Laporte Tests Samsung S3 Screen…

Laporte Tests Samsung S3 Screen…

laporte breaks glassIn demonstrating whether or not the Samsung Galaxy S3 glass is as durable as the iPhone 6 sapphire crystal, tech wonk Leo Laporte delivers a “don’t try this at home moment” as he sends glass shards everywhere and draws his own blood.

Not quite as momentous as Dave Garroway having his hand bit by a chimp on the Today show, but still a great example of what not to do when you are “live” – whether it’s network TV or a webcast. (Safety goggles required.)

A Little Bit of the Old UltraViolet

A Little Bit of the Old UltraViolet

You would think Darwin’s process of natural selection would apply to digital rights management (DRM) schemes. With AACS, Adept, FairPlay, Marlin, WMA and others, you would think that content creators would want fewer DRM schemes, so that their content would be more consumer friendly and result in higher sales. But those (republican?) concepts of free enterprise and innovation decree that the market needs one more DRM scheme to rule them all – DECE’s UltraViolet.

In the April/May issue of Streaming Media Magazine, Tim Siglin asks if DECE finally gets DRM right, as well as who has signed-on and who has not.

[Photo of UltraViolet by David Shankbone]

FLO’s Demise A Lesson for OMVC ?

FLO’s Demise A Lesson for OMVC ?

What lessons does the impending shutdown of FLO TV have for the Open Mobile Video Coalition (OMVC)? Probably just one: It is not good to be way out front with a new technology or be too late out of the gate.

Our friends at the ATSC wanted the best engineering solution rather than the most flexible. (Like CODFM.) It was only when the bean counters made the engineers realize that over-the-air television was a non-issue for 90% of the country, that thought was given to the potential market of non-stationary TV devices. (A revenue loss of 10% per year will make people rethink their business model.)

So will Mobile DTV take off or has the past 15 months of digital transmission soured the potential mobile audience?

(Thanks to Engadget.)

UPDATE: Mobile DTV remains a non-issue. TV Newscheck had the best summary of the situation here.