Music Industry before the Internet

The music industry before the up-rise in internet use, which would be around the time of 1996 onwards, was a much more successful  industry to be in back in the days prior to the internet. The reason why I say this is mainly because the generations that are here today are getting used to not having to pay for the music that is being put out there due to the easy access of pirated copies. This is making the music industry very hard to become wealthy in.
Going back to the beginning when music was first being used as a job in the entertainment business, people would gather to see the artist perform live. Back at this time the music would have been very orchestra based and people would then purchase the music they had seen in the form of musical notation for them to play in their own time. This evolved when the Gramophone came into use around 1877. This changed the way people listened to music and was revolutionary in the fact that people were now able to hear artist play their own pieces without going to see them in concert. This method of listening to music was around for a long time and advanced very slowly because the use of vinyl's to put the music onto was only upgraded in about the 1990's. This was around the time when CD's came into use and provided the public with a more 'compact' version of the vinyl aspect.
Soon after the creation of CD's there was then the product of portable CD players such as 'Walkman'. These revolutionised music because people where now able to listen to their music wherever they wanted as long as they had a CD to play and a Walkman to play it on.
Around the time of the 1980's this was when digital recording methods were replaced with digital recording. The benefits of this were that the recorded tracks sounded a lot smoother, and without the small buzz which used to happen with analogue. They were also a lot easier to change if mistakes were made in the recording, which beforehand the artist would have to play everything perfectly how they wanted it to be heard. In essence this style of recording took more talent but also possible more time to get it completely right. As well as these benefits the producers then has a choice of digital effects to put into the songs which made it a lot easier to make new sounds and creativity among new pieces.  
The internet has also played a strong part in advertising for bands. Before the internet the bands would have had to rely on word of mouth, or if people heard them get played on the radio. This was really the only way of getting to know more bands because there was no alternative method of distributing the bands music to the masses.

How has the internet changed TV?

The service of Netflix has completely changed the way people now watch TV series' and films. The way they do this is by providing a streamable copy of the product to be watch from multiple devices for a monthly subscription. Because of the mass use of the service now, they have been able to finanse their own shows to be exclusively shown on only their service.When Netflix was first created they did not distribute their products through online streaming, instead they sent out physical copies of the films they had to offer. This is similar to the current business/ competitor 'Lovefilm' who offer physical copies and also 'streamable' copies. Netlix charge £6 a month for their service and this price is very affordable for most people and is very attractive for people who watch a lot of television. This is partly why this business has took off so much in recent years, it is also possibly why they have made some film businesses such as Blockbuster go out of business in recent times due to the fact that they lack the online distribution service which many people now use instead of going to shops to buy DVD's. The fact that this service is so cheap means that more people are likely to pay for it therefore their overall profit would be larger than if they charged large amounts. Because of the high success of this business they have been able to finance their own tv series to be shown exclusively on Netflix. This technique is slowly going to take over the film industry if this continues to grow.
The series House of Cards is the most watched TV programme on Netflix. This show is also completely funded by Netflix and is available in complete series sets for the people who pay the monthly subscription for the Netflix service. House of Cards is a exclusive series for Netflix and is not shown in any other service. This has changed TV simply by giving the audience the series in its entirety, the users are more likely to watch multiple episodes at a time. This is different because before internet distribution, when series' got shown on the television, they usually showed one episode a week. This meant that the user could not watch more than one episode at a time unless they were to catch up on episodes they have watched.
This way of distribuing TV programs to the customers has changed the way people watch series' and films because it is now more accessable for the general public to view their favourite shows or films. The reason why I say this is because you can use the service of Netflix on multiple devices which is also known as convergence. By putting their service on multiple devices it meets the needs for more customers which means more people are likely to pay for the service. Some examples of devices they provide the service for would be PC's, Tablets, Xbox 360's, PS3's and iPads/iPhones.

Tim Berners-Lee and Web 2.0

Firstly the term Web 2.0 describes the new ways of people communicating on the internet and the newly added features that make the internet more of an interactive and socal place for people to be.

Tim's view on this new term 'Web 2.0' is that the web was orgininally made for the purpose that people are now saying that Web 2.0 is. This would obviously annoy Tim because this was his initial vision when making the internet. His view on the current internet is that he is big on wiki's and blogs but he thinks that there is no cohesion in the term Web 2.0 because it is the same as Web 1.0.

Interview information found on this website.
http://arstechnica.com/business/2006/09/7650/

Film Industry and the Internet

Django Unchained (2013)

Can it be downloaded? Where from?
Because of the high popularity of this film, this means that more people all over the world would want to see it and most people do not like to pay the high cost of the cinema. This means that the film is all over the internet on torrent sites for users to download and own illegally. Becuase when the film first came out it was not through the production stage of making the DVD's to be sold, therefore most of the versions of the film were screeners and where uploaded by someone who had an early copy of the film.
How many screens has it been shown on?

Is it being shown in print or digital?

What impact do audience produced films have?

What type of films are shown on user generated sites?

Are audiences remxing film trailers? Why?

Conclusion: Review material and make a list of key issues and developments. What impact has the Internet had on the film industry?

Dave G on Web 2.0

David Gauntlett's opinion on web 2.0 is that it allows a faster, more collaborative creativity on the web. He says that web 2.0 is "harnessing collective inteligence" and media 2.0 is a term that describes the changing focus of media on the web. To be continued....