Andreas Ehn Joins Shootitlive Board of Directors

Posted by on Wednesday, December 7th, 2011 in News Tags: , , , ,

Press release, Stockholm 07 Dec 2011
Shootitlive who helps newspapers to live publish professional photos and video clips is pleased to welcome the former CTO of Spotify Andreas Ehn to it’s board of directors.

“Newspapers are changing and so are the photojournalists. Shootitlive is reinventing press photography in the digital newsroom”, says Andreas Ehn who is joining Shootitlive’s board of directors. “With Shootitlive photojournalists don’t have to worry about deadlines but let’s them focus on what they do best, capturing great photos”.

“We’re thrilled to have Andreas joining our board”, says Eivind Vogel-Rödin, Founder of Shootitlive AB. “Andreas expertise in the technology industry and his strategic and operational experience will make an invaluable addition to Shootitlive”.

Andreas Ehn is an entrepreneur and a well-respected advisor with a track record in technology. He’s currently a founding team member of the social gifting service Wrapp and prior to that he was the CTO of Spotify. Andreas will primarily focus on assisting Shootitlive in it’s global expansion.

Shootitlive helps newspapers to live publish professional photos and video clips. The service is intended for websites, where on-the-field photographers publish photos and video clips of current events live as they unfold, from any location with 3G coverage. Shootitlive AB was founded 2008 and is today used by Scandinavia’s largest newspapers in their online publications.

Shootitlive: http://www.shootitlive.com
Shootitlive News: http://www.shootitlive.com/news
Shootitlive Press (picture/logo): http://www.shootitlive.com/about/press/


For more information, please contact:

Eivind Vogel-Rödin, Founder, Shootitlive AB
+4670-221 04 60
eivind@shootitlive.com

Andreas Ehn, CTO and Co-founder, Wrapp
+4670-733 77 83 00
hn@a8n.se

Shootitlive AB
Völundsgatan 6, 11321 Stockholm
E-mail: hello@shootitlive.com

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Shootitlive in Wired magazine

Posted by on Wednesday, August 10th, 2011 in Blog, News Tags: , ,

Check out the September edition of Wired Magazine UK where Shootitlive is featured as one of Europe’s hottest startups. In the section Every hot startup. Every rising star: Wired’s definitive 2011 list you’ll find the hottest startup in Stockholm, London, Berlin, Paris, Tel Aviv and Moscow.

Among the other 11 cool startups featured in the Stockholm section are Videoplaza, Bambuser and Stardoll. The blurb about Shootitlive says: Set up by Eivind Vogel-Rödin and Martin Levy in 2008, Shootitlive allows images and video clips to go from camera to web in seconds. It is used by Scandinavia’s largest newspapers and The Times used the platform for its royal-wedding coverage

Early 2011 we were selected to participate in Seedcamp London together with 19 other handpicked startups, but had to decline. And during the spring we were selected as one of the 2011 Red Herring Europe finalists. And now to be featured as one of Europe’s hottest startup by Wired Magazine is totally amazing and we are honored by the acknowledgment.

Wired Magazine UK can be purchased at any good newsagent or downloaded to your iPad here

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How the royal wedding was shot

Posted by on Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011 in News Tags: , , , , ,

Canon writes about how The Times used Shootitlive to create a live photo feed during the Royal Wedding. It’s published on Canon Professional Network (CPN) which is the world-wide website for Canon pro photographers to discover all of the latest news, technical articles, and advice for using Canon professional imaging equipment.

The CPN writer Mark Alexander spoke to The Times picture editor Paul Sanders to find out how they covered the biggest pre-planned news event of the year. Click below to checkout how the photographic coverage of the Royal Wedding was planned and exactly how it was shot.

“We got this new piece of software that enabled us to transmit the picture straight to a live gallery on the website, bypassing the picture desk completely and publishing the images within 30 seconds of them being taken”

Paul Sanders, Picture Editor, The Times

Check out the entire article here, Shootitlive is featured on page 3.

