Online Video Now Has Its Champion with IPTV Evangelist

New Blog and Broadband Interview Series Launches to Provide News and Analysis from Key Players in the Rapidly Expanding IPTV and Mobile Video Space

Frank Chindamo, President/Chief Creative Officer, Fun Little Movies, Debuts as First Guest

NEW YORK, NY, September 26, 2006 - Whether the work of a lone mash-up artist, an offering from independent upstarts like Rocketboom.com, or, in the case of lonelygirl15, a clever professionally produced viral marketing campaign, online video has exploded in the last few months alone, yet, for video artists and media conglomerates alike, there has been no intelligent analysis of the space, beyond breathless predictions about its amazing growth and revenue potential.

Enter IPTV Evangelist (www.iptvevangelist.com), a new blog and broadband interview series whose mission is to serve as a guide to the people and the companies at the forefront of the online video, or IPTV (Internet Protocol Television), and Mobile Video space.

Combining up-to-date IPTV news with informed commentary on trends and informative interviews with key players, IPTV Evangelist is the brainchild of Gilbert B. Hammer, an IPTV pioneer in his own right, who has been working with streaming media since its inception and has been a Video Producer/DP for the past 15 years.

Among IPTV Evangelist's current topics:

The market impact of Yahoo's partnership with Al Gore's Current TV
The usability of Amazon Unbox, their new video download service
Why Helio is a 3-G mobile cell platform that gets it
What's wrong with the Google/Viacom video ad model

IPTV Evangelist is also proud to welcome Frank Chindamo, President & Chief Creative Officer, Fun Little Movies (www.funlittlemovies.com) as the first guest in its broadband interview series.

Holder of the world record for the number of short films made independently, as well as an adjunct professor of film at the University of Southern California, Mr. Chindamo oversees all of FLM's current projects, including original, live-action comedy films for the mobile entertainment channels on Sprint-Nextel, Microsoft and Smart Video phones in the US and many other countries around the world.

Mr. Chindamo's work has also had the distinction of appearing on HBO, Showtime, CBS, PBS, A&E, Playboy, MTV and Comedy Central, in addition to winning countless awards, most notably The American Cine Golden Eagle, The American International Film Festival and a Finalist's Place for Best Short at the Cannes Film Festival.

Among the topics discussed in Mr. Chindamo's interview with IPTV Evangelist:

Production considerations when creating content for small screens
The pros and cons of product placement
Why the handheld equivalent of HBO-level content is not that far away
Why the economic model for independent producers is insufficient

IPTV Evangelist is a wholly independent source of news and information on IPTV. Its views and the views of its guests are their own and do not reflect those of any outside source or individual.

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About IPTV Evangelist

IPTV Evangelist is the ultimate guide to the people and the companies that are defining the red-hot IPTV market. Founded by streaming video pioneer Gilbert B. Hammer, IPTV Evangelist combines the latest IPTV news and analysis with interviews with key IPTV players. As the title of the site implies, Gilbert is passionate about IPTV, which he views as the next-generation for online and mobile entertainment for its creative integration of new and improved forms of communication, storytelling and community. For more information, visit www.iptvevangelist.com.