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San Francisco Opera Adds "Cinemacasts"

2008-03-25T10:43:00.005-04:00

Following in the footsteps of the Metropolitan Opera, The San Franciscio Opera has also started an HD Cinemacast series this month. Click here for more information and for some preview video clips.

eMusic Driving Online Classical Music Sales

2008-03-18T17:53:00.003-04:00

eMusic recently added the catalogs of Chandos, Telarc and Harmonia Mundi to its online offerings.

They also revealed that more than half of customers who downloaded one of two recent exclusive free classical music samplers went on to purchase additional classical music. Of those, nearly one third had never downloaded a classical track before. Click here for more information.

Metropolitan Opera Offers Broadcasts on Cable

2008-03-16T12:27:00.004-04:00

In another leadership move, the Metropolitan Opera has begun to offer its live simulcast performances for cable television viewers to watch on demand. Here's an excellent example of an arts organization leveraging its content library for a variety of distribution channels - beginning with movie theatres, moving on to home viewers via on demand cable services, and then to DVD. Click here for more information

iTunes Tops 3 Billion Downloads

2007-08-03T10:41:00.000-04:00

Apple recently announced it's 3 billionth download!

New York Philharmonic Download Success!

2007-03-02T15:27:00.000-05:00

An article in the New York Times gives some exciting information about the early success in the NY Philharmonic's efforts to offer concert performances for download from iTunes.

New Digital Music Report Shows Significant Growth

2007-01-18T15:05:00.000-05:00

A new report released by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industires contains the following exciting figures for Digital Music adoption:

Digital music sales estimated to double to around US$2 billion in 2006
Single track downloads estimated up 89% at 795 million
Available tracks double to four million, via 500 online services in over 40 countries worldwide

Chicago Symphony Multimedia Initiative

2006-12-01T15:08:00.000-05:00

The Chicago Symphony announces a new multimedia initative- starting its own record label and returning to nationally syndicated radio via the WFMT network.

New York Philharmonic Concerts on iTunes

2006-11-08T17:47:00.000-05:00

The New York Philharmonic is offering select concert archives for sale via iTunes. The plan is for seven live recordings each year, all available for download, and some available for CD purchase.

Arts Attendance Declining for Younger Audiences

2006-11-08T17:32:00.000-05:00

A report released by the National Endowment for the Arts shows a decline in arts attendance in young adults (ages 18-34). They're simply choosing not to go to places that don't feature the "technology language" they're used to hearing.

The Met Strikes Again!!

2006-09-20T14:59:00.000-04:00

The exciting news keeps on coming. Today's press release details a new Metropolitan Opera Channel on Sirius Satellite Radio, featuring live and archived performances from the Met's 75 year history!

Metropolitan Opera Multimedia Initiative

2006-09-10T06:56:00.000-04:00

A press release by the Metropolitan Opera shows some exciting and evolutionary thinking on the part of the new General Director Peter Gelb. The comprehensive digital media initiative includes broadcasting live performances to movie theatres, streaming them over the Internet, and delivery over Satellite Radio. All of this was made possible by union negotiations over the summer.

Metropolitan Opera Looks for New Audience

2006-08-29T17:36:00.000-04:00

Today's New York Times features an article discussing a new advertising campaign, directed at a generating new audiences for the Met, which up until recently, never had any trouble filling the 4000 seat house. Peter Gelb is shaking things up - bravo!!

Bleak Outlook for Newspaper Industry

2006-08-16T13:02:00.001-04:00

Further evidence that traditional advertising is becoming less effective. A recent analyst report predicts a revenue shortfall of $20 billion in the newspaper industry by 2010. The report cites increasing online migration of 18-39 year olds and diminished advertising revenues as key contributors to the shortfall.

Orchestra Union Developments

2006-08-15T11:10:00.000-04:00

Here's an article from last week's Boston Globe reporting on developments in negotiations with orchestra unions. While it does present some encouraging news for allowing orchestras to create digital downloads of their live performances, I wish the agreement went a step further and allowed for 'download only' recordings.