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Don’t Be a Dead Rhino - Two Reasons Screenwriters Need Transmedia  - Part 1

Don’t Be a Dead Rhino - Two Reasons Screenwriters Need Transmedia - Part 1

By Houston Howard | June 13, 2013

At the Great American Pitchfest, I had the opportunity to represent Createsphere and the Transmedia Coalition and introduce a group of budding screenwriters to the friendly world of transmedia.  After a season of being embedded in high-level transmedia strategy with my own... Read More

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Free Webcast…Show Me the Money: Financing for Transmedia and Cross Platform

Free Webcast…Show Me the Money: Financing for Transmedia and Cross Platform

Join us on June 19th at 11:00am PDT

By Jeremiah Karpowicz | June 13, 2013

As the landscape of content creation, distribution and audience viewing habits continues to shift, the biggest questions facing professionals today are:

Where's the money for content production? What can I expect for my investment in transmedia and cross platform... Read More

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Phrenic - A Deep Dive Into Madness with Creator Mike Vogel

Phrenic - A Deep Dive Into Madness with Creator Mike Vogel

By Jen Begeal | June 13, 2013

In this interview I chat with filmmaker, Mike Vogel, about his latest project, Phrenic, an interactive web series.

Phrenic is a science-fiction mystery about housewife, Alison Taylor, who is planning to kill her husband, Frank, in seven days. Alison believes her husband, a... Read More

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Rebooting 2nd Screen & Social TV: Interactive TV 3.0

Rebooting 2nd Screen & Social TV: Interactive TV 3.0

By Gary Hayes | June 11, 2013

In a world where all the statistics on simultaneous tablet/mobile and TV are indicating a massive increase in the behaviour, why are TV broadcasters and 3rd party providers creating 2nd screen services making very poor experiences for audiences? Can content owners and TV broadcasters make the... Read More

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The Fanthropology of Theatrics

The Fanthropology of Theatrics

By Nick DeMartino | June 11, 2013

The session was called "Unlock the Power of Fans" at Transmedia Los Angeles’ monthly meetup earlier this week, but I’ll remember it as the Fanthropology of Theatrics, because I learned so much about the way audiences are using the new collaborative storytelling platform that I was... Read More

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TransVergence Summit Preview

TransVergence Summit Preview

A Few Words with No Mimes Media's Behnam Karbassi

By Kurt Gardner | June 11, 2013

As the date for the TransVergence Summit approaches, we're talking with some of the speakers at the conference to find out a bit more about what they do and the value they see in attending the Summit. First up is Behnam Karbassi, Founder/President/CEO of No Mimes Media, an award-winning... Read More

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CEO Jen Begeal Announces the Launch of JLB Hart Media

CEO Jen Begeal Announces the Launch of JLB Hart Media

By TMC News Staff | June 10, 2013

JLB Hart Media is a digital strategy company whose primary purpose is to increase audience interaction with independent entertainment properties through all stages of development. JLB Hart Media specializes in helping creators seek out and connect with their core audience through a mix of... Read More

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Opportunities for Transmedia and Education

Opportunities for Transmedia and Education

By Laura Fleming | June 10, 2013

The education market in the United States has long been constrained by a combination of red tape and an almost complete absence of cohesive standards across the country.  Producers of educational software and curricular content have had to deal with numerous guidelines across all 50 states... Read More

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Achievement Unlocked?

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While we’ve been burned in the past by video game extensions, there are some developments worth getting excited about.

By Caitlin Burns | June 07, 2013

 

Recently, Steven Spielberg announced that he’s partnering with 343 Industries to create a live-action television series for one of the most successful game properties in the world, Halo.

Could... Read More

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5Rs of Mobile in Transmedia Storytelling

5Rs of Mobile in Transmedia Storytelling

By Robert Pratten | June 03, 2013

When considering mobile as platform for transmedia storytelling, it's useful to imagine it as a window into the imagination. The mobile device provides an opportunity to reinterpret the real world and make the mundane part of a storyworld and vice versa, take a virtual world and overlay it... Read More

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Manage Media. Boost Brands. Mix. Repeat.

