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Getting the Broadcast Station Ready for Mobile DTV
Mar 17 by Rich Chernock | No CommentsAs a newly-emerged technology, ATSC Mobile DTV offers broadcasters a very appealing opportunity to introduce popular services that not only support new business models, but also have the potential to contribute to greater viewer retention. Some of the changes needed to add Mobile DTV capabilities to a station obviously involve the addition or modification of equipment
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No Flash for You! Apple’s On-Going Bid to Rule the Content World
Mar 16 by Debra Kaufman | No CommentsToday, MobilizedTV links to a blog post by author Jim Flynn, founder/CEO of EZTakes. Since most big media companies won’t license content for download without copy protection, and Flash has content protection features, Apple wants to keep Flash out so that Apple/iTunes will be the exclusive legal source of premium videos and e-books on all iPads, iPods and iPhones, says Flynn.
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Dream: The Storyboarding App from Plai
Mar 12 by Debra Kaufman | 4 CommentsDream is a new iPhone app from Plai that allows the user to design a poster, write an outline and create storyboards without knowing how to draw. “That way,” says creator Fernando Jimenez,” You can focus on what’s important: being creative.” The app is aimed at “directors, writers, editors, cinematographers, producers, art directors, animators or storyboard artists looking to master their craft,” says Jimenez.
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Study mobile filmmaking at USC and UCLA!
Mar 10 by Debra Kaufman | No CommentsWant to learn how to conceptualize, writer, produce and post produce mobisodes? If you live in Los Angeles, you’ll have two opportunities to learn from mobile content pioneer Frank Chindamo, president/Chief Creative Officer, Fun Little Movies. By the end of the class, you’ll have posted your first three episodes of a mobisode.
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AP Live: Did You Watch the Red Carpet on Your Phone?
Mar 08 by Debra Kaufman | No Comments“My original reaction when I read about it on MobilizedTV was one of high skepticism,” says one MobilizedTV reader. “You can’t watch Flash on an iPhone.” But skepticism turned to admiration, he says, at 3 pm on Sunday when the Oscars Red Carpet began.
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Watch the Oscars Red Carpet on Your Mobile Phone
Mar 05 by Debra Kaufman | 10 CommentsIn a move by Associated Press (AP) and their technology partner Livestream, AP Live Entertainment is debuting this Sunday at the Oscars Red Carpet. This new video widget will enable viewers to watch celebrities parade down the Red Carpet live on the iPhone, iPod, Blackberry, or Android.
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Mobile Film Festivals
Mar 04 by Debra Kaufman | 1 CommentThe following is a comprehensive list of all the film festivals for movies, animation, games, comedy, mobisodes, music videos and other content for the mobile phone or other mobile devices. It also includes festivals looking for content shot with a mobile camera.
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Video for the iPhone 101: Studying Mobile Filmmaking
Mar 03 by Debra Kaufman | 1 CommentUp until now, making mobile content has been trial and error. But now you can actually study mobile movie-making at U.S. universities. MobilizedTV sat down with Bart Weiss, a professor in the film & video area of the art department of the University of Texas at Arlington. Prof. Weis has not only been teaching mobile movie-making to a group of students, but, as founder of VideoFest–a 22-year old video festival–has encouraged a mobile angle.
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Behind the Mobile DTV Scenes
Feb 25 by Debra Kaufman | No CommentsAt the HPA Tech Retreat, I had breakfast with a few high-level broadcast and cable executives, who talked about TV spectrum, mobile, the wireless industry and other hot button topics. As the proverbial fly on the wall, I was there with the understanding that I would not reveal anyone’s identity or refer to them in any resulting article. I’m bringing you the salient points of the conversation with these Mystery Men, with the hope that the conversation–albeit anonymous–is enlightening.
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The Brewing Battle Over Spectrum
Feb 24 by Debra Kaufman | 1 CommentWhy should you care about the TV spectrum? In short, because the battle that’s brewing over it will impact TV, broadband and mobile. The argument from the wireless industry is that most people watch TV over cable or satellite, making OTA (over-the-air) a decreasingly important means of TV watching. The broadcasters are circling the wagons.
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Six Tips for a Digital Transformation
Feb 23 by Debra Kaufman | 3 CommentsAt the Tech Retreat of the Hollywood Post Alliance–a confab of high-level tech executives in Hollywood–mobile TV was a topic of interest. ATSC’s Jerry Whitaker updated Mobile DTV, and an Ernst & Young analyst gave six tips for moving into the digital age.
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Brightcove Unveils Mobile Experience for Adobe Flash Player 10.1
Feb 16 by Debra Kaufman | No CommentsAt the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, online video platform Brightcove launched its Brightcove Mobile Experience for Adobe Flash Player 10.1, enabling easy delivery of optimized video across smartphones running Flash Player 10.1. Those phones include Google Android, Symbian S60, Palm webOS, Windows Mobile and RIM BlackBerry.
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Shooting People and Babelgum: a Mobile Content Partnership
Feb 15 by Debra Kaufman | 2 CommentsShooting People and Babelgum announced a strategic relationship on the opening day of the 60th Berlinale, in Berlin, Germany. With the terms of this partnership, a Shooting People curated selection of short films in the genres of Fiction, Documentary, Animation, Music Videos and Artists’ Film, will reach a global audience via Babelgum’s online platform and its free application for Apple’s iPhone & iPod Touch and Google’s Android devices.
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Cross Media NYC Conference to Highlight Mobile
Feb 11 by Debra Kaufman | 1 CommentThe first CROSS MEDIA NYC conference, to examine the media business in a cross media world, is slated to take place Wednesday, March 10 at the Scholastic Theater in New York from 6pm to 9:30pm. “Cross media is the business of media crossing platforms, and the revenue streams, where the money is,” explains McGarry. “Mobile is likely to be one of the cornerstones of what will become cross media.”
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