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QUALCOMM, Universal Mobile to Sponsor ‘World’s Smallest Film Festival’ at CTIA Wireless 2004 in Atlanta

Event will provide high-profile platform for both companies as Festival spotlights the potential of made-for-mobile digital content and highlights some of the best in cutting-edge digital creations.

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) February 27, 2004--BigDigit, Inc., a pioneer and worldwide leader in made-for-mobile content distribution for the mobile phone market, announced that QUALCOMM, Inc. and Universal Mobile have agreed to sponsor its second ‘World’s Smallest Film Festival’ that will take place on March 22-24 in Atlanta, GA as part of the CTIA Wireless 2004 conference and exhibition.

QUALCOMM is a leader in developing and delivering innovative digital wireless communications products and services based on the company's CDMA digital technology. Headquartered in San Diego, the firm pioneered Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) digital wireless technology, as well as the BREW applications development environment for highly-mobile wireless devices.

Universal Mobile is based in France and specializes in music and ring tone downloads for mobile phone. The company is a division of Vivendi and Universal Music (Vivendi Universal), and also offers mobile content services in the U.S., United Kingdom and Australia (www.yourmobile.com).

THE WORLD’S SMALLEST FILM FESTIVAL AT CTIA

The ‘World's Smallest Film Festival’ at CTIA will showcase some of the most exciting and innovative digital media produced for small-format mobile phones and communications-enabled mobile devices. Scheduled events include daily presentations of made-for-mobile films, TV series, cartoons, and music videos as produced my many of the leading artists in this emerging field, as well as the announcement of winners in this year’s mobile content competition. Winners of the CTIA ‘World’s Smallest Film Festival’ are selected by an independent panel of judges who evaluate each entry in terms of its creativity, entertainment value, and effective use currently available mobile technology.

Mobile media screenings and free popcorn will be available on each day of the CTIA 2004 event on a special stage located on the Mobile Entertainment Expo exhibit floor. During these presentations, BigDigit executives and sponsors will screen features from the BigDigit library of mobile media and demonstrate mobile media technology. BigDigit will also release details of mFlix, The Mobile Entertainment Channel, which will be available later this year through major mobile distribution channels worldwide.

The CTIA ‘World’s Smallest Film Festival’ follows the company’s ‘World’s Smallest TV Festival’, which took place in January , hosted by The National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE) at their annual conference. NATPE is a non-profit global alliance of business professionals engaged in the creation, development and distribution of content, as well as advertising and financial activities. The ‘World’s Smallest TV Festival’ showcased made-for-mobile TV programming and was sponsored by Oplayo, Mobileway, and other leaders in the mobile commerce value chain.

UPCOMING EVENTS

BigDigit will be producing ‘The World’s Smallest Animation Festival’ this summer in Los Angeles, featuring mobile vector and other mobile animation content such as cartoon series; ’The World’s Smallest Film Festival – London’, slated for September (in London) in association with the Mobile Commerce World conference and exhibition; and panel presentations at the Aspen ShortsFest, The WorldWide Short Film Festival in Toronto, and other venues worldwide.

ABOUT BIGDIGIT, INC.

Founded in 2002 BigDigit, Inc. is the producer of ‘The World's Smallest’ mobile multimedia festivals, which are recognized as the definitive competitive showcases of digital video, graphic, and TV content for the new generation of mobile phones. The company is a pioneer and leader in the field of independent mobile entertainment branding, aggregation and distribution, and has leveraged relationships with hundreds of independent filmmakers, animators and producers to make available a wide variety of serialized, feature and episodic made-for-mobile entertainment in numerous categories to millions of users in dozens of countries. The company is privately owned.

For further information please Contact:

Beau Buck
BigDigit, Inc.
CEO
310-277-3456
www.bigdigit.com
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