Watch High School Musical 2 on Verizon mobile phones

Michael Goldstein of Stun Mobile Media and the USA group have been following the phenomenon of Disney High school Musical 2. over 11 million viewers tuned in to watch it.

July 26, 2007

Verizon Catches Disney Channel's "High School Musical 2" Fever with Special Promotions Designed to Highlight FiOS TV On Demand and Verizon Broadband Offerings

Burbank , CA – July 26, 2007 -- This summer, Verizon is teaming with Disney Channel and Disney Connection to create two unique promotions centered on the highly-anticipated Disney Channel Original Movie "High School Musical 2."

Beginning this week in select retail outlets in Texas, Virginia, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Verizon will offer new customers who activate FiOS TV service between July 16 and Aug. 5, a collectible, limited-edition "High School Musical 2" lunchbox. New and existing FiOS TV subscribers will be able to watch "High School Musical 2" prior to its linear Disney Channel premiere on Disney Channel on Demand. Verizon FiOS TV is one of a limited number of video services across the country that offers Disney Channel On Demand.

VerizonSurround.com – Verizon’s broadband entertainment portal -- and Disney Connection, an online entertainment destination available to Verizon broadband subscribers, are teaming together to bring users the “ Get in to Win Instant Win and Sweepstakes,” which includes a chance to win the ultimate barbeque party complete with a visit from one of the “High School Musical 2” cast members. Additional “High School Musical 2” features available to Verizon FiOS Internet and Verizon High Speed Internet customers through Disney Connection include a brand new game, behind-the-scenes video footage and a complete guide to planning a “High School Musical 2” party.

“We’re giving our customers the best opportunity to experience ’High School Musical 2’ in a variety of ways, including TV and broadband,” said Terry Denson, Verizon vice president – FiOS TV content and programming. “We are pleased that we are one of Disney’s few affiliate partners that offers the full portfolio of Disney assets, including Disney Channel, Disney on Demand and Disney Connection.”

"Partnering with Verizon is a great way for us to give fans of the 'High School Musical' franchise and Disney Channel viewers a little something extra, connecting them more deeply to our brands and the programming they love," said Nathalie Lubensky, senior vice president, affiliate marketing, Disney and ESPN Affiliate Sales and Marketing . "Our kid viewers are looking for experiences both on-air and online, and we are excited to be working with Verizon to bring these special offerings to their customers."

"High School Musical 2," part of the blockbuster Disney Channel Original Movie franchise, premieres Friday, August 17 (8:00 p.m., ET/PT) on Disney Channel U.S., and will be featured Saturday and Sunday, August 18 and 19 in online and on-air programming events hosted by the movie's cast. It will also premiere on Disney Channels around in the world beginning in September.

Visionary director and Emmy Award-winning Kenny Ortega returns to direct and, along with fellow Emmy-winning choreographers Charles Klapow and Bonnie Story, has created ground-breaking production numbers for the sequel. The teleplay was written by Peter Barsocchini, a former rock music journalist, who also wrote "High School Musical."

Reprising their singing and dancing roles are: Zac Efron as star athlete Troy Bolton, Vanessa Hudgens as brainy transfer student Gabriella Montez, Ashley Tisdale as drama club diva Sharpay Evans, Lucas Grabeel as her brother and on-stage partner, Ryan Evans, Corbin Bleu as teammate and best friend Chad Danforth and Monique Coleman as academic decathlete Taylor McKessie. Also returning are Alyson Reed as Ms. Darbus, Chris Warren, Jr. as Zeke, Olesya Rulin as Kelsi, KayCee Stroh as Martha, Ryne Sanborn as Jason and Bart Johnson as Coach Bolton. Mark Taylor (Disney Channel's "Eddie's Million Dollar Cook-Off") joins the cast as the country club manager, Mr. Fulton.

Disney Channel is a 24-hour kid-driven, family inclusive television network that taps into the world of kids and families through original series and movies. Currently available on basic cable in over 90 million U.S. homes and to millions of other viewers on 27 Disney Channels around the world, Disney Channel is part of the Disney-ABC Television Group.

Disney Online ( www.disney.com), a division of the Walt Disney Internet Group, produces the number one kids' entertainment and family community destination on the World Wide Web. Launched in 1996, Disney.com is the online gateway to all of the company's Disney-branded entertainment initiatives, providing comprehensive access to, and information about Disney movies, travel, television, games, mobile, music, shopping and live events. In addition, Disney Online develops and publishes a range of online products and services including Disney's Toontown Online, Playhouse Disney Preschool Time Online, Disney Game Downloads, Disney Game Kingdom, Disney Connection and Hot Shot Business.

Verizon provides FiOS TV and Internet services over the nation’s most advanced fiber-optic network that reaches all the way to customers’ homes. FiOS Internet provides downstream connection speeds as high as up to 30 to50 Mbps (megabits per second), and upstream connection speeds as high as up to 10 Mbps. Verizon FiOS TV offers a broad collection of all-digital programming, more than 20 high-definition channels, 8,600 video-on-demand titles and more.

