Good news! The Videodefunct research project has been accepted into the X-Media Lab (XML) being held in Melbourne soon. VD is one of 12 projects that have been chosen from around Australia within the theme of “DIY TV”: Video, UGC, Mobile and IP TV content and services. The blurb:

X|Media|Lab is the internationally acclaimed digital media event: a unique meeting place designed to help people get their own ideas to market through creative development, business matching, and access to world-class networks of digital media professionals.

Video-on-Demand is the third wave of the ascendency of internet protocol (IP) over traditional media – first there was text, then graphics, and now the moving image.

Whole new opportunities are opening up for creative ideas in the creation, production, distribution, syndication, platforms, brands, and new business models in video content and services.

XML “DIY TV” is designed to assist everyone involved in traditional TV, and those creating its mutant forms, which are now emerging across the three screens, to achieve business success.