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The latest and greatest from Nokia, The N97, is coming over to Israel very soon. This phone promises to be the next best thing in mobile technology with a touch screen as well as a QWERTY keyboard and unparalleled music and video broadcasting capabilities. To launch the new phone, Nokia Israel teamed up with Flixwagon to showcase the phone's capabilities.

The idea is simple: pick 100 influential bloggers, and surprise the first blogger with a big black box. The blogger then opens the box and if he is lucky enough, he will be the proud owner of the first N97 in Israel. If not, he needs to pick the next blogger from the blogger list which will do the same.

The game is broadcasted here, live from Flixwagon on a N97 phone. And yes...people can follow the game live as it happens here, broadcasting with Flixwagon from the Nokia N97s.

Find out who's going to be the lucky owner a brand new Nokia N97 as the game unfolds! Here is how it looked like when Moran Lavie (@moranlavie) got her chance :

The SmoothSpan blog takes an in-depth look at the value of mobile video and Flixwagon to publishers. Thanks to Bob Warfield for reaching out to us. Check it out:

http://smoothspan.wordpress.com/2008/12/01/flixwagon-instant-video-news/

Feel free to nominate us for Best Mobile startup for the 2008 Crunchies. You can vote once a day till December 10:

http://crunchies2008.techcrunch.com/nominations/?nominee=Flixwagon&category=6

We just updated our iPhone app to work with the newly released firmware 2.2. If you've upgraded to jailbroken 2.2, make sure you get the latest Flixwagon version from Cydia or Installer. Simply refresh your sources and upgrade the app. To install from scratch, look for Flixwagon in the multimedia category.

For feedback, or if you encounter any issues, email us at: feedback@flixwagon.com

User name and password change demo for Flixwagon users who signed-up directly from their device using Express Registration:

The demo below shows how you can easily share your Flixwagon videos with your twitter followers and on YouTube:

Check out our tutorial on how the new sharing and notifications settings work on Flixwagon:

 

Check out what the Mobile Diva Darla Mack has to say about our Ovi integration. Thanks Darla:

http://www.darlamack.com/darlamack/2008/11/ovi-says-yes-to.html

Flixwagon users and friends: Mashable has just announced its 2nd annual Open Web Awards, and we'd feel honored if you nominated us. Nominations close on Sunday, November 16, 2008 at 11:59pm PST.

For your convenience, we've included the nomination widgets below, pre-set with Flixwagon for the Mobile Applications and Video Sharing categories (you can nominate the same company in as many categories as you'd like, but you cannot nominate the same company in the same category multiple times under one email address).

Thanks, and we'll keep you posted on the results!

Check out Kim Kardashian's Flixwagon videos as as she heads out vote:

http://kimkardashian.celebuzz.com/2008/11/on-my-way-to-vote.php

In a culmination of MTV's 2008 Choose or Lose campaign with Flixwagon, which started with live coverage on Super Tuesday and continued with the National Conventions, MTV's street team is reporting live from 15 battleground states throughout the Presidential elections day.

The MTV Street Reporters, armed with phones running the Flixwagon application, will cover these historical elections with a focus on what young people are doing and thinking on Election Day.

The live videos will appear in the blogs of the 15 Street teamers here: http://think.mtv.com/Issues/politics/. For example, here is the video page of one of the MTV reporters.

We're happy to play a role in this important day through enabling MTV's mobile broadcasts, and through our 12Seconds/Current TV partnership we announced last week, which allows our users to have their Election Day thoughts shown on Current TV. Have a great Election Day!

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We're happy to announce that Flixwagon has just launched its integration with Nokia's Share on OVI service. For the benefit of users of both services, we're including a description of Flixwagon and Share on OVI below, with instructions on how to use the two together:

Flixwagon gives you the power of live video broadcasting in one click, right from your mobile phone. Share with family and friends, enjoy 2-way IM chat with viewers while broadcasting or watching, and easily determine who can watch which video. And now you can also instantly upload videos directly to Nokia's Share on Ovi!

With Share on Ovi you can share your photos, video and audio with one person, groups of people or the whole world, anytime, anywhere. Enjoy unlimited storage and share files of up to 100mb.
 

To start sharing live and stored videos from your mobile phone on Share on OVI here's what you need to do:

1. Download and install the latest Flixwagon application directly on your Symbian phone from here, or by signing up via our our website here. (FAQs)

Note: even if you already have Flixwagon installed, you still need to upgrade to the most recent version. Simply download the client from m.flixwagon.com/nokia and insert your login details instead of performing express registration.

2. On your computer, log-in to http://www.flixwagon.com (using the login details you got via SMS, or those you entered via the website), go to Settings/OVI, and enter your Share on OVI user name and password. Choose whether to have automatic or manual uploads to Share on OVI, and which Share on OVI channel/library to post your videos to.

Please note: Share on OVI requires separate sign-up and login from other OVI properties. To sign up for Share on OVI go to: http://share.ovi.com.

3. Open the Flixwagon application on your phone and click broadcast. If you set your preferences to automatic uploads, your public Flixwagon videos will appear in Share on Ovi instantly (and all your videos will also appear on Flixwagon.com). Remember, only public videos can be shared on Ovi by default.

If you set to manual uploads:
 
1. from the mobile broadcasting screen go to: Options --> Advanced Options --> Upload Flix to OVI.

OR:
 
2. login to your account on Flixwagon.com, open the video page, and click the OVI logo to share.

Feel free to edit titles and tags, post chat messages, and more. You can also view videos directly from your mobile phone on http://share.ovi.com.

      

We’re excited to report that we partnered with 12Seconds.tv to broadcast Flixwagon videos directly on Current TV and Current.com for Election Day. 

During the US Presidential Elections this Tuesday Nov 4, Flixwagon users will have the opportunity to share their election thoughts and experiences on Current TV by linking their Flixwagon account with a 12Seconds.tv account, and making 12-second-long videos.

The Current TV network is known for its user participation model, variety of short-form content, and its Inconveniencing Truther Chairman Al Gore (the network is available in over 51 Million households and online, so that’s a lot of people who might see your Flixwagon videos…).

12Seconds.tv is a cool new service where users can post 12-Second-long video status updates, which, similarly to twitter posts, makes people express very concise thoughts.

So if you’re a Flixwagon user and want to see your videos on Current TV, here’s what you need to do:

1. Send an email to flixwagon@12seconds.tv, and you’ll get an invite to join 12 Seconds. Sign up for 12 Seconds using the invite email.
2. Login to 12Seconds.tv starting Friday and link your Flixwagon account to your 12 seconds account (via 'settings' on the top menu).
3. You should be all set. The first 12 seconds of any public video you make during election day will go to the event moderators and may be shown on Current TV and Current.com.

Also, check out updates on the 12Seconds blog.

Weekend treat for Flixwagon users: Cooliris is a neat browser plugin that allows you to browse and discover multimedia content in a cool 3D environment. We thought you might enjoy using it to watch your flixwagon videos as much as we do!

To view and navigate through your Flixwagon videos via Cooliris, simply download and install the plugin from here, go to your Flixwagon videos page (i.e. flixwagon.com/YourUserName) or our home page, and then hit the Cooliris icon on the top-left corner of your browser, or within a video thumbnail. You'll see the Cooliris interface open with all the videos, which you can then play or flick through. Enjoy!



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Brides.com, Conde Nast’s premier bridal website is now using Flixwagon to broadcast live videos of bridal fashion shows, directly from mobile phones to the Brides.com website.

Brides.com editors will capture live previews of designs and bring the live runway experience to their website visitors. Check out the event coverage starting Friday, October 17, here: http://www.brides.com/blog/weddedbits.

Also, feel free to check out some other cool examples of our projects with Viacom/MTV like the Sarah Palin exclusive Interview and Jonas Bros tour, the Papal NYC visit on the New York Times website, and Google Android launch on NewTeeVee. Info on Flixwagon solutions for media companies and mobile carriers can be found here: http://flixwagon.com/solutions.

In the October Issue of Fast Company, Robert Scoble says every newspaper should equip its reporters with phones that can broadcast live video to the web, using apps like Flixwagon to "stream compelling live events -- crime scenes, postgame locker-room interviews, new-product introductions -- and package analysis on top of it." We absolutely agree.

