FEBRUARY 2006, only a couple of months ago but leaps and bounds away in terms of where Hollywood new technology is evolving or has evolved. Here are some of the posts and links to our blog HOLLYWOOD2020:
FROM CHINA TV with 370 million TV sets to the death of JEEVES the Butler-- or at least the ousting of Jeeves from ASK JEEVES which is now www.ask.com -- and so it goes in the new Hollywood......
NATPE LOOKS AT CHINA --370 MILLION TV SETS & GROWING
1 Feb 2006 by Joyce Schwarz
... emerging entertainment in the Asia-Pacific which boasts the fastest-growing
entertainment and media market in the world was the first panel for coverage by
Joyce Schwarz, Hollywood columnist and blogger www.hollywood2020.blogs.com. ...
MOBISOAPS MOVE INTO MOBILE ARENA 1 Feb 2006 by Joyce Schwarz
MOBISOAP....bringing oohs and ahhs to the mobile soap opera fan and more via your
cell phone....according to a recent report in the WASHINTONG POST: CBS Broadcasting
Inc. is developing a made-for-mobile-phone soap opera -- known as a ...
CBS SELLING SURVIVOR TO VIEWERS NO MIDDLEMAN 4 Feb 2006 by Joyce Schwarz
CBS IS GOING WHERE NO NETWORK'S GONE BEFORE AND SELLING SURVIVOR DOWNLOADS
DIRECTLY through www.cbs.com So basically CBS is in the video download business
themselves...rather than selling through a Movielink.com or iPod service etc. ...
INDY TV NETWORKS FORM ASSOCIATION 4 Feb 2006 by Joyce Schwarz
ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT PROGRAMMING NETWORKS is new title for a new trade group
formed by 7 independent programming networks. Cool idea that indy networks (not
owned by the majors) can band together for great marketing, ... |
CAPOTE'S IN COLD BLOOD VS A MILLION LITTLE PIECES....fiction ... 4 Feb 2006 by Joyce Schwarz
CAPOTE'S IN COLD BLOOD VS A MILLION LITTLE PIECES.... "Life is a moderately good
play with a badly written third act." Truman Capote US author (1924 - 1984) Capote:
http://www.sonyclassics.com/capote/: as you enter the site you'll hear ... |
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ART & TECH COMBO IN SEAMLESS: COMPUTATIONAL COUTURE =TURNED ON ... 5 Feb 2006 by Joyce Schwarz
TURNED ON FASHIONS --- they call it seamless: computational couture....a stylish
event featuring artists and techno advances in clothing that walked the runway
this week at Boston's Museum of Science... Mithoodie take a peek at these ... |
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INTERNET NOW PART OF SUPERBOWL SUNDAY WATCH LIST 5 Feb 2006 by Joyce Schwarz
THE INTERNET IS NOW A BIG PART OF THE SUPERBOWL WATCHLIST ACCORDING TO A RECENT
SURVEY. Internet Emerges as an Important Medium on Game Day RESTON, Va., Feb.
2, 2006 – comScore Networks today released the results of a survey of more ... |
GODADDY.COM WINDOW WASHER AD ONLINE ONLINE? 5 Feb 2006 by Joyce Schwarz
PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN GLASS HOUSES.....the www.godaddy.com Superbowl ad is controversy
in the making....here is the link from the website showing the ad.......
SIEMENS LAUNCHES AUGMENTED REALITY SOCCER GAME FOR MOBILES ... 5 Feb 2006 by Joyce Schwarz
Have you ever gotten the urge urge to give a Martial Arts kick at a too-loud cell
phone some guy or gal is holding up like a microphone in a restaurant or public
space? Ag_mobile Well..now Siemens encourages to kick your cell phone ... |
FREE NANCY DREW VALENTINE: COURTESY PAPERCUTZ GRAPHIC NOVEL PUBLISHER 9 Feb 2006 by Joyce Schwarz
FREE NANCY DREW VALENTINE..... Ndvalentine_2. Click on thumbnail to se free Nancy
Drew American-Anime Valentine e-card you can download or send via email at the
www.papercutz.com website. Click enter and you'll see the Vday card link. ...
PLAY THE OFFICIAL OLYMPICS VIDEO GAME 10 Feb 2006 by Joyce Schwarz
BE AN OLYMPIAN ....or at least play like one.... TORINO 2006:. THE OFFICIAL
VIDEO GAME OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES. Do you have the making of a high-level athlete?
Try to win events in the 7 sports present at the Olympic Games: biathlon, ...
GIRLFRIEND X -- ONLINE CUPID TRACKS A GUY'S "CHICK Q" 12 Feb 2006 by Joyce Schwarz
GIRLFRIENDX JUST MIGHT BE THE PERFECT VDAY GIFT FOR GEEKS TO TRACK THEIR CHICK
Q.... Girlfriendx1. Ever dreamed of software that helps you win a woman's heart
by sending her notes and remembering the little things, while graphing out ... |
MATCHMAKING FOR BUSINESS: HOLLYWOOD PRACTICALLY INVENTED IT 13 Feb 2006 by Joyce Schwarz
Matchmaking for Business: Joyce Schwarz, author, Hollywood2020 blogger and futurist
speaks about getting to the heart of 21st Century dealmaking. Getting to the “heart
of a deal’ in the 21st Century involves much more than just toting ... |
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AMERICAN IDOL BEATS GRAMMY RATINGS 14 Feb 2006 by Joyce Schwarz
AMERICAN IDOL SHOW BEATS GRAMMY RATINGS! .....really....THE LOS ANGELES TIMES has
a great story about this and attributes the scores to the "virtual revolution"
going on where the latest rivals are SPECTATORS VERSUS CELEBRITIES....call |
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HBO PROMOS SOPRANOS WITH GOOGLE MAPS! 16 Feb 2006 by Joyce Schwarz
HBO PROMOS SOPRANOS RETURN WITH GOOGLE MAPS -- really, just when you thought
you'd heard of every kind of marketing and promo there is --zap -- some wizard
thinks of something new! Sopranos. Click on thumbnail to see how HBO is using ... |
STARBUCKS-- SHOWBIZ RISING STAR! 16 Feb 2006 by Joyce Schwarz
Hollywood2020logo_5. STARBUCKS ---mmmmmgood -- not just the coffee...the experience
too....Not so suddenly, STARBUCKS is much more than a coffee shop -- it's a
NETWORK too according to founder and chairman Howard Schultz at the ... |
STARDOLLS-- DRESS UP ANGELINA JOLIE AND MORE STARS 17 Feb 2006 by Joyce Schwarz
STARDOLLS -- an amazing website www.stardoll.com (formerly Paperdollheaven) Stardoll
just got $4 million in funding. And guess what it lets you do-- PLAY PAPER DOLLS!
