The evolution of mobile reporting
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Pushing viral video
Mar 4th
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.
Try it – throw it away!
Feb 5th
- Mackenzie Warren from Gannett
Mackenzie Warren from Gannett, for many know as Mr. Mojo, was a keynote speaker at the conference in Fredrikstad, Norway today. He talked about the changes he made in Fort Meyers News. His basic philosophy is that the news never happens in the newsroom. To report about news, journalists have to be out in the field (pretty basic one should think…). So, all the journalist in FMN had to get out in the street. They produce and send their story from the field. They basicly split the work process in two:
Collector – journalist – MOJOs:
· Report
· Write
· Shoot (video, pictures, sound)
· Produce
Connector – editors:
· Edit
· Crunch
· Publish
Mackenzie also showed us a lot of the things he’s working on in Gannett. One of his core messages is that we have to experiment more to survive. He has three rules for experimentation:
- You have to give a try!
- Failure is a part of success
- You can’t really break anything
In Gannett they aim to have a low threshold for trying out new things. If it don’t work – they throw it away.
Gannett has bought a part of Mogulus. In the future you can expect more live video on sites from Gannett. They are experimenting with live video and combining it with CoveritLive.
Join my Worldcast!
Jan 30th
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. I would love some members from Africa, Asia and America. For this first event, I have to keep the number of team members limited to eight.
On a given time and date, the plan is to produce a live streaming event, using only mobile phones to cover a topic about MOJOs. We will be jumping live from country to country, using only a team of two producers on Mogulus. The experiment will take up to one hour of your day.
If you don’t know how to use Mogulus, don’t worry, you don’t have to. If you can start your QIK-stream, that will be enough. I will send out all the instruction you need in advance, and we will make a test before we go live from all the world. All team members will get an in depth report of the setup and result of the experiment.
If you want to join our experiment, please leave a message in the comment field and I will contact you on mail. On the ABOUT page you can also contact me directly. Or you can join this group on Facebook.
Mogulus launched PRO features
Dec 4th
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 storage and bandwidth, Mogulus will charge 350 dollars. I guess their pricing on bandwidth will be the key factor for success or not.
For a lot of producers, this should be an attractive offer. Being able to design their own player, using their own ad-systems and mixing different types of streams in an easy production environment sounds like an attractive package. I guess that Quality Of Service (QOS) suddenly will be one of the most important service issues for Mogulus. In a free service, you will have to expect a lower quality. When you buy a service, you can demand quality. Leave a comment if you buy the PRO service and tell us what you think.
Streaming Media conference
Oct 9th
Check out this clip from the conference Streaming Media West with Steve Garfield, Qik and Mogulus.
Produce your own show
Jun 2nd
Mogulus offers an amazing service for producing live and recorded streams. They’re virtual TV studio ables you to produce your own TV shows on the web. You can import videos from YouTube or other sites in a couple of clicks or upload your own files. You can even use webcams or streaming cell phones to produce content.
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