Update: Buck Ryan produced the video above about the conference, so I added it to this post.
The New Media in Russia conference is in its third and final day in Lyon, France. I’ve compiled my tweets the past two days. Today’s account will be updated throughout the day.
Next media disruption will be in TV, says @midvid #russianmedia twitter.com/stevebuttry/st…
— Steve Buttry (@stevebuttry) April 12, 2013
.@midvid: Netflix streaming of “House of Cards” on demand “making TV executives run to the toilet very, very quickly.” #russianmedia
— Steve Buttry (@stevebuttry) April 12, 2013
“House of Cards” Season 2 cost Netflix $100M, “crosses the Rubicon,” changes how TV connects w/ audience. #russianmedia
— Steve Buttry (@stevebuttry) April 12, 2013
Now you can choose the programming you want to watch when you want to watch it, @midvid says. #russianmedia
— Steve Buttry (@stevebuttry) April 12, 2013
Compression of data and expansion of bandwidth have created perfect storm for streaming video content, @midvid says. #russianmedia
— Steve Buttry (@stevebuttry) April 12, 2013
Last year 1.2% of viewing in UK was on personal devices, @midvid says. Small, but they’re under 35, not TV consumers. #russianmedia
— Steve Buttry (@stevebuttry) April 12, 2013
Within two years, consumption of viewing on personal devices forecast to jump to 15% in UK, @midvid says. #russianmedia
— Steve Buttry (@stevebuttry) April 12, 2013
Viewing on TV in UK dropped in 2 years from 97% to 89%, @midvid says. #russianmedia
— Steve Buttry (@stevebuttry) April 12, 2013
Streaming TV is a walled garden, but YouTube is a way around TV’s paywall, @midvid says. #russianmedia
— Steve Buttry (@stevebuttry) April 12, 2013
Cycling mag launched cycling.tv gets 250K page views/day, reaches global niche audience of 1.2 M, @midvid says. #russianmedia
— Steve Buttry (@stevebuttry) April 12, 2013
Cycling TV was profitable in its 3rd year, @midvid says. Ah, if only all TV/digital operations were that patient. #russianmedia
— Steve Buttry (@stevebuttry) April 12, 2013
YouTube premium channels producing high-quality videos in many niches, funded by targeted ads: youtube.com/yt/advertise/o… #russianmedia
— Steve Buttry (@stevebuttry) April 12, 2013
One more time! Will YouTube introduce paid channels in niche areas? McCafferty raises interesting question. #russianmedia
— Randy Covington (@Rcovington4) April 12, 2013
Lots of speculation that YouTube original channels will eventually be paid services, @midvid says. #russianmedia
— Steve Buttry (@stevebuttry) April 12, 2013
News Corp. being “very, very coy” about how many people are paying for newspaper content online, @midvid says. #russianmedia
— Steve Buttry (@stevebuttry) April 12, 2013
Roundtable discussion at #russianmedia is discussing merits of paywalls. Sigh.
