January 2012
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Where Is The Drama?
erikurtz:
The web is choc full of comedic web series and shorts. Some are funny, most are not, but as I discussed previously, it is easier to be funny on the web. Creating characters and drama is difficult when you have little time. That said a web series has potential for great characters, yet I have not been able to find many people up to the task. So I’d like to ask you guys, what are you...
“God knows how much money we’ve given to Obama and the Democrats and yet they’re...”
– Hollywood’s Obama Donors On President’s Piracy Stand: Not Give A Dime Anymore (via joshuanguyen)
The irony is that The Media Companies are behaving as if Google, Netflix, EBay, Amazon, and the like DON’T dominate the Internet. They do and the digital space is a neighborhood with different...
operationbabe:
As I stood washing dishes, thinking of all the things I needed to do, I wondered why they show our future tech as one big touchscreen. Our brains can multitask, our hands can’t.
Neural interface FTW. Jack me in.
December 2011
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Cord-Cutters know 'shows' not 'networks' →
rafimama:
Last week a Credit Suisse analyst reported that paid TV services like Cable and Satellite will lose 200,000 subscribers next year citing that there is a generation of viewers called ‘Cord-Nevers’ that will never subscribe for those services.
In a follow up article titled, “TV’s Scariest Generation: The Cable-Nevers’, Bernard Gershon digs deeper into this new generation:
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November 2011
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lizlet:
It’s been a while since I did a Skip It/Watch It Guide for @liztellsfrank. Can anyone think of a show that needs the treatment?
Have you done Twin Peaks yet?
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Things I Learned From the Internet Today
lizlet:
Jason Segal is single because he has a bedroom full of puppets.
There’s a web series called Broad City that I should watch.
The president of The CW personally approves every outfit worn on every show. (Allegedly.)
During World War II, an adult’s weekly ration of bacon and ham was four ounces.
When your hair falls out as a result of chemotherapy treatments, it hurts.
And also,...
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October 2011
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What is Transmedia? Ask "Star Wars"
Reposting my answer to a Quora topic here.
What is Transmedia?
“Transmedia” is a new word for an old concept: multi-platform storytelling. A great way to look at transmedia is to look at the greatest transmedia success story of all time: Star Wars. A 2007 Forbes article(1) pegged the total earnings of the franchise at over $22B. A vast majority of this money comes from ancillary...
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September 2011
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August 2011
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July 2011
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McNamee's Vision of the Future →
A must watch for anyone with vested interest in the future of media and the internet: some incredibly insightful speculation from VC Roger McNamee, from how HTML 5 changes everything to why social is over. (Video, 52:22)
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New Personal YouTube Channel →
I now have a place to put videos about videos, most specifically the web television industry. Topics will include marketing, distribution, advertising and sponsorships, the IAWTV, and the like. I hope you’ll check it out and subscribe. I expect you’ll see more than a few familiar faces being interviewed before too long.
-Jeff
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June 2011
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Mike Hudack: Growth is good, but can feel weird. →
evangotlib:
I’ve been at blip.tv for almost two-and-a-half years. It’s been quite a ride. When I started the sales team was essentially me and this one other guy. I was tasked with the following: build a sales organization; drive revenue. And do this fast please.
Flash forward to today and…
And yet, you guys have earned every bit of this. Just don’t forget to take a breath and...
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tumblr remix: Combine the above Rufus Wainwright...
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Not Just a Blip Anymore! →
mikehudack:
Smart and well written and accurate.
Daryn Strauss is an incredibly smart and talented creator with the kind of entrepreneurial spirit that can really set her work apart from the pack. Her insights into Blip’s new announcement are spot on.
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Fun online video predictions from CNN and Cisco
1. by 2015, 1 million minutes of video will be sent over the internet every second. End to end, that’s almost two years worth. A second.
2. Four years from now, the Internet’s traffic volume will be so large that every five minutes it will be the equivalent of downloading every movie ever made. In 2015, monthly Internet traffic will reach the equivalent of 20 billion DVDs, 19 trillion...
May 2011
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High schooler challenges Bachmann to debate on... →
Dear Representative Bachmann,
My name is Amy Myers. I am a Cherry Hill, New Jersey sophomore attending Cherry Hill High School East. As a typical high school student, I have found quite a few of your statements regarding The Constitution of the United States, the quality of public school education and general U.S. civics matters to be factually incorrect, inaccurately applied or grossly...
April 2011
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Watch
Try this one.
seawitchery:
I started out clicking strategically… and by the end was just wildly clicking and dancing in my chair.
biancavirina:
CLICK THE SQUARES.
THE WHOLE WORLD NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT THIS.
THIS THIS THIS THIS!
March 2011
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“Quality and big names are no guarantee of a show’s success, or of the success of...”
– Before You Get Excited About Netflix TV, Read This | Mediaworks: Tuning In - Advertising Age
This article has been making the rounds today on Tumblr and Twitter. Most of the focus has been on the Netflix vs. HBO plot line but the above quote strikes me as as key point.
On the web, specifically...
“The key to this success has been scale. Blip does 140 million video views a...”
– Indy Network Blip.TV Is Ready for Its Close Up | Betabeat — News, gossip and intel from Silicon Alley 2.0.
Nice piece today :-)
Grats, Blippers!