Monthly Archives: August 2005

Storytelling Animals

Involving children in nature and science by letting them interact with storytelling animals
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Hart van Nederland: Changing the Dutch news landscape forever

This is a personal story (about a Dutch news adventure):10 Years ago I just finished my study communication sciences at the University of Amsterdam. It was a time of recession and not easy to find a job, so I hopped from one temp job to the other. In the summer of 1995 in Amsterdam there [...]

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anmi meeting on crossmedia with kpn and talpa

Yesterday I visited a meeting on the future of crossmedia by Anmi Summerschool in Amsterdam. Michiel Buitelaar, KPN and Edwin Tromp, Talpa cross media where giving their views on future developments. Unfortunately I missed the first part of Edwin’s presentation, but got right on time to learn where Talpa is expecting to make money: traditional [...]

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Let’s work with kids!

I wondered what sonja kangas was doing in Finland, so I decided to ask. This is one of the interesting projects she is involved in. It’s about crossmedia for kids and it is this week. So you have to hurry to attend the workshop! (I am afraid I will not be able to be there, [...]

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After the first week..Talpa

If I am kicking at forehand at Talpa (de Mol not spending..) let me also make up the balance after Talpa on air in the Netherlands for one week. First of all, an amazing prestige to have it running so well in the first week. This marks the truly professional television people working at Talpa [...]

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Italian crossmedia modelling: proiettiliperscrittori

This is very interesting. An italian scolar that is trying to model crossmedia. His latest notions are of a supportive/proactive model and competitive/defense model (don’t know exactly what he means and planning to ask him later today) Another notion is to use the latest theories on the shaper of the universe. Don’t really get it [...]

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Crossmediaforum

If you would like, you can discuss crossmedia subjects on this forum. It can be an interesting means, a forum and it is definitely very democratic, but I think it gets messy very easily.
Anyway, it is a good initiative, see what you can find of your liking here (It is in Dutch only by the [...]

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PaidContent.org

Usefull: PaidContent.org

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Narrowcasting in NL: hip tv: The Entertainment Group

All Talpa has to do, is buy this later, which will definitely happen,if you look at the artists and the board, from the Entertainment Group one ofthe initiators of this project: both familiar liaisons of De Mol. (how to keep your friends rich)And it will all be more crossmedia after all.Looks really nice.
http://www.hiptv.nlThe Entertainment Group

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John de Mol; All that money and nothing to spend..

John de Mol promissed to build the ideal convergence model in the Netherlands…Sounds exciting.. doesn’t it. I thought so too, but how ignorant. He is entering the market with a more then traditional channel, all of it dominated by traditional television programmes. Working only with well established companies, you know.. safety first. Bringing really nothing [...]

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