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Study mobile filmmaking at USC and UCLA!

Want 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.

AP Live: Did You Watch the Red Carpet on Your Phone?

“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.

Watch the Oscars Red Carpet on Your Mobile Phone

In 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.

Video for the iPhone 101: Studying Mobile Filmmaking

Up 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.

Behind the Mobile DTV Scenes

At 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.

The Brewing Battle Over Spectrum

Why 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.

Six Tips for a Digital Transformation

At 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.

Brightcove Unveils Mobile Experience for Adobe Flash Player 10.1

At 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.

Shooting People and Babelgum: a Mobile Content Partnership

Shooting 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.

Cross Media NYC Conference to Highlight Mobile

The 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.”

Mobile Video of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Models

The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue just hit news stands and gives readers a way to instantly receive videos of the models on their phones. They’re called JAGTAGS and MobilizedTV readers can give it a try: Access the exclusive content by sending a photo of a “mobile beauty” JAGTAG, which will return a video via MMS directly to your phone.

LG Electronics: Engineering Behind Mobile DTV

LG Electronics just demonstrated the handsets–and detailed the technology–at a recent conference on Mobile DTV held in Washington D.C. by the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC). “Our challenge in developing the mobile DTV physical layer was to ensure that the current method of transmitting over-the-air HDTV was not negatively affected by the addition of mobile programming,” Bretl said.

Telegent: Free-to-Air Mobile TV in the Global Market

Telegent has been making analog mobile TV receivers since 2006. The company’s integrated chip is integrated into more than 80 handsets in Asia, Europe, African the Middle East and Latin America. MobilizedTV spoke with Telegent VP of marketing Diana Jovin about the company’s history, current position in the industry and where its product might fit in North America.

Mobile Video: All You Need to Know About Creation & Distribution

Produced in association with Fun Little Movies, and moderated by Fun Little Movies president/COO Frank Chindamo, this NATPE 2010 panel on mobile video featured Catherine Warren, president, FanTrust Entertainment Strategies, Jonathan Barzilay, SVP of programming and advertising at FLO TV and Amber Lawson, comedy publisher of Babelgum. What content delivers the best ROI? What are the best practices for monetizing mobile video?

Mobile Tools for Producers: Do You Need an App?

In a NATPE 2010 panel sponsored by the Producers Guild of America and its New Media Committee and Mobile Committee, moderator and producer John Heinsen of Bunnygraph Entertainment and a group of panelists talked turkey about some of the real life tools required to produce mobile content.

mSpot Launches Horror Movie App

If you’re a fan of creepy, campy horror movies, you’re in luck. Mobile entertainment provider mSpot has just launched a subscription-based iPhone app devoted to the best of the bunch, making full-length movies available instantly, without downloading, waiting, or syncing to PC. The mSpot Horror Movie App costs $3.99 for unlimited access for one month to the list of 10+ movies, which are refreshed weekly.

ATSC to Hold Mobile DTV Seminar

If you’re interested in delving more deeply into Mobile DTV and you live in the Washington, D.C. area, think about signing up for Advanced Television Systems Committee’s one-day seminar on the topic. An ATSC spokesperson said that non-ATSC members were welcome to attend the seminar. The ATSC Mobile DTV Seminar will take place from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm at the Hogan & Hartson Law Offices, Fullbright Conference Center at 555 13th Street, NW in Washington. DC

What’s Playing on Mobile DTV?

Mobile DTV just launched at CES 2010, but there is already a lot of TV you can watch on one of those Mobile DTV devices. To prove that point, the Open Mobile Video Coalition (OMVC) showcased the programming that local broadcasters can deliver, including live, local and national programming. Do you see any programming you wouldn’t mind watching on a mobile device? Here’s the live simulcast content that visitors to Vegas could watch at CES 2010 on mobile devices compatible with the broadcasters’ ATSÇ signal

CES 2010: Mobile Wrap-Up

One billion people will own a smartphone by 2013. That statistic was bandied about in the days before CES and the best description of the ecosystem that will make mobile content, entertainment, commerce and marketing/advertising an immense force in the media landscape.

The energy behind Mobile DTV is impressive. The Open Mobile Video Coalition has been busy making alliances and convincing manufacturers to build devices that are compatible with the ATSC signal. Having watched the painfully slow creep towards High Definition for nearly two decades, the speed with which Mobile DTV has been standardized and productized is breath-taking.

CES 2010: Mobile DTV Launches

MobilizedTV predicted going into CES 2010 that it would be a big show for the introduction of new mobile devices and products. And so it is. CES 2010 is also the grand entrance of Mobile DTV, the U.S. broadcasters’ mobile play. Here’s a rundown on some of the most prominent launches at the show.