Kinoma Notes

For over 60 years, the Reith Lec­tures have been given by a dis­tin­guished group of sci­en­tists, diplo­mats, artists, philoso­phers and other inter­na­tional fig­ures. Named after Lord Reith, the first Direc­tor Gen­eral of the BBC, they started in 1948 and con­tinue to this day.

The goal? To advance pub­lic under­stand­ing of the impor­tant issues of their day. The result? “A jour­ney through the great names and thinkers of the last 60 years”, as put by Andrew Cas­pari, the BBC’s head of Speech Radio Interactive.

BBC Radio 4 just made more than 240 of these lec­tures avail­able to the pub­lic. Today we’re happy to announce that they’re now at your fin­ger­tips with Kinoma Play.

So — irrel­e­vant, bor­ing lec­tures by dull aca­d­e­mics, right? Not if you’re into his­tory, or hear­ing amaz­ing peo­ple talk about issues that still res­onate decades later.

For exam­ple, a 1952 lec­ture by his­to­rian Arnold Toyn­bee exam­ines the impact of west­ern­i­sa­tion in Mus­lim coun­tries. And even in 1969, lec­tures by ecol­o­gist Frank Fraser Dar­ling helped estab­lish the debate sur­round­ing the pro­tec­tion of the envi­ron­ment as he warned of the onset of global cli­mate change.

Great, how do I find them?

You can find them in Kinoma Guide at Providers > BBC > Reith Lec­tures Archive, or just search the guide for “reith”.

(The “Reith Lec­tures 2011-” cat­e­gory cur­rently just has a wel­come mes­sage from the BBC, but this year’s 5 lec­tures will appear here as they become available.)

Enjoy!

Are we miss­ing other cool inter­net con­tent? Please take a few sec­onds to let us know! Just send links and short descrip­tions to content@kinoma.com and we’ll add them to Kinoma Guide for every­one to enjoy.

Kinoma Play puts an amaz­ing amount of great con­tent at your fin­ger­tips. Even if you stick to Kinoma Guide, you can enjoy some­thing new every day and never play the same thing twice.

But what if you want to play some­thing that isn’t in Kinoma Guide or Kinoma Play’s other apps? Open URL to the rescue!

To use Open URL, just open the menu from the Home screen and choose Home > Open URL.

Sup­ported formats

The powerful-but-unassuming Open URL fea­ture allows you to open links in any for­mat sup­ported by Kinoma Play. And there’s a lot of them…

• Video — Kinoma Play sup­ports MPEG-4 Video SP, AVC/H.264 BP (Base­line Pro­file) and MP (Main pro­file) video, 3GPP (same as MPEG-4), Flash Video (Soren­son Spark codec), Quick­Time Movie (same as MPEG-4) and Win­dows Media 9 (WMV9 codec) video for­mats. For stream­ing, Kinoma Play sup­ports HTTP, RTSP, and MMS streaming.

• Audio — Kinoma Play sup­ports MP3, AAC (iTunes), aac­Plus, Flash Video (MP3 in an FLV), Win­dows Media Audio 9, and Audi­ble audio, plus FLAC loss­less audio and uncom­pressed WAV. For stream­ing, Kinoma Play sup­ports HTTP, RTSP, MMS and Audi­ble stream­ing. It also sup­ports all pop­u­lar playlist for­mats, includ­ing ASX (Win­dows Media), M3U, PLS, PVX and XSPF.

• Pic­tures & Images — Kinoma Play sup­ports JPEG, PNG and BMP image for­mats, plus Quick­Time VR panora­mas, either stand­alone or in RSS photostreams.

• Playlists — Kinoma Play sup­ports all pop­u­lar playlist for­mats, includ­ing M3U playlists (.m3u), Playlists (.pls), Win­dows Media playlists (.asx), RSS and OPML.

As you can see, that cov­ers almost every pop­u­lar for­mat used on the web today.

Tips and tricks

• Use a URL short­ener like goo.gl or bit.ly to make a short URL that’s easy to enter on your phone.

