iHollywood Forum Announces First ''MoTV Awards'' at NATPE Mobile ++ January 23; Contest Celebrates Best Original Mobile Video Content and Awards Exciting Prizes to Winning Filmmakers Including Worldwide Distribution.LOS ANGELES -- iHollywood Forum, Inc., 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 ) and NeTV today announced that an unexpected volume of quality films from around the world have been submitted to the first MoTV Awards. Film and TV comedy star Eddie Griffin (Deuce Bigalow, European Gigolo gig·o·lo n. pl. gig·o·los 1. A man who has a continuing sexual relationship with and receives financial support from a woman. 2. A man who is hired as an escort or a dancing partner for a woman. ) will present the Fun Little Movies Award for Best Comedy at the gala MoTV Awards presentation, which takes place on January 23 at 5:30 PM in the Mandalay Bay resort, Las Vegas. The MoTV Awards are a hotly anticipated feature of the Mobile ++ conference at NATPE NATPE National Association of Television Programming Executives . Filmmakers can still participate by submitting their short films (10 seconds to 10:00 minutes in length) to http://www.mobilemediafest.com. There is a $35 entry fee, $25 for students. The MoTV Awards are made possible through the support of the Official Co-Sponsors Quick Play and Mobile Media. The MoTV Awards recognize and reward outstanding achievement in mobile television creation by independent artists. Awards will be granted in the following categories: Best Mobile Content, Audience choice Award and the Fun Little Movies Award for Best Comedy. The influential audience, comprised of television and wireless content executives, will determine the Audience Choice and Fun Little Movies Award for Best Comedy via live SMS (1) (Storage Management System) Software used to routinely back up and archive files. See HSM. (2) (Systems Management Server) Systems management software from Microsoft that runs on Windows NT Server. voting. All winners receive a suite of mobile video encoding products (Nero's Showtime 7 software) from NERO Nero (Nero Claudius Caesar) (nēr`ō), A.D. 37–A.D. 68, Roman emperor (A.D. 54–A.D. 68). He was originally named Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus and was the son of Cnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul in A.D. , a copy of Movie Magic screenwriting software, a ZVUE MP4 player from Handheld Entertainment and complimentary website hosting from NeTV. Additionally, the winner in the comedy category will receive a licensing contract from Fun Little Movies providing for royalties and worldwide distribution of their film, and a portable media device courtesy of OOH! TV. Judges will be looking for creativity, originality, technical clarity, and most importantly, the potential to be developed into a mobile series. "We believe the first big mobile video hit will come from an independent creator," says Frank Chindamo, President and Chief Creative Officer of Fun Little Movies, "Thanks to Sprint's belief in our company, we now have great distribution, and it's our pleasure to share that with other independents. We're Indies celebrating Indies." "This is an exciting time in the evolution of the worldwide mobile entertainment market, which is expected to reach 28.8 billion by 2008," added Michael Stroud, 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. of iHollywood Forum, "We're pleased to host the MoTV Awards at our Mobile ++ conference and especially to provide valuable exposure for mobile content's emerging new artists." Immediately following the awards, there will be a live video press conference with the winners. Journalists interested in participating should register at: http://www.mobilemediafest.com/press/ About iHollywood Forum: iHollywood Forum, Inc. (TM), based in Los Angeles, CA, produces roundtables and conferences for Hollywood, entrepreneurs and mobile technology professionals. Founded five years ago by business journalist Michael Stroud and his wife Zahava, the company produces seminars on digital entertainment and mobile and wireless applications including Mobile Entertainment Summit(TM), Digital Media Summit(TM), MUSIC 2.0(TM), Digital Living Room(R) and IMPACT!(TM). More information is available at: http://www.ihollywoodforum.com/ About Fun Little Movies: Fun Little Movies is both a top-line channel on the Sprint Powervision deck, and a Los Angeles-based film and video production company specializing in mobile comedy creation, co-production, acquisition and distribution. 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. and two American Cine' Golden Eagles. FLM delivers mobile comedy content to consumers via partnerships with Sprint, Microsoft, SmartVideo, Kinoma, Australia's 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. and Mobile Streams. More information is available at: http://www.funlittlemovies.com/ About NeTV: NeTV Networks is a dynamic interactive media company providing content hosting, development and production. From online website hosting and streaming to mobile applications, NeTV provides clients with tools and resources to create, manage and distribute content online and through mobile devices for business-to-business and business-to-consumer-focused community-building, with education-based and non-profit initiatives. www.netv.com |
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