Transmedia Hollywood is a conference, in its third year, which I used to work on. It is a joint venture between UCLA’s producer’s Program Chair Prof. Denise Mann and legendary scholar and now USC professor Henry Jenkins. 
Orly Ravid: "In today’s digital distribution market, which ranges from VOD to iTunes and other smaller online outlets, the numbers are hard to find or verify." Via The Digital Rocking Chair 
Last month, we covered the relaunch of Prescreen, a curated, on-demand video platform. Via Richard Kastelein & Adriana Hamacher 
New Media Age (subscription)Hollywood Studios Warm To Apple's iCloud EffortWall Street JournalApple executive Eddy Cue showed off the range of options at Wednesday's launch event for the device, at which Apple also announced a new version of its... Via Richard Kastelein & Adriana Hamacher 
Marketers are increasingly using major events, such as the Super Bowl and The Oscars, to kick off or premier new product campaigns. Consumer electronics giant Samsung is no exception. 
Any hot ad shop can win awards--but how about papal condemnation? 72andSunny provoked a furor when it put His Holiness in a lip-lock with grand sheikh Mohamed Ahmed al-Tayeb for a Benetton campaign. 
Amazon continues to ramp up the amount of video content it offers for free to its Amazon Prime subscribers. Via Richard Kastelein & Adriana Hamacher 
For the first time, fantasy-based role-playing computer video game franchise Risen, which targets teens, will be available in a new medium thanks to a licensing partnership between Penguin Children's Books and global interactive game developer and... On Feb. 8, NBC News will debut the documentary series Hidden Planet hosted by Richard Engel on the Rock Center with Brian Williams iPad app, the first time the network has premiered a series on an iPad app.Monthly travel documentary show Hidden Planet debuts Feb. 
High quality global journalism requires investment. Please share this article with others using the link below, do not cut & paste the article. See our Ts&Cs and Copyright Policy for more detail. Email ftsales.support@ft.com to buy additional rights. http://aboutus.ft.com/2011/11/18/ft-web-app-registers-one-million-users/#ixzz1e5Br9sQ6 The Financial Times has registered another digital milestone with the FT Web App seeing over one million users since its launch in June. Via Morten Myrstad 
But innovation is nothing without a strong commercial capacity. In the new media space, establishing good working relationship with brands and agencies is key. Via siobhan-o-flynn Latitude Research helps clients create engaging content, software and technology that harness the possibilities of the Web. Join us in exploring where the Web can go next and how you can help lead the way. |
'Over the course of nearly two hours, there was an animated discussion of a single theme "Creative Economies: Commercial vs. State-Based Models"' ... Via The Digital Rocking Chair 
In support of the highly anticipated May 4 feature film Marvel's The Avengers, Marvel Entertainment has joined forces with Toys 'R' Us to launch a multi-pronged retail experience featuring Avengers-themed in-store boutiques in nearly 600 US Toys...
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In partnership with the EF, Mother Jones will publish 10 photo essays at MotherJones.com or in Mother Jones magazine, reaching a combined audience of 4 million people. Mother Jones creative director Tim J Luddy describes the new partnership as based on mutual ambition: “What documentary photographers capture in pictures – those fraught human moments in the face of adversity, outrage, or absurdity – is what Mother Jones captures in journalism...” Via siobhan-o-flynn 
Stuart Dredge: 'Kids need to have some time with cardboard, paint and Lego,' says creator Chris O'Shea... Via Karen B Wehner 
On March 12, 2012 at SXSW, Yahoo! will be holding a unique filmmaking panel on the future of storytelling media titled “Times Are a’Changing: Digital Storytelling Today.” Moderated by Erin McPherson, VP, Head of Originals/Video at Yahoo! Via siobhan-o-flynn 
New York's technology entrepreneurs are finding increasing resources for navigating the marketing world, thanks to the help of agencies. 
Ratcheting up competition with HBO, Netflix will produce 13 episodes of a new comedy series, "Orange is the New Black."... 
Random House Children's Books and Sesame Workshop will partner on creating, marketing and selling books from the Sesame Street library. Via Karen B Wehner 
Moonbot Studios has been turning heads with its imaginative and exquisitely crafted iPad applications for kids, and now a spinoff of one of these apps, a short animated film, has been nominated for an Academy Award. Directed by William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg, The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore draws its inspiration from "Hurricane Katrina, Buster Keaton, The Wizard of Oz, and a love for books," blending cutting-edge digital animation with a haunting silent-film aesthetic ...
See Digital-Storytime's 5-Star Review of The Fantastic Flying books of Mr. Morris Lessmore: http://digital-storytime.com/review.php?id=241 Via Carisa Kluver 
Tweets. Whoa! University of Toronto: Oohalala Mobile Launches North America's First Campus Augmented Reality Game http://t.co/I0mm5Kn2 15 minutes ago; A Visual History Of Twitter [Infographic] | Tracking Transmedia ... Via Richard Kastelein & Adriana Hamacher, Karen B Wehner 
The Financial Times has acquired London-based application development firm Assanka, which built a nifty HTML5 web app – and other applications – for the publisher. Via Morten Myrstad 
Yves Behar is one of the most successful designers working today. But that success owes a great deal to the novel venture model he created, investing in the clients whom he works for. |
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