messa.tv

About this original series

A show featuring news, views and tips from Osaka, Japan. Presented by Hiroyuki Shinohara and Ian Cheung. Produced by messaliberty, the company that brings you hulor.com, helping you find interesting stuff online without the work of searching.

  • # Episodes

    19 episodes
  • Rating

    TV-UN

Episodes of messa.tv

    • episode 017 - iOS vs Android in Japan

      In episode 17, we talk about the battle between iOS and Android in Japan. ; We cover things like market share, the new product announcements from Sharp and predictions for the future.

      • Release date
        Oct 15, 2010
      • Runtime
        12:07
    • episode 016 - Japanese Mobile Phone Networks

      We cover the 3 biggest mobile phone network operators in Japan, Docomo, AU, and Softbank. Including background info, history, strategies and future prospects. In the second part we go in-depth with Softbank and its CEO Son-san

      • Release date
        Aug 20, 2010
      • Runtime
        25:43
    • messa.tv SP#003 - Techcrunch Camp Japan Interviews

      5 Interviews from Techcrunch Camp Japan

      • Release date
        Jun 17, 2010
      • Runtime
        03:57
    • episode 015 - Rakuten, smart.fm, iPad, WordCamp ...

      First news, was of Rakuten (the online shopping mall we covered in Episode 014) switching to using English in their meetings as well as their purchase of buy.com for US $250 million. Next we talked about our new video camera, the DSLR Canon EOS Kiss x4 (also known as the Rebel T2i or EOS 550D, depending on where you are). What do you think of the video and sound quality, compared to previous episodes? And also we have a new video editor (me), so if you notice any problems just leave a comment ...

      • Release date
        Jun 2, 2010
      • Runtime
        14:50
    • Episode 14 - Introduction to Rakuten

      A brief introduction to Japan's #1 online shopping mall, Rakuten

      • Release date
        May 27, 2010
      • Runtime
        16:05
      • Release date
        Apr 22, 2010
      • Runtime
        13:57
    • episode 13 - google vs china, sony ps3 digital t...

      We started the show with the Google vs China sagat, Hiro quizzed me on the reactions on Hong Kong citizens (I was in Hong Kong when the controversy started.) And he was surprised at the lack of surprise. Next up was some digital entertainment news, and the latest add-on for the PS3. The torune is a digital tv tuner but it also let's the PS3 record shows. With this add-on, added to the Blu-ray, Internet, YouTube abilities, the PS3 could be poised to become the defacto home entertainment center ...

      • Release date
        Jan 29, 2010
      • Runtime
        16:01
    • episode 012 - review of 2009, predictions for 20...

      We shared our New Year resolutions for messa.tv and messaliberty. hulor, blog posts and WordPress development all got a mention. 2009 was a busy year in the tech world in Japan and we reviewed it, Top 5 fashion. See if you agree with what we thought were the biggest or most important events of last year (with special mention of Ken's new big screen TV). Continuing with the Top 5 style, we did predictions for 2010 for the Japanese tech world, including the battle between Twitter Japan and Ameba...

      • Release date
        Jan 18, 2010
      • Runtime
        19:32
    • episode 11 - messa.tv JP, crunchpad, kindle in J...

      This episode covers topics such as messa.tv JP, crunchpad, kindle in Japan, Chris and WordBench

      • Release date
        Dec 28, 2009
      • Runtime
        22:19
    • episode 010 - WordCamp Kyoto 2009, mi-fi killer,...

      In this episode, we started with a brief report on WordCamp Kyoto 2009 and discussed our favourite parts.

      • Release date
        Nov 17, 2009
      • Runtime
        22:18
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