- Videocracy Has Spoken: Metacafe/Strike.TV Viewers Award Fan Favorite
VidBlog, Steve Smith - Friday, July 8, 2011
A writer at NBC's "The Office" has gotten the nod from MetaCafe users as the "fan favorite" among original Web series from the popular video hub. The contest called MetaVo ...
- TR3S.com Heats Up the Grill With New Latino Series...and a Giant Hamster
VidBlog, Steve Smith - Tuesday, July 5, 2011
If those July 4 hot dogs yesterday just didn't seem to have enough of that true pork flavor, or seemed a little on the trim and low-fat side, then y ...
- Yahoo Adds Fashion-Focused Show
Online Media Daily, - Thursday, June 23, 2011
Yahoo has teamed with Collective Digital Studio to launch a new Web series focused on fashion and hosted by Cat Deeley of Fox's "So You Think You Can Dance." ...
- Small Business Gets Its Own Branded Entertainment, And It Doesn't Suck
VidBlog, Steve Smith - Thursday, June 16, 2011
If you are trying to grab the attention of small businesses with a branded entertainment play, then an office situation dramedy seems like a no-brainer. But can it work? Giv ...
- Webinar Reinforces and Complements In-Person Summit
Research Brief, Jack Loechner - Wednesday, June 15, 2011
According to The Virtual Edge Institute and ROI of Engagement, from their study "Measuring and Maximizing the Impact of a Hybrid Event," about why people attend in-person events versus remote ...
- Univision Launches Web and App-First Comedy Soap, 'No Me Hallo'
VidBlog, Steve Smith - Friday, May 13, 2011
While many Web publishers keep looking for that one Webisode hit, Univision has been building a nice little trove of regular digital video content at NovelasySeries.com. Generally the site aggregat ...
- NBC Renews 'In Gayle We Trust'
MediaDailyNews, David Goetzl - Monday, May 9, 2011
NBCUniversal's digital studio has renewed a series backed by American Family Insurance that features heavy brand integration and a story revolving around a fictional agent for a third season. ...
- No One-Webisode Wonder: Goodnight Burbank Goes Long Form for Hulu
VidBlog, Steve Smith - Thursday, April 28, 2011
I admit to losing track of the great Web original series, Goodnight Burbank. These comedy shorts, set in a fictional local TV station workplace, had been among my video podca ...
- Olbermann, 'Worst Persons' and James Thurber Are Back on the (Web) Air
VidBlog, Steve Smith - Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Months after his unceremonious sacking from MSNBC and prior to his return to cable via Current TV, you sort of knew that Keith Olbermann wouldn't be able to shut ...
- Cue the Patrick Stewart Voiceover: The Sims Machine Marches On
VidBlog, Steve Smith - Friday, March 25, 2011
Those of you with teenage daughters like mine may have trouble getting them out of their rooms this weekend. Electronic Arts released the next major iteration of its monstrously popul ...
- Denny's Web Series Gets Silverman 'Warts' and All
VidBlog, Steve Smith - Thursday, March 24, 2011
Apparently conversations about cutting open Sea Captains for warmth and "anal warts" are pretty commonplace around Denny's. Actually, I haven't been in a Denny's for decades, so I can't atte ...
- Glenn Beck, The Brand?
Around the Net In Media, Phyllis Fine - Wednesday, March 23, 2011
How can Glenn Beck, whose contract with the Fox News Channel will expire in December, expand his brand independently? The New York Times' Brian Stelter analyzes Beck's options -- fr ...
- New York Public TV Station Gets Into Local News Biz
Around the Net In Media, Phyllis Fine - Tuesday, March 22, 2011
As part of an initiative to make "local connections," New York City-area public television company WNET will produce "Metro Focus," a half-hour local news show, according to Neal Shapiro, WNET ...
- Denny's, Electus 'Always Open' For Business
Marketing Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, March 8, 2011
The Web series is an extension of Denny's latest nationwide campaign developed by Interpublic Group's advertising agency Gotham. Ensemble, the branded entertainment arm of Interpublic Group's Mediabrands, played a ro ...
- He's Random, He's Creepy, He's a Guy
VidBlog, Steve Smith - Friday, February 25, 2011
If you are going to make a Web series that spins off a fun bit of random silliness online, then there really is only one way to go with i ...