• Or avoid typ­ing alto­gether. Copy a link from your email client or browser, then use Open URL — its “clip­board auto-paste” fea­ture will enter it for you.

• Cre­ate playlists in the cloud to make per­sonal lists of links, then use Open URL to add them to your Favorites (and from there to your Home screen, etc). Both Box.net (upgraded accounts only) and Drop­box let you get direct links to files that can be used with Open URL, and are per­fect places to store your cus­tom playlists.

We hope this enhances your enjoy­ment of Kinoma Play! And if you have any ques­tions or com­ments, please let us know in our forum.

We had such a great time at gdgt live in San Fran­cisco last month that we’re doing it again this Tues­day night!

When: Tues­day, June 21st, 2011 from 7–10pm
Where: The Alt­man Build­ing, 135 West 18th Street, New York, NY
Who: Marvell’s Kinoma team + a bunch of the other hottest brands in tech.
How: This event is free, all-ages, and open to the public…invite your friends!

RSVP right here:

We’ll be show­ing off the next ver­sion of Kinoma Play on a giant touch-screen dis­play and talk­ing with mobile app devel­op­ers about the new Kinoma app platform.

Whether you’re a Kinoma Play fan, a devel­oper inter­ested in the new plat­form, or a mobile enthu­si­ast who wants to learn more, we hope to meet you there!

The spir­i­tual mother of shows like The Daily Show, The Onion is a pow­er­house of news par­ody and satire. When­ever you need a laugh, “America’s Finest News Source” is just sec­onds away in Kinoma Play.

The Onion’s come a long way from roots as a slim paper for Uni­ver­sity of Wisconsin–Madison stu­dents. Once The Onion intro­duced their web­site in the mid-90s, it soon because a cul­tural force. A Com­edy Cen­tral buy­out gave The Onion the abil­ity to bring their unique brand of humor to other medi­ums, includ­ing the Onion News Net­work and Onion News Radio that you can enjoy in Kinoma Play today.

In April 2009 The Onion was awarded a Peabody Award, which noted that “the satir­i­cal tabloid’s online send-up of 24-hour cable-TV news was hilar­i­ous, tren­chant and not infre­quently hard to dis­tin­guish from the real thing.”. In fact, wackos and the main­stream media alike have a his­tory of mis­tak­ing arti­cles from The Onion as actual news.

Sounds great! What’s available?

• 24 Hour News — Com­pletely unbi­ased report­ing of national and inter­na­tional fake news, this par­ody of 24-hour news chan­nels presents impor­tant sto­ries like, “Sources Warn Miley Cyrus Will Be Depleted By 2013″.
• A.V. Talk — The web’s smartest movie and tele­vi­sion review show, hosted by the edi­tors of Onion’s A.V. Club. With new episodes on Fri­day, A.V. Talk is your required view­ing for the weekend.
• A.V. Talk [Large] – A very-high-quality edi­tion of A.V. Talk, per­fect if you’re on Wi-Fi and have a fast device.
• In the Know — A par­ody of Sun­day morn­ing pun­dit shows where a cur­rent polit­i­cal event is exam­ined earnestly by a panel from com­pletely bizarre angles.
• Onion News Net­work — All videos by the Onion, includ­ing videos from The A.V. Club.
• The Onion Radio News — America’s Finest News Pod­cast, cov­er­ing sto­ries like, “Rich First-Grader Buys Whole Sheet Of Gold Stars”. Hosted by old-school (and fic­tional) news­caster Doyle Redland.
• Today Now! — A par­ody of morn­ing lifestyle and news pro­grams com­plete with smarmy, clue­less hosts, cov­er­ing human-interest sto­ries like, “Being A Detec­tive Who Talks To Ghosts Not As Excit­ing As TV”.

Where do I find it?

You can find The Onion in Kinoma Guide, in Providers > The Onion. Or, just search for “onion” or one of the shows above.

Enjoy!

As usual, this new Kinoma Guide con­tent is free for all Kinoma Play customers.

Are we miss­ing cool inter­net con­tent? Please take a few sec­onds to let us know! Just send links and short descrip­tions to content@kinoma.com and we’ll add them to Kinoma Guide for every­one to enjoy.

