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Above image and related article from AdWeek. October 10, 2008The Weekly Webisode Watch
"A new portal for webisodic content. Consider them the new TV Guide of web programming. Not just a guide, The Webisodes has its own show, The Weekly Webisode Watch, that features co-founders Gil and Oran Margulis chatting about their favorite shows. " September 29, 2008'Vogue' Branding Itself on Internet TV
Vogue recently launched an online video site called Vogue.TV catering to the stylish set, with the highlight being Model.Live, a 12-episode reality series that follows three waifs hoping to make it as models in the industry. [via Switched] September 14, 2008MTV and HP collaborate on digital art reality showBeginning on Monday, MTV's mtvU channel, which is aimed at college and university students, will join forces with Hewlett-Packard to present "Engine Rooman original series that will follow the 16 contestants, divided into four teams, as they produce digital art using — of course — PCs, work stations, monitors and other products sold by HP. The The New York Times reports. Episodes of "Engine Room" run from five to seven minutes each, and the series is scheduled to last seven weeks. At the end, one team will win prizes that include $400,000 in cash and a chance to program the giant MTV screen in Times Square for a night." Watch the trailer. September 8, 2008Project: Report - YouTube's First Journalism ContestToday, in partnership with the Pulitzer Center, YouTube presents Project Report, a journalism contest for non-professional, aspiring journalists to tell stories that might not otherwise be covered by traditional media. In each of the three rounds of Project: Report, reporters will be given an assignment to complete. Each of these assignments gives you an opportunity to report on the important individuals, issues, and communities in your life that most people do not yet know about. Entry and assignment details on YouTube Blog. September 1, 2008For Web TV, a Handful of Hits but No Formula for SuccessProducing Web content may be easy but profiting from it is hard. While a small number of writers, producers and actors are making a living with webisodes, they are still a long way from establishing the form alongside television and feature films. The newfound industry lacks clear business models and standardized formats. And so far, it also lacks audiences. [via The New York Times] July 25, 2008Stephen King's "N." An original video series
Beginning Monday, July 28, mobile phone users and web surfers can enjoy Stephen King's latest work in a groundbreaking series of 25 original video episodes. Starting today, viewers can go to NisHere.com or Simonsays.com to see a preview of the episodes, which will also be unveiled at Comic-Con International in San Diego today at a panel event featuring the creators of this pioneering venture. The series will also be available for purchase at major online digital content retailers. [Press release via mocoNews.net] July 18, 2008Vogue Models a New Reality Series
"The show, called Model.Live, tracks three models as they navigate casting calls, catwalks and airports for fashion weeks in New York, London, Milan and Paris. The first of 12 eight-minute episodes will ebut Aug. 19 on-demand on Vogue.tv, a site that runs advertiser-sponsored videos and allows consumers to buy the featured products. The shows will also be syndicated on sites such as Veoh.com and Hulu.com. From Vogue.tv, viewers can connect to Bebo.com, a video-based social-networking hub, to watch updates and interact with the show's stars." July 2, 2008IKEA to Launch Web SeriesSXM and IKEA will co-produce “Easy to Assemble,” a scripted Web series written and created by and starring Illeana Douglas. One episode a week will be launched beginning in late September to coincide with Ikea’s fall marketing rollout. May 3, 2008Amanda Congdon Returns to Web Video
She’s posted a teaser for what looks to be a new ensemble comedy show called Sometimesdaily. Sometimesdaily describes itself as “an off-beat, interactive variety show exploring life’s themes through the inquisitive eyes of Amanda Congdon.” I hope it's better than the teaser. But then again I've always been a (Rocketboom rival) mobuzz.tv fan. [via NewTeeve] April 18, 2008New NBC show designed to highlight a sponsor's products
