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Geoff Katz, Co-Governor
Marcelino Ford-Livene, Co-Governor
Paul Gulyas, Writer
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Monday, June 22, 2009
The Download - 062209
Hey, all. Some interesting write-ups this week in the world of Interactive Media! Hope you all had an awesome Father's Day and first day of summer! Please note we're moving to a new location over the next couple of weeks. Make a note of our blog URL: http://atasimpg.blogspot.com.
An interesting way to use piracy to your advantage! Without guns!
How's this for interactive media? You can BE Optimus Prime.
TadCast's team of misfits just may be on to something.
Good to know something besides unemployment is booming!
Get interesting trivia on the scene you're watching instantly. This is way better than DVD special features.
As unfortunate as the circumstances are, it is intriguing to see what a role new media capabilities are able to play in situations such as this.
Now if only I could somehow do my laundry through Twitter. It will probably happen soon.
By 2011 more than 100 million households world-wide will have an Internet-connected TV, says The Diffusion Group.
Lots of things!
This is great. There should be continued five minute webisodes for so many characters post show's-end. Let's get a Paulie Walnuts web series. Anyone?
Friday, June 19, 2009
Moving to: http://atasimpg.blogspot.com/
Hi all,
Awards Season is in full swing and over the next couple of weeks we're going to a new home. Please continue to follow the Interactive Media Peer Group at http://atasimpg.blogspot.com.
Awards Season is in full swing and over the next couple of weeks we're going to a new home. Please continue to follow the Interactive Media Peer Group at http://atasimpg.blogspot.com.
Monday, June 15, 2009
The Download - Week of 061509
We don't make this stuff up. We find it, filter it and then offer up the tastiest headlines from the last week for your interactive media headline making efforts this week.
View2Gether Shares GREEK's SocialTV Stats
Now with Twitter! And what's not better with Twitter?
A&E's 'Hammer Pants Dance' = Viral Gold
Get it? Because his pants were gold? Nevermind.
China Advertisers Find Big Audience for Web Series Built Around Products
I mean, if my government was allowing me to watch nothing but these, I probably would, too.
You Can Now Share YouTube Videos on Facebook, Twitter, and Google Reader
Yes, but when will I be able to Twitter via YouTube? That doesn't even make sense.
Company Behind lonelygirl15 Walks Away from Producing Online Shows
Decides to Work for The Man (aka CBS, I guess).
Comedy Writers Find Sanction Online
TV scribes show their chops on the web.
20% of Web Video Is Spam
According to VideoSurf... Were they low-balling it? Maybe I just get spam more often than others.
Boomers Web Surfing Time Surpasses TV Watching
Child Neglect at All-Time High
The Onfronts: The Good, the Meh, and the AWESOME
What to look forward to (and not to) this year in online content!
CBS Interactive Ramps Up Development
Four new original series for the web!
View2Gether Shares GREEK's SocialTV Stats
Now with Twitter! And what's not better with Twitter?
A&E's 'Hammer Pants Dance' = Viral Gold
Get it? Because his pants were gold? Nevermind.
China Advertisers Find Big Audience for Web Series Built Around Products
I mean, if my government was allowing me to watch nothing but these, I probably would, too.
You Can Now Share YouTube Videos on Facebook, Twitter, and Google Reader
Yes, but when will I be able to Twitter via YouTube? That doesn't even make sense.
Company Behind lonelygirl15 Walks Away from Producing Online Shows
Decides to Work for The Man (aka CBS, I guess).
Comedy Writers Find Sanction Online
TV scribes show their chops on the web.
20% of Web Video Is Spam
According to VideoSurf... Were they low-balling it? Maybe I just get spam more often than others.
Boomers Web Surfing Time Surpasses TV Watching
Child Neglect at All-Time High
The Onfronts: The Good, the Meh, and the AWESOME
What to look forward to (and not to) this year in online content!
CBS Interactive Ramps Up Development
Four new original series for the web!
