Now that imeem has secured rights to music from all the major labels, as I reported earlier on this blog, the social media network is looking to expand its offerings in the video department. Its announcement today indicates that it ...READ»
Discovery Communications (DCI) which airs Dirty Jobs has more than 100 TV networks reaching 1.5 billion subscribers. Here are four of DCI's key properties.READ»
Chances are good that you've already heard about the woman down in Florida who was reportedly knocked unconscious by fellow shoppers, all rushing to get $29 DVD players the moment Wal-Mart opening the Friday after Thanksgiving. It ...READ»
Yesterday's Upfront presentation by NBC held all the the usual appeal for the 26-year-old agency employee (Watch Jerome Bettis throw a football into the balcony! Watch Regis Philbin catch another one! Watch Matthew Perry take on a ...READ»
It's my favorite time of year, folks: Upfront week. This is when the TV networks display their new wares for the fall season and get advertisers to commit to paying for all of it. $9 billion is expected to change hands in the coming ...READ»
Yahoo Launches Mobile Social-Networking Service
"Yahoo has quietly launched an experimental site that offers mobile-phone subscribers the ability to send text messages and share videos and pictures among friends. The service follows ...READ»
Distance learning pioneer Jack Munushian died late last month. The aerospace engineer and University of Southern California educator helped develop the Instructional Television Network, which delivered lectures and courses via ...READ»
YouTube is just the beginning. If new research is to be believed, the Internet could eventually replace TV. Meet the innovators -- including Joost and Revision 3 -- who are reinventing television.READ»
The Kindle is clearly a paradigm-shifting device, signaling as it does the start of the digital book revolution--so it's only natural to expect people to get shaken up by it. And earlier this year the Author's Guild got antsy about ...READ»
Is it premature to toll the bells for the death of the digital divide? I've been speaking to corporations and nonprofits for several years now, citing various statistics such as those found at eMarketer, which is a great source for ...READ»
I just got back from BlogHer, the largest gathering of female bloggers in America. It's the 5th year of the conference and has grown from a scrappy, homegrown, volunteer effort to a nationally renowned, corporate-sponsored ...READ»
Non-profit organizations usually have smaller budgets than for-profit corporations. And often, their staff is smaller too. It's for this reason that many nonprofits have embraced online outreach and engagement. Social media in ...READ»
The North Face and Lexus present The Ice Lounge, a hospitality lounge built to bring together celebrities, filmmakers, media and the environmental community. (PRNewsFoto/The Ice Lounge)
Though one usually thinks movie marketing ...READ»
Face to Face video communications for anyone is here now. Live webcasting to anyone anywhere in the world. Live 5 way video conferencing, video emails, video blogging, podcasting and more, all for only $9.95/mo. Now anyone can have ...READ»
Media giants and startups -- not to mention pirates -- are chasing an online-video audience of 158 million. Here's how key players connect to, and compete with, Hulu.READ»
Recently a couple of studies all about Twitter usage were released. This is great news to all of us working in the social media field who previously had mostly case studies and empirical experience to guide organizations in best ...READ»
The iTunes pricing debate is be getting hotter, as the iPad's launch date approaches, with news that networks are wary of Apple's lower price plans. The TV industry's following the music and publishing biz here...will things be ...READ»
I counsel a lot of people both formally as a consultant and in my private life informally about Twitter. I hear from folks who say they're not interested: "I don't want to know what people are having for breakfast!" My response is ...READ»
What's the best way to turn people on to wildlife? Make porn, of course! The first season of Isabella Rossellini's Green Porno series, that focused on insect sex, was a smash hit on the Sundance Channel's Web site. Now the actress ...READ»
People have long been aware that, during big TV moments--epic sports contests or the finale of Lost, for example--the Twittersphere rapidly fills up with TV-related hashtags. Last week Google Ventures invested in Miso, a social TV app ...READ»
Isabella Rossellini's Green Porno, a series of shorts from the Sundance Channel that explores sex in nature, has been a runaway hit, drawing millions of viewers on a regular basis. Now Rossellini is back for the third and final ...READ»