The full story: http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/129/scobleizer-breaking-news.html

Check out the following blog post from NewTeeVee with comments by Facebook and MySpace execs from GigaOM's Mobilize Conference. Both sound bullish on mobile video, with Facebook VP of Growth for Mobile and International Chamath Palihapitiya mentioning services like Flixwagon as the "next logical place to go" and adding: "that’s really cool stuff. To the extent that we can enable people to upload directly and then share that with their friends, I think that’s very powerful."

http://newteevee.com/2008/09/18/mobile-video-is-next-for-myspace-facebook/

We're happy to announce the launch of Flixwagon Solutions for Mobile Carriers and Media Companies.

The scoop: our business solutions allow our clients to deploy live video broadcasting capabilities from mobile phones to the web and TV on a large scale, with customizable features, and extremely fast time-to-market.

Mobile carriers can offer the service to their own subscribers to improve subscriber experience and generate additional revenue via service fees and data plans. Subscribers can then share live or stored videos directly from their mobile phones with their friends, family, and colleagues via any wesbite, blog, social network, video sharing site and more, and interact with their viewers through live 2-way chat.

Media companies can create new cost-effective content offerings around live mobile video by allowing their reporters and entertainers to make live high-quality videos from anywhere in the world. These videos can be watched online and/or on TV, in combination with viewer participation (live chat, viewer submitted questions and requests, etc.). Also, the Flixwagon platform allows media companies to incorporate citizen journalism and user-generated content by supporting video feeds from up to hundreds of thousands of contributors. The web and TV experience is entirely customized to fit the media organization's existing properties.

Feel free to check out our Viacom/MTV case study, which includes info on various projects we powered for MTV, including 'Coose or Lose' that featured an exclusive interview with VP Candidate Sarah Palin, and 'Jonas Brothers: Live & Mobile' that pulled over 6 Million video streams in just one weekend.


Our new Solutions page for Mobile Carriers and Media companies is here: http://www.flixwagon.com/solutions

The press release is here: http://www.businesswire.com/news/google/20080916005463/en

And here's our flickr account with photos and screenshots: http://flickr.com/photos/27816411@N02/


Updates:

Some coverage from this morning:

Center Networks

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We just updated our iPhone app to work with the newly released firmware 2.1. If you've upgraded to jailbroken 2.1, make sure you get the latest Flixwagon version from Cydia or Installer. Simply refresh your sources and upgrade the app. To installer from scratch, look for Flixwagon in the multimedia category.

Great news today: Flixwagon is working with Web 2.0 Expo NY to cover the conference live from mobile phones to the web. During the expo we’ll have a number of bloggers and Flixwagonners at large in the different events making live videos all throughout. Starting with the Ignite NYC II event Monday Sep 15 and through the end of the conference, you can watch live videos of the show.

So what can you expect to see? Our folks will roam around and make continuous live videos. We’ll interview CEOs and start-up execs, tune in to some of the buzz in the hallways, live stream from the cocktail receptions, broadcast some of the panels, and more.

Check out the videos starting Monday Sep 15, here:  http://www.web2expo.com/communityvideo


 

In another example of MTV utilizing Flixwagon for covering live events using mobile phones, check out MTV's live Flixwagon videos from the Video Music Awards press conference at Paramount Studios in Hollywood: http://buzzworthy.mtv.com/2008/09/04/2008-mtv-vma-press-conference/

Flixwagon was just announced as a finalist in Streaming Media's Readers' Choice Awards 2008 in the Mobile Video Platform category. The winner will be announced during the awards ceremony on September 24. Thanks to all Streaming Media readers who voted for us and to Streaming Media Magazine!

Finalists list:

http://www.streamingmedia.com/article.asp?id=10646

Also, check out our previous post about our very own Sarig Reichert's interview with Streaming Media Magazine about Flixwagon.

Our very own Sarig Reichert was recently interviewed by Streaming Media Magazine for their Content Delivery 2008 issue. Sarig talked about lifecasting, the Flixwagon widget and social network notifications, business uses for mobile broadcasting with companies like MTV, and the future of the mobile broadcasting industry. Feel free to check it out here. Also, the full vitual issue is here.

With Republican Presidential Candidate John McCain's surprising announcement of picking Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate, many media outlets are finding there aren't many videos quite yet showing the veep hopeful talking about the national elections. Not MTV: back in Super Tuesday in February 2008, MTV street reporter Dani Carlson made a live video interview with Palin using a mobile phone running the Flixwagon application. In the interview, Palin talks about energy independence, being a Washington outsider, and of course, Alaska. Also, Palin mentions her support of Ron Paul, but not McCain. Check out the full exclusive interview on MTV:

http://newsroom.mtv.com/2008/08/29/sarah-palin-republican-vice-presidential-nominee-plugs-romney-paul-but-not-mccain-in-mtv-interview/



Thumbnail of early MTV interview with Sarah Palin via Flixwagon. Exclusive video available on MTV site.

Following several successful projects with Flixwagon, MTV yesterday deployed a number of street reporters armed with Flixwagon-equipped mobile phones to cover the National Democratic Convention in Denver. A similar number of reporters will also be on the scene using Flixwagon at the upcoming Republican National Convention.

The street reporters are making live videos throughout the four days of the convention from their mobile phones directly to their pages on the MTV Think website, in another installment of MTV's Choose or Lose campaign. The street reporters can easily broadcast live video and capture the atmosphere of the conventions in real-time without the need for large camera crews or bulky equipment. The official release is here.

Some of the videos and street reporters can be found here:

http://think.mtv.com/profile/trevorFmartin

http://think.mtv.com/profile/cgeraci25

http://think.mtv.com/profile/MiGoNev

http://think.mtv.com/profile/janeflemingkleeb

http://think.mtv.com/Issues/politics



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Great news: Flixwagon is now available for iPhone 3G and for original iPhones running firmware 2.0.1!
After being first to broadcast from iPhones back in June, and first to launch our public iPhone app for 1.1.4  in July, we're now releasing our app for iPhone 3G and original iPhone 2.0.x. This means we now support all iPhone models and firmware!

To install you'll need an 'opened' iPhone with either Cydia or Installer. Simply open Cydia or Installer, make sure all your versions and resources are up-to-date, and then install Flixwagon from the multimedia folder (under 'Sections' in Cydia, or 'Categories' in Installer 4. You can also find it under the iSpazio directory). Special thanks to Fabiano from iSpazio.net for all the great help with Cydia and Installer!




Flixwagon iPhone Broadcast Screen

Advantages:

• Super-fast sign-up: there is no need to sign-up in advance anywhere. Simply launch the app on your iPhone, enter your phone number, and you'll be instantly logged-in and can start broadcasting video immediately. You'll also receive an SMS message with your new user name and password which you can then change or restore via flixwagon.com.

Express Registration

• Highest Frames per Second rate: Flixwagon broadcasts the highest frame rate per second on iPhone in the market -- at 12 frames per second -- providing a smoother broadcast flow.

Choose between sharper resolution or more frames per second

• Edit video details on the fly: change title and tags directly from the iPhone before or during broadcast. This is especially useful in helping more users discover your broadcast while you're still live, by adding relevant tags and titles based on events in the broadcast.
  

• Set sharing preferences directly from the device: set flix as private, public, or viewable only by certain groups like friends, family, co-workers, etc., all directly from the iPhone and while broadcasting. 

Edit video details and sharing preferences on the fly

• Light app: the entire package is only 98Kb.
  

If you're using iPhone 1.1.4 of older check out info for your phone. Please note, the iPhone apps (1.1.4 and 2.0.1) are both in Alpha, and are used primarily for us to learn and experiment more with the iPhone platform. Feel free to email us comments or feedback about the alpha app at feedback [at] flixwagon [dot] com. Once the iPhone SDK supports native video we expect to develop an app for the new official app store. We don't encourage 'opening' or 'jailbreaking' iPhones and users do so at their own risk.

36 hours, 600 clips, over 6 Million video streams, 60,000 hours of video viewed, 90,000 user comments, at least 2 clips per hour on air during commercial breaks on MTV over the weekend, three 30-minute compilations on TV -- shot entirely on mobile phones, over a dozen locations including backstage at Madison Square Garden, and 3 Jonas Brothers. These are some of the stats from MTV's Jonas Brothers event this past weekend using Flixwagon. We knew this was going to be our biggest event to-date, but it surpassed even our wildest expectations. For example, according to MTV, the latest season finale of reality show The Hills got 5 Million video streams during its first 3 days.  The Jonas Bros event pulled in more traffic in a much shorter period of time, and consisted of live videos made via mobile phones -- making this the biggest live mobile video event in the world to-date that we know of. The official press release is here.