Hel­loooo sports fans! Today we’ve got a major ESPN update for you.

Now you can find all ESPN Pod­Cen­ter pod­casts, plus ESPN Radio streams from across the coun­try, in Kinoma Play’s always-handy Kinoma Guide.

Wow, what’s available?

You can lis­ten in to 34 live ESPN Radio streams, includ­ing national streams and regional streams from L.A. to New York.

ESPN Pod­Cen­ter col­lects all ESPN pod­casts into one con­ve­nient cat­e­gory. There’s con­tent from ESPN TV and ESPN Radio, plus orig­i­nal con­tent that you can’t get on TV or radio.

• 1st and 10 — ESPN First Take’s Jay Craw­ford and Dana Jacob­son ref­eree the always-heated dis­cus­sion as Skip Bay­less and guests debate the day’s top ten stories.
• Around the Horn – Host Tony Reali and four reporters from across the coun­try debate the hottest issues of the day with points awarded for good arguments.
• The B.S. Report – ESPN.com and ESPN the Magazine’s Bill Sim­mons talks about his favorite things in sports: the Celtics, the Red Sox, his fan­tasy team and more.
• Base­ball Today – What every­one is talk­ing about in base­ball: Water­cooler talk from ESPN.com contributors.
• Behind the Bets – ESPN Insider Chad Mill­man explores the cul­ture of sports gambling.
• The Ben & Skin Show – Ben and Skin bring their brand of sports talk and humor to 103.3 ESPN Radio. Ben and Skin were born and raised in the DFW area and have cred­i­ble opin­ions and com­pelling analy­sis for Dallas/Ft. Worth sports fans.
• Best of Mike and Mike – A daily offer­ing of the best of ESPN Radio’s Mike and Mike in the Morning.
• Car­men, Jurko and Harry – Join Car­men, Jurko & Harry week­days from 2p-6p on ESPN 1000 — Chicagoland’s Leader in Sports.
• ESPN Boston Radio – ESPN Boston Radio with Adam Jones brings you a com­pre­hen­sive look at the Boston sports scene: the Red Sox, Patri­ots, Celtics, Bru­ins and more.
• ESPN Radio Daily – The best news, opin­ions and com­men­tary heard on ESPN Radio each day.
• ESPN Radio: Grid­iron Recap – ESPN Radio cov­ers all of Sunday’s foot­ball action and hears from the week’s top performers.
• ESP­Nsoc­cer­net – Join Dan Mason and the ESPN team for news and debate on Eng­lish foot­ball. Tune in for analy­sis on all the goals, inci­dents and talk­ing points on the Bar­clays Pre­mier League, UEFA Cham­pi­ons League and beyond.
• ESPNU Col­lege Bas­ket­ball – Doug Got­tlieb and Andy Katz give you an all-access pass inside the world of col­lege basketball.
• ESPNU Col­lege Foot­ball – ESPNU Col­lege Foot­ball gives you an all-access pass inside the world of col­lege foot­ball, uti­liz­ing ESPN’s sta­ble of reporters and analysts.
• ESPNU Col­lege Lacrosse – The ESPNU Lacrosse pod­cast gives you an all-access pass inside the world of col­lege lacrosse. ESPN Lacrosse ana­lyst Quint Kessenich inter­views the top coaches, play­ers and analysts.
• Fan­tasy Focus Base­ball – ESPN Fan­tasy experts Matthew Berry and Nate Ravitz pro­vide fan­tasy base­ball player pre­views, game overviews, injury reports and strategy.
• Fan­tasy Focus Bas­ket­ball – Mike Yam and Keith Lip­scomb pro­vide weekly fan­tasy bas­ket­ball player updates, injury news, strat­egy and more.
• Fan­tasy Focus Foot­ball – ESPN Fan­tasy experts Matthew Berry and Nate Ravitz pro­vide daily fan­tasy foot­ball player pre­views, game overviews, injury reports and strategy.
• First Draft – Mel Kiper Jr. and Todd McShay share their weekly take on the upcom­ing NFL draft.
• Foot­ball Today – NFL updates, analy­sis and opin­ion from ESPN’s team of experts.
