LOS ANGELES — The online social networking site MySpace.com and reality TV producer Mark Burnett are teaming to launch the search for an independent presidential candidate. The political reality show “Independent” comes with a $1 million cash prize. But there’s a catch: the winner can’t keep the money. The prize can be used to finance … Read moreBurnett, MySpace, Reality TV & Politics: "Independent"
EA AND ENDEMOL ANNOUNCE CREATIVE PARTNERSHIP FOR VIRTUAL ME CANNES, FRANCE, – April 16, 2007 – Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS), the world’s leading interactive entertainment software company, and the Endemol group, a global leader in television and other audiovisual entertainment, today announced a creative partnership for the development of Virtual Me, a new … Read moreEA & Endemol's "Virtual Me"
Dan Taylor has this great post about Heroes. Why is it great? It lists just about (not everything) every element NBC offers with Heroes, which as a cross-media researcher, saves me alot of time. I’ve been looking at Heroes and can see some really great things, and some bad ones. It seems they are separated … Read moreAll (most) the elements of Heroes listed
This blog, Beyond the Tube, looks like it is just an aggregator of press releases to major broadcasters, but that is pretty helpful in itself. Indeed, the latest post is pretty interesting: TV Guide magazine, one of the most popular magazines in the country, with 21 million readers each week, has partnered with NBC and … Read moreBeyond the Tube & My Name is Earl Cross-Media Sniff
The Creator of Heroes talks about the 360 Experience. Check it out
The narrative relationship between the Ghost Whisperer TV show and their new websiodes looks interesting: Explore the world as seen through the eyes of an earthbound spirit with GHOST WHISPERER: THE OTHER SIDE, an original scripted online companion series to CBS’s GHOST WHISPERER, streaming free of charge on CBS’s broadband channel innertube (www.cbs.com/innertube) starting today … Read moreParallel Narrative: Webisode & TV for Ghost Whisperer
Twitter is an application (see on the top of my left sidebar) that allows you to post a 140 character limit message. The basic idea is that you comment on what you are doing. But people are using it in all manner of ways. Here are some ways it is being used in entertainment: NonFiction: … Read moreTwitter and entertainment
A few weeks ago I was interviewed by a journalist for the Sacramento Bee newspaper. The article, Beyond the Box: Games, Role-Playing, Virtual Worlds: TV goes interactive on the Web, was written by Rachel Leibrock and features quotes from Matt Bostwick of MTV (who I’ve posted about recently) and Tim Stevens. It is funny what … Read moreMe in the Sacramento Bee!
Jak Bouman told me about this research resource developed by Australian Paul Budde when I was in Sweden! Here is a bit from his bio: He specialises in the strategic planning of interactive services such as video media, Internet, multimedia and intelligent and value-added networks based on telecommunications, broadband and satellite networks. His particular expertise lies … Read moreTelecommunications Research Portal: Budde.com.au
Just recently, at the Virtual Worlds 2007 Conference, Matt Bostwick of MTV spoke about MTV’s use of virtual worlds. They have created virtual worlds for the television shows Laguna Beach and The Hills and soon also for Pimp My Ride. Bostwick has stated the metrics for the ‘worlds’ created with There.com technology: [T]he metrics for … Read moreMTV's "4D"