Revolutionary news gathering tool for smart phones introduced for Winter Games
Join the MoJo Revolution, starting February 8, 2010
Join the MoJo Revolution, starting February 8, 2010 On February 8, 2010, the BC International Media Centre for the Winter Olympics officially opens. When it does, DigiBC (the Digital Media and Wireless Association of BC) and Vericorder Technology will unveil the MoJo Revolution, a revolutionary new way to gather and distribute new using just a smart phone. MoJo is short for Mobile Journalism.
David Barkwell, senior v-p of Kelowna, BC-based VeriCorder, describes its new application as “integral to the world’s most ambtious and innovative assignment to date in mobile journalism: an entire sports broadcasting network, powered solely by our software running on iPhones.
When the Winter Games start on February 12, journalism students and professional reporters will be recording, editing and filing stories on the web, in streaming audio and video, using VeriCorder’s new ShowCase multimedia software. Before and during the games, VeriCorder and DigiBC are offering 200 free Showcase software licences, plus training and hardware, to qualified journalists, journalism students, and bloggers covering sporting and other events in and around the Winter Games.
Michael Bidu, President of DigiBC and Executive Producer of VX, has this to say about Vericorder: “MoJo is a truly unique application that will help reporters from all over the world to have a better mobile reporting experience than at any Olympic Games ever. What impressed me the most with Vericorder’s technology is the intimate understanding of customer needs and the very reliable backend. The management team from Kelowna has many years of experience in journalism and their MoJo service was a great fit with the VX Services.”
If you or a colleague are attending the 2010 Games in Vancouver, and want to take part in this real-life, real-time mobile journalism project, please let us know right away. You can sign up for your free software and a demonstration at the DigiBC SmartDesk in the BC International Media Centre at Robson Square. Will you will be at the games? Please reply to this email, or contact Senior Vice President David Barkwell: david.barkwell@vericorder.com.
About VeriCorder
VeriCorder is a Canadian high-tech company with headquarters and R&D labs in Kelowna, British Columbia. The company makes iPhone-based enterprise software for for journalists, podcasters and other multimedia professionals. In 2010, VeriCorder will release four software programs through the iPhone App Store, and for enterprise deployment, all designed to make it fast and easy to record, edit and send fully-crafted stories from the field in to the newsroom. VeriCorder specializes in integrating mobile software into newsroom systems, allowing reporters to create a television, radio, or web news story, and post it instantly into common playout systems. You can find out more at
vericorder.com/about/olympics
vericorder.com/products
About VX Services VX Services is part of the VX Digital Media and Wireless Showcase – an opportunity for creative and innovative BC wireless and digital media companies to showcase their wares. VX Services provides a variety of information, services and applications to business and media representatives visiting Vancouver during the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. Find out more at:
www.vxperience.com/b2b/services About BCIMC The BC International Media Centre is the home for non-accredited media (media that do not have direct rights to Olympic content) during the games. A variety of services and facilities are available to them, including information and applications provided DigiBC’s VX Media program. Find out more at: www.bcmediacentre.ca
