I’ve attended many industry conferences that claim to be addressing the theme of ‘cross-media’ and ‘transmedia’. I’ve also assessed the schedules of those I haven’t attended from afar. I have not seen one that really understands what it is, and so they do not select the right speakers or ask the right questions. Well, I’m … Read moreBest Transmedia Conference Ever!
The web is buzzing (well, parts of it) with gossip about a project that is in beta-test mode. The Venice Project is…um…I can’t really say because they’re not. This is what they do say: We’re working on a project that combines the best things about television with the social power of the internet – a … Read moreSssh: The Venice Project
There has been alot of talk about ‘disaggregation’, of the unbundling of content, and the subsequent phenomenon of micro payments and so on. What this refers to is services like iTunes that offer the user/consumer/iPodian the opportunity to purchase a single song rather than the whole album. Or one can purchase a single article rather … Read moreFrom Disaggregation to Cross-Media Bundling
Andy Kessler, a hedge fund manager, has written this interesting but sceptical account of the state of media: Media 2.Uh-Oh.
Here are some books, presentations, papers, posts and shows that I either have read and love or don’t have yet but will very shortly: Andrew Rollings and Ernest Adams’ update to their ‘…On Game Design’ book: Fundamentals of Game Design (and check out the companion site for designers & educators!); Latest edition of the Design … Read moreMixed Bag o' Goodies again
On Friday December 29th ABC’s 7.30 Report broadcast a segment on Second Life. It featured academic mates Dr Angela Thomas and Sal Humphries — who I have referred to before in my articles on SL (and who also recently wrote this article on gaming and story for The Australian), Entropia maven David Storey and me. … Read moreMe on ABC TV
Hoodlum Entertainment, the company behind the multi-platform dramas Fat Cow Motel and more recently PSTrixi, have created a multi-platform drama that for UK broadcaster the Independent Television Network (called ‘ITV’). Here is info from Tracey Swedlow’s [itvt]: Dubbed the “Emmerdale Channel,” the new project will launch on Christmas Day, in association with a one-hour “Emmerdale” episode, … Read moreRegister now to 'play' multi-platform project Emmerdale
[itvt], the world-leading newsletter on interactive television run by Tracey Swedlow, are running their own industry event: The TV of Tomorrow Show on March 13th-14th in California. It will be the first industry event to focus exclusively on the delivery of interactive TV on multiple platforms (e.g. cable, satellite, telco TV, wireless, Internet TV, DVRs, … Read moreTV of Tomorrow
Here is a round up of some interesting links (the first 3 I gathered from Henry Jenkins’ blog): Accomplished film academics Kristin Thompson and David Bordwell have a blog; Kathleen Fitzpatrick and Avi Santo have started MediaCommons: MediaCommons, a project-in-development with support from the Institute for the Future of the Book (part of the Annenberg … Read moreMixed Bag o' Goodies
The 2007 BBC Innovation Labs are now seeking ‘indies’ to get involved. The Innovation Labs are a series of creative workshops for interdisciplinary teams of professional creative technologists, application designers, software developers and interactive media designers. We are inviting independent new media companies from across England and Scotland to pitch ideas in response to a … Read moreBBC Innovation Labs Looking for Cross-Media Solutions