What Ever Happened to CurrentTV
Remember the Al Gore channel, CurrentTV? It's still got a website, but I sure haven't heard much about it lately. Also check out Google Current…
Remember the Al Gore channel, CurrentTV? It's still got a website, but I sure haven't heard much about it lately. Also check out Google Current…
Wowza. I thought I was on top of online video. I’m hanging my head in humility. Check out this post featuring a timeline of online video by Steve Bryant in his new blog, “ReelPopBlog.” Included is this dreamy graphic. Click to see it up close.
Panasonic is running a contest via YouTube for videos under 5 minutes. Panasonic is the first non-entertainment company to run a promotion with YouTube. Panasonic will award prizes to makers of the four weekly finalist videos, including a first prize of a plasma high-definition TV and digital camera, worth about $5,000. The electronics company is…
Google Video is rolling out some new features, including “instant gratification” uploading, and the ability to add comments, tags and ratings. Buried quietly in the “terms and conditions” (which you default accept if you don’t opt out in 5 days) is some language that suggests Google Video is preparing to give amateurs the ability to…
Almost every interview I do, someone asks how I got started in online video. The reality is that I’ve been making short videos since I was in highschool, and most of them are still sitting in the basement on deteriating VHS tapes. Except Attack of the Killer Slinky. But online video for me started almost…
The Daily Reel is continuing its evolution from a rich news site to a community. The site began as a nice online magazine about the entertainment and video space, and has evolved into much more (as a disclaimer I’m an occasional volunteer contributor to the site). Users can now set up a “Reel” and begin…
There are plenty small sites out there that sell ad space around videos they scrape from television. I'm not a fan of this piracy, but I can't help enjoying what's available… especially this clip from Sci-Fi's "Scare Tactics." Imagine you're a plumber fixing a toilet and the owner gets stranger and stranger by the minute….