Hi All, I wanted to fill you all in on a event we've been working on behind the scenes. And this time its not in London ;)
Here's the official blurb... "This year the MGEITF has spawned its own fringe event, the Un-Festival. This day-long event which takes place on Saturday 25 August will centre around the clash of the well established TV world and the constantly accelerating Internet world using the unusual un-conference format, where the cost of entry is participation. The highlights from the Un-Festival will be presented at this special session, giving everyone a chance to speculate on the future of TV, online entertainment and cross platform narratives." Every year the international TV festival holds a few sessions on the future of online TV, etc. Every year it falls short of the mark. Well not this year because BBC Backstage is running the show. I'm getting together a real solid line up of people including people from Joost, Microsoft, BT, BBC, Google, etc. But I'm also inviting some of the people from the darker areas of online TV like the guys behind some of the cleverest p2p sites online today. Generally the mix should be quite amazing, but we're not done yet. Everyone who goes to the fringe un-festival will receive a free ticket into the main dinner on Saturday night and Free entry on Sunday all day. How's that for a deal? I'll be launching the sign up page for the event soon with lots more details but till then get your hotels booked. I hope to see you all there! Ian Forrester This e-mail is: [ ] private; [ x ] ask first; [ ] bloggable Senior Producer, BBC Backstage BC5 C3, Media Village, 201 Wood Lane, London W12 7TP e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] p: +44 (0)2080083965 - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
