Month: April 2007

Democracy TV is an internet TV broadcaster. Here is their description:

There’s an opportunity to build a new, open mass medium of online television. We’re developing the Democracy internet TV platform so that watching internet video channels will be as easy as watching TV and broadcasting a channel will be open to everyone. Unlike traditional TV, everyone will have a voice.

Democracy TV is developed by the Participatory Culture Foundation. Their latest news is that they’re created a channel guide so everyone can more easily find the shows. There are so many Net TV companies out there, some by organisations and others by corporations, so I’m sure there are also Net TV Portal guides out there too. Findability is a big issue for so many, for those who do not already have a net status in some way. We’ve already got the technorati, the e-lite on the web and so the same model that the web was supposed to dispel is back again. Is there democracy on the web? There is an e-lite that has a louder voice than others but rather than reaching that status through sheer size and monetary power an individual can gain the same status through sharing, uniqueness and alot of time.

Tim (Chippy) has created an aggregator of blogs that post about “alternate reality games” (ARGs). This is a good feed to have if you’re new to the area.

Alternate Reality Game Blogs

For those who have attended or heard any of my presentations I’ve given to industry over the past couple of years, you’ll recall that I praise the design of the multiple award winning “extended reality game” created by Xenophile Media for the Canadian TV series ReGenesis. He also worked on The Ocular Effect ‘alternate reality games’ for Disney. The Creative Director of Xenophile Media, Evan Jones, now has is own company: Stitch Media. He, and others, “make interactive stuff” and “make stuff interactive”. Here is a description on the website:

Let’s face it – the boundaries between media are rapidly disappearing. Audience Fragmentation and Cross-Media Entertainment are becoming the new reality for creators of any content.

That’s exactly where Stitch Media fits – joining ideas together into an emergent project that engages your audience on a completely new level.

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