"One of the first shows to emerge form the partnership will be an Internet sci-fi show called Gemini Division, starring actress Rosario Dawson. The shows sponsors will be Acura TSX, Intel, Microsoft, and UPS. Gemini Division and shows like it from NBC Universal will likely be offered by Hulu." Related article from The E-Commerce Times last August related to fashion on TV. "... A revolution in shopping online is occuring that has ushered e-commerce into the realm of 3.0. Consumers can now pick and choose from almost anything they see in the entertainment world." April 16, 2008Fashion and music combine for Hilfiger's TommyTVU.S. fashion company Tommy Hilfiger and music group Sony BMG teamed up on Wednesday to launch a fashion and music online TV website, a latest sign of ever closer union of the world's of style and song. TommyTV, will show live performance by established and new artists sponsored by designer Tommy Hilfiger alongside exclusive interviews and backstage footage. "I literally became a fashion designer because of music," Hilfiger told Reuters at the launch. "Music was my first love, in the 60s - I wanted to dress like Mick Jagger, Pete Townshend, Jimmy Page." [via Reuters] April 2, 2008LonelyGirl Gets Another JobTwo years after she became YouTube's most famous celebrity, 'LonelyGirl15' Jessica Rose has another gig. She's starring in a new Web thriller produced by 60Frames called Blood Cell." Production on the 18-webisode series has wrapped and a trailer is available here and on YouTube. [via Silicon Alley Insider] March 31, 2008Veteran TV Writers Create a Web Series...About TV Writers
Stun Creative, a marketing and production company in Los Angeles, is teaming up with a troupe of veteran comedy writers to create a new Web series, The Writers Room. The series takes place in the writers, room of a fictional late night talk show, featuring the banter and neurosis that come from the overworked writing staff. According to Stun Creative co-president Mark Feldman, The Writers Room never presents the actual 'show' to our audience. We chose instead to focus on the writers' room, since some of the funniest stuff never leaves the room. Not to mention the fact that we simply didn't have enough budget to build an actual talk show set." [via Broadcasting & Cable] March 7, 2008The GigaOM Show
The GigaOm show is back online, hosted by Joyce Kim, who's filling in for Om Mallik who is recovering from a heart attack. He sends a good will message and let's us know he should be back in a month or so. It's nice to see him looking so well - he's lost 50 pounds. Well done! On the show CEO Jeremy Allaire talks about Brightcove’s traffic spikes from TMZ, politics, and National Geographic and more ... and for those of us who have not yet met her, NewTeeVee's Editor Liz Gannes is on the couch co-hosting the show with Joyce. It's nice to put a face on whom I believe is the most impressive writer/blogger online today. March 6, 2008TV show searches for disabled model
"The series aims to "challenge artificial boundaries" in the fashion business and "empower" women. "Our intention is to empower both the women featured in the project and thousands of others, who shouldn't be invisible to the fashion industry just because they are disabled people," the Love creative director, Richard McKerrow, said. "We're also looking to challenge preconceived notions of beauty." The five-part series, due to air in the summer, will follow the chosen women as they move into a London apartment together and are trained in every aspect of modelling from posing for photoshoots to location work and catwalks. The series will be supported by Ouch!, the BBC's disability website, which will provide a forum for debate about the issues raised by the show, as well as offering video clips and blogs. March 3, 2008New online drama for Bebo
"Starting on 14 March, Sofia's Diary follows 17-year-old, erm, Sofia as she adjusts to a new life living with her dad, step mum and baby step-brother. She was sent to London by her mum after accidentally blowing up the school chemistry lab. Apart from the 2-3 minute instalments, there will be video updates from all of Sophia's friends." [via TV Scoop] February 28, 2008Video's New Friends
"Bebo with "KateModern and other social-networking sites like MySpace with Special Delivery" and "Roommates" are taking the plunge into original Web series at a time when the popularity of online video is surging. To promote "KateModern", whose first season drew an average of 1.5 million video views per week, Bebo relies on the interaction among the Web site's users. It sends alerts to members to tell them when new episodes are posted. And it allows members to send messages to characters. The social sites hope to use the shows to attract advertising revenue. More importantly, they are banking on the original content to keep users from fleeing to popular Web sites such as Google Inc.'s YouTube that focus almost exclusively on video." February 27, 2008Educational programs lift online television in Asia
"South Korea, where children spend hours studying in a gruelling battle to enter the top schools that can guarantee a job at the big conglomerates, is at the vanguard of educational television over the Internet in Asia. South Korean companies, like KT, which plan this year to upgrade their Internet-powered television services to full Internet protocol television, known as IPTV, are spearheading the move. KT says online education for children ranks among the most successful programs on its "MegaTV" system, which also offers after-school tutoring and adult education courses. ... On IPTV, lectures can be repeated at any time and they allow students to take quizzes or pose questions in real time. In China, where history and geography programs are already offered, education is set to become the fastest-growing part of BesTV's business, Lee said, referring to the IPTV unit of Shanghai Media Group. "In traditional TV, it's difficult to find these programs," Lee said, because of inconvenient times and limited slots. He expects overall IPTV users in China to reach two million by the end of 2008 from 600,000 now." February 23, 2008Web TV Celebs
