3 launches UK's first mobile blogging service.
Yospace's Media Community Platform hosts 'My Gallery'.
London - 20th May 2005
3, the UK's first video mobile network, today announced the first mobile blogging service. Over 3 million customers of 3 can now instantly share pictures or video clips captured on their video mobile via the web.
My Gallery adds a new dimension to the 'blogging' phenomenon and to the appeal of video mobile services like multi-media messaging. The innovative service, integrating 3G technology and web blogging, instantly publishes pictures or videos sent from a video mobile to a customer's unique website. Customers can choose to share their images with friends and family 'by invitation only' on a private website or show them off to a global audience on a public website.
"Video mobile technology is all about immediacy, whether it's downloading the latest music video on the move or being the first to share the breaking news from Big Brother with your friends. With My Gallery, you can share your antics straight away with your friends and family without being tied to a PC,' said Graeme Oxby, Marketing Director of 3.
3 customers can also add pictures from their PC, manage content and invite friends to visit. Both public and private My Gallery sites are fully interactive allowing visitors to 'blog' their own comments. To set up a My Gallery site, customers simply send a picture or video message to "3333", charged at a standard rate, they then receive a password via SMS to manage their blog site.
"3's My Gallery is set to transform blogging from a 'geeky' hobby to a mainstream communication method. The immediacy of this type of web publishing means that people can comment instantly as it happens, on the move" said David Springall, CTO Yospace.
For more information about 3's My Gallery, go to www.three.co.uk/mygallery.
NOTES TO EDITORS
About Yospace
Founded in 1999, Yospace provides multimedia messaging, personal storage and handset simulation solutions. Its clients include over 1,500 mobile development companies, internet portals and mobile operators such as O2, Vodafone, Orange and 3. In 2002, Yospace launched the Yospace Media Community Platform (MCP), one of the world's first fully featured media libraries and applications platforms designed for MMS community-building applications.
For further press information and photography please contact: Katie Jamieson or Giles Read at LEWIS.
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7802 2626
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7802 2627
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For sales enquiries, please contact Yospace:
Tel: +44 (0) 1784 466 389
Website: www.yospace.com
About 3
Hutchison 3G UK Limited deliver third-generation mobile multimedia and communications services under the 3 brand in the UK, offering a convergence of media, information and telephony to enable live video calls, multimedia content and entertainment while on the move.
3 services are available from sister companies in Australia, Austria, Denmark, Hong Kong, Israel, Italy and Sweden. 3 also holds UMTS licences in Ireland and Norway.
For further information, please visit: www.three.co.uk or call the 3 Media Office on 0207 350 5696.
Three facts about 3:
The URL for 3's My Gallery website is http://www.three.co.uk/mygallery. The My Gallery hosting service is free and multi media messages are charged at standard rates of 25p per photo and 50p per video clip. My Gallery is powered by Yospace's Media Community Platform.
Yospace's Media Community Platform hosts 'My Gallery'.
London - 20th May 2005
3, the UK's first video mobile network, today announced the first mobile blogging service. Over 3 million customers of 3 can now instantly share pictures or video clips captured on their video mobile via the web.
My Gallery adds a new dimension to the 'blogging' phenomenon and to the appeal of video mobile services like multi-media messaging. The innovative service, integrating 3G technology and web blogging, instantly publishes pictures or videos sent from a video mobile to a customer's unique website. Customers can choose to share their images with friends and family 'by invitation only' on a private website or show them off to a global audience on a public website.
"Video mobile technology is all about immediacy, whether it's downloading the latest music video on the move or being the first to share the breaking news from Big Brother with your friends. With My Gallery, you can share your antics straight away with your friends and family without being tied to a PC,' said Graeme Oxby, Marketing Director of 3.
3 customers can also add pictures from their PC, manage content and invite friends to visit. Both public and private My Gallery sites are fully interactive allowing visitors to 'blog' their own comments. To set up a My Gallery site, customers simply send a picture or video message to "3333", charged at a standard rate, they then receive a password via SMS to manage their blog site.
"3's My Gallery is set to transform blogging from a 'geeky' hobby to a mainstream communication method. The immediacy of this type of web publishing means that people can comment instantly as it happens, on the move" said David Springall, CTO Yospace.
For more information about 3's My Gallery, go to www.three.co.uk/mygallery.
NOTES TO EDITORS
About Yospace
Founded in 1999, Yospace provides multimedia messaging, personal storage and handset simulation solutions. Its clients include over 1,500 mobile development companies, internet portals and mobile operators such as O2, Vodafone, Orange and 3. In 2002, Yospace launched the Yospace Media Community Platform (MCP), one of the world's first fully featured media libraries and applications platforms designed for MMS community-building applications.
For further press information and photography please contact: Katie Jamieson or Giles Read at LEWIS.
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7802 2626
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7802 2627
Email: katiej/gilesr@lewispr.com
Website: www.lewispr.com
For sales enquiries, please contact Yospace:
Tel: +44 (0) 1784 466 389
Website: www.yospace.com
- My Gallery is powered by Yospace's Media Community Platform, the market-leading media hub solution for MMS.
- The url for 3's My Gallery website is http://www.three.co.uk/mygallery
- The My Gallery hosting service is free and multi media message are charged at standard rates of 25p / photo and 50p / video clip
- Blogging is booming - according to blog analysis firm Technorati, the number of blogs in existence has doubled every five and a half months for the last 18 months. Estimates now show that the number of blogs in existence has exceeded 4.8 million.
About 3
Hutchison 3G UK Limited deliver third-generation mobile multimedia and communications services under the 3 brand in the UK, offering a convergence of media, information and telephony to enable live video calls, multimedia content and entertainment while on the move.
3 services are available from sister companies in Australia, Austria, Denmark, Hong Kong, Israel, Italy and Sweden. 3 also holds UMTS licences in Ireland and Norway.
For further information, please visit: www.three.co.uk or call the 3 Media Office on 0207 350 5696.
Three facts about 3:
- 3 is the UK's first video mobile network.
- 3 is the UK's fastest growing mobile network. Over 3 million customers in the UK now have access to 3's range of 3G services, from video messaging and video calling to watching full-length music videos and goals from Barclays Premiership football.
- 3's network offers national coverage for calls and texts, and over 82% coverage for video services.
The URL for 3's My Gallery website is http://www.three.co.uk/mygallery. The My Gallery hosting service is free and multi media messages are charged at standard rates of 25p per photo and 50p per video clip. My Gallery is powered by Yospace's Media Community Platform.