RE: [kFW] Draft letter to DTI asking for support...

["John McHugh" <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Daniel,
Hope you're all well at Kendra, good to see the list starting again. I'm
down here in the Qmediastream.com Cannes office for the summer and have
watched you gearing up for the DTI stuff. As an aside have you seen, are
you aware of the technology currently being utilised by our channel
partners at Servecast. They have a deal with Clipstream who can deliver
any content to any browser without having to have a player. We've been
using g this for about eight months now and it's very user friendly and
extremely reliable. The hosting and bandwidth etc are all well thought
out and the media interface for encoding and loading and then streaming
are great. Is this where Kendra is going? I know it's a commercial
proposition but worth a look:
http://www.servecast.com/clipstream/demos.html
John

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-k-framework@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-k-framework@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Daniel
Harris
Sent: 30 July 2002 13:03
To: k-framework@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [kFW] Draft letter to DTI asking for support...


Hi Tim and All,

At 09:19 29/07/2002 +0100, Tim Snape wrote:
 >looks like a good start.

Cool! I sent it out before heading off to Big Green Gathering, which was

great, by the way.

 >When you present to the DTI,  I'd suggest making the fruits of the
kendra  >initiative available for other initiatives to use. ie A
significant amount  >of UK gov. support is going towards content
creation. The kendra initiative  >could provide the delivery vehicle for
this content - once created.

Yup. Good point to emphasise this. We have always said that the Kendra 
system is an open architecture and that any code coming from any Kendra 
project would be open source and have no cost. This system is intended
for 
ALL content owners and ALL consumers.

It is important to note that Kendra will not charge to for code but to 
actually use the system people will need to run it and these service 
providers may charge for their services, which is fair. By the way, I've

always said that Kendra Initiative (or Foundation for that matter) will
not 
be a service provider.

 >I have been in talks with South West Regional Development Agency and
the  >Gov. Office for the South West (DTI) and there is a clear need for
a Kendra  >like delivery vehicle.

Please do tell them about Kendra and get them involved and pushing for
it. 
Get them to fund it!

 >I would also suggest aiming a little higher. THe EU Commission is
spending  >16 billion euros over the next 4 years on various R&D
activities under  >Framework Programme 6. Kendra could fit very nicely
into this.

Seriously, how high do you think I'm aiming? I need feedback. Do you
mean 
aim higher than the DTI? Or aim higher in terms of project goals? Or
amount 
of funding we're going for?

I have been invited to a meeting of the eContent group in Luxembourg in 
November. Is this group connected with FP6? FP6 also has a conference is

November but in Brussels.

I really need help with this stuff. I am of far better use to the Kendra

project when I am creating and promoting and not trawling through yards
of 
documents or filling out forms to get funds in. I really don't want to
get 
bogged down in fundraising. How do I get a fund raiser?

Cheers Daniel