Following up on my curation of my blog from last year - "One Year In Transmedia" - I today published "One Year In Now Media". It's a curation of this blog, with a number of articles divided into subsections according to topic. It's available for free on Slideshare on a Creative Commons license. I'm very…Read more One Year in the world of Transmedia and Multiplatform Storytelling
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Future Media 2.0 – some thoughts
First Motion, a pan-Baltic area EU project, organised a conference this week in Riga, Latvia, and were kind enough to invite me to attend and take part in a panel discussion on funding and transmedia. From two pretty packed days, here are some thoughts I had: Transmedia, cross media, multiplatform – no matter what you…Read more Future Media 2.0 – some thoughts
Cross-platform Pitch Up! ahead
TL;DR - Pitch event in London 5.12. Early stage cross platform ideas submitted by 15.11. Events that actually look for great multiplatform / transmedia content aren’t THAT prevalent at the moment. There is the Pixel Market, Tribeca have been on the lookout for some, there’s Sundance to some extent, the Content 360 competition at MIPTV……Read more Cross-platform Pitch Up! ahead
The Space Trainees
A trailer of our language training cross media game show for kids, The Space Trainees. It's a bit neat.
Workshopping cross media format
Me and a colleague are holding a workshop on cross media format development in Sweden at the moment.As a quick reflection from watching the student digging into the depths of how to create a functioning cross media whole, some things do come to mind.- to create a cross media concept is pretty easy. the hard…Read more Workshopping cross media format
The secret behind successful tv formats, no 8
Had a lot to do yesterday, adn the missus flew off to Vilnius, so apologies for not updating. Here, no 8 on the list of the things that IMHO are important when devising a new tv format.8. Keep up with trends and anticipate themThe recent economic crisis in the US and worldwide wasn't that hard…Read more The secret behind successful tv formats, no 8
Out for a PICNIC?
If you're interested in cross media, in the latest findings and projects and in meeting company and research people from all over the world, you could do worse than attending PICNIC in Amsterdam in September. Topics include: The Global Mind, The Tupperware Economy, Almost Real (3D Cinema etc), Future Urban Spaces (How can we develop…Read more Out for a PICNIC?
CSI:NY vs Second Life – how did it go?
Well, being situated in Finland I had a bit of a problem catching the CSI:NY program itself, so haven't seen that one. I did, however, log on to Second Life to have a look around, and yes, in that end Electric Sheep made it all work pretty darn well.Judging by the response from some other…Read more CSI:NY vs Second Life – how did it go?
Cross media and television, match made in heaven
Tonight on CBS there'll be something pretty nice to look forward to, for all the viewers in the US and all Second Life players worldwide. See, what they're doing is basically widening the CSI:NY brand into Second Life, which at first glance has the definite ability to be awesome. Although there are some who think…Read more Cross media and television, match made in heaven
Oh
Been some time since I wrote something. Been a couple of hectic weeks as well - the week leading up to last week was all filled with preparations for MIPTV, whereas last week was filled with... well, you guessed it, MIPTV.A weekend at the hospital with the astmathic son was also part of the agenda,…Read more Oh
Simon Staffans // Evolving Media 