Saturday, April 26, 2008

The rise of snack drama

If you're the kind of person who sends emails while waiting for the bus or if you are reading this article while eating your lunch, you already know that modern life is all about multi-tasking.

Producers of televised drama know it too and they have decided that the days of hour-long "appointment" TV, where you sit on your couch and do nothing but watch your chosen show, are limited. Hence the rise of "snack drama" - shows broken up into episodes of under four minutes intended to be viewed online or on your mobile phone.

The television industry's interest in snack drama is fuelled by the arrival of mobile television. General manager for products and services at 3 Mobile Mira Bashi says the demand for mobile entertainment is growing with customers spending an average of eight minutes accessing mobile TV services on the 3 network.


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