Monday, June 8, 2009
The Download - Week of 060809
Could this be the most exciting week in interactive media EVER? Signs point to no, but I hope that first line grabbed your attention. This week we have a new interface for YouTube, new report on U.S video views being up (and of course the complimentary article exploring the legitimacy of the standards for that measurement), and the 2009 Digital Power list! Enjoy!
YouTube XL!
New interface customized for TV!
Online Video: How Big Is It, Really?
A good look at the standards for measuring online video-watching.
New iPhone to have video capturing/editing capability
Prepare yourself for even MORE classic candid kitty and infant moments!
How CableCos View Web Video
Interesting views on how new and old media are merging.
N Korea Sentences Two of Al Gore's Current TV Journalists to 12 Years
Everyone should be aware of this injustice. It will make you appreciate what we do have going for us here in the States.
U.S. Video Views Up 16% in April to New High
I wonder if this has any correlation to the state of the job market.
Michael Buckley's Secrets to YouTube Success
It's not just having boobs!
MySpace Adds Social Viewing From ClipSync
"Social Viewing Rooms" make it even less necessary for people to ever actually physically be together.
How MTV Turns a TV Show Into an Online Event
Andy Samberg + Eminem + Sacha Baron Cohen's Asscheeks = Viral!
Digital Power 2009: 50 Executives Leading the Charge in New Media
Damn! # 51. I'll take it, I don't want to burn any bridges. Always next year.
YouTube XL!
New interface customized for TV!
Online Video: How Big Is It, Really?
A good look at the standards for measuring online video-watching.
New iPhone to have video capturing/editing capability
Prepare yourself for even MORE classic candid kitty and infant moments!
How CableCos View Web Video
Interesting views on how new and old media are merging.
N Korea Sentences Two of Al Gore's Current TV Journalists to 12 Years
Everyone should be aware of this injustice. It will make you appreciate what we do have going for us here in the States.
U.S. Video Views Up 16% in April to New High
I wonder if this has any correlation to the state of the job market.
Michael Buckley's Secrets to YouTube Success
It's not just having boobs!
MySpace Adds Social Viewing From ClipSync
"Social Viewing Rooms" make it even less necessary for people to ever actually physically be together.
How MTV Turns a TV Show Into an Online Event
Andy Samberg + Eminem + Sacha Baron Cohen's Asscheeks = Viral!
Digital Power 2009: 50 Executives Leading the Charge in New Media
Damn! # 51. I'll take it, I don't want to burn any bridges. Always next year.
Monday, June 1, 2009
The Download - Week of 060109
June 2009 already, a new Hulu Desktop App, a great appearance by Bo Burnham, and... Hulu starting to break even "soon"!!! What a development! Enjoy and have a great week.
Internet TVs, Other Video Devices To More Than Quadruple By 2013
In other news, people will soon start to believe the outdoors were an old wive's tale.
Not Many People Watching Internet-Delivered Content on TV
Additionally, TV still not the primary device for e-mail, making calls, or toasting bread.
Judd Apatow's Online Ad Campaign for New Movie Stars Internet's Bo Burnham
Am I the only one who would actually watch "Yo, Teach!"?
NBC CEO Jeff Zucker: Hulu Will Start Breaking Even "Soon"
Fingers crossed!
A Ton of Twitter Video Services Take On Each Other
There can be only one.
It's Here! The Hulu Desktop App!
It's like watching TV... only on your computer screen!
TubeMogul Gets embedded in Players Around the Web
Count this one for the little guy.
Where Is Hispanic TV on Web?
An interesting question asked by TVWeek's Sergio Ibarra.
Twitter, Brillstein develop TV series
Puts "ordinary people on the trail of celebrities". Rumored title: "Stalker: Twitter Ranger"... It was the best I could come up with.
Make-or-Break Time for Online Video Players
Here's to hoping it's not the latter.
Internet TVs, Other Video Devices To More Than Quadruple By 2013
In other news, people will soon start to believe the outdoors were an old wive's tale.
Not Many People Watching Internet-Delivered Content on TV
Additionally, TV still not the primary device for e-mail, making calls, or toasting bread.