As mentioned last week, we provided MTV with the Flixwagon platform to cover the Jonas Brothers tour of their new album “A Little Bit Longer”. Throughout the 36-hour event, a number of MTV bloggers and reporters made live videos directly to the MTV site and TV studio using mobile phones running the Flixwagon application. The videos showed the Jonas Brothers as they traveled and prepared for their concerts and even showed some candid moments like the brothers reacting emotionally to some items on the news. Even the brothers themselves carried one of the phones and made several live videos throughout the event.
 


MTV Website with the Flixwagon video player, showing Kevin Jonas making a live mobile video using Flixwagon

Apart from the successful event itself, what we’re also extremely happy about is that we were able to show again how the Flixwagon platform can scale and be customized to fit different types of live broadcasts, in terms of number of concurrent broadcasters, web video streams, and streaming from mobile phones to internet and/or television.

All the videos are available exclusively on the MTV site here: http://jonasbros.mtv.com.

Some very exciting news today: for the first time in a music event of such a scale, MTV will use Flixwagon to broadcast live video feeds from numerous mobile phones to the web and TV from the Jonas Brothers tour of their new album this weekend. This is great news, not only because it's the biggest event by a band of this level of fame to receive continuous live mobile video coverage of their tour on and off stage, but also because we're expecting our highest-ever traffic of any single event to-date!



Jonas Brother in Concert (Source: Official Jonas Brothers Flickr)

During the event, a number of MTV bloggers/reporters will broadcast live videos from their 3G mobile phones to the MTV website and TV channel using Flixwagon while they tour with the tween sensations. The videos will give a personal peak behind the scenes of the Jonas Brothers in real time as they travel and get ready for their shows in Jones Beach and Madison Square Garden. The best Flixwagon clips will also be broadcast on MTV's TV channel during commercial breaks, as well as during two special 30-minute compilation programs. Also, viewers on MTV.com will be able to comment on videos and chat with the bloggers and other viewers.



We've been providing MTV with live mobile broadcasting solutions for some time, for example with their live citizen journalist coverage of the Super Tuesday Primaries, but this one should be a record breaker for us in terms of number of videos, viewers, and general fun to be had.

Coverage on both MTV and MTV.com will start on Friday, August 8th 2008 at 4pm ET/PT and run through Saturday August 9th at 10pm ET/PT. Feel free to check out all videos on http://jonasbros.mtv.com. MTV will also show select clips during commercial breaks on MTV Friday and Saturday, and on two compilation shows on Saturday August 9th at 2pm and 10pm.

The MTV bloggers will be carrying mobile phones with the Flixwagon application that allows them to broadcast live video with one click to the web and TV studio (without any bulky equipment or cumbersome file transfers). The entire mobile broadcast is powered by the Flixwagon platform.

Hope you get a chance to watch the live broadcasts, and feel free to give us your feedback or contact us with any questions. Here's some more info from MTV's Buzzworthy blog: http://buzzworthy.mtv.com/2008/08/07/jonas-brothers-are-about-to-get-live-mobile-and-were-going-along-for-the-ride/
 

Following our announcement in June that our developers were the first to successfully broadcast live video from iPhones, we are now officially launching our iPhone alpha app. The app currently runs on first generation “opened” iPhones with firmware 1.1.4 or earlier, that have Installer.app on the device. It is available to all users with suitable configuration on their iPhones.

For users using the new iPhone 3G, or the original iPhone with firmware 2.0, our team is currently working on an application for those devices as well, and we’ll announce when ready (will require an “opened” 2.0 iPhone as well).


Flixwagon iPhone Broadcast Screen


The iPhone app supports the following features:

• Express Sign-up on the fly: once you install the app via installer you can be up and running within seconds: simply enter your phone number and you’ll be instantly logged-in. You'll also receive a text message with your new user name and password (which you can then change when you log-in to flixwagon.com).

Express Registration

• Edit video details on the fly: change title and tags directly from the device before or during broadcast. This is especially useful in helping more users discover your broadcast while you're still live, by adding relevant tags and titles based on events in the broadcast.
  

• Set sharing preferences directly from the device: set flix as private, public, or viewable only by certain groups like friends, family, co-workers, etc.

Edit video details and sharing preferences on the fly

• Choose video quality settings: select between higher resolution (sharper details within the frame) or higher frame rate per second (smoother video flow).

Choose between sharper resolution or more frames per second


How do I get Flixwagon on my iPhone to Start Broadcasting Live Video?

From Installer go to the ‘Sources’ tab, tap ‘Edit’ on the top right, then ‘Add’ on the top left, type in the following URL: http://m.flixwagon.com/iphone, and then tap “Done”. Then tap the ‘Install’ tab, find the new Flixwagon folder, and then follow the installation instructions. Once you return to the home screen you’ll see the new Flixwagon icon.

Tap the Flixwagon icon. If you already have a user name and password type them in. If not, enter your mobile phone number with country code and you'll be instantly logged-in. Your new user name and password will be sent to you via SMS. You can then edit the login details or restore them by visiting flixwagon.com. Also, if you prefer full registration via our website, you an do so here.


Please note, the iPhone apps (1.1.4 and 2.0) are both in Alpha, and are used primarily for us to learn and experiment more with the iPhone platform. Feel free to email us comments or feedback about the alpha app at feedback [at] flixwagon [dot] com. Once the iPhone SDK supports native video we expect to develop an app for the new official app store. We don’t encourage 'opening' or ‘jailbreaking’ iPhones, nor switching back to older firmware, and users do so at their own risk.

We have some great news today at Flixwagon:  after a quiet roll-out last week, we’ve now officially launched our open public version, and added several new cool features on the mobile client and on Flixwagon.com:


1. As of today our site is officially open to all users. This means anyone can easily sign up for Flixwagon.


2. We added a dead-simple new way to sign up on the fly, directly from your device. All you need to do from supported devices is access m.flixwagon.com/nokia on your mobile browser, hit 'Yes' to follow the express registration instructions, and Voila! And off course we still offer registration through flixwagon.com where you can also download the software (to computer, via SMS, or via mobile browser). Existing users can get the most recent version by accessing m.flixwagon.com/nokia on the mobile browser or visiting Account Settings on Flixwagon.com.


3. New features on the Flixwagon mobile client:

• Choose between delay or video quality: in the preferences section you can determine whether your broadcasts will be optimized for the shortest delay, or highest video quality.

• Two-way text Chat: you can send IM messages back to the video chat room, making chats around your video 2-way. This is especially useful when you want to respond to your viewers' comments without interrupting the video or audio in the broadcast.

• Share on Twitter and YouTube directly from phone: you can share individual videos on twitter and YouTube directly  from your device, as well as customize the message or titles (no more generic Twitter messages!). All you need to do is add your Twitter or YouTube account details on Flixwagon.com, and then you can customize posts directly from your phone.

• Detailed sharing from device: for the past several months Flixwagon has supported group and sharing preferences. Now you can also easily choose your sharing settings for specific videos directly from your device, and determine which groups (friends, family, etc.) can access your video even before you start broadcasting. Make sure you set up your contacts, groups, and alerts first on flixwagon.com and you can start sharing flix with them on the fly.

• Digital Zoom-in and zoom-out feature.

• Change title: you can now change the video title directly from the phone while broadcasting.  This is great when the ‘right’ headline comes to you while you broadcast (and can help more viewers discover your broadcast while you’re still broadcasting live).

3. New features on flixwagon.com:

• RSS: get your videos out to feed.

• Import contacts: we made the “Import Contacts” option more visible so you can more easily invite your friends to watch flix.
  

Feel free to let us know what you think here or via @flixwagon on Twitter,

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Mike Butcher of TechCrunchUK broadcasts the first-ever live mobile video from 11 Downing Street using Flixwagon:

The Flixwagon store is now open for business in the U.S, UK, and EU. Get your Flixwagon t-shirt, hat, or bag today:


http://flixwagon.spreadshirt.com

We're broadcasting live from Personal Democracy Forum  2008. Check it out:






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Flixwagon was founded on the premise that capturing and sharing video should be fast and easy. We realized that existing ways to share video were too cumbersome and that there was a better way. This is why we started Flixwagon.

 

Our friends at Boxee are also trying to change the world, but with a very different focus. Boxee is building the ultimate media center which we believe can change the way people consume and share digital content at home. Boxee allows users to easily consume and share video, photos, and music from various sources on their computers and TVs, interact with their friends around this content, and more.  We think this is a huge leap from anything that's out there today.

