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YouTube Falls to #3 Online Video Site

ByNalts

According to ComScore, YouTube has slipped to the #3 site for online video viewing. This news doesn’t count as a YouTube “bubble burst,” but you may want to revise your entry in the pool. So here’s the poop according to MarketWatch’s Bambi Francisco. I’m not kidding. That’s her name: 3 out of 5 Internet users…

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8 Tips for Filmmakers Plunging Into Online Video

ByNalts

Last week I attended the Independent Feature Project (IFP)’s event in NYC, and was intrigued by some of the questions independent film makers were asking about online video. So here are some thoughts for aspiring film makers who are asking themselves the question, “how can I take advantage of the emerging online video space?” Ken…

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Viral Video Guy Speak at Independent Film Event

ByNalts

Yesterday I was on a panel at the Independent Feature Project (IFP)’s event in New York City. Here’s my self depricating video (“Independent Film Panel”) of me playing a self absorbed loser who can’t understand why I’m not getting red-carpet treatment at the event. I’m having trouble uploading on Revver so this video’s on YouTube where…

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DRM Lite- Proceed With Caution

ByNalts

Techcrunch announces that Warner Music Group will allow its music to be used in YouTube videos, but retain the right to yank it if it chooses. …the caveat that Warner will have effective veto power over videos using their music is particularly interesting. In effect it’s just a technological realization of the long standing policy…

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A Looming “Tragedy of the Online Video Commons”

ByNalts

Forrester Research’s Peter Kim posts the following: when will fame alone not be enough for CGM? As more people see opportunities for fame AND fortune – via sites like Revver, fake videos like lonelygirl15, or billboards for Court TV, is there a “tragedy of the CGM commons” in the making? The tragedy of the commons…

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Flying Cars Debut in GM Viral Video Campaign

ByNalts

Hats off to General Motors for this refreshing viral advertising campaign featuring flying cars. I almost hesitate to reveal GM as the sponsor because conspiracy theories would be more fun (and they’re already taking place). For instance, Future Technology Today is taking them pretty darned seriously. I think. Meanwhile, the GM chat board is pretty…

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President George W. Bush Assasination Caught on Video

ByNalts

A YouTube clip from a film in England of President Bush Getting Assasinated. Not real of course. Oh- let’s see if mispelling asasination or assassination helps drive views to this. Let’s hold our opinions about whether Bush should/shouldn’t be assasinated, and instead deconstruct the video: Looks like film. Raw edgy video would have been better….