Last week I happened upon a Reddit video post of the Fred Rogers remix video below, which at the time had just a few hundred views. I thought it was a spoof, but it was created by PBSDigitalStudios (see YouTube channel) by fellow fans of Mr. Rogers. I told my family it was going to…
Be funny, be personal, be timely and be geeky. Those are some of the tips provided by June Cohen of TED (technology, entertainment, design). OnlineVideo.net shares some of Cohen’s thoughts: Said author Troy Dreier: “In a talk worthy of the TED conferences themselves, June Cohen spoke at the Vimeo Festival in New York City on Friday and offered life-lesson…
We’ve all got our guilty hobbies, and my recent obsession has been crushing the Adult Swim/PikPok gaming app called “Monsters Ate My Condo” (MAMC). I don’t know why I’ve yet to find a fellow-MAMC enthusiast. My kids, wife, coworkers and friends seem sadly detached from the game. As of last week, it’s available on the…
I’ve had a few requests from readers/viewers to clarify YouTube’s evolving Partnership program, and help “up and coming” YouTube creators understand how to make money via video. As always, I’d caution YouTube video creators to keep realistic expectations on earnings– right now there are hundreds of YouTubers earning six-figure income from YouTube. But the majority…
ReelSEO’s Tim Schmoyer interviewed Jason Urgo about his Social Blade, which helps YouTube creators track fellow YouTubers. The website captures public information from YouTube’s API and databases them — to help creators “stalk” top YouTubers, but also see what “competitors” are doing. People are obviously interested in how much income YouTubers earn, and Social Blade…
Brightroll published its annual report about video advertising, and here are some highlights via TechCrunch. This information jives with Forrester’s prediction that online-ad spending will overtake TV in 2016. And eMarketer’s statement that online-video is the fastest-growing portion in digital advertising. Highlights: The Brightroll data comes from a survey of advertisers about how they’re approaching…
Last week, The Onion ran a wonderfully fictitious article by “Fred Hammond, Director of Digital Video and Social-Media Ad Integration, Tide Detergent.” Onion, you had me at hello. The desperately hipster editorial promotes his own low-involvement brand, and all of the cool (yet faux) social-media programs that try to engage Tide customers. Clearly Fred has read…
NBC/Universal used, without permission, a YouTube video by an indie comedy duo Brian Kamerer and Travis Irvine. The Jay Leno Show – then had the video taken down with a copyright claim. Despite growing internet outcry, both media giant and talk show host have not said or done anything to address the injustice. Almost every major…
The headline is a quote by Mark Cuban, who is very rich. The full quote, as captured by Adam Kleinberg in last week’s Videonomics event in Dallas Cowboys stadium, is: “Online video is irrelevant. The top videos most days on YouTube get 250-750k views. If you got that kind of traffic on TV, you’d be…
Watch on YouTube as Actor Isaac Lamb proposes to his girlfriend Amy Frankel to the tune of “Marry You” by Bruno Mars (which she enjoys on headphones as she rides a Honda CRV). An ensemble of dancers join a street parade, punctuated by Isaac dropping on one knee. Learn more on Broadway World.