 

Boxee just came out with their alpha for mac. We encourage you to sign up for their alpha program, download, and get ready for an entirely new and exciting media center experience.

 

http://boxee.tv

Our very own Sarig Reichert interviewed by Beet.TV's Andy Plesser. Thanks for a great interview Andy.

 

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We're happy to announce that our development team at the Flixwagon lab has successfully streamed the first-ever live high-quality video from unlocked iPhones to the web, using Flixwagon's alpha client.

 

While we don't condone or recommend unlocking iPhones, as avid iPhone users ourselves we wanted to experiment with ways to enable flixwagon on the iPhone, until the official SDK supports video. We're going to continue working with the iPhone SDK in the future so we can offer this functionality to all users once video becomes a standard part of the iPhone.

 

After Flixwagon is installed on the phone, users can broadcast videos with one click to the flixwagon website. Videos can be watched live or saved for later. Also, videos can be embedded in blogs via our flixee widget or uploaded to the user's YouTube account. Users can also easily determine which of their contacts to share each video with.

 

We'll release the iPhone version to our Alpha testers in July. In the mean time, if you want to sign up for Flixwagon or get updates on future roll-outs and supported mobile devices, click here. Also, feel free to follow us on Twitter for continuous updates. Finally, check out the iPhone demo below:  

 

Demo of iPhone Streaming Live Video via Flixwagon:

 

 

Video broadcast by an iPhone:

http://twitter.com/flixwagon

Http://www.flixwagon.com

http://flixwagon.com/iphone

We're happy to announce that flixwagon was nominated for MobileBeat 2008: VentureBeat's top mobile applications competition. The competition looks at the most innovative and promising technologies in the mobile space. 

Help us win the competition! Venturebeat is a well known technology blog, and winning the competition can help flixwagon gain more visibility, grow faster, and achieve certain goals ahead of schedule like rolling out new exciting features and supporting additional phones. 

The competition is set up in a way that each registered voter can cast up to 5 votes -- one vote in every 24 hours (we know... took us a few minutes to to figure it out too). So if you'd like to give us your 5 votes, feel free to login once a day and submit your votes. All of us at Flixwagon would very much appreciate it!

So here's what you'll need to do to vote for Flixwagon:

1. sign-up for a voting login ID here:

http://venturebeat.com/wp-login.php?action=register

2. After you sign-up, access the voting page here and vote for flixwagon:

http://venturebeat.com/mobilebeat-2008/companies/

(Flixwagon is in the 'Applications Companies' category).

3. you can return to the voting page every 24 hours up to five times to submit additional votes. Voting ends on June 24, 2008, so make sure you cast all five votes by then.

Thanks and we'll keep you posted on how it goes.

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Kim Kardashian of E!'s reality show Keeping Up with the Kardashians started using Flixwagon to stream live videos from her cell phone to her blog. Check it out to get real-time behind-the-scenes videos of Kim's life:

http://www.officialkimkardashian.com/2008/06/live-behindthescenes-of-family.php

Attention Bebo users: we just created our Bebo profile and group. Feel free to add us and let us what kind of content you'd like us to post.

We've officially re-launched our Twitter account for Flixwagon. We're planning a lot of exciting features down the road, so feel free to follow us on twitter for easy updates on features, company news, and cool videos being streamed via Flixwagon. 

By 5 p.m. newspapers are given away on every street corner in New York City. Why? Because it was published earlier that morning- it's OLD NEWS.
The Internet gives us minute-by-minute updates, texters send us alerts, and bloggers post all day long.

People want the news and they want it now. They can't wait for experienced journalists to show up on the scene, go through hair and makeup, and edit the footage into a nice polite package. We want the real deal; the raw, unadulterated news of what's really going on. That's where YouTube's new brain child Citizen News comes in. 

The idea is this: with cheaper, more accessible video equipment, people from around the world can report on what's going in their neighborhood. These people need to make a video, upload it to the computer, and post it online. Well, I like the idea of all different types of people broadcasting from across the world on YouTube's Citizen News. But what about getting my news NOW? That's where Flixwagon comes in.

Give these people affordable Flixwagon capable cell phones that can broadcast LIVE real-time video and then I'll be happy. Arm someone in Sudan with a Flixwagon so I can tune in on the latest news from Sudan in real-time on the Internet. Or maybe give it to someone broadcasting live from their college, or at a concert, or a basketball game, or a demonstration...

You can't get more recent than that.

The Mobile Diva was at a Nokia launch party at NYC and here's her treat for you:

We're here at the Blogtropol.us bloggers lounge at the Web2.0 Expo in SF. We be streaming live videos using 6 mobile phones so be sure to check out the live stream of video at http://www.flixwagon.com/web2_0 . Feel free to send your comments live, directly to the broadcasters!

Ayelet Noff, a.k.a. Blond 2.0, is hosting a dinner for our guests of honor this week in Israel:

Robert Scoble
Craig Newmark
JD Lasica
Susan Mernit
Renee Blodgett
Cathy Brooks
Deb Schultz
Sarah Lacy
Brad Reddersen
Jeff Saperstein

The dinner party is sponsored by MeeMix and Flixwagon. We will be broadcasting to you live from the event by Flixwagon, you can check out the videos here: http://www.blonde2dot0.com/blog/2008/04/14/israel-innovation-dinner/ . The event begins tonight at 7:30pm Israel time. Stay tuned for live broadcasts! :)

TechEd Israel 2008 was an amazing event!

• There was an amazing number of 10 bloggers broadcasting with Flixwagon, creating 257 videos, you can see all videos here
• A greate party:

•  Interesting interviews, like this one with Danny Yamin, General Manager of Microsoft Israel

•  Cool Wheels:

• Addictive toys:

And many new friends!

I would like to send our big thanks to the Digital Marketing Team at Microsoft: to Lior for this outstanding cooperation, to Michal for her dedication and hard work all along and to Guy and Kfir for their support. Also a big thanks to the dream team of bloggers: Dror, Doron, Tal, Amit, Gadi, Maya, Omer, Eran, Uval and Moshe. And last but not least, the Flixwagon team for their hard work.

We are happy to announce that a new version of the Flixwagon mobile application has been released!

Flixwagon Users:

All Flixwagon users among you are invited to update their mobile application to improve performance. To update your Flixwagon client, simply sign-in at Flixwagon.com, go to ‘Settings’ and then ‘Account,’ make sure that we have the correct mobile number (the area code and phone number with no leading ones or zeros), and click “resend SMS.”  You'll receive a text message with a link to download the application. 

Non Flixwagon Users:

All of you who want to join are very welcome! Feel free to register here and we will send you an invitation.

Hagit, ALon and I are in Microsoft's biggest event of the year, Tec-Ed Israel. We're broadcasting live together with another 12 bloggers. The outcome is great! You can see live videos of sessions, breaks, parties and celebrities here - www.flixwagon.com/teched2008

 

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL—APRIL 4, 2008— Flixwagon, by MyFrame Inc., leading provider of high-quality live video broadcasting from mobile phones to the Web, today announced it will enable bloggers to broadcast live from their mobile phones during the Microsoft Tech-Ed Israel Event in Eilat, April 6-8, 2008. Utilizing mobile phones equipped with the Flixwagon application, bloggers will report and broadcast live video from the event directly to the Tech-Ed homepage at http://www.microsoft.com/israel/teched2008/index.aspx. 

The live video broadcasts, also be accessible at www.Flixwagon.com/Teched2008, will provide on-demand coverage of the entire three-day event directly to the Internet.  Viewers can also interact with bloggers during and after broadcasts through Flixwagon’s chat capabilities.  

“Mobile broadcasting is changing the way bloggers and journalists are reporting news,'' said Eran Hess, President, My Frame Inc. ''Flixwagon’s mobile-to-web broadcasting capabilities are empowering everyone to share their experiences — live.  We are excited to provide our technology to the bloggers covering Microsoft’s Tech-Ed event and allow them to broadcast live on the Web with millions of people.”

“Live broadcasting is a key part of Tech-Ed Israel as we plan to touch 50,000 IT Pros and Developers through the web. Live broadcasting from a mobile phone to Tech-Ed Israel's web-site makes the reporting process simple and seamless,” said Lior Zoref, Digital Marketing Group Lead, Microsoft Israel.

