The Download - 062909

Hey all... An interesting week this week; be sure to read about "TV Everywhere" and note the landmark event of ads rates ebing higher on a web-site than on television. Can only mean good things for Interactive Media. Have a good one!

Loyal 'Simpsons' Fans Fetch Higher Ad Rates On Web
This marks the first time ad rates are higher on a web-site than primetime televisions... FTW!

Networks Jump Into Comcast's Online VOD Trial
Also known as "TV Everywhere". It sounds glorious.

Is There A Future for Original Web Series?
NewTeeVee's Chris Albrecht asks, which is interesting seeing as many people in new media believed the web series WAS the future of entertainment.

Qik Brings Live Video To The iPhone 3GS, But You Still Won't Find It In the App Store
New ways to be interactive, Interactive Media! Although Apple's not thrilled with it. And is it really smart to cross Apple?

YouTube Doubles Upload Size Limit
Which equals that many more videos of laughing babies uploaded per second!

How Teens Use Media
Nielsen's report claims teens are NOT abandoning TV for new media. I'm guessing they have

Pirate Bay Founders Sent Court Summons Via Twitter
abandoned outdoor sports, though. I just thought this was funny. People are going to start getting married via Tweets. Keep those vows to 140 characters or less.

Everything You Need to Know About TV Everywhere
In case you were confused before.

'Friends' stars reunite online
Lisa Kudrow's web series "Web Therapy" guest stars Courtney Cox... And you were just worried there wasn't a future for web series.

Vizio Adds Facebook and Twitter to TV Sets
Great, like I need to get a "poke" from some old high school friend while watching "Top Chef".

The Download - 062209

Hey, all. Some interesting write-ups this week in the world of Interactive Media! Hope you all had an awesome Father's Day and first day of summer! Please note we're moving to a new location over the next couple of weeks. Make a note of our blog URL: http://atasimpg.blogspot.com.

Free Movie Downloads From 5 Filmmakers Who Learned to Love BitTorrent

An interesting way to use piracy to your advantage! Without guns!

Transformers Uses Augmented Reality Video

How's this for interactive media? You can BE Optimus Prime.

Innovations in Product Placement on the Web

TadCast's team of misfits just may be on to something.

Mobile Video Sales to Jump 17% This Year

Good to know something besides unemployment is booming!

Sony to Launch Web-connected Movie Trivia Blue Ray App

Get interesting trivia on the scene you're watching instantly. This is way better than DVD special features.

iReport Submissions From Iran Soar

As unfortunate as the circumstances are, it is intriguing to see what a role new media capabilities are able to play in situations such as this.

VideoSurf Lets You Surf Videos Through Twitter

Now if only I could somehow do my laundry through Twitter. It will probably happen soon.

Over-the-Top Consumption and Revenue Will Rocket

By 2011 more than 100 million households world-wide will have an Internet-connected TV, says The Diffusion Group.

What's Holding Back Online-Video Ad Spending?

Lots of things!

MacLachlan to Reprise Twin Peaks Role... On the Web!

This is great. There should be continued five minute webisodes for so many characters post show's-end. Let's get a Paulie Walnuts web series. Anyone?

The Download - Week of 061509

We don't make this stuff up. We find it, filter it and then offer up the tastiest headlines from the last week for your interactive media headline making efforts this week.

View2Gether Shares GREEK's SocialTV Stats
Now with Twitter! And what's not better with Twitter?

A&E's 'Hammer Pants Dance' = Viral Gold
Get it? Because his pants were gold? Nevermind.

China Advertisers Find Big Audience for Web Series Built Around Products
I mean, if my government was allowing me to watch nothing but these, I probably would, too.

You Can Now Share YouTube Videos on Facebook, Twitter, and Google Reader
Yes, but when will I be able to Twitter via YouTube? That doesn't even make sense.

Company Behind lonelygirl15 Walks Away from Producing Online Shows
Decides to Work for The Man (aka CBS, I guess).

Comedy Writers Find Sanction Online
TV scribes show their chops on the web.

20% of Web Video Is Spam
According to VideoSurf... Were they low-balling it? Maybe I just get spam more often than others.

Boomers Web Surfing Time Surpasses TV Watching
Child Neglect at All-Time High

The Onfronts: The Good, the Meh, and the AWESOME
What to look forward to (and not to) this year in online content!

CBS Interactive Ramps Up Development
Four new original series for the web!

The Download - Week of 060809

Could this be the most exciting week in interactive media EVER? Signs point to no, but I hope that first line grabbed your attention. This week we have a new interface for YouTube, new report on U.S video views being up (and of course the complimentary article exploring the legitimacy of the standards for that measurement), and the 2009 Digital Power list! Enjoy!

YouTube XL!
New interface customized for TV!

Online Video: How Big Is It, Really?
A good look at the standards for measuring online video-watching.

New iPhone to have video capturing/editing capability
Prepare yourself for even MORE classic candid kitty and infant moments!

How CableCos View Web Video
Interesting views on how new and old media are merging.

N Korea Sentences Two of Al Gore's Current TV Journalists to 12 Years
Everyone should be aware of this injustice. It will make you appreciate what we do have going for us here in the States.

U.S. Video Views Up 16% in April to New High
I wonder if this has any correlation to the state of the job market.

Michael Buckley's Secrets to YouTube Success
It's not just having boobs!

MySpace Adds Social Viewing From ClipSync
"Social Viewing Rooms" make it even less necessary for people to ever actually physically be together.

How MTV Turns a TV Show Into an Online Event
Andy Samberg + Eminem + Sacha Baron Cohen's Asscheeks = Viral!

Digital Power 2009: 50 Executives Leading the Charge in New Media
Damn! # 51. I'll take it, I don't want to burn any bridges. Always next year.

The Download - Week of 060109

June 2009 already, a new Hulu Desktop App, a great appearance by Bo Burnham, and... Hulu starting to break even "soon"!!! What a development! Enjoy and have a great week.

Internet TVs, Other Video Devices To More Than Quadruple By 2013
In other news, people will soon start to believe the outdoors were an old wive's tale.

Not Many People Watching Internet-Delivered Content on TV
Additionally, TV still not the primary device for e-mail, making calls, or toasting bread.

Judd Apatow's Online Ad Campaign for New Movie Stars Internet's Bo Burnham
Am I the only one who would actually watch "Yo, Teach!"?

NBC CEO Jeff Zucker: Hulu Will Start Breaking Even "Soon"
Fingers crossed!

A Ton of Twitter Video Services Take On Each Other
There can be only one.

It's Here! The Hulu Desktop App!
It's like watching TV... only on your computer screen!

TubeMogul Gets embedded in Players Around the Web
Count this one for the little guy.

Where Is Hispanic TV on Web?
An interesting question asked by TVWeek's Sergio Ibarra.

Twitter, Brillstein develop TV series
Puts "ordinary people on the trail of celebrities". Rumored title: "Stalker: Twitter Ranger"... It was the best I could come up with.

Make-or-Break Time for Online Video Players
Here's to hoping it's not the latter.