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Red Herring Finalist

Posted by on Thursday, May 12th, 2011 in News Tags: , , , ,

We´re happy to announce that Shootitlive is selected as a Finalist for the 2011 Red Herring’s Top 100 Europe Award (we’re listed by our previous name Voogly AB). A prestigious list honoring the year’s most promising private technology ventures from the European business region.

All finalists are selected based upon their technological innovation, management strength, market size, investor record, customer acquisition, and financial health. During the several months leading up to the announcement, hundreds of companies in the telecommunications, security, Web 2.0, software, hardware, biotech, mobile and other industries completed their submissions to qualify for the award.

Needless to say, we are delighted to have been named as one of the leading early-stage private companies in Europe!

You’ll find the complete list of finalists here.

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Entering UK market by signing The Times

Posted by on Monday, May 2nd, 2011 in News Tags: , , , ,

We are extremely proud to announce that The Times have started to live publish video and photos to thetimes.co.uk and to The Times iPad edition with Shootiltive.

With Shootitlive, The Times iPad readers and thetimes.co.uk visitors will be seeing pictures live on the site, seconds after they are taken. During the Royal Wedding a team of ten photographers live published photos throughout the day.

“Not only was Friday a historic day for Prince William and Catherine Middleton, it also marks another historic day in terms of photography at The Times. This is ground-breaking technology and hasn’t been used by any other British newspaper. I know this is going to be the future of web shooting.”

Paul Sanders, Picture Editor The Times

“We are very pleased to have signed The Times as our first UK customer. The Times has led the way when it comes to cutting-edge photographic technique and by working with Shootitlive they will be continue in doing so. This also marks our first iPad app integration, which was made without any customization.”

Martin Levy, Founder and CEO Shootitlive AB

The Times is the original “Times” newspaper and have been published in the United Kingdom since 1785. The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary of News International

Please read full press release here

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Live publishing local news

Posted by on Thursday, April 28th, 2011 in News Tags: , , , ,

We´re happy to welcome bohuslaningen.se, hn.se and hallandsposten.se to the Shootitlive family. It’s incredibly exciting that more and more local newspapers understand the benefits of live publishing.

“We aim to provide our visitors with the best live publishing possible. Shootitlive gives us that opportunity.”

Lars Tegermark, Online Director HN.se and Hallandsposten.se

“Bohuslaningen.se has long worked with minute-by-minute reports via text updates, the natural next step is live publishing of pictures and video clips.”

Harry Gerd, Online Director Bohuslaningen.se

We really look forward to their first live publications!
And please stay tuned because next week we’re about to drop a bomb.

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The Swedish Picture Of The Year Award 2011

Posted by on Thursday, March 17th, 2011 in News Tags: , , ,

Get your popcorn out and put on your glasses, the Swedish Picture Of The Year Award are just around the corner!

Tomorrow the Swedish Picture Of The Year Award will take place in Norrköping. I for one am very much looking forward to this year’s ceremony, not only because of the amazing photos and talent being recognized, but also to meet lots of friends.

I´m happy to say that Shootitlive is a proud sponsor and will offer a free live photo feed for press and public to publish and distribute to websites and social media. Get the live photo feed here.

We will also hold a workshop in which we will focus on trends in news reporting on the web and how photographers can transfer and publish photos straight from the camera. You are very welcome to attend! If you are interested to join email: hello@shootitlive.com

See you tomorrow!

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Melodifestivalen live photo feed

Posted by on Tuesday, March 8th, 2011 in News Tags: , ,

Scanpix live photo feed

Scanpix cooperate with Shootitlive to offer newspapers a live photo feed from the Melodifestival final in Globen on March 12. As soon as the photographers take new photos, they will automatically appear on all sites that embeds the Shootitlive player. Live photos will be streaming in during the TV broadcast and continue from the after party.