— Steve Buttry (@stevebuttry) April 12, 2013
Angry Birds is free, but @midvid‘s son wants the eagle (which you pay for) & movie & TV show are on their way. #russianmedia
— Steve Buttry (@stevebuttry) April 12, 2013
Scott Farrand says technology is “just a pen I pick up.” Journos need to know how to use tools, but need to learn storytelling #russianmedia
— Steve Buttry (@stevebuttry) April 12, 2013
Gloomy newsrooms suck the life’s juices out of many young journos, @maestrobuckryan says. #russianmedia
— Steve Buttry (@stevebuttry) April 12, 2013
A Russian journalism professor laments the discussion of business models in #russianmedia. @silaksu explains why we discuss biz & journalism
— Steve Buttry (@stevebuttry) April 12, 2013
Maria Lukina of Moscow State U leads off panel on partnerships of journalism schools. #russianmedia. twitter.com/stevebuttry/st…
— Steve Buttry (@stevebuttry) April 12, 2013
European Journalism Training Association promotes international exchanges & internships for J-students, faculty: ejta.eu
— Steve Buttry (@stevebuttry) April 12, 2013
.@rcovington4 discusses U of South Carolina Newsplex collaboration w/ WAN/IFRA. #russianmedia twitter.com/stevebuttry/st…
— Steve Buttry (@stevebuttry) April 12, 2013
.@rcovington4 discussing various partnerships of Newsplex: newsplex.sc.edu The focus is on storytelling, not platform. #russianmedia
— Steve Buttry (@stevebuttry) April 12, 2013
Newsplex work has moved into leadership & strategy, @rcovington4 says. #russianmedia
— Steve Buttry (@stevebuttry) April 12, 2013
Newsplex & Russian collaborators developed website to teach journalism in Russia: newmediaedu.ru/cdnewsplex/ind… #russianmedia
— Steve Buttry (@stevebuttry) April 12, 2013
Group of Russian students did better stories on audio exercise (on Grammys) than U.S. profs did the week before at Newsplex. #russianmedia
— Steve Buttry (@stevebuttry) April 12, 2013
Scott Farrand discusses Newsplex web design training at Moscow State University. #russianmedia twitter.com/stevebuttry/st…
— Steve Buttry (@stevebuttry) April 12, 2013
Slide from an audio slideshow produced by Russian students at Newsplex training. #russianmedia twitter.com/stevebuttry/st…
— Steve Buttry (@stevebuttry) April 12, 2013
Newsplex visit to Moscow led to Facebook group of Russian new media teachers, which remains active & helpful. #russianmedia
— Steve Buttry (@stevebuttry) April 12, 2013
75% of Kenyan Internet use is on mobile. Villages w/o electricity in homes have phone-charging stores, @rcovington says. #russianmedia
— Steve Buttry (@stevebuttry) April 12, 2013
My tweets make @rcovington4‘s slides about importance of social media. #russianmedia twitter.com/stevebuttry/st…
— Steve Buttry (@stevebuttry) April 12, 2013
Newsplex education priorities: shift to mobile; video integration, big data, social media, relationship to audience. #russianmedia
— Steve Buttry (@stevebuttry) April 12, 2013
Sergei Kanarev speaks about challenges facing Russian bloggers. #russianmedia twitter.com/stevebuttry/st…
— Steve Buttry (@stevebuttry) April 12, 2013
Grigory Pasko discusses training for bloggers. #russianmedia twitter.com/stevebuttry/st…
— Steve Buttry (@stevebuttry) April 12, 2013
.@nytimes story when Pasko was freed from prison: nytimes.com/2003/01/24/wor…
— Steve Buttry (@stevebuttry) April 12, 2013
Wikipedia entry on Pasko, a famous figure in Russian journalism & fight for press freedom: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grigory_P…
— Steve Buttry (@stevebuttry) April 12, 2013
IREX has sponsored gender workshops to promote gender equality in Russian media & to fight gender stereotypes. #russianmedia
— Steve Buttry (@stevebuttry) April 12, 2013
Michael Mirny of IREX discusses how blogging & digital tools provided independent news sources. #russianmedia twitter.com/stevebuttry/st…
— Steve Buttry (@stevebuttry) April 12, 2013
When people search yandex.ru, leading Russian search engine, first offerings are independent news sources. #russianmedia
— Steve Buttry (@stevebuttry) April 12, 2013
Map shows Russia in “difficult situation” for press freedom. US is yellow, not white: fully free. #russianmedia twitter.com/stevebuttry/st…
— Steve Buttry (@stevebuttry) April 12, 2013
A better version of the press freedom map: fr.rsf.org/IMG/jpg/2013-c…
— Steve Buttry (@stevebuttry) April 12, 2013
.@silaksu discusses #russianmedia training programs. twitter.com/stevebuttry/st…
— Steve Buttry (@stevebuttry) April 12, 2013
A picture of a video of me shooting a picture. Now if you get a screenshot of it … #russianmedia twitter.com/stevebuttry/st…
— Steve Buttry (@stevebuttry) April 12, 2013
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