Hulu and YouTube to try paid subscriptions
After relying on advertising for revenues both YouTube and Hulu are now in talks to put some of the content behind subscriptions. NBC (GE), Fox (NWS), and ABC (DIS), the broadcasters that control Hulu, are warming to the idea of charging for at least some content. Hulu is expected to start testing subscription tiers for [...]
Why marketleaders won’t recognise innovation
Leading blog Techdirt publishes regular, 2 minute whiteboard presentations (sponsored by UPS). This one about innovation is relevant for Media content online and photography online in particular. This magazine is focussed on bringing innovative ideas to the heart of the industry to avoid being caught unaware by disruptive innovation. This presentation by Mike Masnick, founder of Techdirt is a [...]
Internet TV guide launches
Clicker has jut come out of Beta. This online TV guide is now open to the general public. The company is trying to make sense of all the video that’s around on the internet. For the past nine months it has been working on their ‘first draft’ of a programming guide for internet television. “Clicker aims to [...]
More campaigns to make people happy
One month ago I shared two video’s of the Volkswagen sponsored ‘campaign for happy people. A new video has now been released on the fun theory website. Here it is: The site now also features ideas of visitors on how to make fun use of day to day objects. Here are some of the entries for the [...]
Music Video with a social media element
I’ve shared a number of video’s here that took user generated content to create new unique content. Kutiman used random elements and put these together. The video here creates original content through contributions of a large community, a bit like this one that has been released recently. It does appear that in the end all content will be [...]
From library to contextual media; Thought Equity Motion
This company has embarked on a path to re-invent itself and move from being a library to, what they call, the ‘holy grail’ of contextual Media; delivering contextual content around live events in a fully automated fashion. Thought Equity Motion describes itself as the world’s largest supplier of online motion content, delivering video in a wide range of [...]
The ebb and flow of Paris traffic
8min20sec (2009), FL@33 vs Mercury Quartet from Tomi Vollauschek on Vimeo. The DV footage was recorded in Paris, they explain, “at the Place Charles de Gaulle (aka Place de l’Étoile) from the top of the Arc de Triomphe. It offers a bird’s-eye view to the exceptionally busy roundabout below, in which the Arc stands.” via [...]
From zero to hero on YouTube
If you thought you could put something on YouTube and stay anonymous here’s Kutiman to prove you wrong. Over the past year he has been scanning YouTube for interesting musical video’s, combined them into songs and created a 7 song album that he posted on his channel and website. I think the result is truly [...]
Google wave by Samuel L. Jackson
Google Wave is a new communication tool that can replace some of the current technologies we use. Because the original explanation was a bit dry here’s a video where Samuel L. Jackson takes the lead. Google describes it as follows: Google Wave is an online tool for real-time communication and collaboration. A wave can be [...]
A novel way to sell camera’s
Nikon used the unconventional duo Helicopter Boyz to promote the new Nikon Coolpix camera. The Japanese agency GT Tokyo was responsible for the campaign.
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