Manage Media. Boost Brands. Mix. Repeat.

By Createasphere Staff | June 03, 2013

It often feels like we wrestle with too much information, digital files, and demands for cross-channel campaigns to get out the door, only to wonder if we are really engaging our customers with brand experiences that make emotional connections and boost sales. Stop wondering about your... Read More

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Video: Capturing audiences and engaging fans in today’s disruptive environment

Video: Capturing audiences and engaging fans in today’s disruptive environment

By Createasphere Staff | June 03, 2013

Houston Howard, Co-Founder and Chief Storyteller at One 3 Productions, talks about the evolving face of transmedia and its importance in capturing and maintaining audiences in today's disruptive, multiplatform world.

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Video: 8 Elements of Transmedia

Video: 8 Elements of Transmedia

8 elements to help us recognize and develop transmedia

By Anita Ondine | June 01, 2013

After checking out a bunch of transmedia projects over a period of years, I found there are certain elements that all of the best projects seem to possess. Now, each time I am either evaluating or developing a transmedia project, I give due consideration to these elements:

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Big Data Hits Big Hollywood

Big Data Hits Big Hollywood

By Michael Magee | May 30, 2013

Big Data and Analytics have been creating more hype than a Hollywood premiere in the business and marketing world. Now it looks like that hype has come to Hollywood itself. A lot of studios are looking for a magical solution in the numbers that will tell them how to pick the next hit... Read More

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The Internet of Things : How I learned to love personal hacking

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By Maya Zuckerman | May 28, 2013

 

We always loved the scenes in Sci-Fi films when we could create and connect to all the objects around us.

The machine that detects what you want to eat and makes it for you is one of my sci-fi favorite along with smart houses that can interact with us. The... Read More

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New Innovation Contest from Procter & Gamble

New Innovation Contest from Procter & Gamble

Ignite a revolution in oral care in America

By TMC News Staff | May 28, 2013

Help us ignite an oral care revolution in America that significantly raises the awareness of the role oral health can have beyond the mouth. How would you get people to ‘modernize’ the way they brush their teeth? Join the contest and win one of several prizes all totaling $10,000... Read More

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The Future of Storytelling: Moving from Writer to Creator

The Future of Storytelling: Moving from Writer to Creator

By Kurt Gardner | May 28, 2013

The media landscape is shifting rapidly, which is ultimately a good thing for artists of every sort. On Saturday, June 1, 2013, at the Great American PitchFest & Screenwriting Conference in Burbank, Producer and Transmedia Expert Luke Ryan will investigate the future of distribution in... Read More

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Has “The Holy Grail of Storytelling” Arrived?

Has “The Holy Grail of Storytelling” Arrived?

Syfy's transmedia experiment could open up countless opportunities

By Jeremiah Karpowicz | May 26, 2013

Defiance, Syfy’s new series about aliens who come to earth and their prickly relationship with the current inhabitants, represents both a risk for the network and an opportunity for transmedia to capture the imaginations of audiences and executives. The show is being developed... Read More

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Spotlight Transmedia: Craig Singer Launches New Transmedia Platform Hopskoch

Spotlight Transmedia: Craig Singer Launches New Transmedia Platform Hopskoch

By Kate McCallum | May 22, 2013

As a fellow member of the Producers Guild of America New Media Council, Craig Singer graciously volunteered to join the TransVergence Summit Governing Council and has been very helpful in guiding our efforts.  He was recently interviewed by PGA member Elaine Spooner for the PGA... Read More

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Video: Pitching Transmedia

Video: Pitching Transmedia

By Anita Ondine | May 22, 2013

One of the cool things I get to do is share the good word of transmedia through my transmedia workshops. Most of the workshops I deliver for companies, conferences and film festivals involve both theory and hands-on practice, where participants develop original transmedia concepts... Read More

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