Video Creators for the "Second Screen" win $300K Production Deal from Samsung

As more consumers use a "second screen" video device (tablet/mobile/notebook) to supplement their television viewing, content creators will have an opportunity to make content to specifically for a "second screen," says Eric Anderson, head of content and product solutions for Samsung North America, in this interview. in a signifcant commitment to fostering new area of creativity, Samsung sponsored a competition for Web producers to create multi-screen programming. The winners were announced on Friday night at the New York Televison Festival. The recipients were awarded a $300,000 production grant from Samsung. In the inteview, Anderson explains the creative opportunities around this emerging media platform. At the Festival, we interviewed Anderson and two content creators who describe their programming for two screens. We will publish those inteviews later this week. Winner of the Samsung Second Screen Storytellers Competition was “D-TEC”, created by Joseph Saroufim, Peter Saroufim, and Stephen Interrante Andy Plesser

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