Bringing technology closer: Daimler IAA Live-Talk

September 23rd, 2009

Screenshot Daimler IAA Live-Talk and streaming ad on Autobild.de

Screenshot Daimler IAA Live-Talk and streaming ad on Autobild.de

For the first time, Daimler sends a daily 3-hour livestream from the International Motor Show (IAA) that everyone can participate in. Users post questions, and Daimler’s employees and moderators answer and demonstrate details directly on the vehicle. Banners on the German portals Welt Online and Autobild.de show a preview of the livestream and generate a broad viewership.

The project is a successful collaboration between fischerAppelt (TV-production), Scholz & Volkmer (Web application) and tv-on web/MES (livestream).

MTV Home is where the heart is

August 30th, 2009

Screenshot MTV Home with Facebook integration and engagement ads

Screenshot MTV Home with Facebook integration and engagement ads

Since August, MES puts the weekly live show “MTV Home” on the net for MTV Networks Germany.
MTV Home fans from the Facebook community can directly participate in the show via a live chat with the hosts Joko, Klaas and Palina. Strategic use of Facebook promotion features (events, ads, fan page) provides for optimal coverage. Work can be so much fun!

BOSS Orange Spring/Summer 2010

July 6th, 2009


One of the highlights of Berlin’s Fashion Week was the Spring/Summer Collection 2010 of BOSS Orange. In an old industrial hall full of shipping containers and turbines, the fashion label presented their collection for the next summer. MES was on-site and delivered the two-hour live show to the net in fullscreen quality – a first in the fashion world. To guarantee a smooth event, we organized a backup feed via satellite, rented capacities with two leading CDNs and hosted the microsite behind a load balancer.

AJAX Image Gallery powered by Slideflow (like Cover Flow)

November 15th, 2007

Today we’re releasing our AJAX Slideflow Control under Creative Commons (CC-by 3.0). We use it for our webcasts, but we thought it would work quite well for image galleries – so we built one (live demo) Read the rest of this entry »

Webcast 2.0: Platform-Independent Streaming with AJAX, Silverlight and Slideflow Navigation

November 13th, 2007

MediaEvent Services is pleased to announce the launch of its new webcast interface with the Leica Scientific Forum.

The interface leverages AJAX technologies to deliver a rich user experience, including a Slideflow control mimicking the popular Cover Flow navigation, across all major browsers.

It uses the recently released Microsoft Silverlight 1.0 platform to stream to Windows, Mac OS X and Internet Explorer 5, 6 und 7, Firefox 1.5 and 2 as well as Safari. That’s webcasting 2.0. Read the rest of this entry »