South by Southwest has unveiled its initial lineup of featured speakers for its 2024 conference, including Rosario Dawson and “Call Her Daddy” podcast host Alex Cooper.
The 38th annual edition of the SXSW conference consists of 24 programming tracks celebrating the convergence of film, television, music and technology. Other notable speakers include “How to Be an Antiracist” author Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, head of ChatGPT Peter Deng and CEO of Ace Entertainment Matt Kaplan.
“Whether it’s how AI will change the way we create, or how storytelling can further amplify voices that fully represent our communities, at SXSW we’re constantly discussing how the future will impact our world,” said Hugh Forrest, SXSW chief programming officer and co-president, in a statement. “Ranging from Peter Deng to Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, to Amy Webb, our first group of Featured Speakers includes world-renowned experts who can provide answers to the many questions posed by these fast-developing industries.
The 38th annual edition of the SXSW conference consists of 24 programming tracks celebrating the convergence of film, television, music and technology. Other notable speakers include “How to Be an Antiracist” author Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, head of ChatGPT Peter Deng and CEO of Ace Entertainment Matt Kaplan.
“Whether it’s how AI will change the way we create, or how storytelling can further amplify voices that fully represent our communities, at SXSW we’re constantly discussing how the future will impact our world,” said Hugh Forrest, SXSW chief programming officer and co-president, in a statement. “Ranging from Peter Deng to Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, to Amy Webb, our first group of Featured Speakers includes world-renowned experts who can provide answers to the many questions posed by these fast-developing industries.
- 8/29/2023
- by Michaela Zee
- Variety Film + TV
It was the end of an era this week over on G4. Their Attack of the Show! series came to a close after more than 1,700 episodes on the air. The show's cancellation was announced late last year as part of the plan to rebrand G4 as the Esquire Channel, focusing on programming for "metrosexual viewers."
Back in March 2005, Attack of the Show! replaced The Screen Savers, a beloved computer and tech help show that started back when the channel was known as TechTV. Over its seven year run, the Screen Savers hosts included Leo Laporte, Patrick Norton, Kate Botello, Kevin Rose, Alex Albrecht, and Sarah Lane.
After it was announced that Attack of the Show! would be ending, producer Joshua Brentano contacted Laporte and Norton about filming a special sketch for the last episode.
Below, you can see the...
Back in March 2005, Attack of the Show! replaced The Screen Savers, a beloved computer and tech help show that started back when the channel was known as TechTV. Over its seven year run, the Screen Savers hosts included Leo Laporte, Patrick Norton, Kate Botello, Kevin Rose, Alex Albrecht, and Sarah Lane.
After it was announced that Attack of the Show! would be ending, producer Joshua Brentano contacted Laporte and Norton about filming a special sketch for the last episode.
Below, you can see the...
- 1/27/2013
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
"Start-Ups: Silicon Valley" follows the journey of a group of hubristic young 20- to 30-somethings hoping to forge a path to mega-success in California's tech metropolis.
The show follows six determined Silicon Valley denizens: Ben, a British inventor and serial entrepreneur who "made and lost millions of dollars before the age of 22"; Hermione, Ben's sister and a trained journalist who is transitioning into her role as a savvy marketing specialist; David, the CEO of Goalsponsors, Inc. who is struggling to make ends-meet; Dwight, a dashingly handsome programmer; Kim, a Midwest native and founder of Shonova.com; and Sarah, who claims to be the Internet’s first “life-caster” by broadcasting, well, her entire life for the world to see.
Bravo recently released the "Start-Ups: Silicon Valley" trailer, and it's just as cringe-worthy as one might expect from a guilty-pleasure reality series. The clip shows the cast grinding their axes at work,...
The show follows six determined Silicon Valley denizens: Ben, a British inventor and serial entrepreneur who "made and lost millions of dollars before the age of 22"; Hermione, Ben's sister and a trained journalist who is transitioning into her role as a savvy marketing specialist; David, the CEO of Goalsponsors, Inc. who is struggling to make ends-meet; Dwight, a dashingly handsome programmer; Kim, a Midwest native and founder of Shonova.com; and Sarah, who claims to be the Internet’s first “life-caster” by broadcasting, well, her entire life for the world to see.
