Montréal,
February 6, 2006 – The SAT invites all those interested in
IP media to participate in the Thermo[SAT] blog, a vehicle dedicated
to offering a strategic overview of the Internet’s continuing
impact on the traditional media landscape.
2006,
thanks to the greater availability of high-speed Internet access and
the clear evolution of new technologies for distributing digital material,
will be the year for video over Internet. This will lead into a noticeable
increase in services and new business models triggered by the commotion
the Internet has created for the cultural industries and information
media.
The
mission of the bilingual Thermo[SAT] blog (www.thermosat.qc.ca),
a SAT initiative, is to witness and explore the evolution of the new
digital distribution infrastructure the Internet provides, as well as
the ways that individuals and groups can create and share their creative
work.
Specifically,
the articles posted on Thermo[SAT] will focus on current and coming
changes that affect traditional media, such as radio, film and television
as they struggle with the emergence of mobile broadband distribution,
photostreaming, videoblogging and Internet Protocol Television(IPtv).
Each week, Jon Husband (Vancouver) and Michel Dumais (Montréal),
the two bloggers responsible for the Thermo[SAT] blog, along with René
Barsalo, Director of Strategy and Liaison with the SAT, will provide
observations and analyze the social, cultural, economic and technological
impacts of these major changes on the fabric of culture and the media.
This
blog has been created as part of a research initiative, financially
supported by Canadian Heritage, which seeks to better understand the
impacts of new technology on cultural practices and issues.
This
site is funded by Canadian
Culture Online.
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For more
information :
René Barsalo – Director, Strategy & Liaison
Society for Art and Technology
[email protected]
+1 (514) 835 0350
Hugues
Monfroy – Director, Communications
Society for Art and Technology
[email protected]
+1 (514) 844 2033 extension 203
About
[SAT]
[SAT] is a place of convergence for the creative community which uses
digital technology. Its objective is to stimulate interdisciplinary
collaboration between artists and technological, scientific researchers
while building effective alliances with industry, learning institutions
and promoting the capabilities of SAT members in Canada and abroad.
Situated
in a square surrounded by universities and industry, the SAT is a not-for-profit
organization founded in 1996 to offer to the public an experimental
context for creators, experimental researchers, artists in a period
of research or development and young people who are self-directed learners.
www.sat.qc.ca
