Posts Tagged ‘momo’

MoMoment: MoMo Special – Ralph Thoen

Wednesday, October 1st, 2008

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About this video
In this 20 minute video Ralph Thoen gives more insight in the usage of mobile TV. Ralph, Proposition Manager Mobile Data Services KPN Mobile, shares research results from previous research on the use of Mobile television.

Last week experiments with video on demand started. Early 2009 KPN will run new experiments to find out how it can enable interactive mobile television via UMTS.

More about Ralph Thoen

Video is in Dutch. Recorded in Amsterdam on September 29th, 2008.

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MoMoment: MoMo Special – Patrick Loppe

Wednesday, October 1st, 2008

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In this 25 minute video Patrick Loppé tells about the mobile strategy of de Telegraaf. Patrick, Channel Manager DFT.nl & Mobile at De Telegraaf Media, explains why breaking, quick, and competing news are especially suitable for the internet. Backgrounds and scoops are saved for the print edition of the newspaper.

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Video is in Dutch. Recorded in Amsterdam on September 29th, 2008.

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MoMo Special: The Photos

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

The photos of the MoMo Special are online! Check out the selected images in the slideshow above, or go through all the pictures in the extended Flickr set. We like to thank Lori Lens-FitzGerald who not only made the delicious brownies for our speakers, but also made sure we had some pictures to share. Thank you Lori!

MoMoment: MoMo Special – Roeland Stekelenburg

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

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In this 28 minute video Roeland Stekelenburg shares new insights from the NOS mobile application which was released this summer. Roeland, head of the New Media department at NOS, tells how the NOS came to the point where they decided to develop the current application and what considerations they had in the planning phase. Finally he shares new numbers of the current usage and the learnings from the evaluations.

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Video is in Dutch. Recorded in Amsterdam on September 29th, 2008.

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MoMoment: MoMo Special – Erik Rovers

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

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About this video
In this nearly 21 minute video Erik Rovers goes into depth about the strategy behind the mobile version of NU.nl.

Erik, responsible for Business Development Mobile at Ilse Media, shares his vision on product development, distribution, and the business model. During the presentation he not only gives away some recent numbers about the usage of the mobile site, he also has a sneak preview of what the upcoming iPhone application will look like and pre-launches the new NU.nl quick launch button (get it here).

More about Erik Rovers

Video is in Dutch. Recorded in Amsterdam on September 29th, 2008.

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Results of Vodafone Mobile Clicks 2008

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Friday 26th of September, 2008 it happened: the winners of the 100.000 euro competition were announced after four busy months and three jury intensive jury rounds. Nulaz was the big winner with 60.000 euros, followed by TipSpot with 30.000 euros and MapTheGap with 10.000 euros. Nulaz is an advanced LBS social networking application with reviews and ratings. TipSpot is a mobile social city guide for events in your neighbourhood. MapTheGap is a highly innovative mobile application for location-based idea management and sharing. Congratulations to all winners! A job well done.

On Friday morning we hit it off with powerful presentations by the six Vodafone Mobile Clicks finalists: TipSpot, Nulaz, MapTheGap, MobyPicture, Exphera and Mi-i. Additionally, we had a great keynote speaker: Rudy de Waele (founder Mobile Monday Barcelona and Madrid as well as the Mobile 2.0 Europe events). Rudy talked about 8 very successful mobile start-ups throughout the world.

In the evening, we had our long-awaited special award ceremony. Lots of excitement among the six contestants while 250 visitors were enjoying the show, food and drinks. The video edit by Marloes Veldhuizen gave a good impression of the last four months. Finally, the CEO of Vodafone – Guy Laurence – announced the three winners.

Thanks to all involved for making Vodafone Mobile Clicks 2008 a huge success: all start-ups, all jury members, Vodafone, Mobile Monday Amsterdam, SPRXmobile, PICNIC, all visitors and you!

Hope to see you all next year with our second event: Vodafone Mobile Clicks 2009!

Who wins 100.000 euros as best Dutch mobile internet start-up?

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

This Friday the 26th the winner(s) of the 100.000 euro competition for best Dutch mobile internet start-up will finally be announced after four busy months. There will be two Vodafone Mobile Clicks events in one day at PICNIC. Join us with your conference ticket or daypass. You can buy tickets at the door (take the registration booth which is most to the left).

1) Morning: Final jury round with the final presentations of the finalists.
2) Early Evening: Award ceremony with the Vodafone CEO, including free drinks and food.

The Final Jury Round
Between 9:30 and 12:30 at Westerliefde (NOTE: this is different from the PICNIC program) on the PICNIC event terrain (Westergasterrein, Amsterdam – route). Learn all about the most edgy mobile trends related to LBS social networking, mobile content sharing, idea management, social city guides, international MVNOs with roaming solutions and interactive, social TV using your mobile internet connection. The six finalists who wil do their final pitch are:

TipSpot
Nulaz
MapTheGap
MobyPicture
– Exphera
Mi-i

Additionally, we have a special keynote speaker: Rudy de Waele (LinkedIn profile and Founder of Mobile Monday Barcelona en Mobile Monday Madrid). Rudy will be doing a different keynote than the last MoMo. He will talk about the latest mobile trends, hottest start-ups and the VC market.

