How the BBC is quietly, confidently shaping the future of TV –– from FastCompany.com by Kit Eaton
[On Monday] morning the BBC launched a whole new version of its iPlayer app, destined for connected TVs that sport a Net connection. In essence this means the BBC has taken its TV content online, added on-demand features, advanced search powers, playability on multiple platforms both mobile and static, and then fed all of its lessons back into an app…for TVs.
Amazon acquires Pushbutton — from pushbutton.tv
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Pushbutton have announced today that Amazon.com, Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN). have acquired Push Button Holdings Ltd.
“Pushbutton has a strong reputation for delivering amazing user experiences on connected devices,” said Greg Greeley, Amazon’s Vice President of European Retail. “They were instrumental in helping launch the LOVEFiLM player through a variety of devices, and we look forward to helping them continue to innovate on behalf of customers.”
“With Amazon and LOVEFiLM’s support, we look forward to offering our clients, as well as their customers, even more ways to access digital services in the future,” said Paula Byrne, Pushbutton Managing Director.
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Planit, a concept app from Pushbutton.
Image: Pushbutton
Storytelling: Digital technology allows us to tell tales in innovative new ways — from guardian.co.uk by Aleks Krotoski
As the tools available to publishers grow more sophisticated, it’s up to us to experiment and see what sticks
Setting the pace while editing: Video 101 — from onlinevideo.net
Sometimes you need a fast cut and sometimes something slow suits the mood. Learn how you can tell your story more effectively by setting the pace.
Intel predicts Smart TV is the device of the future — from nyxiotechnologies.com’s blog
Chipmaker Intel believes that the Smart TV is the electronic device of the future, in the living room anyway.
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The Smart TV is already upon us, in its various forms from various manufacturers. It has arrived with 3D capabilities, web browsing and social networking and applications. Currently Samsung and LG seem to be two of the big players pushing the Smart TV to consumers.
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My thanks to Mr. Tim Pixley, for posting this resource out on LinkedIn.
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This also nicely illustrates why I believe we need to use teams of specialists to create and deliver our learning materials (June 2009).
X Media Lab Presents: The 2011 Jeff Gomez Transmedia Masterclass Series (Australia)
Part I: The Power of Transmedia Storytelling
Part II: Immersion & Incubation
Part III: Development
Part IV: Production
Part V: The Future of Transmedia Narrative
Storytelling gets an upgrade: Beyond tactile stories — from digitalbookworld.com by J.C. Hutchins, novelist and transmedia storyteller
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Over the course of my two previous pieces on storytelling upgrades, I showed how tactile and kinetic features native to the iPad can be linked to traditional narrative devices, such as foreshadowing. However, where it gets really exciting is how the device can unlock a deeply interactive and immersive environment in which the “reader” is an integral part of a nonlinear story—all narrative features that cannot be rendered in print.
Up to now, I had been focusing on the tactile and kinetic, but there are dozens of ways exist to leverage the iPad’s other built-in features, including…
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StoryWorld Conference + Expo is a timely event for:
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JK Rowling creates transmedia storytelling site Pottermore.com, dumps Amazon — from psfk.com by Piers Fawkes
Interview: Bryan Alexander, author of The New Digital Storytelling: Creating Narratives with New Media — from Blog Critics by Scott Butki
