Working with brands closely on digital programming requires a fine balance, says digital superstar Felicia Day, who launched four shows on a new YouT...
Andy Plesser | Posted 04.11.2012
Yahoo! has an agreement with Ford to produce a reality show for the Web -- a 10-part series about cross-country adventures in the Ford Focus Electric...
Andy Plesser | Posted 03.30.2012
Next month, Yahoo! will host a free one-hour comedy special with Bill Maher as part of extensive slate of comedy programming, says Yahoo! video chie...
Andy Plesser | Posted 03.17.2012
LAS VEGAS, "Anyone But Me," a scripted web series about gay, straight and ethnically diverse young people in relationships, won two IAWTV web video a...
Raymond Schillinger | Posted 03.11.2012
Let's be clear: I don't see Facebook as inherently evil. I'm a bit disturbed, however, by its unheeded intrusion into our neurochemical pathways.
Andy Plesser | Posted 03.12.2012
The International Academy of Web Television (IAWTV) will present its first awards program for excellence across multiple platforms on Thursday, Janu...
David Tereshchuk | Posted 02.21.2012
It turns out people are more honest when selling something if they do it in person. Disturbingly, they are most likely to be deceitful when conducting a transaction by texting.
Nathan Coyle | Posted 12.07.2011
It is important that brands, advertisers and Hollywood acknowledge that web videos are no longer a new frontier. Web videos are deeply entrenched in robust online communities.
Andy Plesser | Posted 11.22.2011
Yahoo! has green-lighted eight new, short-form Web original video programs, producing them both in-house and with leading Hollywood shops.
Shiva Rajaraman | Posted 08.29.2011
Nearly 8 years of video are uploaded to YouTube every day. This mass of video reflects the deep desire of people to reach out, connect and share their experiences with the world in the hope of finding an audience.
James Kotecki | Posted 06.21.2011
The mere existence of your video is not enough to ensure its worldwide popularity. Most videos don't go viral, just like most books aren't bestsellers.
Steve Rosenbaum | Posted 05.25.2011
It used to be to make a 'TV' show you needed expensive gear, a big budget, a cable or broadcast channel and talent. Now, you can cross off all but the last item.
Steve Rosenbaum | Posted 05.25.2011
Today -- YouTube is the second largest search engine in the world, second behind Google. And it's the third most visited website on the net, behind Google and Facebook. Chad Hurely is 33 years old.
Steve Rosenbaum | Posted 05.25.2011
There's a battle under way for the new living room 'box' and Apple had the early lead and a sexy price point with Apple TV 2.0. Sure critics could sa...
Chris Anderson | Posted 05.25.2011
Hidden among all the cute kittens and pirated TV shows, online video is driving astonishing innovation in thousands of different fields.
Michael Tasner | Posted 05.25.2011
The end of 2009 and into 2010 was proving to be a very difficult year for my company, Taz Solutions, Inc. I discovered that the old ways of doing business were just not working in the "new economy. "
Daisy Whitney | Posted 05.25.2011
LOS ANGELES -- 7-Eleven, the world's largest store chain, is quickly making a name for itself as a marketer that's open to digital experimentat...
Aanarav Sareen | Posted 05.25.2011
On April 11th 2010, a large group of web video producers were invited to attend the second annual Streamy Awards in Los Angeles. An event that re...
Hunter Walk | Posted 05.25.2011
Online video's days as a standalone concept are numbered. It's an endangered species. Why? Because in the future all video will be online.
Nathan Havey | Posted 05.25.2011
A quick digest of the week's social media news with a side of fun? You're welcome. Introducing CRUSH, the weekly web-show that takes the news on the...
Colin Delany | Posted 05.25.2011
Incumbent Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer upbraided an Army general for repeatedly referring to her by the female honorific rather than as "Senator" during a hearing -- pretty thin gruel for a scandal.
Jim Louderback | Posted 05.25.2011
The internet will let Conan be Conan. Anyone who loved his late night show knows that NBC has been trying to morph the guy we know and love into Jay Leno.
New York Times | BRIAN STELTER | Posted 05.25.2011
Bolstered by an investment from Rogers Communications, one of Canada's largest media companies, the budding new-media mogul Michael Eisner is expandin...
Raymond Leon Roker | Posted 05.25.2011
While many have quickly lamented URB's print hiatus or reminisced about our long legacy, there is also an unfortunate feeding frenzy on even the hint of print's presumed, imminent demise.
SARAH PEREZ of ReadWriteWeb | Posted 05.25.2011
More and more viewers are leaving their TV sets to watch their favorite shows online. Nielsen has announced an "Internet Meter" to measure the online ...
Andy Plesser | Posted 04.28.2012