SALUTING A DECADE OF STREAMING AUDIO: REMEMBERING A DAY IN THE LIFE OF PARIS
This post on Slashdot.org reminds me of one of the first marketing webcasts I ever produced with a fabulous team of experts in Paris, France, 1996: Ss Old writes "This month, streaming audio turns 10. Though first introduced by Real, streaming multimedia is so commonplace today it's hard to believe that it didn't even exist 10 years ago. In line with one of their previous press releases, RealNetworks has released a mysterious website and letter from CEO Rob Glaser celebrating 10 years of Internet streaming audio, as well as announcing a yet-to-be-revealed 'revolution' in digital media. 'On April 26, we are changing the rules of the Internet again, and digital music will never be the same.' Here is their press release from 1995 (when they were still Progressive Networks) announcing the first streaming Internet multimedia."
Posted by Zonk on Sunday April 24, @02:28PMfrom the now-more-than-ugly-pixels dept.
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C'est La Vie un BON JOUR January, 1996, Paris, France
As chairman and organizer of the Paris, Francie Internet/ITV conference from 1995 to 1997 I had a great opportunity to meet and greet the VIP's in the earliest multimedia arena and to actually test some of the earliest 'new tech". In January, 1996 when my marketing client online website IFNET (think a cross between SECOND LIFE and TRAVELOCITY and SLATE) wanted to me to organize something 'special' to justify their trip to speak at my conference, we came up with the idea of doing a WEBCAST for a full day from PARIS, FRANCE. Thanks to my pal media guru Mary Duda, Duda Designs, Liz Heller, then a top exec at Capital Records and a small group of techies, we created one of the first streaming audio webcasts lasting 16 hours. With real-time interaction from viewers around-the-world. The webcast garnered attention on CBS NEWS, the front page of the LONDON TIMES EUROPEAN EDITION and scores of other radio, television and online interviews globally.
Here's The LONDON TIMES jpeg along with some of the sponsors that we got involved with IFNET online and off. 
DAY IN THE LIFE OF PARIS: webcast 1996 included:
*Breakfast at the Cordon Bleu-- including omelet making demos.
*Lunch at Planet Hollywood Paris
*Martinis at the Hemmingway Bar at the Ritz (yes, that Ritz)
*Fashion shopping at Yve St. Laurent couture house
*Dinner at an Air France charity benefit
*Live chat with Parisian singles and California chicks/dudes.
*Downloadable and real time digital photos
*Streaming audio -- real-time
*Real-time email replies
*Chat group
*Followup discussion board
*Jazz and cabaret at the Meridian Hotel, Paris --live streaming tunes/music and interview with cabaret singer.
for more info, email me at [email protected] and I'll reveal the details of one of the most fascinating experiences of the early web.