• Gal­loway & Com­pany – A writer and colum­nist for the Dal­las Morn­ing News from 1966 through July 1998, and now a colum­nist with the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Randy Gal­loway also uses his sports exper­tise to dom­i­nate the radio waves.
• Grid­iron Recap – ESPN Radio cov­ers all of Sunday’s foot­ball action and hears from the week’s top performers.
• Gross Point Blank MMA – Josh Gross brings fight fans inside mixed mar­tial arts.
• Heavy Hit­ting Box­ing – Kieran Mul­vaney cov­ers box­ing for ESPN.com and Reuters. Sev­eral times a week, Mul­vaney will dis­cuss upcom­ing matchups, com­ment on past bouts and look at the sto­ries behind the fighters.
• Hockey Today – ESPN’s weekly take on the NHL fea­tur­ing experts Barry Mel­rose, E.J. Hradek and more.
• Jayski – Mark Gar­row pro­vides NASCAR news, rumors, stats and info.
• Jim Rome is Burn­ing (JRIB) — A sports con­ver­sa­tion and opin­ion show hosted by Jim Rome.
• LA Sports Live – Down­load the daily dose of LA Sports Live that you missed right here with the high­lights of each day’s show.
• Mason & Ire­land – Steve and John talk to the sports news mak­ers and the sports news break­ers daily from the 710 ESPN Car­max Stu­dios at L.A. Live.
• Michael Kay – The Voice of the Yan­kees and host of YES Network’s “Cen­ter Stage” brings his exper­tise and insight on New York sports to 1050 Lis­ten­ers dur­ing their after­noon drive. The Bronx native’s pro­gram gets you prepped for the evening’s games while enter­tain­ing you with good-natured humor throughout.
• The Michelle Bea­dle Pod­cast – Michelle Bea­dle joins the pod­cast uni­verse for a weekly show fea­tur­ing a mix of sports and pop culture.
• NBA Today – ESPN Radio’s Ryen Rus­sillo cov­ers all the lat­est news, rumors and opin­ion in the NBA along­side ESPN’s team of experts.
• On The Tee – ESPN.com golf edi­tor Jason Sobel takes a look at the world of golf.
• Open Mike – Mike Tirico takes an in-depth look at the top sto­ries from the world of sports, focus­ing on the issues sur­round­ing the biggest events.
• Page 2 – From ESPN.com’s Page 2, Mike Philbrick and DJ Gallo break down sports with humor and satire in their own unique way.
• Par­don The Inter­rup­tion – Wash­ing­ton Post colum­nists Tony Korn­heiser and Michael Wilbon face off on the day’s hot topics.
• The Poker Edge – Poker Pro Phil Gor­don brings you the lat­est news in the poker world and pro­vides “Expert Insight” on the game itself. Spe­cial guests have included: Daniel Negre­anu, Phil Hell­muth, Howard Led­erer and Chris Ferguson.
• Scott Van Pelt Show – A daily best of The Scott Van Pelt Show on ESPN Radio.
• Tony Korn­heiser – A daily dose of the best of The Tony Korn­heiser Show.
• Sports­Beat – Mike Tirico’s two-minute take on the sports news of the day.
• Thun­der­ing Herd – A daily dose of the best of The Herd with Colin Cowherd.
• Wad­dle & Silvy – For­mer Chicago Bear Tom Wad­dle and Marc Sil­ver­man talk Bears, White Sox, Cubs, Bulls, Black­hawks and more from ESPN 1000 — Chicagoland’s Leader in Sports.

Sport­stas­tic! Where do I find it?

You’ll find ESPN Pod­Cen­ter and ESPN Radio in Kinoma Guide > Sports & Recre­ation.

Enjoy!

As usual, this new Kinoma Guide con­tent is free for all Kinoma Play customers.

Are we miss­ing cool inter­net con­tent? Please take a few sec­onds to let us know! Just send links and short descrip­tions to content@kinoma.com and we’ll add them to Kinoma Guide for every­one to enjoy.