Sydney Hops On The Online Bandwagon

The Sydney Symphony is going digital, striking a deal with Australia’s largest internet service provider to offer streaming audio and video of ten concerts in the 2006 season, beginning with opening night. The videocast, in particular, sounds as if it will beak some new ground, with five cameras in place to record the action. “With no record companies to take a cut… Sydney Symphony could be looking at a lucrative new model for generating revenue from digital recordings.”