Mobisode
A Mobisode ( suitcase word from mobile [phone] , English expression for cell phone , and episode ) is a feature film series for mobile devices such as cell phones , portable media players or handheld consoles . In the United States, the word Mobisodes is registered as a brand name on 20th Century Fox . However, comparable content from other companies is also unofficially referred to as Mobisodes .
A mobisode produced either specifically for mobile devices or is a compilation of already broadcast transmission . The latter are usually enriched with unsent material in order to increase the incentive for the viewer to download a mobisode onto the device.
The playing time and image resolution of a mobisode result from the technical requirements such as transmission speed, resolution of the display, etc.
Well-known examples
A Chinese soap opera that was produced especially for the cell phone is called Appointment and is about a love triangle between a woman and two men. A series has five episodes, each five minutes in length.
In the USA there is Mobisodes of the docu-soap The Simple Life with Paris Hilton (mainly unsent material was processed here). The length of each mobisode is one minute. For the series Lost , there were thirteen Mobisodes under the heading Missing Pieces before the start of the broadcast of the fourth season , which , with one exception, was material newly written and produced especially for this purpose, the content of which is to be classified alternately during the first three seasons. The length of the individual episodes varied between one and a half and three and a half minutes.
The first mobisode produced in Germany was Ninas Welt in 2006 .
Further examples
- 24 : Conspiracy
- Lost : Missing Pieces
- Prison Break : Proof of Innocence
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Entry of the term Mobisodes at the US Trademark and Patent Office . Accessed January 14, 2009.