Bravo recently released the "Start-Ups: Silicon Valley" trailer, and it's just as cringe-worthy as one might expect from a guilty-pleasure reality series. The clip shows the cast grinding their axes at work,...
- 10/9/2012
- by Cavan Sieczkowski
- Huffington Post
Brian Brushwood is the spikey haired lovechild of David Blaine and Mystery (that’s not Criss Angel) who first gained notoriety in 2000 when he took his Bizarre Magic Show on a full-time college tour, wowing fratacular audiences with crowd-pleasing escapes and mind-reading tricks. Since then, the American magician has showcased spectacles on The Tonight Show and Life Beyond Limits, authored three books (Cheats, Cons, Swindles & Tricks: 57 Ways to Scam a Free Drink, Pack the House: The Ultimate, Ever-Growing Guide to Increasing Attendance to Your Campus Events, and Professional’s Guide to Fire Eating) with a fourth one in the works (Scam School: Volume 1 is scheduled to debut March 14), and logged at least 205 episodes of his Revision3 original web series Scam School. The program first debuted in April 2008 and was one of the then uber-tech-centric online video network’s first forays into the kind of show that neither Alex Albrecht nor Kevin Rose could’ve hosted.
- 2/22/2012
- by Joshua Cohen
- Tubefilter.com
Fishbowl Worldwide Media and Revision3 announced a new partnership on Wednesday, joining Fishbowl’s online videos with Revision’s distribution and advertising networks. Revision, a San Francisco-based Internet TV network with more than 23 million viewers a month, will distribute “CuteWinFail,” Fishbowl’s first digital series. “CuteWinFail” is now entering its fourth season and has logged more than 90 million views on YouTube since it launched. Here's a recent episode (post continues after): Revision both produces and distributes content, but in this case it will focus on distribution and advertising. The studio, founded by Kevin Rose, Jay...
- 2/15/2012
- by Lucas Shaw
- The Wrap
The writing was really on the wall for over a year, as rumors began to circle last summer that Revision3′s longtime hosted buddy-tech flagship Diggnation was coming to an end. The show’s hosts, Alex Albrecht and Kevin Rose became the beer-loving laptop cowboy faces of the network, as it first staked its flag on the internet TV scene in in July of 2005. Now with 340 episodes, by the official count at least, Revision3 announced today that its Streamy-winning longest running show ever will be calling it quits this December with a final send-off. “After close to 7 years of sitting on a couch each week, drinking copious amounts of different types of beverages while discussing the top tech stories submitted to and voted on by the community at digg.com, Kevin and Alex have decided to retire their weekly series to focus on the next phase of their careers,” wrote...
- 10/3/2011
- by Marc Hustvedt
- Tubefilter.com
There’s something unique about the NBA that allows us to expect more the league’s superstars. Maybe it’s the fact that it is the only professional sport where you can sit close enough to hear every word, feel every thundering dunk, and see every tiny movement of a player’s body. Perhaps more than any other sport, basketball allows for more individual creativity from each player (there’s so slam dunking in baseball). People feel a connection to the players almost more than any other sport (witness for the national Crucifixion of Lebron James for evidence). With that in mind, it’s no surprise that superstar Kevin Durant has a web series called Kevin Durant’s 35th Hour where he wants to show he’s just a “regular person.” Related News:LeBron James Picks up Drake for ‘The LeBrons’ Web Series Kevin Rose Launches New Web Series: ‘Foundation...
- 9/14/2011
- by Tim Goessling
- Tubefilter.com
“Those guys scare me,” uttered Kevin Rose last night after Epic Meal Time’s “Muscles-Glasses” (Alex Perrault) wandered out on the House of Blues stage with a bag full of Big Macs just as one of their now-infamous live Diggnation shows was underway. Rose and co-host Alex Albrecht had, after all, just minutes before watched from back stage as their opening act for the evening, the breakout hit web series of the year Epic Meal Time and its madcap entourage of food pirates showered fans with bacon, Jack Daniels and a Big Mac-kebob-stuffed-pig-on-a-spit while dropping a non-stop battery of F-bombs. In many ways, Revision3′s live indoctrination of the Canadian food stars represent a passing of the baton for the network that once rested its hat on the tech-heavy musings of Digg. Now giving way to a newer flagship, whose unapologetically brash antics making Rose and Albrecht’s beer...
