The Open Media Globe

Challenges for Open Media

Submitted by erin on Mon, 08/10/2009 - 00:00

Innovations in new media have made it easier for the general public to choose their own news stories.  The Open Media Project is based on the ideal of decentralized media: given the open-source tools, individuals can produce media for their community that is valuable and will foster a truly democratic environment.  As corporate news organizations all over the world continue to lose money and close businesses, it is interesting to see that they still cling to a centralized model that does not connect with the open-source way of the future.  Media executives' increased enrollment in programs

About Open Media Foundation's BTOP Application

In the fall of 2009, The Open Media Foundation, Free Speech TV, and the Alliance for Community Media cooperated in an application for the first round of BTOP Stimulus funds available for Sustainable Broadband Adoption Projects. As of 2010, that application is still pending, but in case it is rejected, we are preparing a proposal for the second round, with its revised guidelines. If our first-round proposal is accepted, second-round applicants will be included as alternates.

Open Media Project Implementation at PCM, ACM Conference and Open Media Mixer

Submitted by erin on Fri, 07/17/2009 - 00:00

Portland, OR at PCM Headquarters - Tony, Ann, John and Kevin all trekked to Portland for an exciting and busy week.  First, Denver Open Media met with PCM’s Daniel Sasser to complete the OM install and also met the rest of the station in order to get them acquainted with the tool set.  John summed up the week’s progress on groups.drupal.org, saying:

Denver Open Media at the 2009 Western Mass Drupal User Meetup

Submitted by erin on Thu, 06/25/2009 - 00:00

Amherst, MA at ACTV Headquarters - ACTV offered the Denver Open Media group a very warm welcome during their Drupal User Meetup.  Jim Lescault, Executive Director, and Craig Sinclair, Community Media Coordinator, introduced the team to the Drupal group. This event served as an excellent platform for a session devote entirely to the Open Media Project where John Montgomery explained the Denver Open Media workflow and the toolset developed for the installations at all six beta stations.  See the videos by following the links below:

Denver Open Media Presents at the 2009 Open Video Conference

Submitted by erin on Sat, 06/20/2009 - 00:00

NYU Law School, New York City - John, Brian, Kevin and Tony presented at this year’s Open Video Conference with other open source software projects to give their two cents about the evolving free share web environment.  In The Open Video Alliance’s own words:

Drupal Design Camp Boston

Submitted by erin on Sun, 06/14/2009 - 00:00

Boston, MA at MIT - A very informative Drupal conference at a very prestigious locale, The Design For Drupal team put together a range of speakers to present on the various strategies that Drupal groups are utilizing to help bolster this community.  Please visit the official website for videos, slides, and presentation notes from the conference.  I also have a link to a basic

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    • Open Media Project Implementation at Davis Media Access

    Submitted by erin on Mon, 05/25/2009 - 00:00

    Davis, CA at DMA Headquarters - The Denver Open Media group went to Davis, CA to implement the Open Media system as a part of the Knight sponsered project to develop six beta stations.  Davis Media Access (DMA) is a community media center serving Davis, CA and surrounding areas. DMA's main projects are DCTV Channel 15 on the Comcast cable system - public access television; Educational Access Channel 17 on the Comcast cable system; and KDRT-LP, 95.7 FM, Low-power community radio for Davis and beyond.  The trip was successful as Kevin mentioned @groups.drupal.org:

    Denver Open Media hosts Open Media Camp

    Submitted by erin on Sun, 04/19/2009 - 00:00

    Denver, CO at DOM Headquarters - The Open Media Camp was launched with the intention of increasing communication and good relationships among community media centers and Drupal developers.  Stefan Wray, program director at channelAustin, wrote a nice little summary:

    Open Media Project Implementation at BNN

    Submitted by erin on Thu, 03/26/2009 - 00:00

    Boston, MA at BNN Heatquarters - The Denver Open Media team met with BNN's IT Systems Coordinator, Lane Bourn, to complete the OM install.  Brian Hiatt, DOM's Director of Technology, gave a brief statement on what was learned at BNN:

    "In Boston we were able to pull the ffmpeg binary out of ffmpegx, install it on one of their Mac Pros, and then use that desktop as the encoding box for their open media implementation. This gets us one step closer to the dream of being able to convert our edit labs to encoding labs during off hours."

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