The evolution of mobile reporting
Finnish broacaster YLE signs up with Bambuser
The national finnish broadcaster YLE will be Bambusers first commercial partner in 2010. Tuija Aalto, Head of New Media Development at YLE made this clip to explain why the finnish broadcaster are teaming up with Bambuser.
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The HD shift is coming – are you ready?
March 14, 2010 - 2:18 pm
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More and more mobile phones offers HD recording and playback. Sony Ericsson Vivaz is one of the latest. The Vivaz offers video recording in 1280 * 720 – 24 fps. And yes, it’s really 24fps – not a dynamic recording rate. From what I have seen – it’s a step up from Samsung Omnia HD.
When [...]
Apple finally allows live streaming from iPhone
December 15, 2009 - 12:52 pm
Posted in Cell phone, Software, Streaming, social media | 4 comments
A couple of days ago, Apple allowed Ustream to launch an app that streams live from your iPhone. The Ustream app also gives you the choice to link your account to Facebook and YouTube. I’m still testing the app but I think both Bambuser and Qik provides better video and audio. You still have to jailbreak your [...]
Qik getting a grip on broadcasters
December 2, 2009 - 5:09 am
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Qik is one of my all time favorite mobile applications. Today I met co-founder Bhaskar Roy in their headquarters in Redwood City outside San Francisco.
Qik offers live streaming from different cell phones. About 80 percent of their user base is regular people, streaming live from weddings and other sort of events affecting their lives. The other [...]
Social media aids the protesters in Iran
June 17, 2009 - 1:25 pm
Posted in Cell phone, Storytelling, Streaming, social media | 1 comment
If you have checked out Twitter, YouTube or other social media sites today – you will discover that there is a lot of activity about Iran. For Twitter, simply search for the hastag #IranElection and you will be able to follow all sorts of opinions and information. The government has tried to stop media coverage [...]
Get ready for mobile HD from Samsung Omnia
May 13, 2009 - 10:54 am
Posted in Cell phone, Hardware, Streaming | 5 comments
Increased pictures sensors, higher resolution, faster Cpu’s and faster network. Mobile phones are getting more and more interesting as a tool for journalist. In the second half of 2009 you will find faster and better phones – making your mobile phone a good recording machine, even for breaking news on television.
One of the first really interesting [...]
Pushing viral video
March 4, 2009 - 2:24 pm
Posted in Cell phone, Contribution, Software, Streaming, social media | 4 comments
In the third part of my social media tutorial, viral spreading of video is the name of the game. We’ll start by looking at how live mobile streaming from Qik can spread like a viral infection all through the net.
Qik is simply my favorite mobile streaming app because of all of its viral possibilities. Besides [...]
Better streaming from Bambuser?
February 24, 2009 - 9:29 am
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Well, that remains to be proven, but Bambuser has released a new client software for phones using Symbian 60 and UIQ. The new version is supposed to be better on latency. If the flow of data from your data carrier ain’t coping with the flow of data from the video you’re streaming, the client will [...]
Join my Worldcast!
January 30, 2009 - 5:55 pm
Posted in Contribution, Storytelling, Streaming | 3 comments
Exciting news! I’m recruiting journalist for a world wide experiment with Qik and Mogulus. I want to make a live streaming event with video from all the corners of the world. To participate you will need a mobile phone supported by Qik, speak English and be a journalist. I already have members from Norway, Denmark and Australia. [...]
Mogulus launched PRO features
It had to happen. Mogulus finally launched a PRO option. They will still keep their free service, but in two weeks they will force ads on free channels. For PRO users, some of the news will be HD Quality (1.7 mbps), 16:9, White Label and tools for analytics. For one PRO channel with 25 GB [...]
Streaming Media conference
October 9, 2008 - 1:06 pm
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Check out this clip from the conference Streaming Media West with Steve Garfield, Qik and Mogulus.
