You’ve seen him on The Daily Show and The Office, but now Ed Helms follows Will Ferrell to FunnyOrDie.com. Folks, the pros are moving in. Time for amateurs to “step it up.” I, for one, am going to start focusing on quality instead of strictly quantity. Here’s Zombie American chapter one, two and three. P.S….
TubeMogul’s blog did a nice summary of the online-video sites it feeds, and provides user feedback about the site and monetization status (whether you can make money on the sites). You can also read the “Zagat’s”-like report as a PDF. Thanks to Mark from TubeMogul for bringing this to our attention.
The YouTube Community received a “Foundation Award” from the International Radio and Television Society Foundation. This is a prestigious award that has been given to such accomplished broadcasters as David Letterman, Donald Trump and Katie Couric (who attended the Nov. 16 awards breakfast in NYC to present an award to CBS Correspondent Kimberly Dozier). I’m…
As a dad, I suspect some of my viewers are too. Here’s a nice discovery for you dads out there. It’s called “DadLabs.” It’s edgy and humorous but informative tips on parenting, fatherhood, children, and coping with wives and moms. There are about 100 shows so far, with “Poop in the Tub” being a favorite….
YouTube is now offering live technical support via NALTS: North American Live Tube Support. It’s a volunteer-based system where you can get help with common YouTube problems such as file upload requirements, registration problems, account suspension problems, and other frequently asked YouTube questions. To demo the live support feature, see Help: Live YouTube Technical Support….
Remember how major advertising agencies handled the Internet? Let’s recap their 5 stages of grief: Denial: The web is not a big deal. It’s a fad. Let the little Internet agencies form. We’re not losing much in fees. Anger: Who’s coming to our monthly all agency day? The Internet agency? First the Public Relations agency,…
In a recent WillVideoForFood Forum post, I invited people to submit their “must read” blogs and websites on the subject of online video. As you can imagine, it’s very difficult to find these on Google. Here’s an initial list, and I’m going to be making a video featuring the best sources. So please let me…
It’s taken me a week or so to decide what I like best about the Revver 2.0. The homepage changes (less “creative use of white space,” more videos, and the addition of categories and featured sections? A new video browse page with a most-watched section for browsing popular videos by date range, and a new categories…
Oprah did a show about YouTube yesterday. Ironically, I’m not sure many regular YouTube viewers and creators watched it. The show took the typical “mainstream media” angle of YouTube, and missed some of the more subtle but important aspects of online video: Community (there is an entire social fabric at the center of YouTube that…
TubeMogul now facilitates simple uploading to multiple videos sites that include such recent additions as StupidVideo and Crackle. This image shows the collection of sites that now accept videos via TubeMogul. There are other sites through which you can upload multiple videos, but TubeMogul saves your username and passwords, and tracks metrics. The site apparently…