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IBC Television News mobile video player

IBC Television News and Forbidden Technologies have teamed up to deliver highlights of each day's activities at IBC2008 direct to your mobile phone.

STEP 1: Check that your handset is compatible

The mobile video player is available on Symbian handsets, check first for compatibility on the websites listed below:

STEP 2: Download IBC 2008 FORscene Mobile Player

You need the IBC 2008 FORscene Mobile player to watch our exclusive video clips. By typing your mobile number into the form, you will be sent a text message containing a link to download the player.
Phone numbers should include the country code, e.g. +447779238047.

Following the link from the text message choose your mobile player and download depending on your type of handset:

Nokia Series 60 - For Series 60 phones (e.g. Nokia 7610).
Nokia 3G - For Series 60 phones that are 3G (e.g. Nokia N70).
UIQ - For UIQ phones, typically Sony Ericsson (e.g. P910i).

Alternatively, browse to http://www.forbidden.co.uk/ibc.wml on your phone's WAP browser and follow the instructions.

STEP 3: Install IBC 2008 FORscene Mobile player

Follow the instructions to install the player. Choose install / yes / OK or continue when prompted.

STEP 4: Upload videos in to the Citizen Journalism account

You can take videos on your mobile and use the IBC 2008 Mobile Player to upload them into the Citizen Journalism account.

Take a video using your mobile phone
Open the IBC2008 Mobile Player
Options > Upload
Find the video within the list that you would like to upload in to the account
Options > set server (This should be - pro.forscene.net by default)
Options > set user + password (Username - ibccj / Password - gjm258)
Options > Upload
Connect to the Internet using GPRS not WAP
Once the video has been uploaded you will be presented with the following message "This video has been uploaded, do you want to delete it from your phone?"
Select yes or no

Subject to moderation, your video will appear on www.ibccitizen.tv

STEP 5: Download videos

On a Series 60 phone:

The player should appear on your phone's menu. If it is not in the top level menu, it may be inside a folder, e.g. "My own".
Open the player. There will be no videos yet, and it will say "no data".
Now go to "Options", "Get more videos..."
This will connect you to the server and get the list of available videos.
Choose a video from the list and select "Options", "Get now".
The video will download. You can stop the download at any time and watch what you have got so far. You can then continue from where you left off ("Options", "Get rest").

On a UIQ phone:

The player should appear on your phone's Application menu.
Open the player. There will be no videos yet.
Click on "FORibc" on the title bar. This opens the menu. Go to "Get more videos..."
This will connect you to the server and get the list of available videos.
Choose a video from the list and click on it, or select "Get now" from the menu.
The video will download. You can stop the download at any time and watch what you have got so far. You can then continue from where you left off ("Get rest" on menu).

STEP 6: Watch the Videos

Once a video has downloaded or part downloaded to your handset it appears in the play list.

You can watch it by selecting and clicking on the video or by choosing "Play" from the menu. The video plays through from start to finish.

You can adjust the volume by scrolling up and down or by moving up and down on the joystick.

STEP 7: Share the Videos

You can Bluetooth the videos to your friends, so they don't have to download them. They need to have the player running on their phone in order to receive a video. If they don’t have the player, you can Bluetooth this to them first.

You can't Bluetooth part videos. They must be completely downloaded.

* IBC and Forbidden Technologies provide this service free but there will be a charge from your service provider; please refer to your provider for pricing.