WebTalkGuys Radio Newsletter for October 22, 2002

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Monday was a pretty exciting day around the WebTalkGuys studios. After nearly four years and 200 shows, we saw Oct. 21 become our second most streamed day. We streamed 8.4 Gb of audio. Just to give you an example, our typical 1-hour show is a 7 Mb stream.

  Upon further research, we found the reason: our Oct. 12 show on Weblogs and Audioblogging, was recommended and linked to from Adam Curry's popular weblog. Yes, Adam is THE founding MTV VJ, fondly remembered by '80's rockers like ourselves. Read Adam's blog here.


More super news: this month, Streaming Magazine honored our own StreamingMediaShow host Dan Rayburn by ranking him in 11th position in their list of the “50 Most Influential People in Streaming”, announced at the Streaming Media East 2002 conference.  See Dan in the Streaming Magazine video here. Dan - you rock!

~ Happy Listening, Rob and Dana

In This Newsletter

1. "Microsoft's Xbox Revolution" & "Business 2.0 Top Tech Firms" on WebTalkGuys this week
2. Listen Early! Hear Next Saturday's show now: "Privacy in a Digital Age" on WebTalkGuys
3. Article: "Creating TV 2.0"

This week on WebTalkGuys

" Microsoft's Xbox Revolution"

A conversation with ...
Author Dean Takahashi
"Opening the Xbox: Inside Microsoft's Plan to Unleash an Entertainment Revolution"

"Business 2.0 Top Tech Firms"
Eric Schurenberg, Deputy Editor of Business 2.0
Cover story: 100 Fastest Growing Tech Firms

Net News
Russell.com - Best Investment website
Mobil PDA Growth

Full 50 Min. Show for October 19 @ 20K Stream
Listen:
Win Media http://www.webtalkguys.com/msm/webtalk-10-19-2002.asx
Real http://www.webtalkguys.com/ra/webtalk-10-19-2002.ram
MP3 http://www.webtalkguys.com/mp3/webtalk-10-19-2002.mp3 11 MB download

Step into the future - Hear next weekends show now!

This coming Saturday on WebTalkGuys

"Privacy in a Digital Age"
Conversations with ...
Microsoft's Richard Purcell on Privacy
Privacy Director Talks Trust

Techies.com's Nick Doty
Unix? Tornado? High Demand Tech Skills
Sagem Morpho's Rick Walker
Fingerprint Technology Makes Impression

Full 50 Min. Show  @ 20K Stream
Listen:
Windows Audio
Real Audio
MP3

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"Creating TV 2.0"
Video on demand from world’s number one source of online news video.
by Dana Greenlee

My world seems to revolve around the Internet. Even though my job and my avocations are so net-centric, it doesn’t mean I don’t stay plugged in to the news of the world: politics, pending war, popular culture and local news coverage are as close as my PC monitor.

About a year ago, I started seeing a video-on-demand (VOD) website start popping up on the WindowsMedia.com website: The FeedRoom.com, a news network on the Internet.

Then I started to seeing the FeedRoom VOD available from the local KCPQ-TV station website Q13.com in Seattle. I found myself regularly spending a compelling hour on this FeedRoom from Q13.

The FeedRoom delivers segmented news of all kinds via high-quality video any time I wanted it.

The FeedRoom’s founder and CEO is Jon Klein, an Emmy Award winning former Executive Vice President of CBS News, overseeing "60 Minutes" and “48 Hours”.

This month, Streaming Magazine gave Klein the 19th position in their list of the "50 Most Influential People in Streaming", announced at the Streaming Media East 2002 conference (see Streaming Magazine video).

I asked Klein to share his view of news on demand on the Internet and its convergence with television.

Read more:  http://www.webtalkguys.com/article-feedroom.shtml