- 7/22/2011
- by Marc Hustvedt
- Tubefilter.com
Eric Schmidt maintains Google Plus isn't in competition with other social networks; LinkedIn's Jeff Weiner isn't convinced the two can coexist. Who's right?
Google Plus's overnight success has sent the tech press and Google's competitors into a frenzy over how much market share the new social network will grab. Eric Schmidt, as always, maintains that Google is not in a zero-sum competition with its digital brethren, and that Google Plus will ultimately benefit many other businesses perceived as competitors. Yet, other social network leaders clearly think Google Plus represents an ominous threat. One such fellow is LinkedIn's Jeff Weiner, who recently complained that both social networks could not "coexist." Here, we weigh both arguments.
Internet Abundance For All
Schmidt has argued (even before Google Plus) that Google is not in competition with other social networks. "All of us benefit when Facebook or Twitter get more users because it means people are spending more time online,...
Google Plus's overnight success has sent the tech press and Google's competitors into a frenzy over how much market share the new social network will grab. Eric Schmidt, as always, maintains that Google is not in a zero-sum competition with its digital brethren, and that Google Plus will ultimately benefit many other businesses perceived as competitors. Yet, other social network leaders clearly think Google Plus represents an ominous threat. One such fellow is LinkedIn's Jeff Weiner, who recently complained that both social networks could not "coexist." Here, we weigh both arguments.
Internet Abundance For All
Schmidt has argued (even before Google Plus) that Google is not in competition with other social networks. "All of us benefit when Facebook or Twitter get more users because it means people are spending more time online,...
- 7/20/2011
- by Gregory Ferenstein
- Fast Company
The walking idea machine is hoping the citizens of the Internet will adopt his new 10 Commandments for solving this growing--and growing!--problem. Fast Company spoke with Anderson (not by email) to learn more.
The man who pioneered "ideas worth sharing," Ted's Chris Anderson, is on a crusade to quash the frivolous emails that are taking up more and more of our limited time. "A lot of people have experienced a relentless increase in what's in the inbox," says Anderson. To fight back, he hopes to inspire a new digital etiquette, his "Email Charter" of rules to thin overflowing inboxes. Rules range from writing "no need to reply," at the end of an email to limiting open-ended statements, like: "How can I help?"
The core philosophy driving the charter is to "put in a set of rules that ensures it's faster to process an email, on average, than it is to create it.
The man who pioneered "ideas worth sharing," Ted's Chris Anderson, is on a crusade to quash the frivolous emails that are taking up more and more of our limited time. "A lot of people have experienced a relentless increase in what's in the inbox," says Anderson. To fight back, he hopes to inspire a new digital etiquette, his "Email Charter" of rules to thin overflowing inboxes. Rules range from writing "no need to reply," at the end of an email to limiting open-ended statements, like: "How can I help?"
The core philosophy driving the charter is to "put in a set of rules that ensures it's faster to process an email, on average, than it is to create it.
- 6/30/2011
- by Gregory Ferenstein
- Fast Company
Ex-Digg brainiac (by which we mean inventor and CEO) Kevin Rose has got a new baby: Milk. It's an idea incubator, specifically behaving like a development lab for "out there" ideas. It's targeting the mobile Net. And it's got some distinguishing features.
Rose only left Digg a few weeks ago, which suggests that he's had the mechanisms behind Milk in work for quite some time already. In fact, the roots of the project probably stretch back to the early days of Digg, because along with Rose, Milk will be supported by Daniel Burka--a key figure in Digg's design. And we can probably see even more elements of Milk's thinking in Rose's self-penned bio on his website: "My name is Kevin. I live in San Francisco where I climb rocks, drink tea and experiment on the internet. I'm a technology angel investor and the founder of Digg." Location in tech hotbed of San Francisco,...
