tunespoon
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www.tunespoon.de | |
motto | streaming alternative |
description | Online music television channels |
languages | German |
Published | 2004 |
status | offline |
tunespoon was a project initiated by students at Furtwangen University in 2003, which offered music videos free of charge via internet stream . tunespoon described itself as online music television and was presented by the initiators as an alternative to the commercial music television stations VIVA and MTV . Tunespoon has been offline since spring 2008.
philosophy
The aim of the project was to offer bands and their music videos a platform for the presentation of their music videos regardless of their musical orientation. This should also give unknown artists the chance for their videos to be seen by a music-loving community, thus promoting the diversity of music video culture in Europe.
Awards & nominations
- In 2005 tunespoon was awarded the Alternative Media Prize in the Internet category.
- In 2005 tunespoon received a nomination for the Grimme Online Award 2005 in the category "Culture and Entertainment".
- In 2006 tunespoon received the LeadAward bronze for the web feature of the year.
- In 2006 tunespoon was nominated for the 2007 Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany .
technology
The front-end and back-end of tunespoon were completely in-house developments by students from the Furtwangen University , Faculty of Digital Media. As a streaming server came Microsoft Media Server used that the live video stream over the MMS protocol set available. For foreseeable load peaks (e.g. after press releases, press reports, interviews, etc.), remote cache / proxy or relay servers from cooperation partners could be used.
design
Both the corporate design and the web design of tunespoon were created by students of the Furtwangen University , Faculty of Digital Media. The design was nominated in 2007 for the design award of the Federal Republic of Germany .
Formats
- Gene reformates
- Other formats
- "hotpot" - colorful clip mix
- "launched" - new videos
- "interactive" - interactive format for voting (by mouse click, not by SMS)
- Foreign formats (supplied)
founder
The founders were
- Florian Brandel ( idea , project management , software development , media technology , cooperations )
- Christian Enßlen ( Finance , Marketing & Public Relations , Content )
- Uwe Erlenwein ( software development , media technology , design )
- Kirsten Franke ( Marketing & Public Relations , Content )
- Martin Schmid ( content , design , media technology , software development )
- Johannes Wagner ( media technology , project management )
- Konstantin Hartmann ( design )
- Professor Albrecht Schäfer-Schönthal (project supervision)
Web links
- tunespoon
- whiskey-soda.de - the alternative music magazine
- Article Spex of January 13, 2005
- Netzwelt article from January 18, 2005
- Netzwelt article from September 1, 2005
Individual evidence
- ^ Winner of the Alternative Media Prize 2005 ( Memento from June 21, 2016 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved on August 17, 2016.
- ↑ Now , March 11, 2005 article . Retrieved August 18, 2016.
- ^ Nominated Grimme Online Award 2005 ( Memento from December 2, 2011 in the Internet Archive ). Accessed August 17, 2016.
- ^ Winner of the LeadAwards 2006. Accessed on August 17, 2016.