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Warner Music reveals about the maine Group (WMG) anchorage maine investigates is the first label partner signed on to use the Eos platform, and it already plans to add such functionality to the sites for Atlantic artists Laura Izibor and Sean Paul. Other artist sites will migrate to the platform over the course of the year."As the Web shifts from the enterprise to the consumer in terms of where the traffic is coming from, the social media revolution -- which is all about fans interacting with artists -- is going to provide an enormous opportunity," said WMG executive vice president of digital strategy and business development Michael Nash. "This is a recognition that having a social media strategy is not just about partnering with social networks, but it's also about what we do with our direct-to-consumer efforts."Eos features include data analytics, content management and site administration capabilities, but it's the social networking that gets Cisco's foot in the door. That a company the size of Cisco is dedicating an entire division of resources to the effort speaks volumes on how significant an opportunity it expects the field to present in the years ahead.According to the company's internal market research, 36 percent of fans seek entertainment content directly from the branded site of the provider -- be it a music artist or a TV show. Today, that traffic is largely promotional, with few opportunities for fans to interact the way they do on MySpace or Facebook.Several site development tools with a social networking focus have been around for years, particularly one called Ning, which powers several existing artist-focused social networks.

But outside of a few pioneering artists like 50 Cent and Kylie Minogue, few labels or artists have made much of an effort to turn it into a standard practice."A lot of the interaction around artists occurs on MySpace or Facebook, where neither the label or the artist particularly monetizes those types of things," said Dan Scheinman, senior vice president/general manager of Cisco's Media Solutions Group.Exactly how WMG or other labels plan to monetize their artists' sites using the platform remains to be seen, but Scheinman said it will build the system with online advertising and sponsorship models in mind."This is really about managing these websites as businesses," Nash said.Reuters/Billboard Technology Music Media anchorage by the sea maine . LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Television makers are scrambling this year to lay the groundwork for 3-D TV, hoping viewers will be able to reach out and touch their movies as soon as 2010, when the global economy may begin to recover ap tour the maine . Entertainment  |  Technology  |  TelevisionNow that flat-panel TVs -- once the belles of the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas -- have become de-rigueur in many homes around the globe, the world's top TV manufacturers are searching for the next big idea to spark consumer demand.At this year's show, several displayed and discussed advances in three-dimensional, high-definition (HD) TV in the home, led by Panasonic, which says it is trying to have the framework of an industry-wide standard completed this year.Their selling point: bringing the in-your-face, out-of-the-screen immediacy of 3-D pioneering movies such as "Jaws 3D" directly into the living room."Panasonic doesn't think that 3-D, full HD for the home is far away at all," said Yoshi Yamada, chairman and chief executive of Panasonic Corp of North America during his CES address on Wednesday bars maine . "We are discussing this now with other major manufacturers and Hollywood studios.""But for 3-D, full HD systems to succeed, we know that there needs to be 3-D, full HD content," he said.With this in mind, Panasonic is marshaling its forces.The Japanese firm is talking with Oscar-winning director James Cameron -- who helmed the top-grossing "Titanic" -- on his upcoming 3-D film "Avatar."It's building a 3-D, Blu-ray disk-authoring center that it hopes will open in February and allow Hollywood studios to create commercially available titles with this technology by 2010.And it has opened discussions with unspecified rival manufacturers.EARLY ADOPTERSNew media technologies, and the audio and video that play on them, must be developed hand-in-hand bay maine . Otherwise, the industry risks another prolonged format-war, such as the ones revolving around Blu-ray versus HD-DVD or, further back, VHS versus Betamax.With the global economy on its knees and consumers thinking twice about even basic purchases like fuel and clothing, analysts say it's uncertain whether the new technology will take off, especially since so many consumers have just purchased new flat-screen TVs."It's taking a little time to do that. There's a lot of elements to it in terms of getting content created and how we work with the content community," said Tim Baxter, executive vice president of sales and marketing at Samsung Electronics America."It also involves a social dynamic of wearing glasses and ... how many people do it."Manufacturers already make TVs they say are capable of displaying three-dimensional images without the need for polarizing glasses, but most experts agree a truly high-quality image is farther down the road.For now, Panasonic and Samsung are forging ahead with their initiatives, hoping to catch the economic and industry upturn.In Las Vegas, Panasonic showed off its new home theater system, which -- along with special eyeglasses -- enables the viewing of 3D FHD images via a Panasonic 103-inch plasma TV and a Blu-ray player.Samsung also debuted its own 3-D monitor at the show.(Additional reporting by Gabriel Madway; Editing by Edwin Chan) Entertainment Technology Television.

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