Rose only left Digg a few weeks ago, which suggests that he's had the mechanisms behind Milk in work for quite some time already. In fact, the roots of the project probably stretch back to the early days of Digg, because along with Rose, Milk will be supported by Daniel Burka--a key figure in Digg's design. And we can probably see even more elements of Milk's thinking in Rose's self-penned bio on his website: "My name is Kevin. I live in San Francisco where I climb rocks, drink tea and experiment on the internet. I'm a technology angel investor and the founder of Digg." Location in tech hotbed of San Francisco,...
- 4/5/2011
- by Kit Eaton
- Fast Company
Summiteers Jeff Rosenthal (far left), Natalie Spilger, and Thayer Walker prep for the gathering. | Photograph by Jeffery Salter
The Summit Series is the next big wave in the conference world, thanks to its doing-good-while-feeling-good attitude.
What Do Richard Branson, a 7-foot-long sandbar shark, and the Dalai Lama's spiritual adviser have in common? They're all going to be at Summit at Sea, a conference of bright-eyed adrenaline junkies being buzzed about as "the next Ted" and "Davos for the Y generation." Started by 25-year-old serial entrepreneur Elliott Bisnow and his best friends, the summit offers a weekend packed with big names, big parties, outdoor activities, and spiritual self-help that's designed to scratch every possible itch that an ambitious and self-indulgent group of millennials might have. This year's carefully curated list of attendees is a mashup of suits (Indra Nooyi, CEO of PepsiCo; Shona Brown, senior vice president of Google; Beth Comstock,...
The Summit Series is the next big wave in the conference world, thanks to its doing-good-while-feeling-good attitude.
What Do Richard Branson, a 7-foot-long sandbar shark, and the Dalai Lama's spiritual adviser have in common? They're all going to be at Summit at Sea, a conference of bright-eyed adrenaline junkies being buzzed about as "the next Ted" and "Davos for the Y generation." Started by 25-year-old serial entrepreneur Elliott Bisnow and his best friends, the summit offers a weekend packed with big names, big parties, outdoor activities, and spiritual self-help that's designed to scratch every possible itch that an ambitious and self-indulgent group of millennials might have. This year's carefully curated list of attendees is a mashup of suits (Indra Nooyi, CEO of PepsiCo; Shona Brown, senior vice president of Google; Beth Comstock,...
- 3/23/2011
- by Lisa Katayama
- Fast Company
In this excerpt from his new book The Thank You Economy, author Gary Vaynerchuk turns a critical eye to the Old Spice Man marketing campaign. What did the brand get right? And what didn't work at all?
Unless you were living under a rock, you probably saw at least one of the Old Spice commercials starring Isaiah Mustafa that began airing the day after the 2010 Super Bowl. With this campaign, Procter & Gamble, Old Spice's parent company, showed the world how a brand can play a kick-ass game of media Ping-Pong.
First, it started with outstanding content, spoofing every stereotype of masculinity they could come up with through clever writing and picture-perfect casting. As soon as a bare-chested Mustafa finished gliding around from one paperback-romance scenario to another, reassuring women that even if their man didn't look like him, they could smell like him if they stopped using lady-scented body wash,...
Unless you were living under a rock, you probably saw at least one of the Old Spice commercials starring Isaiah Mustafa that began airing the day after the 2010 Super Bowl. With this campaign, Procter & Gamble, Old Spice's parent company, showed the world how a brand can play a kick-ass game of media Ping-Pong.
First, it started with outstanding content, spoofing every stereotype of masculinity they could come up with through clever writing and picture-perfect casting. As soon as a bare-chested Mustafa finished gliding around from one paperback-romance scenario to another, reassuring women that even if their man didn't look like him, they could smell like him if they stopped using lady-scented body wash,...
- 3/10/2011
- by Gary Vaynerchuk
- Fast Company
Photo-based life-blogging phenomenon DailyBooth just revealed that it's raised around $6 million in venture capital to grow the young company dramatically. The upshot: Your next status updates may be photos, not text.
