The Convergence of 3Screens at DEMOFall 2008 and the TechCrunch50 Events

This week, the DEMOFall 2008 and TechCrunch50 events are taking place place.

I found several interesting companies being launched at these two events which reflect the ever changing convergence of the Internet Meets TV / Meets Mobility

Here's a few worth checking out.  These companies are not affiliated with AT&T, but do reflect the potential of three-screens applications and market opportunities.

If you have other suggestions, send me at email: alan at weinkrantz dot com.

BeeTV  - this is three screens at its best.  BeeTV  is designed to serve three screens: TV, MOBILE and PC with its server side beeHIVE™ core technology. beeTV is designed to maximize ROI for any platform while dealing with each platform’s unique advantages and specific constraints. The beeHIVE™ interfaces with the platform’s middleware and infrastructure. beeTV services IPTV, cable, satellite, mobile, internet and DTT platforms.

ffwd (as in FastForward) -  the web implementation of its revolutionary web-meets-TV service. ffwd’s vision encompasses a radically simple way to navigate the video web, an expansive digital television experience, and a media service that reflects your lifestream.

ffwd aims to connect viewers to online video through personalized adaptive channels of videos from all over the web – replacing 500 channels and nothing on with custom channels for every viewer. Each channel combines the editorial wisdom of the entire Internet audience, the viewer’s social graph, and behavioral targeting, to sort through the limitless web video catalog with the click of a button.

LiveHit Tracks the music, videos, and entertainment sites people are clicking on right now.  Their Social Discovery Service  connects users who’s hot and what’s hot across the web in real-time. LiveHit produces LiveMaps which are visual maps showcasing what is popular across the web right in the moment. Popularity of the content is completely unbiased and based on how many users like you are actually viewing, listening to, and interacting with content, and then that is surfaced through the LiveMap.

MessageSling - MessageSling is a mobile voice messaging company that is  re-writing the way people use and interact with voicemail.  The company plans to take  conventional voicemail to a new level by providing a hands-free mobile messaging  service that allows consumers to receive and send voice and dictated text messages using simple voice commands.

RealDVD - from the people who brought you RealNetworks, comes an easy-to-use application that lets you save your DVDs - movies, TV shows, or home DVDs - to your PC digitally and legally. Best of all, you can play them from your hard drive whenever and wherever you want without the discs.

SayWhere - This  is the first iPhone application for voice-entry to popular websites for mapping, business search, and reviews. Instead of typing, iPhone users just speak any "place" – any address, business, or point of interest. Users choose the mobile site to launch, such as Traffic.com, Yelp, Yellow Pages, and more. Featuring new voice-entry technology and open user interface simplicity across devices, Say Where unlocks mobile content for mainstream adoption.

VideoSurf - true to its name,  VideoSurf visual video search engine that allow users to search across millions of videos for a given actor and to view summaries of videos through a series of detected keyframes.

Xumii - here is a company that is launching the first social address book for mobile phones. With Xumii, users can socialize with any contact on any network, regardless of whether it is a social network, an instant messenger service or another mobile carrier.

Xumii’s social address book combines contact information, feeds and status updates from social networks, instant messaging services and mobile contacts in a single view.  Xumii also offers integrated mobile messaging that allows users to maintain threaded conversations, share media files and create private groups