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ), headquartered in New York, is a leader in delivering broadband and other wireline and wireless communication innovations to mass market, business, government and wholesale customers. Verizon Wireless operates America's most reliable wireless network, serving 60.7 million customers nationwide. Verizon's Wireline operations include Verizon Business, which delivers innovative and seamless business solutions to customers around the world, and Verizon Telecom, which brings customers the benefits of converged communications, information and entertainment services over the nation's most advanced fiber-optic network. A Dow 30 company, Verizon has a diverse workforce of more than 238,000 and last year generated consolidated operating revenues of more than $88 billion. For more information, visit www.verizon.com.

getting RSS feeds on your mobile phone

Stun Mobile Media and the USA Group highly recommend:

NewsGator Go! – NewsGator’s mobile version syncs with user’s online accounts, allowing you to read their feeds on the go for $29.95.
LiteFeeds – Once downloaded to your phone, LiteFeeds allows you to browse your feeds, email articles to friends, or bookmark them to your del.icio.us account.
Egress – This program for Windows Mobile sports a clean UI and also supports podcasts. Egress is available for $12.95.
Mobispine – Mobispine is a free Java application for reading your feeds on your mobile. The service also includes a web component where users can add feeds to the Mobispine database, see related feeds, and leave comments.
Quick News – Designed for Palm OS, Quick News lets you download feeds either via a HotSync or a direct internet connection for later use, which enables offline (or out of coverage) reading.
Bloglines Mobile – The popular web-based reader also offers a browser-based mobile version to access your feeds without downloading anything.
FeederReader – This application is designed for phones running Windows Mobile, and bills itself as being especially well suited for developers, allowing you to view the RAW XML files for and its XML elements and attributes.
FreeRange – This Java application will work on Palm OS, Windows Mobile, and Blackberry. The site has optional Google Reader integration.
Google Reader Mobile – If you use Google Reader, you can access a version designed for mobile phones.
ZapTXT for mobile - mobile version of the ZapTXT widget.

Building a billion dollar mobile tv site with other peoples content

This is just like YouTube, offering mobile tv premium content.

Veoh Networks, Inc.

7220 Trade Street, Suite 115
San Diego, CA
92121
US
Phone: +1 619 602 3305
pr [at] veoh.com

Drive Traffic with content from your mobile phone. How to Make a video for your blog from yur mobile phone

The USA group and Stun Mobile media bring you this article about increasing traffic through video content from your mobile phone.

You can use your cell phone to drive traffic to your web site. The key lies in making a video that motivates people to visit your site. Here's the step-by-step plan.

As more cell phone services offer video portals, sign up and check out the video profiles uploaded there. You'll notice a few common mistakes: poor lighting, video is too short, people don't speak clearly.

While this kind of service usually prohibits the posting of your cell phone number in the video, there's nothing that says you can't post your web site's url.

Now on the traffic from video plan:

1. Make sure your video room is well lit, so that you video will look good.

2. Use a plain background. Wear a white shirt so that the video colors don't keep changing. Ready? Now record the video using your cell phone.

3. Smile and state your name. Say that you're looking for friends who enjoy jokes.

4. Deliver a short joke.

5. Now deliver a second joke, but don't give the punch line.

6. Invite your viewers to your web site, where you will give the punch line.

7. Watch your site's traffic increase.

This assumes you have a site that offers jokes. If you don't have one, don't you think it's time to start one? A joke site is a good traffic magnet, which you can use to channel more visitors to your other sites.

Free Music Video's On Apple Iphone Through Advertising Support

Students will not be sent to jail for illegal file sharing!

The reason is, because the music industry got smart and had advertising pay for them.



Free Apple Iphone TV - Ben Charmy over at CNet is reporting "free" advertising supported music videos delivered to Apple Iphones, with your favorite TV shows coming next.

This is just as Michael Goldstein suggested in one of his previous posts:

"Michael Goldstein’s Stun Mobile Media and USA group tackle the second stream idea with a suggestion and implementation of creating content enriched with advertising. It’s like giving your kids vitamin enriched food and drinks. It tastes the same, and they don’t see or hear the difference, and its better for you. The cost of data can be decreased to allow for greater penetration much like India and some other countries who have superior data speeds with the lowest prices."

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Mobile Content can include music or ringtones by Amy Winehouse, Beyonce or movies like Knocked Up

Big entertainment is coming to your small screeen mobile phone.

What teens use their mobile phones for today, will be very different a year from now. While mobile content currently involves ringtones, and text messaging, and downloading your favorite song and mobile video game, the near future will bring live mobile tv, movies on demand, and banking services. The GPS tracking in all phones might be used for advertising when passing the stores signal. amp'd and helio are using the GPS tracking now as a premium service to find your friendds, with all other mobile services like verison, sprint, at&t, t-mobile following. Other countries are the testing grounds of what we can expect in the USA, so you only need to check the internet to find out what the newest technologies and advancements are in mobile phone technology. Stun Mobile media is at the forefront of the emerging and constantly changing mobile phone explosion. Stun mobile media's main interest is in mobile marketing in all media content sources, from mobile video's to music to mobile video games, to text messaging.

Michael Goldstein is COO and chief creative for Los Angeles-based Stun Mobile Media, specializing in the acquisition, creation and distribution of mobile content. He can be reached at mg@stunmobile.com.

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