Imagine for a moment you’ve just waited for 3 days in the rain. You’re about to buy a PS3 and some guy comes out dressed like a pimp. He’s holding a brand new PS3, but he drops it to the ground. The guy next to him slams it with a sledge hammer. See the video of SmashMyPS3.com (click here).
Awkward silence brought to you by the SmashMyPS3.com folks. Courtesy of Viral Video Chart.
Steve Wozniak does salsa with Karina Smirnoff after injury on “Dancing With Stars”
Just like OTT is the new viral, transmedia storytelling is the new online video. “Transmedia storytelling” is not new vernacular, but we predict it will be the buzzword of 2011… pushing the term “currating” into the archives. I became familiar with the term at a 2010 television/web events in NYC, where large media companies defended…
We’ve all seen the YouTube comments full of rage, sarcasm and criticism. The angry YouTube commenters say things like: WTF That’s gay Lamest thing ever on YouTube I want my two minutes back That sucked NOT funny Now let’s take a look into the psyche of an “online video commenter.” Here we’ll understand what makes…
I just discovered a report published late last year on video trends observed in the 3rd quarter 2011 (ending Sept. 30). It seems we watch 30% more video when on an iPad (versus desktop). Ooyala, a service provider to media companies, tracks a mess of activity and provides some nice signals in this report (see…
The Internet fame “arch” is short. It peaks quickly and drops as thunderously. But I didn’t need to tell you that, did I? Exhibit A: Antoine Dodson. From obscurity to meme as “Bed Intruder Song,” but alas he’s now been arrested for marijuana possession and a series of driving infractions.
So well done. Great reactions and the audio clinches it…. Hats (and scarf) off to Jason and other members of the Scary Snowman troupe, which seriously needs to collab with Improv Everywhere. I can see a fleet of them.
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That’s painful, but check out the viewer numbers. More proof that Toronto is quickly becoming a hub of Online Video brilliance.
*full disclosure: I’m from Toronto