NextMedia 2008

Jim Louderback, CEO of Revision3 -- the TV Network for the Internet generation -- will deliver the Day Two keynote address at nextMEDIA - The Future of Digital Content this upcoming June. In his keynote, Jim will outline the important relationship existing between content and community, and discuss the various strategies that have made Revision3 a hit with both audiences and advertisers - a session you won't want to miss.

nextMEDIA - The Future of Digital Content features a stellar line up of CEOs from across the gaming, mobile, broadcast and advertising industries, including:

Malcolm Wall, CEO Content, Virgin Media
Timo Soininen, CEO, Sulake (Habbo Hotel)
Ujjal Kohli, CEO, Rhythm NewMedia
Warren Tomlin, CCO, Fuel Industries

With close to $100,000 to be won in pitches and fellowships, plus a chance to receive invaluable industry mentorship and priceless access to key industry leaders these are opportunities you don't want to miss.

Bell Broadcast and New Media Fund iPitch - $10,000 Development Prize  

From cloud computing to widgets, to an overview of Emerging Digital Media Markets and Technology Trends, the program at nextMEDIA - The Future of Digital Content provides you with the know-how to stay profitable in the digital media space.

To view the complete schedule, click here.

Learn, strategize and network in a retreat-based environment alongside some of the biggest names in the digital media industry including:

Doug Scott, Executive Director of Branded Content and Entertainment, Ogilvy North America
Johnny Vulkan, Partner, Anomaly
Joe Ferreira, SVP & General Manager, CBS Audience Network, CBS Interactive
Don Loeb, Content Acquisition, Google
Bill Buxton, Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research

Bill Buxton, Principal Scientist at Microsoft Research will deliver the opening keynote address at nextMEDIA - The Future of Digital Content. In his keynote address Bill will speak to emerging trends around physical computing and a human-centered approach to technological design and innovation.

The 2008 Quebecor Banff Convergence Fellowship brings six industry professionals to the Banff World Television Festival and nextMEDIA – The Future of Digital Content to support their role in creating culturally diverse cross-platform content. The Quebecor Fellows will have their registration, accommodation and travel expenses covered and will be given access to industry mentors.

Entry Deadline is Friday, March 28, 2008.
Click here for full details.

nextMEDIA - The Future of Digital Content is where the world's content creators, broadcasters, financiers, carriers, digital publishers, technology solution-providers, and advertisers meet to extend their knowledge and nurture key business relationships. 

nextMEDIA once again lived up to its reputation as the premier digital media event in Canada. The two-day event, which wrapped on Sunday at the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel, attracted a sold-out crowd of content producers, media executives and digital entrepreneurs. Highlights of the event included:

Starting today nextMEDIA – The Future of Digital Content will be coming to you live from Banff, Alberta. Get the latest buzz on what’s happening by tuning into ‘nextMEDIA Exposed’ and following our all-star team of bloggers.

If you have attended nextMEDIA and want your coverage to be included in the nextMEDIA channel tag your posts, photos, and videos with nm08.

With less than 3 weeks left until nextMEDIA, we‘ve put together a no-stress travel and accommodations guide that will get you to Banff and ready to make your media deals happen.

Last year, over $13 million in new deals were negotiated, and this year promises to be even better with many executive-level participants from around the world.

Fly to Calgary

Get a head start on your content deal by booking your own one-on-one meeting with one of the many digital media executives attending nextMEDIA.

Register today and be one of the first to sign-up for our popular 'Interactive Exchange Sessions.' Sessions are 'by appointment only' and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Limit of two appointments per delegate.

Over $13 million dollars worth of business deals were negotiated at last year’s nextMEDIA.

Six of India’s top media executives will unlock the secrets of the subcontinent’s digital media industry during an afternoon session on Saturday, June 7th, part of nextMEDIA - The Future of Digital Content.

“This is an amazing opportunity for Canadian content producers to meet and do business with the players who are driving the digital media industry in India -- one of the fast-growing consumer markets in the world,” says Mark Greenspan, Director of Digital Media for Achilles Media Ltd., producer of the three-day event.

Only 4 weeks left to register for nextMEDIA, Canada’s premiere event for content producers, media executives, and digital entrepreneurs. nextMEDIA gives you the information you need to make strategic and profitable decisions - and introduces you to the partners who will help you realize your initiatives.
 
Meet India’s Heavy Hitters

Last year over $13 million in new business deals were generated during nextMEDIA—Canada’s premiere event for content producers, media executives and Web entrepreneurs.

But if that’s not enough to convince you then here are three more reasons why nextMEDIA is the event to attend.

