Media Theorist talks ARG & Transmedia

JD: If you could imagine the ultimate ARG or transmedia experience, what would it look like?

DR: I think it would look like life.

Crystal Ball Time

4 Predictions about devices in 2011. Read about what is happening in bed here.

Le Monde Informatique: Connected TV to create €41.3 Billion Market in Europe by 2015

Connected TV to create €41.3 Billion Market in Europe by 2015

MIT Technology Review: The Internet Tore Through Newspapers, Magazines, And Music... Now Poised For Television

MIT Technology Review

Transmedia Podcasts

This podcast is one of thirteen, with co-hosts Nick Braccia and Robert Pratten who interview Jeff Gomez of Starlight Runner.

Alice in Transmedia Storytelling

4 episodes online, containing compelling storytelling and gaming within the experience. I like.

The Transmedia Storytelling Trend

Transmedia Storytelling is stickier than Augmented Reality. Read more from Bonnie Buckner here.

Transmedia Platform Update: iPad Interactive

Read here all of the Christmas offerings from providers like Classic Media and HIT Entertainment.

Book Based Transmedia

From print to digital and back again. "It is really exciting when you are creating reading experiences that work perfectly on each platform," Holton says.

Future of Transmedia

What Kevin K. Shah heard at the WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE symposium hosted by Jerry Zucker at the Samual Goldwyn Theater, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts: Science and Technology Council. Read about it here.

Transmedia Franchise Health v. Bottom Line

Andrew Reiner shares his view on what can poison a perfectly good universe. Read his thoughts here.

The Kid Take on Transmedia Entertainment

Read about the KidScreen Summit event here. This special session on how kids really engage with transmedia will be discussed on February 18th from 10am to 11am in the New York Hiton.

Is a Screen a Screen?

Read all about David Kleeman's thoughts on why all screens are not created equal here.

Mattel gets its GAME ON

iMAGiNiff is a party game that allows players to share opinions about each other. Just in time for the (excessive family time) holidays! Read about it here.

Dora gets an App for Christmas!

Read all about her interactive storybook app here.

I'll take Dexter over Snooki, won't you?

Looks like the answer to that question is NO. Read more about scripted TV v. reality TV here.

Not my normal topic of transmedia, but this ties in with a video I saw on Sidereel that states Republicans (in the US) trend toward reality tv...and the networks follow. Ugh.

Old School Transmedia Primer

Dungeon & Dragons can help you (if you played) with transmedia. Read about it here.
...via Silverstring Media

Amazon looks for talent...

Read about Amazon Studios here.

Move faster towards Transmedia, Hollywood

Hollywood is only warming gradually to these new (transmedia) technologies. Read what Tim Kring and Carlton Cuse have to say here. And my fav... “We’re not in 1974 anymore.”

Learning via Apps

Cynthia Chiong & Carly Shuler discuss the pass-back effect, explore the feasibility of using apps to promote learning among young kids and examine the implications of these findings within industry, education, and research.

Read their report in full here.