article thumbnail

Interview with Patrick Kennedy, Sidebar

socalTECH

We are even looking forward at cable and satellite TV, and providing programming guides to people. What happened with smart phones, is consumers are buying more and more applications, but a screen can only fit a dozen icons. We're really headed for three screens. How is the company funded?

Content 189
article thumbnail

Best Buy’s New “Wizard” Learning Center (hypothetical)

Eric Greenspan

A live instructor in blue will guide you through a great exercise. Pose a question, such as: “How do I setup a home entertainment center?” Demonstrate configuration, discuss inputs and on screen display options. Perhaps it was Photoshop or even WordPress you wished to learn. Unbox a receiver and explain the inputs.

Course 124
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

The Future of Television & The Digital Living Room

Both Sides of the Table

Dana Settle & I are hosting a dinner tonight (10/20/10) with some of the biggest companies in entertainment to talk about the future of television, film & digital media. Think of about the rise of Japanese Anime , Spanish Novelas , Korean Drama or the rise of Bollywood entertainment from India.

Content 386
article thumbnail

7 Notable Tech & Startup Speakers at SXSW 2018

Tech.Co

And while the entertainment industry takes a lot of credit for the awesomeness that is SXSW, tech holds its own when it comes to creating the electric atmosphere of this epic coming-together. Or simply a collaboration between the most interesting industries in the country for one of the most memorable weeks of the year?

Startup 70
article thumbnail

110K Tweets Per Minute, The Walking Dead, Nintendo TVii & More | AdAge Social TV Conference Recap

Tech Zulu Event

Facebook’s head of media and entertainment, Kay Madati, knows a thing or two about television. The numbers really tell the stories of the power of the television twitter combo; there were 155 million Tweets generated during the 2012 Olympics generating 11 billion impressions. The television industry gets it, they need Twitter.

article thumbnail

How I Use Visualization to Drive Creativity

Both Sides of the Table

I recently invested in a company in the media & entertainment sector (this will be announced in a couple of months) so I’ve been thinking a lot about how the industry works, why the structure has evolved the way it did, why the company I invested in has had so much success and what this all implies for the future.

Writing 356
article thumbnail

The Future Is Here Today | Augmented Reality Event 2011

Tech Zulu Event

Think a google maps digital overlay over a police helicopter chase video, with all visible street names and numbers on the screen. Speakers started and ended (for the most part) right on time, and a relaxed but purposeful feeling permeated throughout the conference, all to support and guide this fledgling industry.