The crew talks online content, compression, photography, and as a special treat some insight into the world of MySpace from our local afficionado Emery Wells.

*Subjects...*

*MTV launches a service that looked exactly like what we asked for! -
Will we give up the iPod?*
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060515/ap_on_hi_te/mtv_online_music;_ylt=Atp2310Ea.MlzvpURbvZLBMjtBAF;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA--

*related:*
MTV Overdrive doesn't do Macs:
In order to offer a broad selection of full-length music videos
on-demand and free of charge, MTV Overdrive uses Windows Digital Rights
Management (DRM) to protect videos from unauthorized re-distribution.
http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/

*High-definition video could choke Internet*
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8HJNIG00.htm?campaign_id=apn_tech_down&chan=tc
<http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8HJNIG00.htm?campaign_id=apn_tech_down&chan=tc>

*Tivo and Blockbuster team up...to get rid of the DVDs*
http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/15/tivo-and-blockbuster-partnership-goes-live/

*related:*
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060515/ap_en_bu/porn_downloads;_ylt=Ar6LO7Ws8ygUlM.EmRGfkG8jtBAF;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA--

*Other news*

*Sony and Panasonic creates new format*
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060511-6815.html

This week we go to Hollywood to talk to Ron Brinkmann, Daryn Akada, and Fred Johnson about the rising prices of movies and what's behind it.

Ampd
http://get.ampd.com/

Global Mobile
http://fredjohnson.net/

Shake
http://www.apple.com/shake/

Art and Science
http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=pixelcorps-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=0121339602&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&lc1=0000ff&bc1=000000&bg1=ffffff&f=ifr

The VFX Show
http://www.macbreak.com/index_vfx.php

ASC
http://theasc.com/

WSJ
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/wsj/access/1035573001.html?dids=1035573001:1035573001&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=May+12%2C+2006&author=Merissa+Marr+and+Kate+Kelly&type=8_90&desc=Budget+Busters%3A+With+Special+Effects+the+Star%2C+Hollywood+Faces+New+Reality

King Kong
www.kingkong.com

Pirates
http://adisney.go.com/disneypictures/pirates/index.html

Star Wars
www.starwars.com

SketchUp
www.sketchup.com

Persistence of Vision
persistenceofvision.com

Pixel Liberation Front
http://www.thefront.com/

Tim Dobbert
http://www.dvgarage.com/prod/prod.php?prod=bdpg

Netflix
www.netflix.com

Forensic Marking 1
http://www.cinea.com/

Forensic Marking 2
http://www.dcinematoday.com/dc/pr.aspx?newsID=370

Landmark Theaters
http://www.landmarktheatres.com/

hdnet
hd.net

Blair Witch
http://www.blairwitch.com/

Stick It
http://www.myspace.com/stickitmovie

Starbucks
www.starbucks.com

405 The Movie
http://www.405themovie.com/

Napenthe
http://www.nepenthebigsur.com/

Net neutrality revisited, E3, and the future of distribution and advertising

The crew talks about Free Online Shows, HD over the net, Theaters on the edge, More bad laws, and cool visual effects happenings. Now enhanced with coolio links and images!

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