Flixwagon simplifies how people capture and share video by enabling anyone with a capable 3G mobile phone to broadcast live directly to the Internet. In providing an application to easily stream live, high-quality video from a mobile phone, Flixwagon is enabling users to broadcast their world to individuals and groups, blogs, social networks and leading video sites such as YouTube, MySpace, MSN Space, Blogger, etc. 

About Flixwagon

Flixwagon, by MyFrame Inc., is changing how people capture and share video on the web.  It provides an application to easily stream live, high-quality video from a mobile phone directly to the Web.  With Flixwagon, you can broadcast your world to individuals and groups, your blog, social networks and leading video sites.  MyFrame Inc. is privately held with offices in Boston, USA and Tel Aviv, Israel. For more information, visit www.flixwagon.com.

MyFrame and Flixwagon are trademarks of MyFrame, Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.

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Hi all,

You're very welcome to watch live broadcasts from CTIA! Simply follow this link - www.flixwagon.com/ctia/

Here are a few treats from the last day:

Michael Scogin from MTV talks about the Choose or Lose Super Tuesday coverage with Flixwagon:

 Chetan Sharma talks about mobile advertizing:

 Brad Bostic about ChaCha:

To watch more live flix from Debi and Bena, go to www.flixwagon.com/ctia/

A video is worth a thousand words...

Ricky Cadden, Editor in Chief at www.Symbian-Guru.com, and his lovely fiancé Christina, decided to celebrate their wedding as never done before. As a tech savvy blogger, Ricky decided to broadcast his wedding LIVE to the internet using Flixwagon and 4 S60-powered Nokia N82 smartphones. Friends and family who couldn’t join the celebration as well as readers and online friends will be able to celebrate with Ricky and Christina and witness these special moments in the lives of the young couple. The cameras will be rolling all day long, so that visitors can follow the bride and groom as they get ready for the big event. All broadcasts will be available here: www.flixwagon.com/wedding/ (mind the last /)

Flixwagon, by MyFrame Inc., leading provider of high-quality live video broadcasting from mobile phones to the Web, is changing how people capture and share video on the web.  It provides an application to easily stream live, high-quality video from a mobile phone directly to the Web.  With Flixwagon, you can broadcast your world to individuals and groups, your blog, social networks and leading video sites.  MyFrame Inc. is privately held with offices in Boston, USA and Tel Aviv, Israel. For more information, visit www.flixwagon.com.

In less than a week, CTIA 2008 kicks off in Las Vegas. The conference is publicized as the largest wireless conference in the world.

Bena Roberts, founder and chief editor of the blog GoMo News and Debi Jones will bring a compelling social media experience to the conference. They will kick off with a party on Sunday night (March 30th) to unveil a mobile video broadcast studio! An RV brightly marked will cruise up to the Las Vegas Conference Center and pick up interviewees who will be whisked away from the saturated towers serving the CC. They will set up to stream from the RV and go live using Flixwagon with a variety of pioneering people and innovative companies along side the big brands that fuel mobile content and services.

Watch GoMo News for all the up to date information on where and how to watch the broadcasts. A couple of Nokia N95s will be the video capture devices and Flixwagon as the service to stream from the device, store the videos and alert Twitter followers or Flixwagon fans that a new video is LIVE. The interviews and product demos are designed to be informative and conversational. The audience will be invited to join in with their own questions through chat during the broadcast. All broadcasts will be available here: www.flixwagon.com/ctia (coming up) 

We want to thank GoMo News on Wheels! for a great initiative and also to our fellow sponsors: Flixwagon, mPulse, MCN, and Smaato. And to the GoMo News Blender sponsor JumpTap.

 

Look who was a guest at the Pop17 show!

Delivering Live Mobile-to-Web Broadcasts Directly to YouTube, Blogs, and Social Networking Sites

LEXINGTON, MA—March 21, 2008—Flixwagon, by MyFrame Inc., leading provider of high-quality live video broadcasting from mobile phones to the Web, today announced the launch of the FliXee Widget which will stream live mobile-to-web broadcasts directly to Flixwagon users Websites, Blogs, and Social Networking sites. Additionally, Flixwagon users will now have the capability to deliver their mobile-to-web broadcasts directly to YouTube through their Flixwagon account.

The FliXee Widget allows users, such as Sarah Meyers of Pop17.com, to stream their live mobile broadcasts captured through Flixwagon directly to personal Web pages. Stored broadcasts can also be accessed through the FliXee Widget for quick viewing. Registered Flixwagon users can download the FliXee Widget application and immediately begin streaming their live broadcasts. 

"The FliXee Widget has simplified the way I can broadcast from anywhere to my audience," said Sarah Meyers, Pop17.com.  “Now I can share my live broadcasts in real-time directly on my site."

Flixwagon simplifies how people capture and share video by enabling anyone with a capable 3G mobile phone to broadcast live directly to the Internet. In providing an application to easily stream live, high-quality video from a mobile phone, Flixwagon is enabling users to broadcast their world to individuals and groups, blogs, social networks and leading video sites such as YouTube, MySpace, MSN Space, Blogger, etc. 

“The FliXee Widget is simplifying the way Flixwagon users deliver and share their live broadcasts and experiences directly to leading Websites,” said Eran Hess, President, MyFrame Inc. “These new features continue to demonstrate the scalability and reach of our Flixwagon broadcasting technology and the simplicity and ease-of-use in delivering high quality video online.” 

About Flixwagon
Flixwagon, by MyFrame Inc., is changing how people capture and share video on the web.  It provides an application to easily stream live, high-quality video from a mobile phone directly to the Web.  With Flixwagon, you can broadcast your world to individuals and groups, your blog, social networks and leading video sites.  MyFrame Inc. is privately held with offices in Boston, USA and Tel Aviv, Israel. For more information, visit www.flixwagon.com.

MyFrame and Flixwagon are trademarks of MyFrame, Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.
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Good news for ya' Flixers!

From today, you can upload your Flixwagon videos to your YouTube channel. 

It is very simple, all you need to do is:

1. After you login, go to Settings > YouTube
2. Enter your YouTube credentials
3. Choose your YouTube privacy settings

and voila!

Also, you can click on the YouTube logo when watching a certain flix.

 

Please note:

• Your video is uploaded to YouTube only after the broadcast (from your mobile to Flixwagon.com) is done. 
• It may take some time for your Flix to show up on YouTube. This is a result of the processing time taken by YouTube.

 

Enjoy! 

Good news for you Flixers!

You can now set or change your sharing settings for a particular video before or during the broadcast. That means that even if your default sharing is set to “public” you can change a video to “private” right before you decide to ride the mechanical bull with your friends on a Friday night and broadcast it live. Don’t want to share that one with everybody! Or you can change your video to “public” so everyone can see how great of a time you had at the Superbowl.

• To change the privacy settings before a particular broadcast on your mobile phone, go to “Setup & Broadcast” (see figure 1) and choose the desired setting (see figure 2).
• To change the privacy settings during broadcast, select “sharing” and choose the desired setting (see figure 3).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                       
                            

Hi all,

This week, Flixwagon is participating in the Carnival of the Mobilists!

For those of you who haven't visited the Carnival of Mobilists, the Carnival brings you to the very best posts of the

previous week, all written about mobile and gathered together in a central place. Each week, it is hosted at a different site, so you can visit the Carnival and experience both new writers about mobile, as well as all your old favourites.

This week's Carnival is set up at Andrew Grill's blog, bringing you the best of the week, so go a head!

Enjoy :) 

 

Good news for all bloggers and website owners!

You can now put your FliXee widget in your web page and share your live and stored videos captured by Flixwagon with your readers without the need to embed videos after taking them.

The FliXee widget makes it easier especially when you're out and about and don't have the time to login and post the video that you just captured with your mobile.

Ok, so now you want it, how do you get it?

Update, March-20:

Flixwagon users:

1. After you login, simply go to MyPage and check the FliXee promotion on the right side and click on ‘Get FliXee’.
2. Personalize your FliXee! Pick your favorite color and click on Generate Code.
3. Copy the code and paste it in your webpage.

 

Non-Flixwagn users:

You should first register to Flixwagon. After you receive the invitation link, signup and install the application on your mobile. Now you're ready to add the FliXee widget to your web page.

As always, if you have any questions or need help - you can contact us through feedback@flixwagon.com

Enjoy!

 

As always, we are working on our next release with lots of goodies. Release features are heavily based on user feedbacks..and some on what we have in mind. I encourage all of you flixers to use our feedback form or simply mail to feedback@flixwagon.com with what you think we should improve or add. We read every word. Really.

