Thursday, May 7, 2009

The Download - Week of 050409

This post marks the beginning of the Interactive Media Peer Group's weekly links to the biggest headlines in Interactive Media. IMPG Governors Marcelino Ford-Livene and Geoff Katz would like to introduce IMPG member, blogger, hacker Paul Gulyas. Until recently, Paul was a marketing strategist and a creative for HBO Lab for the past two years and is now a freelancing writer/producer who has lots of time to keep up on interactive media. Please, feel free to make suggestions during the week by e-mailing articles (or video, because who really reads these days) to paulgulyas@gmail.com. That way, if we miss something huge, we can partially blame you! Enjoy and have a great week!

Disney Decides to Dance the Hulu
And their evil plot to destroy the world comes that much closer to fruition.

ABC-Hulu Deal a Blow to YouTube
YouTube kills in traffic ratings, but can't catch a break with advertisers. Is that what this is about, you guys? Money?

Disney's Anne Sweeney Talks Hulu: It's All About Casual Viewers
And then these casual viewers become unhealthily addicted to LOST viewers like myself, correct? I see your mind, Disney.

Panel debates future of television
"Outlook Not So Good", says my Magic 8-Ball.

Verklin: Web Media Still Faces Many Challenges

In more recent news, we've landed on the moon!

Digital Downloads Worth Half a Billion in Q1

How is the economy effecting online video? Here's a few educated guesses.

Food Network Cooks Up Food2, Targets Adults 21-34 Using Social Media, How-To Videos
Still waiting for Bobby Flay to accept my Facebook friend request.

As Hulu Gets More Mainstream, Long Viewing Sessions Wane

But it's Minutes Per Viewer is still WAY more than anybody but YouTube, so... Let's not chop three minutes off all our content just yet.

How To Showcase Your Web Series On a Web Site
On the one hand, web series are not viewed on their own sites as much as host sites like YouTube. On the other hand, your web series is more legitimized by having its own destination site. Read this article to make it the best it can be.

Sony's Crackle.com adding series, movies
...including Kevin James' new web series "Dusty Peacock" about an "inept stuntman". I'd list things I'm more excited about, but these things usually have an ending.

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