Contact Jonas Jonsson at Scanpix to get access to the live photo feed. jonas.jonsson@scanpix.se or +468-738 38 12

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Getting ready for Europe with a new investor

Posted by on Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011 in News Tags: , , , , ,

Voogly, the company behind the live photo and video service Shootitlive welcomes Första Entreprenörsfonden as a new investor

- With the support of our investor, we can now build an organization that can handle international expansion, said Martin Levy, CEO Voogly.

Första Entreprenörsfonden invests in growth companies in which the value growth has the potential to be > 10 within a period of five years.
- The founders of Shootitlive has set a new standard for online photo journalism and we are impressed by how quickly Shootitlive managed to expand in the Nordic region, says Pelle Snårelid, Partner, Första Entreprenörsfonden.

The money will be used for international expansion of the Shootitlive service, which helps newspapers to live publish photos and video clips. Currently Voogly has customers in Sweden, Finland, Norway and Denmark such as Aftonbladet, Iltalehti, Verdens Gang, and Ekstra Bladet.

Voogly is now recruiting staff to accelerate the development of Shootitlive with new features and to reach new customer groups.
- We are looking for developers who want to change the way newspapers are working with photo and video, said Martin Levy


Shootitlive helps newspapers to live publish professional photos and video clips. The service is intended for websites, where on-the-field photographers publish photos and video clips of current events live as they unfold, from any location with 3G coverage. Shoot It Live / Voogly AB was founded 2008 and is today used by Scandinavia’s largest newspapers in their online publications.

Första Entreprenörsfonden (First Entrepreneur Fund) generates high returns through a unique approach in which we evaluate, develop, and invest in successful entrepreneurs. Since the fund was established in 2005, we have evaluated more than 500 companies and invested in 14 entrepreneurial companies in three annual funds in 2007, 2009 and 2010. Each investment has a sharp focus on the entrepreneur combined with the business opportunity at hand. Första Entreprenörsfonden firmly believes that a strong entrepreneur, working in a well-functioning team, is a recipe for a successful business

Shootitlive: http://www.shootitlive.com
Shootitlive News: http://www.shootitlive.com/news
Shootitlive Press (images / logo): http://www.shootitlive.com/about/press/

For more information, contact:
Martin Levy, Founder and CEO Shootitlive / Voogly AB, +4673-150 00 22
martin@shootitlive.com
Pelle Snårelid, Partner, Första Entreprenörsfonden, +4670-990 40 25
pelle.snarelid@forstaentreprenorsfonden.se

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Shootitlive for iPhone

Posted by on Thursday, January 6th, 2011 in News

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Shootitlive for iPhone in the AppStore Now!

We just launched the Shootitlive iPhone app which lets you capture photos and videos and upload to the Shootitlive system or to any FTP or SFTP server. You can add captions, bylines and upload files in original or compressed resolution.
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The Shootitlive app was developed with video in focus, as the professional cameras that supports video does not work well with 3G (huge files). It really is the perfect complement to the professional camera as it always will be in your pocket, let you write captions, has good photo quality and awesome video quality.

It’s free during x-mas so hurry up and download it here


Features:
- Capture video/photo or upload files from library (incl albums)- Upload to any FTP/SFTP server (save servers as bookmarks)
- 720p HD uploads (iPhone 4) over wifi & the carrier network
- Capture with compression to upload media files faster (save bandwidth & time)
- Enter byline and caption for photos (get saved as EXIF data)
- Upload several files at once (queue)
- Great tool for web-developers and to make backups of photos/videos- Upload video/photos in the background (multitasking)
- Compatible with Shootitlive live publishing system (www.shootitlive.com)
- Need IOS 4.1 or greater

Video
Video clips sent to Shootitlive will automatically be encoded and pushed out to the player on your site in the exact same way as with photos. Videos are h.264/mp4 encoded and works in the Shootitlive flash player and in our upcoming HTML5 player.

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Merry X-mas and happy new year

//The Shootitlive team

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