How Music and Video gaming links with the online media

• Music
• Download music off the internet
• also stream music from the internet using different software
• Unknown artists can make a name for themselves and show off their music to people worldwide simply by using a video camera and filming themselves singing and several well known artists have been signed after being spotted on you-tube and sbtv.
• Demands of the record label can be met to promote the artists by showing images and videos of the artist online.
• Artists can download software to their own homes to create tracks without the need for a professional studio to produce professional tracks
• Consumers and fans can keep up to date with what the artist is doing and give feedback and discuss with other fans what they enjoy.

• Video Games
• can download games wherever you are so no need to be close to a gaming store.
• can play against other gamers around the world instantly creating a new dimension to the games.
• Games on social media sites allow people to play against their friends and play alongside their friends and play whilst talking to people so it has created the new style of the casual gamer.
• Faults within games can be rectified with updates and gamers can purchase new features to enhance the gaming experience and extend the product life cycle.
• can play the games without having to store the software on the hard drive so it means computers do not have all the memory used up and can play it anywhere there is a computer and carry on the process via streaming.

Initial thoughts

1. explore more, internet was very limited in its uses before.

• contact people who haven't spoken to for a long time.
• video streaming e.g. Skype
• faster internet and also download more software
• free downloads have encouraged non professionals to create software e.g. Mark Zuckerberg creating facebook form uni

2) 

• Advertise things all over the internet sites to get your name known
• Easier to share media products e.g. Music video (SBTV)
• can watch films on the internet using free sites or can watch clips on Youtube (positives and negatives of free film/music sites)
• technology is so good that people can do what they like using different software to make music, films etc.
• faster to get the product from the initial idea to the finished product that the consumer has via streaming.

3) 

• People can now leave comments and feedback on blogs or music channels for people all over the world so they can improve them and produce higher quality future work that suits consumer needs.
• people can now shop online which is helpful as you can do it in your own home
• Companies can track what you buy or look at which helps as the company can keep improving to drag in more customers over the internet

4) 

• people can now go on the internet using their phones and other electrical devices and access media products including youtube and the news
• access media products anywhere on the move using 3g and wifi.