Rory Cellan-Jones of BBC News published a video interview featuring Eran Hess, Flixwagon's Co-Founder and CEO. The interview was taken at the BBC's Television Centre, right in front of the live News 24 studio.

Apart from the great interview with Eran, Rory raises an important question:

"What would happen if everyone, anywhere, could have their own live television station from a mobile phone? So I could broadcast something as banal as my walk with the dog, or citizens could go live in conflict zones?"

Let me rephrase the question a little to make my point:

What would happen if everyone, anywhere, could have their own blog/online news site on the internet? So I could cover something as banal as my walk with the dog, or citizens could go live in conflict zones?

This probably sounds familiar to those of you who have been long enough around the blogosphere. So my answer to "what would happen?" is that change would happen. It means that we will probably witness the proliferation of the new technology, bringing alongside huge amounts of video contents with it. At first, we might be swamped, just like before everyone learned how to use Technorati and Google Blog Search to sort through all the blogs out there. Later, we will probably find our way (using new recommendation tools, directories and so on) and find new talents and new forms that couldn't have managed to get under the spotlight any other way.

 As for a 'walking with my dog' video, every new technology enables content generators the freedom of creation while the consumers need to sort and find what they like. This rule has been applied to books, music, TV shows, blogs, why not live video content? Also, even a 'walking with my dog' video will probably be relevant to someone, it may be my immediate circle of friends, dog lovers and people who want to get closer to me (potential dates etc'). 

 

Hi guys,

Don't miss it! There are live broadcasts from SXSW brought to you by a talented group of bloggers using Flixwagon.

Here is a short preview of the treats you can find at our special event page:

Pete Cashmore broadcasting Marshall Kirkpatrick of Read Write Web.

 while Marshall is broadcasting Pete: 

 Sarah Meyers interviewing Robert Scoble about his party

 

And there is a lot more from those came from, so head over to the Flixwaogn SXSW event page:

Good news to all Twitters among you!

You can now update your followers on Twitter about your live Flixwagon broadcasts!

Simply go to Flixwagon.com, press Settings > Twitter and enter your Twitter account settings.

 

 

Also, you can twitter about a stored video you are watching. Simply press the Twitter logo in the player, insert your Twitter account info (if you haven't done it by now) and voila!

 

 

To all of those who can't attend the SXSW conference - we have good news for you!

A team of 6 bloggers will be broadcasting live from the conference. Their broadcast can be seen both here and in their own blogs.

This is our dream team:

 

• Josh Knowles http://www.auscillate.com/
• Naveen Selvadurai http://naveenium.com/
• Christin Roman http://xinroman.com/
• Bre Petis http://imakethings.com/
• Kate Bauer http://www.katiebauer.com/itpblog/
• Tikva Morowati http://www.tikvamorowati.com/new_site/projects.htm

We are happy to share that a new version of the Flixwagon mobile application has been released!

All Flixwagon users among you are invited to update their mobile application to improve performance. To update your Flixwagon client, simply sign in to Flixwagon.com, go to “Account” and press “resend SMS”.

If you want to broadcast live and you haven't signed up yet, feel free to register here and we will send you an invitation.

 

Since many of you have asked, I'm posting it here for the benefit of all of our users:

When broadcasting with Flixwagon, the Nokia N95 device can be held either vertically or horizontally depending on your mood. Let your artistic side show by broadcasting the Hawaiian sunset holding the phone horizontally to capture the beautiful landscape.

How? Simply choose your favorite orientation before opening the application. We're also working on enabling using the orientation on all other supported devices.

Captured by Mastro:

 

Thanks Mastro! :)

As promised, here's our live broadcasted video recipe of pasta with Alfredo and mushrooms sauce. We were very happy with the outcome, very tasty and really easy to cook.

Broadcasting it while cooking made us realize that there are "dead" moments when we needed to wait for the water to boil or the mushrooms to cook. We thought those moments are probably boring for the viewers... So we decided to take some breaks and divide the broadcast into a few interesting parts.

I hope you'll enjoy it. And you're very welcome to share your recipes with me. Drop me a line and I'll even publish then here.

*Thanks Ricky for the great inspiration, and thanks to Idan for cooking! :)

Part 2:

Part 3:

Part 4:

Part 5:

Watching live video broadcasts at Flixwagon.com has made me both hungry and motivated to prove my cooking skills. I invite you to share your favorite recipes using flixwagon and promise to share mine in my next posts. If you want your video to be featured here - just drop me a line.

The credits for inspiring this go to Ricky's latest 'Cooking with the Guru' series and to WhatleyDude.

Bon appetit!

Most bloggers have already covered all the Mobile World Congress news, new gadgets, who attended which event and how the hell didn't they had enough bandwidth for 60,000 mobile phones and laptops?! How can we communicate with no means?! Also many have already blogged about who had goodies, who had nice giveaways, and most important who offered free coffee and water... (the lines for a bad coffee were impressive!). 

Here are my off-topic observations:

1) 99.9% of the attendees wore dark grey or black suits. The only variations were the color of the thin stripes.

2) Mobile techies don't push and they stand in a nice long line with no complaints.

 

3) Most mobile techies are men. Try to spot a woman here:

4) Business cards - you never take enough with you :)

5) After so many hours on feet, we will drink whatever coffee we can find. Any. (and accidentally spell it on my N95 and improve its performance. Try it on your own risk).

6) High heels are bad for you. Bad. Very bad.

But Barcelona is more than a huge amount of black and grey suits. This is the city of best parties and good food! The big question is - do mobile techies know how to party? I was reluctant but decided to put it to the test. In order to examine it thoroughly, I went out each night with different people, and each night I found myself in at least 2 parties,

My answer is YES.

From a lot of beers at the BelChica with the MobileSunday gang (no 3G network there, sory), through Swedish Beers, some private parties with bloggers and demo and marketing delegations, yes, mobile techies know how to have a good time! :)

And here's a treat for those of you who couldn't join - some flix from the Blackberry party

 

 

Hey guys, after a rather slow start with a crash of the 3G network and hardly no WiFi coverage, Flixwagon is live broadcasting from Mobile World Congress :)

You can see our broadcasts here - http://www.flixwagon.com/gsm/index

Feel free to comment during broadcast.

MTV citizen journalist Sara Benincasa said it best when she explained:

A cameraman from one of the big networks came up to me and said, "Are you reporting?" And I said, "Yeah, I am!" And he said, "How?  And I said [pointing at camera phone], "This is live to web, sir.'  New technology, kids – pretty cool.

Yes, it is.  On Super Tuesday, with MTV's live broadcasts popping up from all over the country, one person in particular stood out as an exceptional citizen journalist: Sara Benincasa.  With boundless energy, Sara took us on a wild adventure throughout New York City using her Nokia N95 cell phone outfitted with the Flixwagon application.  She interviewed endless New Yorkers about their feelings on politics, their predications for the coming election, and their hopes and desires for a new direction for the U.S.A.  Luckily, there was no cameraman struggling to keep up with her because all Sara had to do was pull her mobile phone out of her pocket and capture all the action live.

Sara dove right into the action when she started her day on the streets of Times Square talking about the complex political makeup of NYC.

 

 

We got to hear not only Sara's ideas on politics but also many different New Yorker's views on Super Tuesday.  Sara even scored a spot at Hillary Clinton's headquarters where we really got to see the inner-workings of the political system.

 

 

 

By the end of the day, Sara was rubbing elbows with Hillary Clinton herself.  Sara took us on an awesome adventure and we got to experience the highs and lows of citizen journalism and the crazy action of New York City and Super Tuesday.  What a ride!

 

 

 

Thanks Sara for such an exclusive look into Super Tuesday.

For the non-US people out there on the web (which I am one of them), MTV's Choose or Loose initiative has provided a whole new experience of being a part of and great opportunity to have a closer look of the US elections.

Using Flixwagon, a series of 23 young reporters went out to cover the real stories from polling stations, caucuses, candidate rallies etc' live from their mobile. One of my favorite reporters is Sara Benincasa, a citizen journalist for the 2008 MTV Choose or Lose Street Team. All day long I was watching her live broadcasts which portrait NYC, the of New York voters, Hillary's winning speech and many other items.

This was a very amazing experience of getting video news breaks on real time from a young point of view. Here are some treats, however I strongly encourage you to follow the link to Sara Benicasa page and see them all.

Enjoy!