Explaining DailyBooth is as hard as explaining Twitter--it's a micro-blog, based on photos. First, you upload a photo of yourself from your iPhone or webcam to show to a huge list of people you don't know what you're up to right at that moment. Erm.... Then you try it, and the rapidly growing Db community (which already has uploaded more than 14 million photos--"booths"--and 47 million comments, according to the site) quickly embraces you, cuddles up to you, adds "likes" and comments on your photos, and responds with photos of their own. Then you get it. Think of it as sharing your daily life via a number of quickly snapped photos of yourself, much as Twitter's all about writing about what you're up to.
Explaining DailyBooth is as hard as explaining Twitter--it's a micro-blog, based on photos. First, you upload a photo of yourself from your iPhone or webcam to show to a huge list of people you don't know what you're up to right at that moment. Erm.... Then you try it, and the rapidly growing Db community (which already has uploaded more than 14 million photos--"booths"--and 47 million comments, according to the site) quickly embraces you, cuddles up to you, adds "likes" and comments on your photos, and responds with photos of their own. Then you get it. Think of it as sharing your daily life via a number of quickly snapped photos of yourself, much as Twitter's all about writing about what you're up to.
- 3/9/2011
- by Kit Eaton
- Fast Company
Web series and online video news worth clicking today: Syfy’s popular steampunk web series Riese may be heading into Space, or at least close to it, as it has scored a deal with Canadian pay cabler Space, set to make it’s TV broadcast premiere April 9 at 9Pm. But it’s not just jumping ship from the web, as new mini-episodes of the 10-part series are set to stream on Spacecast.com every Monday and Friday through to Friday, April 8. [CTV Press Release] Kevin Rose has a whole handful of web series running these days, even if it’s Diggnation that gets all the attention. His semi-regular polished interview series Foundation just released its second episode—for subscribers only this week—but there’s another, less publicized series that’s essentially the same thing dubbed The Random Show. Rose interviews his cadre of interesting buddies like bestselling author and lifehacker Tim Ferris...
- 2/1/2011
- by Marc Hustvedt
- Tubefilter.com
Today at 6pm Pacific, Diggnation conducting their first ever live streamed episode on YouTube. Hosts Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht will answer questions, respond to comments, and will also conduct another live streamed Q&A after the formal episode. The show can be watched live on Diggnation’s YouTube or attended in San Francisco at Revision3’s Studio in the Dog Patch. Further information is available on Diggnation’s home page. Related News:‘Diggnation’ Meets Keyboard Cat and YouTube ‘Diggnation’ @ SXSW: A New Breed of Rock Stars ‘fforward’ Emerges As Kevin Rose’s New Show...
- 1/18/2011
- by Bree King
- Tubefilter.com
Kevin Rose has found a new name for his latest web series project that was kept mostly under wraps with not much more than the fforward name that he dropped on us back in June of last year. The Digg founder and host of the longrunning Revision3 tentpole series Diggnation, has launched his first solo project in web series—now called Foundation which begins today on YouTube (see first episode below). It’s a polished, half-hour tech magazine format where Rose sits down with other top digerati, like Square and Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey in the opening episode, for a one-on-one interview. In an interesting twist, Rose is trying out a model we have sparsely seen used in web series—the freemium model. New episodes will be available first, a week ahead of everyone else, to subscribers of his Foundation newsletter for $3.99 a month. Related News:Kevin Rose Not Leaving...
- 1/3/2011
- by Marc Hustvedt
- Tubefilter.com
Following six months of speculation about its social media plans, a Google exec nixes the idea of a social network. Or does he?
Those of you who have been eagerly awaiting Google's third foray into social media (let's not forget Orkut, and the half-arsed Google Buzz, shall we?) may have to put away your sparklers and unstring your piñatas. The firm's head of mobile product development, Hugo Barra, responded to a questioner at the Monaco Media Forum thus:
We're not working on a social network platform that's just going to be another social network platform.
That's right. We're not working on a social network platform that's just going to be another social network platform. Without a doubt, this is the winner of the 2010 Donald Rumsfeld Award for non-statements. (There are things we know we know. There are things we know we don't know. What goes on in the minds of...
