Tapuz People wins GSM association 2006 awards with BLOGTV
3GSM, Barcelona, 15th February, 2006: Tapuz Mobile, a developer of unique fun and community content and applications for mobile, today announced that the BLOGTV, the 3G reality video service, has won ‘Best Made for Mobile Video Service’ category in the GSM Association Awards.
The BLOGTV enables everybody who has a web cam or a 3G phone to start their own TV show and broadcast it over the internet. LIVE.
People with 3G phones can watch LIVE BLOGTV video shows on the mobile BLOGTV site – it's 24/7, interesting, genuine, live content, Created by real people!
The mobile BLOGTV was introduced with Orange IL several months a go and instantly became one of the most popular streaming video services on their portal.
Best made for mobile video service
The BLOGTV was selected from a short list of 6 well known nominees, such as Nokia, 3 (Three) and Universal.
Judging panel of the GSM Association Awards commented that the BLOGTV “Gives the opportunity for the users to shape the service”.
The GSM Association Awards is the leading international awards program honoring excellence throughout the global GSM industry.
Dan Chen, VP, Head of mobile division at Tapuz People, said: "We are honored to receive this respectable endorsement for the BLOGTV. We truly believe that the BLOGTV is a breakthrough in user generated content and that it brings unique real LIVE fresh content to 3G users. The BLOGTV is the real thing for people who love to watch reality shows".
The BLOGTV was also one of the 15 short listed nominations for the prestige category of Best Mobile Innovation.
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The BLOGTV won the best made for mobile video service award
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Welcome to the reality of 3G.
The BLOGTV enables everybody who has a web cam or a 3G phone to create a live TV show and broadcast it on the web and on the mobile. The broadcaster and the viewers can also interact with each other on line.
People with 3G phones can choose which live show they want to watch (they have a choice of 5 live video channels of BLOGTV shows). The BLOGTV channels offer reality shows created by real people 24/7.
In order to watch BLOGTV channels you enter the BLOGTV WAP site (from the Operators main portal), where you see live snap shots from the shows that are currently running and a deion of each show (with information about the broadcaster, the show and the number of viewers at the moment).
After you choose which show you want to watch, you get a live streaming video of the show with a scroll of the text chat interaction underneath.
The BLOGTV offers 24/7 interesting, genuine, live content, Created by real people!
Some of them do daily shows about life, some of them sing or dance, some just talk with people or do funny sketches, some do animation etc’.
The advantages for the operators are:
(1) 24/7 live streaming video channels,
(2) Give the people what they want to see – reality on their cell phone (the real big brother show),
(3) user generated content - no brand or production costs,
(4) Creates stickiness (and KB) – lets see what she does next…
(5) On going content (a platform and not a one time gag).
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About Tapuz Mobile (www.tapuzmobile.com)
Tapuz Mobile is a division of Tapuz people, a leading Internet portal based in Israel. Founded in 2001, TAPUZ MOBILE develops and distributes unique fun and community content and applications for mobile carriers such as chats, dating, forums, blogs, games etc’. Moreover, Tapuz Mobile is also a major developer and distributor of IMODE sites and applications. TAPUZ MOBILE also produces and packages video content for 3G.
For additional information:
Eti Itzhaki
Director of marketing communication
TAPUZ PEOPLE
972-54-7797904
etii@tapuz.co.il
