Foursquare and Bravo take Social TV Outside

Not all Social TV has to take place in the living room. Recently, TV network Bravo teamed up with website Foursquare to get viewers to visit real-world locations related to Bravo TV shows like “The Real Housewives”, “Top Chef” and “Shear Genius”.

Foursquare is a “check-in” website that enables users to broadcast their current location to [...]

SMS to the Rescue - Haiti Earthquake Relief Efforts Cause Surge in SMS Use

SMS is seeing a surge of use in the days following the earthquakes in Haiti. The American Red Cross [http://www.redcross.org/portal/site/en/menuitem.94aae335470e233f6cf911df43181aa0/?vgnextoid=d2b1416215d46210VgnVCM10000089f0870aRCRD] has raised over 25 million $US using a n SMS campaign that is now known to be the largest example of text-based charitable giving in history.
The campaign is a joint effort run by Mobile Accord [...]

Participatory media, engagement, and being live

Last Friday, Mark Cuban wrote a great post that discussed the participation levels of media – specifically of TV and internet – versus the shelf life that piece of media has.  He describes the participation value as follows:

“At the bottom of the spectrum are games/shows/movies/events that you watch or attend by yourself, and you have [...]