Finding the right health information just got easier and faster with the launch of MyHealthReference.com from TELUS Health Solutions. Expert advice and reference articles are complemented by an innovative visual diagnosis tool, that lets users point and click on the area of concern to identify potential health issues. An advanced search function learns from users’ input to provide more meaningful results.

LVL designed and developed the site in close collaboration with TELUS Health Solutions and Guidyu, provider of semantic search technology.

Visit the site: MyHealthReference.com

Telus Optik TV™ customers now have the ability to use their Xbox 360 game console as a digital box to enjoy standard-definition, HD and 3D programming.

What’s more, with an Xbox 360® with Kinect™, you are the controller, able to select, play, pause and rewind live TV and movies with the sound of your voice or a wave of your hand, remote-free.

LVL designed the XBox 360 user experience for TELUS in collaboration with Microsoft. Some functionality requires an Optik TV PVR on the same network.

For more information: TELUS Optik TV™ on Xbox 360

Richard Z’Graggen and Marie-Claude Lavoie, two members of LVL’s product design team, are winging their way to Vancouver this week to present at Simon Fraser University’s TouchPoint 2012 Interaction Design Conference, which takes place February 16th and 17th.

Marie-Claude and Richard will be presenting “TV Product & Transmedia Design // The Role of Content and Context in Interaction Design for TV”, a talk scheduled for the first day of the conference.

Marie-Claude Lavoie is an alumna of Simon Fraser’s School of Interactive Arts & Technology (SIAT).

TouchPoint is an informal gathering of industry professionals, researchers, educators and design students interested in fostering a culture of design and opportunities for interchange. TouchPoint is also an extraordinary opportunity for students in connected disciplines to present and discuss their work with key industry figures.

Among the many presenters invited this year are Matt Walsh (Crispin, Porter + Bogusky), John Rousseau (Frogdesign), Caterina Sanders (Habanero), Ryan Betts (Adobe) and Matt Schoenholz (Microsoft Xbox).

To learn more, visit the Interaction Design Conference’s website at:

http://www.sfu.ca/idc/

To sign up free for TouchPoint 2012, visit the Eventbrite page at:

http://touch-point.eventbrite.ca/

The 19-2 transmedia project Histoires collatérals (Collateral Stories), produced by LVL Studio in cooperation with Radio-Canada and Echo Média, was invited to the Official Selection, Web Creation, at FIPA 2012. FIPA (Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels) takes place from January 23^rd to 29^th in Biarritz, France.

Director Maxime Brissette will present the 10 original webisodes to an audience of students in audiovisual production, and to a jury of professionals from across the French-speaking world.

The webisodes’ online viral popularity alone was enough to attract the festival jury’s invitation, even before LVL had a chance to submit it to the competition.

FIPA is the only international festival that brings together all forms of audiovisual production, including film and television drama, news, documentaries and live events.

View the 19-2 webisodes at Radio-Canada.ca (in French)

http://19-2.radio-canada.ca/Webepisodes/Default.aspx

Learn more about FIPA

http://www.fipa.tm.fr/fr/

Attend a screening at FIPA

http://www.fipa.tm.fr/fr/programmes/2012/19-2-histoires-collaterales-24070.htm

Hard to describe, easier to show. Which is why we’ve redesigned our website to illustrate what we do with stories and pictures. (Isn’t that nice?) We’ve started with three: a transmedia experience that will literally get people off the couch, a TV service that injects new life into our favourite home appliance (the TV, not the microwave), and an introspective look at some of the TV apps we’ve produced, with a look to what the future might bring.

We’ll be adding more stories in the weeks ahead. So stay tuned. Enjoy. And if you like the new us, like us on Facebook.

From all the people at LVL for whom entertainment is both work and play, welcome to the revamped LVL site. Have a pleasant stay (and many happy returns!).

Richard Z’Graggen

TELUS launched a new app that lets subscribers watch select TV on-demand shows and movies on their mobile phones and tablets – as well as on their web browsers.

This is another example of TELUS’s commitment to providing customers with a service that makes it easier and more enjoyable to watch and discover new TV and music content – in home and out of home – on multiple devices.

Versions are available for iPhone, iPad, Android, and XOOM tablets.

As the principal design firm for the Optik TV service, LVL defined the user experience and graphic user interface for these products.

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Fans of the venerable comedy troupe Rock et Belles Oreilles will rejoice with the 30-year anniversary retrospective airing on Radio-Canada. All last week Channel One featured some of their best radio skits. The TV special starts January 9.

A huge collection of their material is available on the website (try the RBOoooooGLE bar if you’re looking for something specific). And you can keep audio clips of their classic quotes right in your pocket with the mobile apps for iPhone and Android.

LVL had a few laughs working with the legendary group in creating the website and mobile app. It’s not every day that adjectives like cheesy and kitsch are considered compliments.

This just in: the iPhone app entered the top 25 on iTunes in its first 30 hours, with 15K iPhone downloads in the first week.

Get the iPhone App

Get the Android App

Visit the official RBO site

This annual conference will focus on identifying the technologies of the future and includes speakers from major Hollywood studios and networks, and Silicon Valley technology companies.

LVL is recognized for its innovative work in designing and producing products and services that enrich and expand the way we discover, watch, and interact with media content. From creating transmedia experiences around popular TV shows to designing better program guides and multi-platform TV products, LVL is a pioneer in expanding the horizons of TV inside and beyond the living room.

This should be an interesting forum and we hope to see you there.

For more information, visit the official conference site:

http://www.digitallivingroom.com/

LVL’s Transmedia Designer-Writer Geneviève Cardin will be participating in the Columbus project forum in Montreal on November 24. Geneviève will be presenting alongside other panelists on the subject of transmedia and multimedia experiences.

For more information, visit the official site:

http://www.projetcolumbus.com/

(In French only)

With a trophy already in hand for Best web site for a tv show/dramatic series from the last Gémeaux ceremony, LVL is proud to announce its three Digi Awards 2011 nominations for the transmedia project 19-2.

LVL, Echo Media and Radio-Canada are nominated in the Best in cross-platform: entertainment category, for the transmedia project created for the TV series 19-2.

LVL is also in competition in the Best in location-based services category, for its augmented reality app that gets fans to do their own detective work at locations where the series was shot.

The third nomination is for the graphic novel web series in the category Best web series drama.

The 19-2 transmedia project was produced in collaboration with Zingaro Films 2, Echo Media and SRC, with the financial support of the Bell Fund, the Fonds Quebecor and the CMF.

After a decade as the Canadian New Media Awards, the newly named Digi Awards 2011 ceremony will take place December 6 in Toronto. LVL will take part in the event.

Read more about the nominations by visiting the showcase section of The Digi Awards web site: www.thedigiawards.com/showcase.php

Read more about 19-2 interactive project on the official website: click here