Monday, December 21, 2009

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This week in Interactive Media, a surprising move from the Pope, TV Everywhere is out of the gates, and don't forget to place your nominations for the Streamys! And, more importantly, have a wonderful holiday!

Streamy Awards Accepting Nominations
Vote for your favorites of the web!

Find Your Facebook friends and Yahoo contacts on YouTube
Everything will eventually be one anyway.

Pope Reaches Out to Cyber Youth with YouTube, Tupac, Podcasts
What's more surprising, the YouTube or the Tupac?

Watch The Buzz on Bitly.TV
Great way to monitor what content is popping in the world of Interactive Media

American Idol Co-creator Teams With Hulu for Hollywood-set Reality Series
Interesting a successful TV person would choose to skip over TV and head to New Media.

Multiplatform Coverage Boosts NBA Viewership, Engagement
Interactive Media to the rescue!

YouTube looks at subscriptions, more ad dollars
Heaven help us.

Comcast Opens Up TV Everywhere service
The moment you've all been waiting for.

VideoEgg, comScore Partner On Tracking Ad Impact Online
Good luck, guys.

Paramount Begins Licensing Clips Online, with Help from Digitalsmiths
Welcome, Paramount.

Monday, December 14, 2009

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This week...we thank Marcelino Ford-Livene for his 2 term/5 year service as co-Governor of the Interactive Media Peer Group and welcome our new co-Governor Lori Schwartz for the 2010/2011 term. Congtratulations and welcome to the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Board of Governors Lori! Wednesday night is the December Board of Governors meeting where we will be electing the Television Academy Chairman & CEO and the Board of Governors Executive Committee. Stand by for news

The launch of Vevo may change the music industry for the better, Ad sales are up (from nothing not so long ago) at YouTube, and live broadcasting from your phone finally hits the Apple Application store. Happy Holidays!

87% Don't Want to Pay Online
100% Would Rather Not Pay for Anything At All

Digital Will Be Biggest Concern for Comcast/NBCU
As it should be.

Cisco's Vision for a Paid Model for Online Video
No, not the Thong Song guy.

4 Out of 5 Viewers Leave if a Stream Buffers Once
That's like leaving a conversation if somebody stutters once.

YouTube Chief Says Ad Sales Soaring
Up from $0.00 in just three years!

Consumers Warming Up to Mobile Video: Study
It's about time.

Music Video Site VEVO.com Launches
And the music industry will never be the same again... according to Bono.

Live Broadcasting from Your Phone? There's (Finally) an App For That.
UStream allows people to broadcast live from their phones.

Immersive Media Powers 360-Degree Interactive Video for CBC/Radio Canada and MTV Networks
Watch music live in 360-Degrees, from the comfort of your home.

YouTube Ends Video Downloads Program
YouTube does not equal iTunes.

Monday, December 7, 2009

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Make sure to get your IMPG Board of Governors Election ballots in to the Television Academy by noon Tuesday 12/8. This last week brought some of the biggest news in a while: the Comcast-NBC deal. Also, YouTube gets some British TV shows, and wants to start streaming other TV. And be sure to check out the new movieclips.com if you have a few hours to ignore doing work. Have a good week!

Comcast and GE announce NBC Universal Joint Venture
This is big news to all media, interactive or no.

Sony Chief Pushes Online Plan for Recovery
No, but seriously this time...

Zappos to Produce 50,000 Original Vids in 2010
And all 50K will essentially be commercials. Yes!

TV Genius launches 3-screen TV search
Find videos on TV, the web, and mobile. That should cover you.

YouTube Lands Five's Shows, A Win for Its VOD Ambition
UK finally realizes more people watch YouTube than BBC America.

New Site Offers 12,000 Film Clips
Very fun to search through.

YouTube Pages Go Light as a Feather
New feature lets you load videos faster. So you can watch more! More!

Epix in Social TV Partnership with Clipsync
Allows viewers to talk to each other while viewing movies.

Hulu and TV Everywhere Remain 'Complementary' In Comcast-NBC Joint Venture
You can breathe now. Don't panic.

Is YouTube Ready for Primetime? Google Wants to Stream TV, For a Fee
Did somebody say fee? Okay, panic.