Here are some video highlights of the YouTube gathering in New York City on July 7, 2007. It’s the #2 highest rated comedy of the day on YouTube, which is surprising. I thought it would only appeal to the folks obsessed with YouTube’s community. I decided to go in costume for the beginning. SouthernTuber punked…
Revenue-sharing video site, Metacafe, has launched the first of a series called “Metacafe Unfiltered.” In this show, which I co-host with Angela Calman (MediaMogirl), we’ll meet some of the creators that have gained a following and earned money through Metacafe’s Producer Rewards program. The first episode was shot in LA and features SpacePainter — a…
Thanks to help from a friend at Coke, the Atlanta-based company will be turning out at the NYC Meetup with EepyBird (the duo made famous for their elaborate displays of Mentos & Coke fountains. They will showcase a geyser display at about 1:30 EST at Washington Park Square (near NYU). It’s part of a number…
This blog was originally established to serve the needs of marketers and video creators. But since the URL WillVideoForFood.com is on each of my videos, many of the visitors come looking for something entirely different. So I’m in the midst of creating a two-part website. One that allows Nalts viewers to see his stuff and…
Two sites that feature online-video contests: Vidopps (5 stars: kept current as of this writing- can sign up for e-mail alerts) Online-video Contests (4 stars: pretty but not as comprehensive- can sign up for e-mail alerts) YouTube contests (3 stars: not enough) XLNTads (too new to rate, and I’m biased since they sponsor me) About.com Desktop Video…
Television advertising is learning a “new trick” from online advertising, writes Greg Pulier from MediaPos’s Online Video Insider. Pulier obserbed that the recent Ad:Tech conference in San Francisco had just one panel was devoted to television Some of the most well-known cable operators and telephone companies have been modifying their networks in ways that could…
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…
It’s no wonder this is in today’s top 10 funniest videos on YouTube… “The iPhone and the Blackberry” stars Sophia aka Mugglesam (who has been on Good Morning America) as the glamorous iPhone, and her sister Bella as the Blackberry. Cost to Mac? Zero. [youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=6wcwIQIfFug]
Frequent commenter Jischinger has her own blog: “No Doubt About It- That Nut’s a Genius.” Deals with art, media, news, politics, science and technology. It’s on the blogroll list now. In a recent post, we see a collection of videos titled “The Art of Spam.” Who said we can’t get something out of those Nigerian…