... The new wave web stars come from different places and have different aims, but on one thing they are unanimous - the intimacy of the medium. ... Is a sense of connection - either with the web stars or with each other - what viewers find appealing about these shows? DigNation's Alex Albrecht, believes so — at least when the mainstream popular culture is so anodyne and uniform and young people are looking for new tribes. ... Another theory about why it is easier to connect with viewers using internet video: "When you watch TV, you're seven feet away and sitting back. But when you watch on your iPod or your laptop, it's only inches away or you're holding it in your hands. ... The video boom is similar to the growth of young British music, where artists such as the Arctic Monkeys and Kate Nash are often seen as the products of MySpace. But these new TV stars are building their support out of the structure of the internet itself. Things are still in flux, however, and even those who might be the TV stars of tomorrow don't know what tomorrow will look like." February 18, 2008Connecting the Net with your TV set
For now, the capabilities are modest. Viewers can't surf the Web as they can on their computers, but they can use their remote controls to get updated local weather forecasts, personalized stock quotes, on-demand access to a handful of TV shows such as "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" and thousands of YouTube. But the Web connections could eventually upend the way TV programs have been distributed for decades. The goal is to one day replace every set-top device -- cable boxes, TiVos, media center computers, stereos and game consoles -- so all you need is a TV set that does it all, via the Internet. As broadband gets faster, TVs get more powerful and entertainment companies put more content online, viewers might be able to call up any show, movie, song or amateur video at any time without needing local TV stations or cable subscriptions." February 14, 200860 Minutes Love Stories. Bill Gates and Melinda
To mark this Valentine's Day, "60 Minutes" presents love stories. From Bill and Melinda Gates, to Jada and Will Smith, to the workplace romance of Michelle and Barack Obama. The most wonderful? Bill Gates: "I'm more lucky in terms of having Melinda than anything in my life" Than anything in your life? Oh yes. And they don't have a prenup. January 24, 2008MySpace signs deal to screen BBC Shows
BBC Worldwide has launched a video channel on MySpace TV that features short clips from selected shows including Doctor Who, The Catherine Tate Show and Parkinson. "This is the first global content deal that any social network has done," said Rebekah Horne, vice president of Fox Interactive Media and MySpace in Australia and New Zealand. The BBC's clips will be up to eight minutes in length and will include archival footage." Related article in today's FT . January 22, 2008Beijing Olympics on Buzz TVBuzz Technologies Inc. announces the 2008 Beijing Olympics will be featured on over 500 channels, in more than 100 languages, broadcast on Buzz TV. Viewers can download and purchase Buzz TV at www.12buzz.com. [via Press release] January 8, 2008TiVo to Feature Web VideoTiVo Inc.said Monday its subscribers will soon be able to select video from the Web for playback on televisions through its digital video recording service, building on its strategy to extend its DVR beyond regular TV. The new feature, announced at the International Consumer Electronics Show, will let users apply ''Season Pass'' recording to video content available on Real Simple Syndication, or RSS, feeds. [via The New York Times] Sony to provide content to YouTubeSony Pictures Television said Monday it's agreed to provide five-minute versions of several of its most popular TV shows for viewing on the YouTube video-sharing Web site, reports Market Watch. "Sony Pictures Television said the short versions of programs such as "Married With Children" and "Newsradio," known as "minisodes," will help expand the brand for the shows to the online universe. Some 21 shows will be available at the Minisode Network. After the Minisode Network, the Sony unit plans to launch other channels on YouTube, including some that will include original content. January 5, 2008Lunchtime video snacking