Award ceremony with the Vodafone CEO
Between 18:00 and 19:30 you are invited to join our ceremony at the Transformatorhuis at the Westergastterrein. This event starts after the last conference and ends before the PICNIC party. Relate and meet the MoMo and PICNIC community and visitors in a relaxing environment with free drinks and free food after an inspiring PICNIC day.

The CEO of Vodafone will announce the winner(s) of the 100.000 euro contest. In short, have fun, socialize and be part of the excitement.

Hope to see you all this Friday!

MoMo Special – Program details

Friday, September 19th, 2008

It is time to announce the line-up for Monday September 29th, as our special event approaches rapidly. We are still waiting for some final confirmations, but here is a small hint of what to expect for now.

PROGRAM
16.00 Opening

16.10 NOS – Roeland Stekelenburg (Dutch)
16.25 NU.nl – Erik Rovers (Dutch)
16.40 Telegraaf – Patrick Loppé (Dutch)

16.55 break

17.25 Panel discussion – NOS, NU.nl, Telegraaf (Dutch)
17.50 KPN – Ralph Thoen (Dutch)
18.10 NRK – Gunnar Garfors (English)

18.30 Closing talk

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Roeland Stekelenburg (LinkedIn) – NOS
Roeland Stekelenburg is Head of the New Media department at NOS. He searches for innovative ways to use media in new conceptual ways, forms, distribution methods, new markets, and new audiences, but not the technical innovation. The NOS mobile application, which was released this summer, is an example of such innovation.

Roeland had various functions in journalism before joining NOS. He holds a Master of Arts Degree in Communication Science from the University of Amsterdam.

Erik Rovers (LinkedIn) – Ilse Media
Erik Rovers is responsible for Business Development Mobile at Ilse Media. He has a portfolio of mobile websites including NU.nl, Startpagina.mobi, Kieskeurig and web-log.mobi.

Erik has a Master of Science Degree in Business Studies from the University of Groningen and has always worked in the telecommunications sector since 2000.

Patrick Loppé (LinkedIn) – De Telegraaf
Patrick Loppé is Channel Manager DFT.nl & Mobiel at De Telegraaf. This April De Telegraaf launched their renewed mobile website. During the first half year De Telegraaf experienced a significant increase in the volume of unique visitors per month and a doubling amount of pageviews. During his talk he will share some of the learnings van De Telegraaf.

Gunnar Garfors (LinkedIn) – NRK
Gunnar Garfors is the Director of Development in NRK’s Division of Developments. He has been overseeing the development of various mobile services, including mobile TV and MMS videos on TV, both of which Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation was first in Europe to launch.

Garfors has held a number of presentations around the world on NRK’s leading position on mobile services. He is originally a journalist, holding a Bachelor’s Degree in Broadcasting from Falmouth College of Arts in the UK and a Master of Management from BI, Norwegian School of Management. The 30-year-old has been working in various media houses before joining NRK in 2000.

Keep an eye on this post for updates as we await the final speaker confirmations.

IMPORTANT – Make sure you arrive early! The venue will be packed, so make sure you arrive early to avoid a long wait for the registration desk. Doors will be open from 15:00h – we are looking forward to welcome you!

When: September 29th, 2008.
Time: 16:00-18:30 – speakers (doors open at 15:00)
Where: Pakhuis de Zwijger (Piet Heinkade 179, Amsterdam – route)

This event wouldn’t be possible without the help from the NOS, SPRXmobile and 31Volts.

MoMo Special: News on Mobile

Thursday, September 11th, 2008

A short note to let you know we are preparing a special mini event on September 29th: a MoMo Special themed News on Mobile! Unlike our usual MoMo events, this event will have only 200 ‘open’ seats available and will be held in another venue (Pakhuis de Zwijger). This MoMo Special is organized in cooperation with NOS.

In short
When: September 29th, 2008.
Time: 16:00-18:00 – speakers (doors open at 15:00)
Where: Pakhuis de Zwijger (Piet Heinkade 179, Amsterdam – route)

Program
Keep an eye on this blog for up to the minute information on confirmed speakers.

Do you have an interesting case around news and mobile you would like to present? Please get in touch!

Want to join?
RSVPs are now opened for this special event. Go to Meetup and RSVP now!

REMEMBER: only 200 seats available! No RSVP is no entrance. RSVP here.

When: September 29th, 2008.
Time: 16:00-18:00 – speakers (doors open at 15:00)
Where: Pakhuis de Zwijger (Piet Heinkade 179, Amsterdam – route)

This event wouldn’t be possible without the help from the NOS, SPRXmobile and 31Volts.

Impression video Mobile Monday #7

Monday, September 8th, 2008