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In This Issue     Feature: The Future of Digital Media   Media as a Service Positioning for the Future Games as a Service Embracing TV as a Service About Mika Salmi   IP Radio: A Vision of Radio in the Internet Age Case Study: The Written Press Case Study: The Music Industry Case Study: Television Case Study: Radio Radio’s Economic Model In Conclusion About Pierre Bellanger   Upcoming SNS Events & Media Links   In Other House News…   How to Subscribe May I Share This Newsletter? About SNS About the Publisher Where’s Mark?

By Mika Salmi and Pierre Bellanger

 

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Listen to Dave Meyer’s interview of Mark Anderson this week on KPLU radio, discussing “Intellectual Property & China”:

 

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This is the last week to capture a $1500 savings on the retail price for FiRe 2010, May 11-14, at the brand-new Terranea Resort. This year’s theme is “Emerging Platforms,” in line with our 2010 Predictions for a slew of new business opportunities as new platforms show up in the marketplace. No matter what you’re up to in the world of technology, this tectonic shift is bound to affect your plans.

 

Which is why we have arranged for the two people most responsible for this shift to be back-to-back Centerpiece Conversation speakers:

 

NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang will explain how his GPU chips are replacing Intel’s CPUs at every level of computing;

 

and SNS Member Paul Jacobs, CEO of QUALCOMM, will talk about Smartbooks, Snapdragon chips, and the future of wireless.

 

Other themes we’ll be addressing:

 

Netbooks: Since we invented them, FiRe is a great place to learn about how the fastest-growing form factor in computing will expand over the next three years.

 

Cloud Computing: Last year, FiRe was the launch pad for the Infrastructure 2.0 Working Group, fixing until-then unknown “broken” aspects in Cloud design. Come to FiRe to learn how to “fix the Cloud.”

 

You also might want to:

 

Talk to Steve Jobs’ personal advisor, in person.

 

Learn more about Sweden’s Sustainable Cities, catch up on how you can be part of the Australian Miracle, and find out about Japan’s plans for fuel cells.

 

See Qualcomm’s Smartbooks and Snapdragon chips.

 

Hear what’s next for Google’s Android platform and applications.

 

Approach Fixing Healthcare by re-connecting patient to doctor.

 

And, of course, catch our now world-famous CTO Design Challenge, with Larry Smarr and David Brin.

 

 

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Publisher’s Note: This week, while I am in New York speaking on the subject of Digital Media Business Models, we are lucky enough to have detailed views on the subject from two of our global members: Mika Salmi and Pierre Bellanger, both amazing entrepreneurs in the digital age. (Their bios follow their respective essays.) All I need say here is that, after reading years of general puff on how confused things are in the digital content world, I believe they have each created views on the future of digital media that are clear and, I think, correct. Those views are reprinted here, with their permission.

 

While Mika’s piece is typically short (he was, after all, the founder of AtomFilms, now Atom Entertainment), he gets directly to the point. And Pierre, in his longer piece, displays a knowledge of spectrum physics and policy linked to media ownership which is rare and valuable. By reading this full double feature, you will “get” the future of digital media.

– mra.