Don: Did you say they were using mobile phones for their productions? I reviewed some of the past video blogs (video podcasts, whatever they're called) and they all looked pre-produced or webcam based rather than mobile based. Do you know of any show titles that were mobile based that I could look up? There are actually many people doing the mobile based blogs through Kyte, Qik, and other websites. Some are even news organizations. The point of our cell based productions were that people from a little neighborhood, East Paradise in Las Vegas, could directly interact with high politicians through the cell phone and computer, watching and texting questions directly. The goal is to use technology to encompass a tighter social network with the direct constituents. We'll see how it works. Also, a live event like the DNC and high-ranking politicians are usually a little more compelling than other subjects. Dan "Don Moore" <don@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent by: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 08/25/2008 06:12 PM Please respond to opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx cc Subject [opendtv] Re: Mobile Video, Producing from the Cell Phone It actually just comes down to another set of tools. While the Broadcast Industry worries about HDTV, the Internet folks have been trail blazing before small audiences. Former Tech-TV Host Leo Laporte streams close of 40 hours of live tech news programming from his "studio". Another TechTV host Chris Prillio broadcasts live from his home nearly 24/7. But just as podcasters before them, the audience is still measured in the thousands. Once the broadcasters accept the technology, as NPR did to podcasts, you can expect those numbers to greatly increase. Broadcasters have the audience numbers, the Internet folks are just warming up the technology. FYI - Links: Leo Laporte - http://live.twit.tv/ Cali Lewis - http://www.calilive.tv/ Robert Scoble - http://scobleizer.com/ and http://www.fastcompany.tv/ Chris Pirillo - http://chris.pirillo.com/ On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 8:40 PM, <dan.grimes@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I'm not familiar with those folks but I was not aware of any phones that > could do it until recently. But I'm not always in the know about the latest > and greatest. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.