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KCRW iPhone Applications Released

By Nathan Lubeck | May 26th, 2009
After much hard work, Apple finally approved a set of iPhone video applications from KCRW (for In Studio on Morning Becomes Eclectic and Good Food). Both apps cost $0.99 and proceeds go to supporting KCRW. There were quite a few components of the project that needed to come together in very short period of time: the [...]
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KCRW Acquisition Campaign

By Nathan Lubeck | April 23rd, 2009
Recently setup an email acquisition campaign where sign-ups are verified through a two step process and users are sent an iTunes code to download the new KCRW Mix. Acquired sign-ups are exported in CSV and imported into CRM software. The system is entirely integrated into Plone (email templates and all) and the confirmation/verification emails are [...]
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McCabe’s at 50 Nominated

By Nathan Lubeck | March 12th, 2009
The McCabe’s at 50 Plone page I created is a finalist in the 2nd Annual National Entertainment Journalism Awards by The Los Angeles Press Club for Best Feature Online. UPDATE: The McCabe’s page was beat by the LA Times — it’s still pretty cool to have been a finalist.
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KCRW Tracklist System

By Nathan Lubeck | March 3rd, 2009
Just completed the new KCRW tracklist system. Instead of the old (and outdated) table based static system, KCRW.com now has an auto-updating tracklist complete with AJAX effects, integrated ads, RSS feeds, etc… NEW FEATURES User Experience: A significantly improved user experience through better design and functionality. Search: Unlike our previous playlists these pages are fully searchable with data [...]
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LRC Live

By Nathan Lubeck | November 7th, 2008
This coming Sunday at 5PM I’ll be working with Interactive Producer Rob Lafond to do a live webcast of Left, Right, and Center Live at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica. We’ll be using Flash Media Live Encoder and Limelight Networks to stream live video via Flash Player. Check out KCRW.com Sunday to watch [...]
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Kyte.tv Mobile Content

By Nathan Lubeck | October 21st, 2008
A few months back I contacted Tesa from Kyte.com to find a way for volunteers during the KCRW pledge drive to interact with listeners. We setup a webcam streaming volunteer comments via branded Kyte player and received around 150,000 player hits in a week. Since then the station purchased Nokia N95 8gig phones to hand [...]
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Guest DJ Art

By Nathan Lubeck | October 17th, 2008
The Guest DJ Art I designed was featured on NBC.com. Check out the audio sets at the KCRW guest DJ Page (including Conan O’Brien, John Favreau, Danny DeVito, etc) — The “mic” branding at top I designed early this year.
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KCRW Media Player featured on Adobe

By Nathan Lubeck | October 17th, 2008
The Flash based media player we at KCRW and Digitaria worked so hard on was featured today in Adobe’s Customer Showcase as the “Site of the Day” Previously mentioned in Wired and given a Webby honorable mention. The player serves up on-demand and live video through a CDN network. Ads and pre-rolls are served through Castfire.
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