Those of you who have been eagerly awaiting Google's third foray into social media (let's not forget Orkut, and the half-arsed Google Buzz, shall we?) may have to put away your sparklers and unstring your piñatas. The firm's head of mobile product development, Hugo Barra, responded to a questioner at the Monaco Media Forum thus:
We're not working on a social network platform that's just going to be another social network platform.
That's right. We're not working on a social network platform that's just going to be another social network platform. Without a doubt, this is the winner of the 2010 Donald Rumsfeld Award for non-statements. (There are things we know we know. There are things we know we don't know. What goes on in the minds of...
- 11/11/2010
- by Addy Dugdale
- Fast Company
From YouTube celebrities to chief social-media officers, these unexpected players exert outsize impact and power online -- offering new channels of communication that businesses can't afford to ignore.
Justine Ezarik (aka iJustine) has more than 300 million video views and corporate clients from Ge to Intel to Mattel.
Justine Ezarik -- known on the web as iJustine -- posted a video on YouTube this past spring about her desire to live a healthier life. She asked viewers to share their suggestions of what she might do and more than 11,000 responded. She produced five videos about those ideas that were viewed more than 2.1 million times.
YouTube was happy. The video-sharing website paid Ezarik for allowing it to embed advertising prompts at the bottom of the screen and in an adjacent box. Ge was also happy. That's because Ezarik was doing this at the company's request, as part of its Healthymagination campaign. Ezarik...
Justine Ezarik (aka iJustine) has more than 300 million video views and corporate clients from Ge to Intel to Mattel.
Justine Ezarik -- known on the web as iJustine -- posted a video on YouTube this past spring about her desire to live a healthier life. She asked viewers to share their suggestions of what she might do and more than 11,000 responded. She produced five videos about those ideas that were viewed more than 2.1 million times.
YouTube was happy. The video-sharing website paid Ezarik for allowing it to embed advertising prompts at the bottom of the screen and in an adjacent box. Ge was also happy. That's because Ezarik was doing this at the company's request, as part of its Healthymagination campaign. Ezarik...
- 10/25/2010
- by Mark Borden
- Fast Company
View counts in online video are still suspect, plagued with all kinds of accusations about view buying, autoplay, gaming the system, you name it. So when it comes to not so easy task of measuring just how to measure how popular a web series really is—especially if you’re an advertiser looking to reach an increasingly fragmented online audience—it all comes down to engagement. Buzzwords like ‘engagement’ are of course as rampant and overused as they come these days, with few web series actually able to demonstrate just how directly connected they are to their audiences. Dane Boedigheimer and his wildly popular series The Annoying Orange just might have the most engaged fans of any show online. With 286 million views and counting, and the 11th most subscribed YouTube channel at 1.25 million, it’s already head-turning how fast Orange has shot into the elite web series of all time.
- 10/5/2010
- by Marc Hustvedt
- Tubefilter.com
Bloomberg is reporting that Apple is in "advanced talks" with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, owner of Fox (among many other things), to add cheaper rentals of TV episodes on iTunes. Bloomberg also claims that CBS and Disney are in similar talks with Apple. The rumor isn't new, but there are a few changes to the specifics since the last time we heard it.
According to "three people familiar with the plan," Apple wants to rent individual TV episodes for 99 cents, allowing a 48-hour window in which the episodes can be viewed. Currently, Apple sells individual episodes outright for either $1.99 (standard definition) or $2.99 (high-definition), as do competitors such as Amazon and Microsoft. Rentals are already a familiar part of the iTunes system--but at the moment, you can only rent movies.
This rental service is apparently Apple's second choice for a new approach to television, after abandoning hope for a subscription...
According to "three people familiar with the plan," Apple wants to rent individual TV episodes for 99 cents, allowing a 48-hour window in which the episodes can be viewed. Currently, Apple sells individual episodes outright for either $1.99 (standard definition) or $2.99 (high-definition), as do competitors such as Amazon and Microsoft. Rentals are already a familiar part of the iTunes system--but at the moment, you can only rent movies.
This rental service is apparently Apple's second choice for a new approach to television, after abandoning hope for a subscription...
