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MobuzzTV 
MobuzzTV LogoHosting 
Gabe Mac
Iria Gallardo
Osiris MartinezUpdates Daily Picture format Podcast Debut 30 March 2005 End date 19 November 2008 Genre Internet and Technology Website http://www.mobuzz.tv/ MobuzzTV was a vlog (video blog) that posted a new five-minute high-quality video show recorded once a day (Monday through Friday) in Madrid, Spain. The videos were designed to be convenient for viewing on mobile phones and iPods. They were downloadable in a number of popular formats (including 720p High-Definition) and streamed via YouTube and MobuzzTV. Each program was available in Spanish, English and French versions, containing very similar content. These versions were hosted by Iria Gallardo, Gabe Mac (Gabriel McIntyre) and Osiris Martinez respectively when MobuzzTV closed in November 2008.
The final days were taken up with a Save Mobuzz campaign, aiming to raise 120,000 Euros of donations from followers. The demise of MobuzzTV led to the project's inclusion as a nominee in the Fiasco Awards 2009.[1]
Contents
Web 2.0
On the MobuzzTV website, each show was accompanied by links relevant to the topics discussed. As a proponent of Web 2.0, viewers were encouraged to participate by contributing interesting, useful or amusing links, videos and story ideas in the "Newsroom 2.0", and by posting creative comments for each show.
Content and Style
MobuzzTV generally highlighted stories about technology and Internet-related topics not typically covered in traditional news media.[2] However, a variety of current events were also covered. Editorially it was similar to the earlier science, technology and media news service Radiofax (radio station), which broadcast on shortwave between 1988 and 1992. The MobuzzTV presentation was rather light, often funny, and sometimes campy.
Video content was released under a creative commons license.
Hosts
Person From To Language Accent Gabriel McIntyre 16 June 2008 19 November 2008 English Transglobal Olivia Waters 23 September 2007 15 June 2008 English Received Pronunciation Osiris Martinez 12 September 2007 19 November 2008 French Susan Hickey 18 June 2007 30 July 2007 English Irish Iria Gallardo 30 March 2005 19 November 2008 Spanish Karina Stenquist 29 April 2005 15 June 2007 English North American Emma Rebaldi 30 March 2005 30 June 2005 English Anil de Mello (Founder) Ad hoc Ad hoc English Spanish References
- ^ The MOBO Awards 2008 BBC. Accessed October 6, 2008.
- ^ Russell, Kate (January 19, 2007). "Webscape". Click (BBC News). http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/6277871.stm. Retrieved 2008-12-01.
- The MobuzzTV website is defunct but a number of MobuzzTV programmes exist on YouTube.
- Some contemporary reports on the progress of MobuzzTV are here: Mobuzz TV Spain, 10 October 2007; Mobuzz or Mobust?, 12 June 2008 and Mobuzz TV Buzzes Out Of Bizz, 26 November 2008.
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