Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age
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a look at the creative and technical worlds of immersive storytelling
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Twitter UK boss says social TV happens whether broadcasters like it or not

Twitter UK boss says social TV happens whether broadcasters like it or not | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Tony Wang: "Broadcasters are not the ones to choose whether to have social TV. It happens whether they like it or not. But they have a choice about how to harness that social TV energy"

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Social TV: Building an Organic Experience

Social TV: Building an Organic Experience | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

"This year's Superbowl was a new high-water mark for social activity around television - and for media coverage of the potential of tools that allow users to interact with each other"...

 

[This article also touches on Social TV in the wider context of "transmedia".]

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Orange: "Welcome to the era of Social TV!"

Orange: "Welcome to the era of Social TV!" | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
Social TV means digital interaction between people about television content, and interaction with that content. Its all about helping the viewer to find, share, and engage.
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How STARZ is using social TV with ‘Boss’ and ‘Spartacus’

How STARZ is using social TV with ‘Boss’ and ‘Spartacus’ | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
In a very unique interview with STARZ, SVP of Consumer Marketing Kelly Bumann share details and insights on how the Denver-based network leveraged Facebook (they premiered the pilot episode on Facebook), Twitter, GetGlue, message boards and dedicated fan-sites and communities to help share their original programming with new users and reward passionate fans...
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Social TV: How Content Producers Can Engage Their Audiences in New Ways

Social TV: How Content Producers Can Engage Their Audiences in New Ways | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
As social media matures, new opportunities are arising for content producers. Social TV, for instance, hasexploded in 2011. While terms like “cross-media” and “transmedia” have only started to become part of the media lexicon, technology advances are creating new opportunities for content creators and audiences to engage with one another – an experience I call “intermedia.”
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Social TV: The future of television?

Social TV: The future of television? | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
Tech Tonic: Reuters' social media editor Anthony De Rosa and TVGuide.com’s Christy Tanner offer the scoop on how TV is hooking viewers through social media – and which shows are winning and why.
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Personalized Entertainment – Social, Transmedia Storytelling

Personalized Entertainment – Social, Transmedia Storytelling | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
Lean forward, and keep your eyes peeled, updates from your Facebook page are about to be incorporated into your favorite TV show’s narrative. (Your best friend becomes the suspect!) As you immerse yourself in the story, the story immerses itself in your social world.
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Social TV: 5 Ways for Showrunners to Engage Their Audience

Social TV: 5 Ways for Showrunners to Engage Their Audience | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
Sons of Anarchy creator Kurt Sutter recently announced he'd be flying two of his blog and Twitter followers to L.A. to watch an episode of the show at his house.
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Scene-Level Television Metadata — Tagging TV — is The New Oil in the Industry

Scene-Level Television Metadata — Tagging TV — is The New Oil in the Industry | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Typically when the industry talks about TV metadata, they talk about snippets of information and images that is provided by companies such as Rovi and Gracenote that can be used for the descriptive editorial information, images and multimedia on one show as a whole.

 

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Intermedia – The Next Phase In Consumer Engagement

Intermedia – The Next Phase In Consumer Engagement | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

But I believe the rise of Social TV is bringing about something different. [...] I think we are starting to see the evolution of content traveling between multiple platforms and channels (intermedia).

Dhanniya Sena's curator insight, September 24, 2014 7:22 PM

I think this is a good communication model because it integrates different channels of communication such as TV and social media together in order for the company to effectively communicate a message or idea to consumers and their target market. 

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How Social TV is Taking Over the Oscars and How You Can Win [CONTEST]

How Social TV is Taking Over the Oscars and How You Can Win [CONTEST] | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
From the official Oscar.com Backstage Experience to special promotions and activities from entertainment checkin services and second screen companies, the biggest award show of the year is taking big steps towards being more social and digital.
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Cable Networks Embrace Social TV, Creating New Social Apps

Cable Networks Embrace Social TV, Creating New Social Apps | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
Using mobile apps and tablet apps, social networks such as Facebook and check-in services like GetGlue and Miso, cablers are focusing on connecting fans with show content.

 

[A look at the socially-focussed marketing for the new seasons of Archer and White Collar."]

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Social TV: Tapping into Disruptive Innovation

Social TV: Tapping into Disruptive Innovation | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
The Innovation Excellence community is home to innovation articles, webinars, videos, training and education - powering successful growth in the innovation management profession.
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Engagement: Is TV Finally Ready for a New Metric?

Engagement: Is TV Finally Ready for a New Metric? | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
Late last month I got an advance look at the new IPG Media Lab, recently relocated from LA to New York and sporting all manner of flashy tech displays. Where the LA lab was essentially a connected-home display designed to...
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This Isn’t Your Grandmother’s Social Media Revolution

This Isn’t Your Grandmother’s Social Media Revolution | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

"Over the past year we’ve seen countless articles, conferences and conversations revolve around Social TV, social viewing, co-viewing, multi-screen experiences, companion apps, check-in services, smart TV guides and more. Specifically, [Jacob Shwirtz'] goal is to untangle this complex web of terms, trends and technologies that have entwined the digital and media industries over the last year."

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A Great Land Grab For the Second Screen... The Social TV Scrimmage Continues

A Great Land Grab For the Second Screen... The Social TV Scrimmage Continues | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Whomever controls the second screen in the future will own the new value chain. Think about it.

 

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TVNZ and Tequila\ go grandstanding with RWC-themed social TV innovation :: StopPress

TVNZ and Tequila\ go grandstanding with RWC-themed social TV innovation :: StopPress | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
TVNZ and Tequila\ go grandstanding with RWC-themed social TV innovation :: StopPress :: Breaking news from New Zealand Marketing magazine...
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What You Need to Know About 'Social TV' Right Now

What You Need to Know About 'Social TV' Right Now | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it

Social TV is about watching TV with other people -- think of "50s-era family and friends gathered around an old Magnavox console to catch "I Love Lucy." Only now the living room has gone national.

 

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Beyond the couch: TV goes social, goes everywhere

Beyond the couch: TV goes social, goes everywhere | Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age | Scoop.it
Watching television used to be a group activity - can social media integration make it so again?
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