Posts Tagged ‘iPhone app’
Flaneur iPhone Film Festival calls for entries
Jul 06 by admin | No CommentsThe Flaneur iPhone Film Festival is upping the ante on cell phone cinema film festivals. The Flaneur is running the first indie film festival held entirely on iPhones. The selected films will be viewable as a downloadable Film Festival app from the Apple app store (subject to the usual acceptance by Apple). “This is a proof-of-concept attempt to bring film and video to a whole new audience,” says organizer Jonathan Powell.
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Ustream’s Mobilizer puts Miley Cyrus on mobile
Jun 21 by Debra Kaufman | No CommentsMiley Cyrus unveiled her new album Can’t Be Tamed exclusively through an iPhone app, five days prior to her record being available in retail stores on June 21.Through the free mobile app, created and powered by Ustream Live Mobilizer, Miley is hosting a full album listening party.
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Party Down with Starz Digital Media and AvatarLabs
Apr 26 by Debra Kaufman | No CommentsParty Down–the original half-hour series about a group of Los Angeles cater-waiters who all harbor dreams of stardom–returned to Starz for its second season on Friday, April 23 (at 10:00 PM ET/PT). New is an iPhone app–the Waiter Wobble–from Starz Digital Media and Avatar Labs that includes a part drinking/part balance game.
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Trailer Park launches MacGruber iPhone App
Apr 07 by Debra Kaufman | 1 CommentOnly one American hero has 16 Purple Hearts, 3 Congressional Medals of Honor and 7 Presidential Medals of Bravery… and can still be man enough to sport a mullet. That man is MacGruber. Now, thanks to a collaboration between Universal Pictures and Trailer Park Advanced Content (TPAC), you can get the look, the knowledge, and the training you need to join his team with the free MacGruber App.
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Panavision Releases Location Scout iPhone App
Apr 02 by Debra Kaufman | 2 CommentsPanavision, a 50+ year old manufacturer of motion picture/TV cameras, just rolled out its first iPhone app, Panascout, which simulates the cinematographer’s viewpoint from a professional cinema camera. The filmmaker can capture the cinematic qualities of any location and record the true metadata, including GPS, compass heading, date/time, voice notes and a sunrise/sunset readout for the present location.
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Dream: The Storyboarding App from Plai
Mar 12 by Debra Kaufman | 4 CommentsDream is a new iPhone app from Plai that allows the user to design a poster, write an outline and create storyboards without knowing how to draw. “That way,” says creator Fernando Jimenez,” You can focus on what’s important: being creative.” The app is aimed at “directors, writers, editors, cinematographers, producers, art directors, animators or storyboard artists looking to master their craft,” says Jimenez.
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mSpot Launches Horror Movie App
Jan 18 by Debra Kaufman | No CommentsIf you’re a fan of creepy, campy horror movies, you’re in luck. Mobile entertainment provider mSpot has just launched a subscription-based iPhone app devoted to the best of the bunch, making full-length movies available instantly, without downloading, waiting, or syncing to PC. The mSpot Horror Movie App costs $3.99 for unlimited access for one month to the list of 10+ movies, which are refreshed weekly.
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Golden Globes Goes Digital With iPhone App and a Widget
Jan 15 by Debra Kaufman | No CommentsThe Golden Globes this year have a sophisticated digital reach, thanks to the efforts of dick clark productions (dcp), the production company of record of the Golden Globes for the HFPA (Hollywood Foreign Press Association). Whereas last year’s event started the afternoon the event, said Ariel Elazar, VP digital distribution and brand licensing, this year’s digital festivities started a full week before the Sunday Jan. 17 broadcast of the Golden Globes. Part of the roll-out includes an Apple iPhone app that will enable viewers to keep up with news, videos and photos.
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Technicolor has an iPhone App for That…
Dec 14 by Debra Kaufman | 5 CommentsTechnicolor Creative Services, one of the world’s largest providers of production and post-production services to the motion picture/broadcast/cable/advertising/home entertainment markets, has come up with an iPhone app useful for editors and others in the post process. Robert C. Rodriguez, supervisor of technical operations at Technicolor Creative Services spoke to MobilizedTV today about Technicolor’s iPhone app, which is a data rate calculator.
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Mobile Content and the Future of Film
Dec 10 by Debra Kaufman | 1 CommentThe Future of Film Summit in Santa Monica considered mobile content in a panel “Dialing up the Fourth Screen–Next Wave of Mobile Film and Video Entertainment.” There are 4 billion handsets in the world, and 40 to 45 percent of them are video-capable. Is anyone making money? And, if so, how? Read on for what these mobile executives had to say…
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Mobile Highlights at CES 2010
Dec 03 by Debra Kaufman | 1 CommentIf you’re interested in content on mobile devices, visit CES (Consumer Electronics Show) January 7 to 10, 2010. Mobile content will play a major role in numerous areas on the show floor as well as in the conference portion of the show.
