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Publishers and authors are stepping up their game when it comes to online video. The young adult genre is taking the lead with new creative experiments in Web video to promote books like Jay Asher’s “Thirteen Reasons Why,” Alyson Noel’s “Evermore” and Harper Teen’s “The Luxe,” Daisy Whitney reports in...
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Guess who’s getting married? One lucky engaged couple will be tying the knot and saying their vows live online this summer. Hollywood production studio Endemol (producer of “Deal or No Deal”) has teamed up with MySpace to produce the online interactive reality series “Married on MySpace,” kicking off...
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If you like puppy dogs AND useful information about online video, then you’ll love this edition of the New Media Minute. You’ll get to meet Daisy’s new dog and hear from her New York correspondent Lori Harfenist, who covered a summit at the Internet Advertising Bureau in New York about best practices...
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Attendance might have been down at this year’s NAB Show, but television broadcasters hit the show floor to check out new tools and gadgets, especially those in the nascent mobile DTV business. They came to Las Vegas without their entourages, but they came looking to buy. For the details on how stations...
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Are online video metrics a blessing or a curse? What type of tools and features should surround your online videos? How are Hulu and YouTube doing and who will win? Author, thinker and social media visionary Charlene Li shares her thoughts with the New Media Minute this week.
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Television networks, Web shows and movie studios alike are rushing to develop iPhone applications, but could we be approaching app burnout? Daisy Whitney asks that question in the “New Media Minute.” This week alone iPhone users were treated to new apps from History Channel, “Dad Labs” and the movie...
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Remember when Web star Brian Brushwood, host of Revision3’s “Scam School,” taught Daisy Whitney to hammer a nail in her nose and blow smoke? Well, he’s back in this week’s edition trying to read her mind and convince our reporter to eat fire. Can he do it? Check it out for a fun break from work.
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Is the bathroom verboten when it comes to watching online video? How do you actually pronounce user-generated content—without sounding silly? And what’s the secret sauce that makes Web video a different beast than TV? Daisy Whitney sent Lori Harfenist, the New York correspondent for the "New...
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Even the notorious fun-loving conference South by Southwest couldn’t escape the specter of the economy. Rather than sleep late and skip panels in favor of parties, South by Southwest Interactive attendees hit the show floor in search of advertising partners, distribution deals and new sources of revenue...
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Teenagers hold the key to the future, Daisy Whitney contends in this week’s edition of the New Media Minute. That’s why she looks at where they are and aren’t watching TV, and the numbers may surprise you. You’ll also learn about marketers pouring real money into online video content for teens—yes, marketers...
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TelevisionWeek reporter Daisy Whitney has been drinking the mobile video Kool-Aid and she tells you why in this week’s New Media Minute. For starters, TV networks like TNT, A&E and VH1 have all recently launched iPhone applications in a bid to make money in the mobile video and features market, including...
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Media companies could be training consumers to become pirates, Daisy Whitney warns in the latest edition of her New Media Minute. Hulu recently yanked its content from both TV.com and Boxee, a move that might send some consumers over to the dark side to get their TV shows. Daisy shares her advice to...
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Everyone’s a video producer these days. Media companies and television networks are launching Web shows regularly, but so are universities and zoos. The San Diego Zoo and the Rhode Island School of Design both recently launched Internet TV projects to promote cute animals and college admissions, respectively...
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News networks are shifting resources to online video projects, and the results from some of them are promising, reports Daisy Whitney in this week’s episode of the New Media Minute. ABC News offers a 15-minute version of its evening newscast online and views are up fivefold from last year. Other networks...
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New-media and traditional producers agree that they don’t want to create shows on spec anymore. That’s the word from the ground, as Daisy Whitney reports in this week’s New Media Minute. Distributors and studios such as Break Media, EQAL and Generate, in a sign of the times, say they won’t launch new...