In the United States, the primary elections are the first step toward choosing our president.  Voters choose the candidate they prefer from their political party; the person they want to see in the White House.  After the American people have voted, the elected candidates move on to the final race: the race for the presidency.  Super Tuesday is the day in which 23 states hold their primary elections, an important day that helps determine the future of our country.

But what does Flixwagon have to do with all of this?

Usually I read about the primary elections in the newspaper or online.  I see the outcomes of the elections, how many people voted, and nicely edited footage of the various polling sites.  But what if we could see of all this and more... live?

Flixwagon is connecting people to the voting experience across state lines and sharing this experience live. 

 

As part of MTV's Choose or Lose campaign, 23 citizen-based journalists are armed with Nokia N95 cell phones and are capturing the action live using Flixwagon.  You will see inside the polling stations, interviews with everyone from students to political analysts, and more.  Forget about reading about the elections online or in the newspaper.  Now you can catch the electoral process LIVE on MTV.

You can watch the electoral process in action from Juneau, Alaska to New York City and anywhere in between like Tennesse, Georgia, and Minnesota.

Maybe you're wondering, what young people think about getting involved?

 

 

Or... what the students at Georgia Tech doing to promote voter registration?

 

 

Or maybe you want to know if any young people really care about Super Tuesday?

 

 

 

Through Flixwagon and MTV, I feel connected to the rest of the country during this exciting time.  Welcome to the future of live mobile broadcasting.

 

Today is the day! 

MTV

's street journalism team will broadcast from 23 states to ThinkMTV from their Nokia N95 mobile devices using Flixwagon. Throughout the day, MTV will regularly break into programming and showcase news features on TV from the live reports.

Here at Flixwagon we will bring you some highlights of today's coverage. Bellow is David Whiteside's flix showing people getting pumped up to vote:

Ricky Cadden

and Matt Jones came up with a very cool idea of how to use Flixwagon. They announced a blogger battle! It's called Geek vs Guru - The Workout competition.

Ricky and Matt are going to use Nokia Sports Tracker Online to report distance covered and Flixwagon to broadcasttheir weigh-in. Here are the battle rules:

The Rules:

1. Participants MUST workout and post a video recap on Tuesday and Thursday on their respective blogs. You can view the videos here: 

• Matt's at NokiaGeek.com
• Ricky’s at Symbian-Guru.com.

2. Workout MUST register in Nokia Sports Tracker Online. The distance covered will be taken from there.

3. Weight on scales must be recorded in the video recap and reported in the bi-weekly post in kilograms.

Points:

One point will be awarded for each kilometer covered, as well as each kilogram lost. 5 points will be deducted for not recording a workout or for not posting a video. The winner receives the satisfaction of knowing that he is the more in-shape blogger.

Winner:

The winner gets the satisfaction of knowing he is in great shape, as well as bragging rights.

Get updated:

• Make sure you’re subscribed to both NokiaGeek’s and Symbian-Guru’s RSS feed to get the latest updates on Mondays and Wednesdays.
• Go to the contest homepage, and get updates and links to the most recent coverage.
• Matt’s Flixwagon videos can be found here, and his SportsTrackerOnline profile is here.
• Ricky’s Flixwagon videos can be found here, and his SportsTrackerOnline profile is here.

We're gonna watch closely. Any bets, people? :)

Hi all,

We have more invitations for you! If you're interested, you can drop me a line at atesters@flixwagon.com or register at www.flixwagon.com

Enjoy!

We are very happy to announce that Flixwagon has partnered MTV:

 

NEW YORK, Jan. 31 -- MTV's army of Street Team '08 citizen journalists will cover the youth vote like no one else on Super Tuesday, delivering the first-ever live mobile-to-web broadcasts -- from polling stations, caucuses, candidate rallies and everywhere young voters congregate February 5th.

The real-time, on-the-spot reports will be streamed live all day from correspondents' video-equipped mobile phones to MTVNews.com and ChooseorLose.com. Throughout the day, MTV will regularly break into programming and showcase news featurettes excerpted from the live reports. The effort is part of MTV's constantly evolving, Emmy-winning ''Choose or Lose'' campaign and will offer the network's citizen journalists an unprecedented stage -- with the potential to reach as many as 100 million viewers -- as they bring all the Super Tuesday action to America's youth as it happens.

''Young people are taking hold of the political process like never before, and are clamoring to share and react to the stories as they unfold on the campaign trail in real-time,'' said Christina Norman, President of MTV. ''The Street Team's Super Tuesday coverage will be hyper-focused on the issues and stories that matter most to our audience, empowering them to experience the day's historic events in a whole new way.''

MTV's Street Team of citizen journalists will be using Nokia N95 devices, fully-fledged multimedia computers with a leading-class 5 megapixel camera and DVD-like quality video camera capabilities that allow them to create, edit and upload their stories instantly to the Internet. ''Nokia is proud and excited to see our flagship Nokia N95 multimedia devices being used so creatively to support and promote the electoral process,'' commented Bill Plummer, Vice President, Sales, Nokia Americas. ''Nokia Nseries devices are at the forefront of mobile technology, in this case delivering real-time high-quality Internet- ready audio and video reporting from the polls -- the very way that first-time and future voters have come to expect their news.''

An innovative application, provided by Flixwagon, powers the mobile broadcasting technology by allowing anyone with a capable 3G phone to stream live video to the Internet and store it for later viewing. ''Flixwagon.com is changing the way people share life experiences,'' said Eran Hess, President, My Frame Inc. ''The Choose or Lose campaign is an excellent example of how Flixwagon can empower people to broadcast their own unique perspective of Super Tuesday from their mobile phone and share it live on the Web with millions of people.''

An interactive map at MTVNews.com and ChooseorLose.com will notify users when the citizen journalists are broadcasting live from one of the 23 states holding a primary or caucus on February 5th. In addition to mobile reporting, the Street Team members will be blogging the latest from every Super Tuesday state throughout the day on ChooseorLose.com.

MTV's innovative mobile phone-to-Web efforts on Super Tuesday are an element of its acclaimed ''Choose or Lose '08'' campaign to engage, educate and empower young voters. A major component of this year's campaign is the ''MTV Street Team '08'' -- 51 state-based citizen journalists who contribute weekly, multimedia reports (such as short form videos, blogs, animation, photos, podcasts) that are distributed via WAP site m.StreetTeam08.com, carriers in the MTV Mobile family, the Think Community (Think.MTV.com) and several other media platforms.

Carefully selected by MTV after an extensive nationwide search, the one- of-a-kind press corps utilize mobile media like laptops, video cameras and cell phones to uncover the untold political stories that matter most to young people in their respective states. All 51 of the ''Street Team'' members have active profiles on Think.MTV.com, MTV's online community where young people, their friends and some of the biggest names in pop culture come together to bring about positive social change.

The ''Street Team '08'' program is made possible by a $700,000 Knight News Challenge grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The Knight News Challenge, at www.newschallenge.org, is an annual worldwide competition awarding $5 million for innovative ideas that use digital media to inform and inspire communities. The Knight Foundation plans to invest at least $25 million over five years in the search for bold community news experiments.

On the Saturday before Super Tuesday, MTV, MySpace and the Associated Press are offering all of the frontrunner candidates from both parties one last chance to address the important youth voting bloc with ''Closing Arguments: A Presidential Super Dialogue.'' Taking place Saturday, February 2, 2008 at 6 PM ET live on-air, online, radio and mobile phones, the event is the next installment of MySpace and MTV's acclaimed Presidential Dialogue Series. More info on how to watch or join in and pose real time questions to confirmed participants Hillary Clinton, Mike Huckabee, Barack Obama and Ron Paul is available at www.ChooseorLose.com.

 

According to MediaWeek, FoxSports.com on MSN is planning an

"extensive coverage of Super Bowl XLII, including live Webcasts, interactive fan chats and on-site editorial analysis of the Feb. 3 live game."

"A live daily preview show that will feature Fox Sports talent like Chris Myers, Daryl Johnson, Tony Siragusa and Jay Glazer. FoxSports.com writers Mark Kreigel, Alex Marvez and Jason Whitlock will also appear live on webcasts."

"Fan questions will be answered in real time and fans will be interviewed on the streets of Phoenix, and their opinions on the game will be streamed online."

"NFL player interviews will also be streamed, as well as special features surrounding the game."