Judd Apatow's Online Ad Campaign for New Movie Stars Internet's Bo Burnham
Am I the only one who would actually watch "Yo, Teach!"?
NBC CEO Jeff Zucker: Hulu Will Start Breaking Even "Soon"
Fingers crossed!
A Ton of Twitter Video Services Take On Each Other
There can be only one.
It's Here! The Hulu Desktop App!
It's like watching TV... only on your computer screen!
TubeMogul Gets embedded in Players Around the Web
Count this one for the little guy.
Where Is Hispanic TV on Web?
An interesting question asked by TVWeek's Sergio Ibarra.
Twitter, Brillstein develop TV series
Puts "ordinary people on the trail of celebrities". Rumored title: "Stalker: Twitter Ranger"... It was the best I could come up with.
Make-or-Break Time for Online Video Players
Here's to hoping it's not the latter.
Monday, May 25, 2009
The Download - Week of 052509
This week in Interactive Media.................. Have a great Memorial Day, everyone!
The Problem with Lost's ARGs
Obligatory linkage from me as I'm a Lost fanatic. But it is also a detailed look at what works and what doesn't when it comes to interactive Alternate Reality Games coinciding with broadcast television.
Google Invades Upfront Marketplace
Advertisers commit to "upwards of seven figures" spending for the next year on Google TV ads.
VOD Crime-Solving Service in Connecticut
My home state is putting interactive media to some real use! They should do that here, it sounds like fun.
Hulu To Stream First Piece of Long-Form Entertainment Content Live with Ads
More obligatory linkage, as I'm an even bigger Dave Matthews Band fanatic. Love to see my boys making Hulu history! New album next week!
Copyright Meets a New Worthy Foe: The Real-Time Web
Intriguing about the seemingly dated Digital Millenium Copyright Act in today's world of "virality on steroids". Must read.
Twenty Hours of Video Uploaded to YouTube Every MINUTE
Well, now I'll never catch up.
YouTube Launches YouTube Biz Blog
Good for keeping partners and advertisers (and New Media dweebs who have nothing to do with them like me) informed!
Nielsen: 99 Percent of Video Watched on TV Screen
Yeah, according to which Nielsen? Leslie? This seems like a joke.
Webware 100 Winners Announced!
The People's Choice Awards of Web 2.0 chooses YouTube, Hulu, and Amazon, among others.
Time: YouTube a Top 10 Tech Failure
"Oh hell naw" says Liz Gannes of NewTeeVee.
The Problem with Lost's ARGs
Obligatory linkage from me as I'm a Lost fanatic. But it is also a detailed look at what works and what doesn't when it comes to interactive Alternate Reality Games coinciding with broadcast television.
Google Invades Upfront Marketplace
Advertisers commit to "upwards of seven figures" spending for the next year on Google TV ads.
VOD Crime-Solving Service in Connecticut
My home state is putting interactive media to some real use! They should do that here, it sounds like fun.
Hulu To Stream First Piece of Long-Form Entertainment Content Live with Ads
More obligatory linkage, as I'm an even bigger Dave Matthews Band fanatic. Love to see my boys making Hulu history! New album next week!
Copyright Meets a New Worthy Foe: The Real-Time Web
Intriguing about the seemingly dated Digital Millenium Copyright Act in today's world of "virality on steroids". Must read.
Twenty Hours of Video Uploaded to YouTube Every MINUTE
Well, now I'll never catch up.
YouTube Launches YouTube Biz Blog
Good for keeping partners and advertisers (and New Media dweebs who have nothing to do with them like me) informed!
Nielsen: 99 Percent of Video Watched on TV Screen
Yeah, according to which Nielsen? Leslie? This seems like a joke.
Webware 100 Winners Announced!
The People's Choice Awards of Web 2.0 chooses YouTube, Hulu, and Amazon, among others.
Time: YouTube a Top 10 Tech Failure
"Oh hell naw" says Liz Gannes of NewTeeVee.
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