- AOL, Endemol To Co-Produce Web Shows
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Making good on its effort to build out its video programming, AOL has struck a Web programming deal with big TV network reality show producer Endemol USA. The latter's go ...
- Ford Fiesta In Viewer-Controlled Reality Web Show
Marketing Daily, Karl Greenberg - Tuesday, September 7, 2010
The show, via web video company Digital Broadcasting Group (DBG) and actor Seth Green, follows a 20-something, L.A.-based man whose daily pursuits -- what he wears and eats, where ...
- Sprint, Ford Partner For 'ControlTV' Web Show
MediaDailyNews, Karl Greenberg - Thursday, September 2, 2010
Ford's Fiesta compact car is getting a star turn in a new Web-TV program that looks to be a cross between a 20something reality show and "Subservient Chicken." ...
- Could Cheap iTunes Rentals Change Television Online?
Around the Net In Media, Fern Siegel - Thursday, September 2, 2010
During the Sept. 1 press event, Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced that 450 million TV episodes, along with 11.7 billion songs, 100 million movies and 35 million books, have be ...
- 1 Billion Served: Next New Cranks Up the PR
VidBlog, Steve Smith - Wednesday, June 23, 2010
We haven't checked with Revision 3, Blip.tv, or Mevio about whether they have served over 1 billion videos over the short life of streaming media on the Web, but Ne ...
- NBC Writers Pen Web-Only Episodes
Around the Net In Media, Fern Siegel - Tuesday, June 22, 2010
While NBC continues its battle for viewers, the net is making a heavy online push as well. The Peacock's digital division, under chief Vivi Zigler, has assigned writers to p ...
- NBC Rings AT&T, Gets 'Dial *' Tone
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Continuing to experiment in the Web-TV series space, NBC Universal has launched another original Internet/digital series. This time, it's with telecommunications giant AT&T -- and the show is aptly titl ...
- Cowell New Series To Premiere On Hulu
Around the Net In Media, Fern Siegel - Wednesday, February 24, 2010
'American Idol' creator Simon Fuller's first original series, "If I Can Dream," will premiere March 2 on Hulu. The reality-type show revolves around five young people chasing after their dre ...
- iPad Doesn't Pick Up Hulu
MediaDailyNews, - Friday, January 29, 2010
Apple CEO Steve Jobs boasted that the new iPad was an outstanding entertainment device for watching movies and TV shows. But he didn't mention that it doesn't get Hulu, o ...
- Will Wal-Mart Use Vudu For 3rd Web TV Attempt?
Around the Net In Online Marketing, Gavin O'Malley - Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Before noting that Wal-Mart has twice attempted to deliver movies and TV shows online, MediaMemo's Peter Kafka suggests that the retail giant is at it again -- this time wi ...
- Vuguru Names New President
Online Media Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Monday, December 14, 2009
Vuguru, the new media production studio founded by Michael Eisner, on Monday named Larry Tanz as its new president. Tanz most recently served as president of Agility Studios, which ...
- iVillage, Hidden Valley Launch 'Garden Party'
MediaDailyNews, - Tuesday, December 1, 2009
The NBC Universal Digital Studio and the makers of Hidden Valley Ranch dressing have teamed to produce a new Web series called "Garden Party," which will be featured on iVill ...
- Disney Online, Clorox Debut Branded-Entertainment Show
Around the Net In Media, Joan Voight - Thursday, November 19, 2009
Because of its target audience of young children, the Disney Channel cable network restricts sponsor messages to the occasional "brought to you by" billboard for tentpole programs, such as "Hi ...
- 'Grey's Anatomy' Sires Web Series Spin-Off
Online Media Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Thursday, November 19, 2009
Extending one of its more popular brands online, Disney/ABC Television Group on Thursday debuted an original online companion series to "Grey's Anatomy." ...
- YouTube's 'Happy Tree Friends': Drop Dead, 'Fred'
Online Media Daily, Mark Walsh - Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Is "Fred" dead? In the latest ranking of the most popular Web shows, hyper-obnoxious YouTube sensation "Fred" has been knocked from its perch atop the rankings by adult-themed animated seri ...