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Dick Clark Productions Goes Mobile at American Music Awards
Nov 20 by Debra Kaufman | 1 CommentThis Sunday Nov. 22, the 2009 American Music Awards (AMAs) will take place at the NOKIA Theatre L.A. Live. You can watch it that evening from 8 to 11 pm on ABC. And if you’re truly a fan, you can now get on the red carpet thanks to an arrangement between dick clark productions and SayNow.”The SayNow tool is really something that we think is amazing for what we’re trying to do for the pre-show,” says Ariel Elazar, VP digital distribution & brand licensing for dcp. “We want this to be the most interactive red carpet to date.”
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AP Mobile Launches on Windows Mobile Platform
Nov 18 by Debra Kaufman | No CommentsThere are an estimated 30+ million Windows Mobile phones out there. That spells reach for AP Mobile, says Jeff Litvack, AP’s general manager of mobile and emerging products. Litvack, who reports that the existing AP mobile app, with more than 2.5 million registered mobile users, is “the top news app and the No. 4 most popular app in Windows Marketplace for Mobile.” Developed by Associated Press, AP Mobile launched in May 2008 (covered in MobilizedTV) as a mobile WAP site.
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mSpot Bets on Mobile Movies
Nov 17 by Debra Kaufman | 3 CommentsIn October, mSpot launched a new VOD movie services, across all carriers and on 30 handsets. According to mSpot CEO Daren Tsui, the company worked with Sprint to launch a long-form entertainment channel, with movies and episodic TV. The S-VOD (subscription video-on-demand) service took off, cementing Tsui’s belief that–despite what many in mobile say–people are happy to watch long-form programming on the mobile phone.MobilizedTV spoke with Tsui about how the business of mobile movies is doing and what mSpot plans for the future (hint: think iPhone).
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Director’s View: Another iPhone App from Chemical Wedding
Nov 11 by Debra Kaufman | 1 CommentIf you liked Helios, the sun position calculator, you’ll like Artemis, a digital director’s viewfinder available as an iPhone app from the same folks at Chemical Wedding. “Artemis is designed with both cinematographers and directors in mind,” says Chemical Wedding’s Toby Evetts. “It works in much the same way as a traditional directors viewfinder, although it’s much more accurate and much more convenient.” How easy? The user selects a camera format, aspect ratio and lens type, and then Artemis uses the camera in the iPhone to simulate the lens view that you can expect with the configuration you’ve selected.
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Nov 09 by Debra Kaufman | 1 CommentFirst Things Last video
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AFI DigiFest Showcases Digital Media, Mobile Innovation
Nov 02 by Debra Kaufman | No CommentsThe AFI Digital Content Lab has been an R&D incubator for innovative digital media and entertainment for 11 years. Volunteer mentors have worked with a wide range of innovators in 3 to 6-month periods of hands-on development, generating more than 90 digital media proof-of-concept prototypes.Every year, these projects are presented to the public at AFI DigiFest, a two-day event held in conjunction with AFI FEST. This year’s AFI DigiFest takes place Nov. 4 and 5th in Hollywood.
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National Film Board of Canada Launches iPhone App
Oct 27 by Debra Kaufman | 1 CommentThe National Film Board of Canada released an iPhone app that provides a free, full viewing of 1,375 films in English and French. The hundreds of documentaries, animated films and trailers are streamed over WiFi, 3G and EDGE wireless networks. “We continue to add new films every week, depending on how many we clear the rights for and can digitize,” says Deborah Drisdell, NFB director general of accessibility and digital enterprises.
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iPhone App for Final Cut Pro Editors
Oct 14 by Debra Kaufman | No CommentsWeynand Training, a Gold Level Apple Authorized Training Center based in Los Angeles, announces the launch of iKeysToGo, their new series of applications for the iPhone and iPod Touch, for learning and using Final Cut Pro 7. The company is promoting iKeysToGo as “a personal shortcut assistant in the palm of your hand.”
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iPhone App: Magnify Mobile Enables Free Video Upload and Sharing
Sep 23 by Debra Kaufman | 1 CommentToday, Magnify.net released Magnify Mobile, an iPhone app designed to make video uploading and sharing fast, easy and free. The iPhone app enables iPhone 3GS users to shoot, upload, store, and share personal videos on a Magnify-hosted channel for free. Users can instantly submit videos to channels that they create on Magnify.net and create playlists, make comments, reviews, and integrate design templates, content controls, site reporting, and monetization tools.
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