 

[via MediaWeek]

Interestingly, sports - that in the past were broadcasted to TV - find their way to the web, as more and more peoople watch rich media online (also here and here). We hope to see fan questions to the players and other online interaction with users being done live using Flixwagon. Imagine a live video from a fan being answered by a live video from his\her fav player... :)  

 

We are very happy to announce that the Flixwagon public alpha site is open to all! [Before it was just a bunch of friends, testing stuff around]

If you want to take part in the action - please register here and we will send you a personal invitation.

Enjoy!

Web communities and online networks have been the word of the day for many days now… :) Many mobile players have been trying to get a piece of the pie, among them is Nokia who has been working on several mobile social networks (one of them is Mosh). PaidContent published earlier this week that these days, Nokia and Facebook are working on porting the social network on to Nokia handsets in a major way.

“The Facebook placement could be as prominent as the YouTube button on the main screen of iPhone, our sources indicate. Also, the deal involves giving Facebook a major slot within Nokia retail products' displays.”

"But another factor elevates this beyond just-another-social-net-on-a-phone deal: Our sources have indicated that the discussions have involved Nokia purchasing a stake in the company, but these are in very early stages. This makes sense in light of Facebook's recent strategic funding by Sawmer Brothers, in an effort to expand in Europe. The Nokia-Facebook deal would give the social network instant big-time mobile distribution: Nokia is the world's largest maker of mobile phones. More after the jump…”

[via PaidContent]

We have seen several attempts to mobilize social communities. Some made the social network accessible from the mobile, while others tried to increase the convergence, i.e. to enable the user to be present in his/her online community even when he/she is not near a computer (take Helio and MySpace for example). However, the mobile phone can and should be used as a handy content creation tool, i.e. the user should be able to easily share content that was created on the mobile with his\her friends on his/her preferred web social network. This is the playground for Flixwagon.

Nokia’s finding in its recent global study about the future of entertainment strengthen it:

“Up to a quarter of the entertainment consumed by people in five years time will have been created, edited and shared within their peer circle rather than coming out of traditional media groups.”

"From our research we predict that up to a quarter of the entertainment being consumed in five years will be what we call 'Circular'. The trends we are seeing show us that people will have a genuine desire not only to create and share their own content, but also to remix it, mash it up and pass it on within their peer groups - a form of collaborative social media," said Mark Selby, Vice President, Multimedia, Nokia.

[Press release] 

Say hello to our new embedded video player. From now on there is no need for any HTML hacking! Simply copy and paste a link and voila!

 

 And here's the flix... enjoy!

Killer Start Ups just posted a very positive review of Flixwagon:

"Why it might be a killer:
Flixawagon.com has an attractive interface and a cool logo. The site is easy to navigate and has a very thorough and helpful help section. It is nice that users can become each others fans and keep track of each others new videos."

[via Killer Start Ups]

There is also a nice poll and voting so if you think Flixwagon is a killer strat up - please vote for us here :)

Hi friends,

We are attending the Mobile World Congress Barcelona (February 11-14 2008).
We'd love to meet so If you're interested - you are very welcome to drop me a line: xen [at] flixwagon [dot] com

Hope to catch up there,
Xen

NewTeeVee asked their panel of experts this question: POINT: UGC will rule 2008. COUNTERPOINT: UGC will die in 2008.

Our answer here at Flixwagon, in reply to the previous discussion, is UGC will rule 2008. The cost of producing a video is becoming more and more redundant. Today, growing numbers of people have cam phones at hand. Also, at the age of web 2.0 people are getting used to creating content, sharing it with wider communities (not only with my family and or immediate friends but with my entire online community) and consuming it.

Using Flixwagon they will be able to live broadcast from the mobile and publish to their favorite social websites. Therefore, with more people capturing live videos on the go and broadcasting straight to their favorite websites, more video content will show up on the internet and be available for consumption.

 

This is Hagit and me (wearing pink) getting ready for the alpha, or better said - getting crazy...  Enjoy the quality!

[Needless to say this flix was broadcasted live from the mobile phone usinf Flixwagon... right?]

David Adewumi of VenturaBeat published a new post covering 14 ways to broadcast yourself live. Flixwagon received a very positive review:

"The Good. Video seems to have higher quality than competitor Qik. Users can edit video info from their phone.

Users don’t lose precious moments of broadcasts, thanks to a feature that stores video and saves for later viewing. Users can also broadcast alerts to friends and family and automatically upload their video to YouTube or Facebook."

 

[via VentureBeat]

Thanks David!

 

Happy New Year!

We almost forgot to send our wishes... The reason is that the last few days have been very intense here at Flixwagon. We are working around the clock to release our private alpha version in the next few days.

But we do have a special treat for you. This morning, when we arrived to the office (after a very long night of fixing bugs, pizzas and beers) we received a notification from Lydia who was live broadcasting from her mobile phone. It was very amusing to share her new year's party at the US while here in Israel it was morning already. And here it is for your pleasure:

 

Hooray! Another positive review of Flixwagon. This time SMS Text News, one of the leading UK based blogs covering mobile news has written the following:

 

 "Flixwagon’s edge seems to be much higher quality and the ability to upload to a blog. Flixwagon apparently will have a Java version, in addition to the Symbian client, and hopes to also support phone-to-phone video sharing. Personally, THAT will be cool to me."

[via SMS Text News]

 

Thanks Ricky!

Summarizing the year of 2007, Orli Yakuel of Go2Web2.0 has listed Israeli start ups that she

"feels most strongly about and believes in their success".

[via Go2Web2.0]

We were very proud to see Flixwagon among the promising start ups!  You can see the entire list in thumbnails below. Also, don't miss the slideshow with posts from the blogsphere that Orli created.

 

Thanks Orli!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[via Go2Web2.0]

To make sure that we provide you the best video quality ever while broadcasting live from the mobile, we sent Sarig Reichert, a.k.a. Rigi, to test drive the Flixwagon service in a ski slope.

These are the results:

At Flixwagon, we decided to arm a group of teenage boy scouts with a Flixwagon supporting device and let them broadcast live pieces of their lives. The results were very amusing and are brought here...  Enjoy :)

I just read about MTV's “Choose or Lose” voting initiative:

"MTV will be launching a “Street Team” comprised of 51 young, amateur journalists from each state and Washington D.C. to cover the 2008 election, emphasizing issues important to younger demographics.

Members of the Street Team will begin appearing in January on a new mobile site as well as the existing MTV Mobile, ThinkMTV (a social network), and other websites as well. You’ll note that MTV is even taking advantage of its revamped efforts to reach the youth through its mobile initiatives as well.

The content will be a conglomerate of blog entries, videos, photos, podcasts, and animation. [...] the members have also been equipped with laptops, video cameras, mobile phones, and Adobe software."

[via Mashable]

For us at Flixwagon this is a dream come true... When we started thinking of who will benefit from Flixwagon's ability to broadcast live from the mobile (or our 'end users'), one of the natural candidates was the Citizen Journalism domain. Web 2.0 has already turned most of us into reporters, journalists and opinion leaders armed with blogs who have a certain amount of readership and mobile cams at hand. Let me add the following to the current state: the ability to publish to your favorite social websites and leverage their viral nature + the immediacy of a live broadcast from the mobile and we get a whole new definition for "citizen journalism".

A Double party for Flixwagon! Liz Gannes from NewTeeVee covered Flixwagon as well:

"If you’re going to bare your soul via a live video stream, what better way to do it than by using your ever-present cell phone to both shoot and send?
Flixwagon’s proposed offerings are similar to those of Qik, but include the promise of better picture quality and compatibility with a larger number of phones. Users will be able to stream live video from their cell phones to the web — and eventually, if all goes well, other cell phones. The company has developed versions for both Symbian and Java, but it really requires 3G to get it right."

[Via NewTeeVee]

Thanks Liz!

In case you missed the Flixwagon coverage at TechCrunch, Roi Carthy met the Flixwagon team and was very excited about our service:

"I had a chance to see FlixWagon in action on a few occasions and was impressed by video that came out on

the Web clearer than I expected. I also saw videos uploaded using the same mobile handset to both Qik and FlixWagon. Subjectively speaking, I felt that FlixWagon was superior. This was true both in video clarity and its ability to deal with movement—quality was degraded substantially on Qik when the handset was moved even slightly. FlixWagon is claiming that this is due to the emphasis it places on ensuring that a user never loses a second of broadcast, even in the most challenging conditions inherent to mobile environments. For example, if a user goes into an elevator, basement, or loses reception for any reason, the broadcast will resume when reception is back and the full video will be stored and available for later viewing."

[via TechCrunch]

Kudos! Thanks Roi :)