"The trend — part of a broader phenomenon known as video snacking — is turning into a growth business for news and media companies, which are feeding the lunch crowd more fresh content. In some offices, workers coordinate their midday Web-watching schedules, the better to shout out punch lines to one another across rows of desks. Some people gravitate to sites where they can reliably find Webcasts of a certain length — say, a three-minute political wrap-up — to minimize both their mouse clicks and the sandwich crumbs that wind up in the keyboard. The midday spike in Web traffic is not a new phenomenon, but media companies have started responding in a meaningful way over the last year. They are creating new shows, timing the posts to coincide with hunger pangs. And they are rejiggering the way they sell advertising online, recognizing that noontime programs can command a premium." December 27, 2007NTV Predictions: Video in the Living RoomNewTeeVee has asked a panel of experts whether online video will make it into the living room in 2008. Their selected responses can be found here. Most say not yet - because black boxes are not yet user friendly or because leaning back to watch TV and leaning forward to watch videos on a computer have yet to merge into something comfortable. Answers all seem to be about bringing online video to the TV screen - but in my living room, where we gather as a family of 3 after dinner, And as we watch TV online, my son is checking out Facebook, sending instant messages and text messaging. I'm checking my RSS feeds and will interrupt a video stream to blog. Simply watching TV passively, no matter where it comes from (network or online) is no longer enough, we need to multitask. And we don't want to be confined to a Joost or Babelgum platform either. We simply adjust the size of our video screen to open our own applications. Could that be the future? December 11, 2007December 5, 2007Austrian kidnap woman to turn TV chat show host
"... She told weekly magazine News she planned to hosta monthly 30-minute chat show next February. "(My guests) could be famous people, but also very ordinary ones -- just anyone who has a story to tell really," she told the magazine in an interview published on Wednesday. "I don't want to just skim the surface in these conversations, I want to go deeper." [via Reuters] November 30, 2007YouTube debate as homework assignmentRay Keller, a Nebraska teacher, turned the YouTube debate into a video homework assignment to get his students interested in the election. November 26, 2007More Web sites embrace freewheeling live shows
"One of the newest programs is "LateNet With Ray Ellin," a twice-monthly talk show that created by Mr. Ellin, a comic who has appeared on Comedy Central. Mr. Ellin says he modeled his show after David Letterman's, and in the tradition of late-night TV hosts, he begins his show with a monologue, speaks with guests and has a musical act. The guests -- many of them comics, such as Jeff Garlin -- often do a stand-up routine, and spend time with Mr. Ellin commenting on the text and Webcam messages the show receives, which are projected onto a wall of the club, so the live audience can see them. Another site, ManiaTV, offers 16 live programs, including " Spread Entertainment," a weekly talk show that began this summer. " November 20, 2007CNET UK launches online TV portal for its news and reviews showsCNET Networks UK has today launched an online portal to house its original video content. [via Journalism.uk] "CNETTV.co.uk will be home to all the video content produced across the publisher's current vertical brands as well as launching a range of new web TV services." November 19, 2007SyncTV to sell subscription TV contentA new TV download service is trying to one-up iTunes, reports NewsBlog. "Though it has far less content than Apple's service, SyncTV offers themed channels of TV content available for subscription or purchase over the Web. Each channel will run about $2 each per month, and currently there are four subscription channels available. "In most cases, if you subscribe to a channel, you also get access to every episode of the shows on that channel", SyncTV CEO John Gildred says. So far, the biggest content name that has signed on is Showtime." November 15, 2007Web Sites Cast a Net Over Striking WritersAs the television world tries to stave off the effects of a writers' strike, upstart Internet entertainment sites are waiting in the wings hoping to steal viewers -- and, possibly, writers. The Wall Strret Journal reports. "A new crop of Web entertainment sites has popped up in recent months, many of them featuring scripted, episodic short-form content known as "webisodes." ... Some of these ventures see the current strike as a way to attract attention, much the way cable TV's prominence rose during a writers' strike in the late 1980s. Because the sites generally aren't parties to Writers Guild of America agreements, the guild's strike against film and TV studios is seen as an opportunity to attract talent." Break.com October 23, 2007"Purple Violets" released exclusively on iTunes
Edward Burns - the director of indie favorites like "The Brothers McMullen" and "She's the One" - at a shooting session of his film "Purple Violets." It will be the first feature film to makes its commercial debut on Apple's digital download service. [via IHT] October 22, 2007MySpace original series 'Roommates' debuts Monday
