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ReGenesis II nominated for iTV Award @ Banff

Banff World Television Festival has announced the nominees for the 27th Annual Banff World Television Awards. 101 programs from 24 countries are competing, including a TV + ARG I’m currently playing, ReGenesis II: Extended Reality Game, which has been nominated in the interactive television category. Last year, the ReGenesis won the best website at the Gemini Awards. Congrats … Read moreReGenesis II nominated for iTV Award @ Banff

Dream Machines

I think everyone is aware of so-called ‘convergent devices’: devices that provide functions (such as text, sound, moving image, net-enabled) that have previously only been available is separate units. A premium example is Microsoft’s upcoming Origami [see YouTube video]. I like the idea of a device that can do everything, but I don’t like the idea … Read moreDream Machines

Attracting Audiences & Digital Storytelling

For those in Melbourne, Australia, next week, I’ll be co-presenting at the Australian Film, Television and Radio School seminar: The Business of Digital Distribution. I’ll be drawing the relationship between distribution and attracting audiences. The objectives of the event are: analyse the benefits of new digital distribution models develop strategies for incorporating digital distribution into their development … Read moreAttracting Audiences & Digital Storytelling

Another Cross Media Book!

Drew Davidson — who is a permanent resident on my blogroll, and alongside Monique De Haas, is one of the first cross-media researchers I met online all those years ago — is bringing out a book on designing cross media projects: Cross-Media Communications: an Introduction to the Creation of Integrated Media Experiences. Drew is academic … Read moreAnother Cross Media Book!

World First: Academic Citation Generator for Blogs

It is with great pleasure that I announce a wonderful new plugin for blogs: Academic Citations. The plugin automatically generates citations at the foot of every blog post in five common formats: AMA, APA, Chicago, Harvard, and MLA. It is well documented and installation is simple: upload and activate the plugin, insert a line into … Read moreWorld First: Academic Citation Generator for Blogs

Update on my CME talks in industry & academia

I just thought I’d give an update on talks I’ve given , will be giving, this year on cross-media entertainment and polymorphic narrative (other than my usual teaching). This year so far I’ve delivered seminars in my capacity as a mentor with LAMP for Bush TV and just yesterday for the Australia Council for the Arts: … Read moreUpdate on my CME talks in industry & academia

CME = 360 Content = Entertainment Everywhere!

Thanks to the heads-up from Gary, an interesting new* term and industry approach to cross-media entertainment/cross-platform content/blah/blah/blah is happening at the MipTV/Milia event: 360 Content. The conference thread is a largely BBC affair on multi-platform content: a Content 360 Digital Pitching Competition. In conjunction with sessions of what the BBC is interested in hearing pitched, they’ll … Read moreCME = 360 Content = Entertainment Everywhere!

Video interviews with Top Media Practitioners & Marketers

Jason Romney is a Melb Barrister who is also the founder and CEO of itvworld.com. He attends every new media event that goes on and harpoons the best speakers for a video chat. He shares these interviews for free through iTunes and at his website: netvideo.com.au, in many formats: Quicktime for Mac users Flash Video for Windows … Read moreVideo interviews with Top Media Practitioners & Marketers