1. Tactical sessions that help you execute your digital media strategies

Nicole sits down with Nauricio Mendoza from La Comuna

Ryan takes a look at QlikVIew`s GolfQuest Application

bnetTV is going to the CTIA Wireless Show in San Francisco

Nicole talks to LJX at the 2008 Reggaefest

A short look back at Reggaefest 5

We catch up with Ryan Sperling of Slactivism at this years Vans Warped Tour. Come check out the highlights"

Nicole takes a look at the cooliris 3D Wall

bnetTV will be at the Mobile Commerce Event in San Jose, California

Nicole talks to some of the Panelist from the Reggae Downtown and Summit

Nicole talks to Visionary about being a reggae artist

With the long weekend behind us, the kids back in school and a busy month ahead, here are some of the events around Vancouver (and why not, Victoria too) at the top of September.

Open Everything Conference

• Wed, September 3, 2008 6:30 PM - Sat, September 6, 2008 1:00 PM
• Hollyhock Centre - Cortes Island, BC

Durpal Camp Victoria

Vancouver's Radiant Communications announced a 'significant win' yesterday - it has been awarded a 5 year contract for broadband services for over 3,000 North American locations of a large North American corporation. The total value of services and equipment over the 5 years is in excess of $20 million.

The latest buzzword in the world of technology is "cloud computing", otherwise known as utility or sometimes on-demand computing. All the tech giants are getting into the game, and analysts are making bold predictions about the nascent industry. According to a recent BusinessWeek article, cloud computing represents "a sea change in the way computing is done in corporations" and Merrill Lynch estimates that the annual market for cloud computing will surge to $95 billion within the next five years.

Vancouver's Verb Exchange announced today the launch of Tabrio Mobile Web Beta, a service for making calls or sending text messages at cheap rates. How cheap? Internet cheap! That is to say, $0.02 a minute or $0.02 cents per text; not bad, but comparable to similar services. Tabrio enters a very competitive market. The biggest player, Skype, offers a similar $0.02 per minute rate.

As a follow-up to our September Canada Start-Up Index yesterday, we've arranged with comScore to get some real data behind what our numbers mean. While we agree that Alexa and Compete (and our Techvibes Traffic Rank) numbers are not an accurate measurement of website traffic, they are a great way to compare the traffic of multiple online properties as it creates a level playing field for metrics.

Nicole talks to Steele during the Reggaefest Summit down at Calgarys Olympic Plaza

Ryan reviews the LabelWriter Twin Turbo from Dymo

Nicole talks to Oral during the Reggaefest Reggae Downtown and Summit

Nathan talks to Michelle about the X Prize Competition

Nathan gives us an overview of Motive Industries

Via David Crow, a pair of University of Toronto grads have launched Backtype, a blog comment search engine and tracking service. Christopher Golda and Mike Montano pledged their summer to startup incubator Y Combinator and in three months fleshed out the app.

Rank

Company
TTR

1
 
MetroLeap Media Inc.
352metrolyrics.com
TTR: 352
Compete: 282

There are some rumours that just won't die: Google putting out a browser, Apple producing a tablet computer, Microsoft making a quality OS. Every time I see these, I skip past the headline without a second thought. We can scratch that first one as of yesterday, when Google dropped the bomb that they will be releasing a browser, Google Chrome. Interestingly, they did this in the form of a comic by noted cartoonist Scott McCloud.

August 2008 was a busy month on Techvibes - both behind the scenes with the launch of our new site and on the blog with heavy traffic for a summer month.

News of our launch was well-received and the accompanying blog post proved that. Rogers was back in our Top 10 again and this time around it had nothing to do with the iPhone but rather their new Talkspot product. Amazon.com had a busy month with two acquisitions in the Pacific Northwest - Victoria's Abebooks followed by Seattle's Shelfari.

Turns out Techvibes was on to something BIG one week ago when we asked What's happening at Telefilm? According to the Globe and Mail, the Conservative government axed the $14.5 Million a year Canada New Media Fund (CNMF) on Friday before the long weekend (very sneaky). The CNMF was designed to create and distribute Canadian interactive new media both domestically and internationally.

September's startup indexes have been published and you'll notice a couple changes in the format.

Rather than displaying multiple columns with Alexa.com, Compete.com, and average rankings, we've simplified the layout with just the Techvibes Traffic Rank (TTR) displayed. The TTR is currently an average of Alexa and Compete's data however we will include other valubale data into the calculation in the future.

Rank

Company
TTR

1
 
MetroLeap Media Inc.
352metrolyrics.com
TTR: 352
Compete: 282

Rank

Company
TTR

1
 
AbeBooks.com
3,670abebooks.com
TTR: 3,670
Compete: 1,897

Rank

Company
TTR

1
 
Zillow
1,446zillow.com
TTR: 1,446
Compete: N/A
Alexa: 1,446

2
 
iLike
1,757ilike.com
TTR: 1,757

Rank

Company
TTR

1
 
AboutUs
1,081aboutus.org
TTR: 1,081
Compete: 1,110
Alexa: 1,051

2
 
MetaFilter
1,578metafilter.com