/davemorris/2008/04/16/vegas-day-3-the-recap/feed/ 0 I have a few questions http://blog.newsok.com/davemorris/2007/09/14/i-have-a-few-questions/ http://blog.newsok.com/davemorris/2007/09/14/i-have-a-few-questions/#comments Fri, 14 Sep 2007 18:17:52 +0000 davemorris http://blog.newsok.com/davemorris/2007/09/14/i-have-a-few-questions/ I have some questions.

Do you know what the world’s tallest building is?

]]> I have some questions.

Do you know what the world’s tallest building is? It’s now the Dubai Tower. It’s over 1,822 feet. And climbing. The final height is a closely guarded secret, but completion of the concrete, glass and steel structure is expected by the end of 2008. Did you know there are four criteria for world’s tallest building: the height of the structural top, the highest occupied floor, the top of the roof, and the tip of the spire, pinnacle, antenna, mast or flag pole.

Do you know this girl? I bet you do. USA Today reports TBS is bringing in actress Alyssa Milano to be your online guide during the baseball playoffs. She will have a continual presence on TBS’ Hot Corner on mlb.com. Milano’s first Hot Corner report will appear Monday. She told the USA Today — “I learned how to rub baseballs with the mud.”

Speaking of… video. Do you know how long most people spend watching video online? According to comscore’s recent numbers, U.S. viewers watched an average of 3 hours of video online during July. Google commanded 27 percent of that audience. My friends at TheLostRemote.com note the average length of the videos watched is 2.7 minutes. Thanks Ed.

OK, in order to stretch this video to 2.7 minutes… Do you know the most valuable sports franchise in the world? It’s the Dallas Cowboys according to Forbes magazine. The Cowboys are tops with a value of $1.5 billion, thanks to their new stadium.

So there you go. A wealth of knowledge.

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