VIZIO took an exciting plunge into mainstream consumer marketing of their top-selling HDTVs and new Internet-connected VIA models during the Super Bowl yesterday. The brand campaign was everywhere, from providing the playback monitors in studio, with an on-air plug by host James Brown, to a number of smart ad spots throughout the game. Overall, an elegantly [...]
(Excerpts of my article for Tubefilter News.) Today at NATPE in Las Vegas, legendary Hollywood creative and entertainment business leader Michael Eisner, CEO of The Tornante Company and its digital entertainment studio Vuguru, shared his thoughts about originally produced content for the Web. First off, Eisner is the first to admit that he doesn’t know [...]
(Excerpts of my article for Tubefilter News.) It’s the New Year and a good time to reassess your digital entertainment viewing options—especially if you’ve recently disconnected your cable box or satellite dish. If you can wait a few months, check out the new Boxee Box by D-Link. At CES this month, we spoke with Avner [...]
(Excerpts of my article for Tubefilter News.) Intel isn’t just inside our computers these days. They’re in our TVs too. These smart chips power widgets available on Internet-connect HDTVs, and are also in a number of set-top boxes and Blu-ray players that stream Internet content to our TV screens. In fact, Intel’s Digital Home Grouphas [...]
(Excerpts of my article for Tubefilter News.) VIZIO believes that consumers will stop buying “dumb TV’s” and start buying smart ones that are Internet connected. We talked to Matt McRae, VP of VIZIO, at the Consumer Electronics Show (above) to learn more about their new Internet connected HDTVs, the VIZIO TV app store (yes, a [...]
(Excerpts of my article for Tubefilter News.) At last week’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Joy Marcus, general manager, North America and Eric Cremer SVP, Media Development, joined us to offer tips on how content creators can work with Dailymotion and also shared the many places you can find Dailymotion’s shows across the digital entertainment universe. [...]
(Excerpts of my article for Tubefilter News.) This has been an exciting year of achievements for the Web series industry, from the first Streamy Awards, dedicated to recognizing excellence in original online entertainment, to exciting new series developed by talented independent producers, resource-rich traditional entertainment studios, and Internet TV channels that also produce original content. [...]
The Streamy Awards, the leading award for achievement in Web television and online entertainment, today announced its 2010 call for entries. Nominees and winners will be honored at the second-annual awards program to be held on Sunday, April 11, 2010 in Los Angeles. Submissions will be accepted via the Streamys Web site at www.streamys.org beginning [...]
The TV of Tomorrow Show, the leading global conference for the interactive television (iTV) industry, today announced that the fourth annual show will be held March 3-4, 2010 in San Francisco at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. The conference, produced by InteractiveTV Today [itvt], will bring the latest in multiplatform technology and content issues [...]
Today, the International Academy of Web Television (IAWTV), the governing body of the Streamy Awards, and an independent non-profit organization founded to promote and recognize excellence in online entertainment programming, announced that it has formed a board of directors, chaired by DECA Chief Executive Officer,
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