JibJab launched Weird Al’s latest video, “Do I Creep You Out.” It appears to be Weird Al (missing his trademark hair and mustache) stalking a Starbucks employee. Weird Al is back, folks. As you may recall reading here, Weird Al began uploading his own videos on Revver. The Revver folks thought it was someone violating…
While Coke is back in the news with its contests, I thought it might be time to dust off this old video. It’s me calling Revver CEO Steven Starr. I play John Doig, an Australian ad agency executive representing Coke. As I look back at this I’m clear why he busted me. This is, quite…
If you’re worried that your information technology people are watching your online video habits, you may find relief in a recent MediaPost article by Wendy Davis. Universal McCann and KnowledgeStorm surveyed more than 5,300 business and IT professionals last month, asking them about online video, social networks and wikis. Nearly all respondents said they viewed…
If you haven’t heard the name Brightcove in the past weeks you’d better check to see if your computer is plugged in. Given all of the buzz about Brightcove’s new offering, I spoke recently with Eric Elia, Brightcove’s VP of Content and Online Services. (Click his name to see one of the creepiest head shots ever)….
“Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan” opening has been a wild success, and the movie remains #1 in America for a second week. But as Steve Garfield reports, not all of the film’s extras signed on with an understanding of the film’s comedic nature. Star and screenplay author Sacha Baron…
Yesterday I joined a small group of online video creators to speak with Revver via conference call. We shared some of our technical concerns, and Revver provided some updates about what’s ahead. As the market grows more competitive, Revver has become cautious about sharing specifics. But Micki (Director of Revver Community and editor of The…
Hitwise recently released a report of the market share of online video websites between February and December 2006. Hitwise gets its data on the traffic of about 15MM U.S. surfers via ISP data. We see a huge jump for MySpace in March (believe that’s when they dropped YouTube and got their own player?) and another…
Earlier this week I meant to sent my photo to Alexandra of TheDailyReel. Instead I accidentally sent it to Alex (the tatoo lady) at Revver. This is what I get for it. It’s a couple photos of Revver’s Micki (head of community) and Steven Starr (Revver’s mascot) appearing with my big head. I did speak…
Ziddio is running amateur video contests where the payoff is cash and appearing on televisions via “video on demand.” When you arrive to the Ziddio homepage you’ll get an auto-load (yuck) video of LonelyGirl35 talking about how you can now do more than “purge your inner creative demons.” Two contests running now. Jedi and “clean…
It’s 2006 meets 1975. A viral video (courtesy of ViralVideoChart.com) that has its own laugh track. Groan.