Fun Little Movies and SmartVideo Bring Original Comedy in Very Small Servings to Mobile Smart Devices.ATLANTA & BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- Fun Little Movies, the company behind the acclaimed comedy shorts made specifically for mobile entertainment, is launching its newest outlet with SmartVideo Technologies, Inc., (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). : SMVD.OB). Fun Little Movies (FLM FLM Fetal Lung Maturity FLM Federación Luterana Mundial (Spanish) FLM Fédération Luthérienne Mondiale (French) FLM Fun Little Movies (Sprint - PCS) FLM Federal Land Manager ) joins a robust lineup of entertainment, news, sports, weather, children's and family channels that have put SmartVideo at the forefront of the mobile television revolution. The addition of FLM to SmartVideo is particularly important for both companies. With SmartVideo, young adults are key early adopters of the mobile entertainment media and the comedy shorts from FLM are especially popular with that age group. For its part, FLM will benefit from SmartVideo's best-in-class technology, allowing its content to be accessible globally. With more than 50 million smartphones in use today that can play mobile content - a figure estimated to rise to 250 million by 2008 - creators are starting to produce content aimed directly at smartphones and smart PDAs. FLM is among the most creative, winning recognition for its original live-action comedies that are just a few minutes long yet boast strong storytelling and top-notch talent in front of and behind the cameras. Titles that will be available on SmartVideo's FLM channel include "Spacey Movie," the classic Sci-Fi parody; "Love Bytes," a comedy about 21st century dating that's so cool, it can actually get you a date; and the "Mini Bikers," where little guys on little motorcycles fight crime ... a little at a time. Also available are the kids' comedy "Gagsters," which premieres on the Oxygen network this fall, and hilarious shorts from the makers of PuppetGreetings.com. "Smartphones! SmartVideo! Smart deal!" said FLM CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Frank Chindamo. "It's an ideal partnership. Any smart person can see that SmartVideo is one of the world's leading platforms for delivering mobile content. In fact, it's better than having our shows picked up by a U.S. TV network. It's instantly global, and mobile phones are more accessible - and more plentiful - than TVs." SmartVideo is the only company with the technology to deliver full-motion, fully synched video and audio to consumers with smart devices equipped with the Microsoft Windows Mobile or Symbian (6.0 and above) operating systems. SmartVideo delivers mobile television at a minimum of 15 frames per second (FPS) on current 2.5G data networks, near-broadcast quality of 24FPS or higher on Wi-Fi-equipped devices as well as current and planned 3G data networks. Content packages include programming from ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. NewsNow, MSNBC MSNBC Microsoft/National Broadcasting Company , CNBC CNBC Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition (artificial intelligence) CNBC Consumer News and Business Channel CNBC Congress of National Black Churches, Inc. , Fox Sports, The Weather Channel, Ifilm, premium content from DIC DIC diffuse intravascular coagulation; disseminated intravascular coagulation. DIC abbr. disseminated intravascular coagulation Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) Entertainment and dozens more, with additional channels being added regularly. "Frank Chindamo and his company are blazing the trail for a whole new form of entertainment, created especially for mobile devices, and we're pleased to present it to a worldwide audience," said Richard E. Bennett, Jr., president and CEO of SmartVideo Technologies. "Fun Little Movie's shorts show you can provide big entertainment in very small bites, and we know our growing audience of SmartVideo subscribers will make FLM one of their must-visit channels." Media Consulting Associates (MCA MCA in full Music Corporation of America Entertainment conglomerate. It was founded in Chicago in 1924 by Jules Stein as a talent agency. In the 1960s it bought Decca Records and Universal Pictures, and today it produces films, music, and television shows. ), a leading entertainment consultancy consisting of well-known television executives specializing in content placement, distribution and production, negotiated the agreement between Fun Little Movies and SmartVideo. MCA is based in Los Angeles. MCA members include Herman Rush (former CEO, Columbia Pictures Television Columbia Pictures Television (CPT) was the second name of the Columbia Pictures television division Screen Gems (SG). The studio changed its name on September 4, 1974. History Early years CPT was home to the popular daytime soap operas Days of our Lives Group), Joe Indelli (former Vice President, Orion Television Distribution), Jerry Katzman (former President, William Morris Talent Agency), and Ave Butensky (former President, Television Bureau of Advertising). About Fun Little Movies Fun Little Movies is a Los Angeles-based film and broadband production company specializing in comedy. Its work has played on HBO Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) A form of oxygen therapy in which the patient breathes oxygen in a pressurized chamber. Mentioned in: Ozone Therapy , Showtime, MTV MTV in full Music Television U.S. cable television network, established in 1980 to present videos of musicians and singers performing new rock music. MTV won a wide following among rock-music fans worldwide and greatly affected the popular-music business. , Comedy Central, CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. , PBS PBS in full Public Broadcasting Service Private, nonprofit U.S. corporation of public television stations. PBS provides its member stations, which are supported by public funds and private contributions rather than by commercials, with educational, cultural, , A&E, Bravo, Fox, Playboy, NationalLampoon.com and WarnerBros.com. The films have won 20 awards and honors including a finalists' place for Best Live Action Short Film at the Cannes Film Festival Cannes Film Festival Film festival held annually in Cannes, France. First held in 1946 for the recognition of artistic achievement, the festival came to provide a rendezvous for those interested in the art and influence of the movies. , two American Cine' Golden Eagles, and First Prize for Best Comedy at CTIA's World's Smallest Film Festival for its Love Bytes series, which is also airing on the new FLM SmartVideo channel. More information is available at: www.FunLittleMovies.com. About SmartVideo Technologies, Inc. SmartVideo Technologies offers the first and best-in-class services for broadcasting live, on-demand and download-and-play television content for mobile video consumers around the world. SmartVideo's television solutions deliver sharp video images with fully synched audio for broadcast to video-enabled cell phones and other handheld devices, via current and next-generation cellular and Wi-Fi systems. SmartVideo's proprietary technologies include a full suite of television content management services for wireless telco carriers as well as content owners, to provide an end-to-end mobile television broadcast and business solution. SmartVideo's robust library of content includes news, weather, sports, children's programming and more, from such leading international brands as ABC News, NBC Universal, Fox Sports, The Weather Channel and dozens of others. SmartVideo's mobile video solutions provide exceptional image quality on all existing 2.5G and Edge cellular networks, and near-broadcast quality on 3G and Wi-Fi networks. SmartVideo is a Microsoft Windows Media(R) 9 Series Certified Hosting Provider. For additional information and to subscribe to SmartVideo's Live TV content packages visit www.smartvideo.com or using your smartphone visit www.windowsmedia.com/mobile. |
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