MySpace.com is testing out the director's chair with a new Web-based series, Roommates, which debuts Monday at 1 p.m. PDT, reports Crave. "Through December 21, a new three-minute MySpaceTV portal and through the Roommates profile page." ... "MySpace users will be invited to participate in the creative process", said Jeff Berman, general manager of the MySpaceTV division. ... "We're going to see some of the best creative ideas for the show come from our users," he said. October 18, 2007Stephen Colbert's bid for Presidency
"I shall seek the office of the president of the United States," Colbert said Tuesday on his Comedy Central show as red, white and blue balloons fell around him. "After nearly 15 minutes of soul-searching, I have heard the call," said Colbert. He's got my vote. October 16, 2007Gore's Current TV enlists Web users to shape newsCurrent, the television network backed by Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore, is embarking on a new Internet strategy to enlist viewers in submitting video and commentary to create broadcast TV news. The network, which already lets professional videographers submit video news segments, is going several step further on Monday by soliciting user feedback over the Web and converting submissions into online news as well as pieces for broadcast. Its network programming runs on cable and satellite broadcasters in select U.S. markets, Britain and Ireland. In introducing a new site for viewers and contributors at Current.com, the company claims it has created the first fully integrated online and television network that allows users to create and vote what news and information is relevant to them. [via Reuters] October 12, 2007ABC Reshapes the Evening News for the Web
"... ABC News’s main network competitors, CBS and NBC, are for the moment mainly using the Web to repackage their regular nightly news shows. But the ABC Webcast is an entirely different animal, sometimes resembling a younger, more technologically advanced version of the traditional 6:30 p.m. report. It is intended in part for people who view Web pages on iPods and cellphones, and ABC executives say they are deliberately aiming to please the 25- to 54-year-olds whom every news organization covets. Every night there is a good dose of technology and pop culture coverage. For instance, Google puts out a daily list of what it calls “rising searches” — search terms that are suddenly more popular among Web users. And ABC producers select three to mention on the Webcast, usually in a one-minute segment." October 3, 2007boingboing launches video blog: Boing Boing TVBoingboing has launched a video blog, Boingboing TV. For the first few weeks, much of what you'll see will be produced in-studio, but they also plan to do stuff out in the world, and all over the world. Content will be a mix of lighthearted stories, just like their blog, "a directory of wonderful things", but in video.
October 2, 2007TV Guide wants to help you find TV shows online
The idea is to help site to the publication's website go straight to the best sources for television shows and related content. For example, a search for a show that's available on a television network website should show that offering first. Additional features will include an option to narrow the search to free video, eliminatin |
AOL has launched Morning Rush, a daily five-minute video compilation of the best of morning TV. 
A compilation of highlight clips culled together from that morning’s from Good Morning America, Today, The Early Show, Live With Regis & Kelly, CNN’s American Morning and Fox News’ Mike & Juliette and other morning staples.
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Vogue magazine has teamed with the fashion and media divisions of IMG to produce an elaborate Web-based reality series about the fashion industry. 
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In the latest example of how commercialism continues to creep into art, NBC Universal has plans to create programming designed to highlight a sponsor's products, the company said Friday, reports 
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Buyers of this year's most advanced televisions might notice a curious new feature -- a little jack that connects the sets directly to the Internet. 
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In cubicles across the country, lunchtime has become the new prime time, as workers click aside their spreadsheets to watch videos on 
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A growing number of Web sites are trying to revive appointment viewing by offering live programming. Many of these new online shows incorporate interactive features so viewers can ask questions of hosts or guests through instant messaging, email, phone calls or even Webcams. And, without censors to worry about, these shows can be more freewheeling than standard network programming. The 
Stephen Colbert is starting a bid for the presidency of the United States. 
Aiming to attract younger audiences, ABC is using its evening news staff to produce a separate and distinct 15-minute daily news program for the Web. 
