Posts Tagged ‘ Hollywood ’

AdWeek: Internet Video Going Hollywood

Jul 11th, 2007 | By James Lewin | Category: Digital Video Downloads, Internet TV, Making Money with Podcasts, Streaming Video, Video, Video Podcasts, Vlogs

AdWeek has an article today looking at 60Frames, a new company that hopes to provide a platform for mainstream actors and directors to create and distribute short-form Internet videos. 60Frames is hoping that the “high-quality” content that makes movie blockbusters and hit TV shows can create the same buzz online.
60Frames is a spinoff of United [...]



Hollywood Debating Whether It Should Crush YouTube

Jan 15th, 2007 | By James Lewin | Category: Digital Video Downloads, Streaming Video, Video

The New York Times today has an article that looks at the debate in Hollywood over what its response should be to the growing popularity of video sharing sites like YouTube.
As YouTube, with the backing of Google, becomes a powerful force in the media world, Hollywood studios and other entertainment companies are trying to figure [...]



Podcasters Capitalizing on Da Vinci Code Hype

May 15th, 2006 | By James Lewin | Category: Audio Podcasting, General

The Da Vinci Code movie doesn’t open until this Friday, but podcasters are already weighing in with information and opinions on the film adaptation of Dan Brown’s controversial book, described by novelist Salman Rushdie as “typewriting.”The Scotsman News is running a week-long series of video podcasts taking a look at the Rosslyn Chapel, which features [...]