There is event coming up in Oz that should be an interesting screen industry event. Melbourne On Screen is happening Nov 11-19 but does not have a live site yet. It is described as ‘Australia’s largest celebration of Film, TV and New Media’. At present you can sign up to receive info when it is … Read moreMelbourne On Screen Event
Gary Hayes, who was the Senior Producer and Development Manager of the BBC for 8 years and who is currently the Director of LAMP, has a blog. If you want to be privvy to the thoughts and insights of a producer who has his finger firmly on the pulse of the future, subscribe to his … Read moreGary has a blog
A special report on IPTV is now available (for a fee). IPTV: Broadband meets broadcast The network television revolution is ‘an influential independent study presenting the key issues that every senior executive and decision maker involved in media and communications needs to know and understand about the future of television. This comprehensive 200 page report … Read moreIPTV Report
At the American Film Institute’s recent Digital Content Festival, [itvt]’s Tracy Swedlow conducted short interviews with a number of attendees, presenters and organizers. The interviews covered such topics as which interactive TV/multiplatform projects showcased at the Festival were most inspiring, what are the most significant developments in interactive TV today, and what is the current … Read moreProfessional Commentators on Cross-Media
There is a special double episode of Criminal Intent being broadcast in Oz this Sunday that could be akin to what I think is one of the best cross-media works: the Homicide tv show and Second Shift detectives on the web. I’ll explain the Homicide work first. In the late 1990s the Homicide TV show … Read moreDetecting Cross-Media TV
Simultaneous cross-media release will be the norm. I’ve heard a few producers mention this, even the Director-General of the BBC has unveiled that their tv shows will be simulataneously available for download on the web. I thoroughly support this move and have been anxiously waiting for it for some time. When a movie is released, … Read moreCross-Media Release will be the Norm
Channel 4 is now commissioning mobile phone content, just like TV shows. They’re looking for: – Innovative applications and formats that use the mobile platform – Unique made-for-mobile shows and content that are un-related to broadcast output – Video content to complement your broadcast commission, for example extra scenes or ‘mobisodes’. They have also launched … Read moreChannel 4 Commission Mobile Content
Sony Japan is jumping on providing manga comics on mobile phones. Rather than just provide the images, Celsys’ has developed a program, Comic Surfing, that shows each frame and slowly surfs over the whole comic, makes the phone vibrate on action scenes and will have sound. A video on the comics is online at Wireless … Read moreManga on Mobiles
The program for The Australasian Conference on Interactive Entertainment (IE2005) is now online. It looks like a great mix of subjects (they haven’t listed the speakers unfortunately). I did plan to submit but I didn’t get time to finish a paper. I plan to attend though. It is on the 23-25 November in Sydney, this … Read moreInteractive Entertainment Program Up
Here is info about what some of the best cross-media creators are doing in Australia, from the Laboratory for Advanced Media Production that was run in Melbourne yesterday. It was great being around producers and creators who are committed and contemplate cross-media storytelling. I cannot upload my presentation, as there are still more workshops being … Read moreLAMP Update