really.....it's a Swedish company which also offers an opportunity ... |
ARG: ALTERNATE Reality Gaming --OFFLINE REAL LIFE FUN AND GAMES 19 Feb 2006 by Joyce Schwarz
ALTERNATE REALITY GAMING....ARG as it is called in the biz is one of my favorite
topics lately(CORRECTED POST) NOTE THIS POST HAS BEEN CORRECTED COURTESY OF games
guru James Walsh www.secretlair.com Rather unbelievably I had the ...
AD SUPPORTED BOOKS HIT THE NET: WHAT'S NEXT SPONSORSHIP OR PRODUCT ... 19 Feb 2006 by Joyce Schwarz
AD SUPPORTED BOOKS HIT THE NET ...you knew it had to happen sooner or later with
a big publisher taking the lead and digitizing books so that you can simply click
and read FREE!. Yes, HarperCollins appears to get first mover advantage ... |
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NASCAR NEXTEL FAN VIEW WIRELESS TECH POWERS UP SPECTATORS AT DAYTONA 19 Feb 2006 by Joyce Schwarz
HOW CAN YOU MAKE NASCAR EVEN MORE EXCITING...look at Nextel's FANVIEW which they
launched at DAYTONA this weekend to see how this new next generation race scanner
provides in-race video, in-car audio and real-time data and statistics ... |
VIRTUAL PUPPETS NEW HOLLYWOOD CASTING OPPORTUNITY? 20 Feb 2006 by Joyce Schwarz
VIRTUAL PUPPET SHOWS SOLDIERS HOW TO READ NONVERBAL CUES....On the screen,
computer-generated characters shrug, wink, nod, wave or cross their arms as they
follow one’s every move with an attentive gaze but it's not a new Nintendo of ... |
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BRITISH TV SHOW "OFFICE" STAR RICKY GERVAIS NAMED MOST POPULAR ... 21 Feb 2006 by Joyce Schwarz
BRITISH PODCAST GETS GUINNESS WORLD RECORD FOR MOST DOWNLOADED: BBC TV comedy
star (THE OFFICE) Ricky Gervais Gervais_1 podcast series is said to be the world's
most popular podcast, averaging more than 261000 downloads each week during ... |
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TED (Technology Entertainment Design" Conference: "Pre-release ...
21 Feb 2006 by Joyce Schwarz
TED 2006-- Technology Entertainment and Design www.ted.com opens Feb 22 in
Monterey, CA and runs through Feb 25. Ted Said by some to be the DAVOS of the
dot com arena, TED is indeed a conference like no other, with more than 800 movers ... |
TED GIFT BAG -- ULTIMATE GEEK SWAG
22 Feb 2006 by Joyce Schwarz
SWAG -- sealed with a gift -- freebies, if you read this blog regularly you'll
know I love writing about SWAG ...and collecting it...now if I could only be at
TED (Technology Entertainment & Design) conference in Monterey this ... |
FOX LAUNCHES NEW TV NETWORK
23 Feb 2006 by Joyce Schwarz
FOX FINDS A BETTER MOUSETRAP? LAUNCHES NEW TV NETWORK....what more can we say --
here's the story ...never thought we would see Telenovelas go mainstream...kudos to
Fox for venturing where few will dare to go.... from the FOX press ... |
WAR -- IS IT REALLY LIKE A VIDEO GAME: HEADLINES SAY SO!
26 Feb 2006 by Joyce Schwarz
VIRTUAL REALITY PREPARES SOLDIERS FOR REAL WAR (according to a recent headline
in the "Washington Post" This blogger can't position it better than to give you
the first two paragraphs of this story running in the WASHINGTON POST: ...
CONTROVERSY IN THE MAKING: SECOND LIFE'S 'U2' CONCERT REPLAY 26 Feb 2006 by Joyce Schwarz
SECOND LIFE U2 CONCERT UPDATE: U2 in SL CONTROVERSIAL...to say the least.
Turns out this weekend I(Joyce Schwarz, JCOM, emerging media & entertainment
consultant) am writing a column on 'branding in Virtual worlds" for ... |
FOX LAUNCHES MOBIZZO -- MOBILE NETWORK/PORTAL 27 Feb 2006 by Joyce Schwarz
MOBIZZO -- a new mobile network? Roger Park, news editor for imediaconnection.com
asked me to quote about today's Business Wire report that News Corporation's Fox
Mobile Entertainment announced the launch of Mobizzo, new destination for ... |
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JEEVES THE BUTLER RETIRES...RIP
28 Feb 2006 by Joyce Schwarz
Jeeves2 JEEVES IS GONE -- RIP yep it's official he's gone and just see what
headlines he is still making (below). One of the best comments must be this one
from the British INQUIRER: Jeeves murdered as Ask relaunches ... |