- 8/24/2010
- by Dan Nosowitz
- Fast Company
The rumors spin ever faster about Apple's iTV device--it'll apparently change everything, including how we communicate with remote family members, and now there's some evidence that Apple is prepping its in-store employees for "something big."
iTV Will Change Everything
Digg's Kevin Rose stirred up lots of irumors with his latest proclamation about the refreshed Apple TV. Rose's leaks are not fabulously reliable, but he has a source, or possibly several, inside Apple--so it's worth paying some attention to what he says. And this time he's saying we should "expect to see the iTV launch in September."
Rose's hyperbole went even further than usual this time, suggesting that the new Apple TV could change pretty much everything. This influence extends from the apps the iTV would put on your home's biggest screen to the end of traditional programming, thanks to "on demand" TV coming as a de facto affair through apps,...
- 8/24/2010
- by Kit Eaton
- Fast Company
Monday is innovation's Saturday night.
While you were sleeping, innovation was tossing off the world's hardest Sudoku.
1. A United Nations report into the state of the oil fields in the Niger Delta has produced outrage, as it blames locals on the myriad leaks over the past five decades. The paper claims that 90% of the spills have been caused by attempts to steal the oil, and exonerates Shell.
2. Foursquare founder Denis Crowley has taken the fight to Facebook, claiming that Places is "boring." In an interview with the Telegraph, he said, "The only interesting thing about Places is that it has a potential audience of over 500 million people around the world... but that can only be a good thing for location-based services like Foursquare, as Facebook will educate the masses about checkins." Kunur Patel of Advertising Age, however, calls Places a sure-fire way to sabotage a dinner party. And, according to TechCrunch,...
While you were sleeping, innovation was tossing off the world's hardest Sudoku.
1. A United Nations report into the state of the oil fields in the Niger Delta has produced outrage, as it blames locals on the myriad leaks over the past five decades. The paper claims that 90% of the spills have been caused by attempts to steal the oil, and exonerates Shell.
2. Foursquare founder Denis Crowley has taken the fight to Facebook, claiming that Places is "boring." In an interview with the Telegraph, he said, "The only interesting thing about Places is that it has a potential audience of over 500 million people around the world... but that can only be a good thing for location-based services like Foursquare, as Facebook will educate the masses about checkins." Kunur Patel of Advertising Age, however, calls Places a sure-fire way to sabotage a dinner party. And, according to TechCrunch,...
- 8/23/2010
- by Addy Dugdale
- Fast Company
The Revision3 cofounder talks about how to get started in Web video, Hulu, and the future of Internet TV.
When Comcast swallowed up the geek-run TechTV and merged it with G4 in the early aughts, a small group of the channel's former hosts broke from the corporate decision to start their own network. "We decided to continue to make the hardcore, niche techy-stuff," says David Prager, a veteran of TechTV. "And we were kind of in the right place at the right time--basically at the birth of Internet video." After catching the attention of former Digg CEO Jay Adelson, who provided their earliest funding, Prager and pal Kevin Rose founded Revision3, an Internet television network devoted to ultra-niche tech topics. Diggnation is still its biggest hit, but the network has expanded to include shows from Penn Jillette (Penn Point), and most recently Dan 3.0, a fan-driven interactive show that's a collaboration with YouTube.
When Comcast swallowed up the geek-run TechTV and merged it with G4 in the early aughts, a small group of the channel's former hosts broke from the corporate decision to start their own network. "We decided to continue to make the hardcore, niche techy-stuff," says David Prager, a veteran of TechTV. "And we were kind of in the right place at the right time--basically at the birth of Internet video." After catching the attention of former Digg CEO Jay Adelson, who provided their earliest funding, Prager and pal Kevin Rose founded Revision3, an Internet television network devoted to ultra-niche tech topics. Diggnation is still its biggest hit, but the network has expanded to include shows from Penn Jillette (Penn Point), and most recently Dan 3.0, a fan-driven interactive show that's a collaboration with YouTube.
- 8/17/2010
- by Austin Carr
- Fast Company
And it begins. Revision3 is beginning one of its boldest experiments to date today as the previously announced fan-driven vlog series Dan 3.0 debuts on the internet TV network. For one year straight, with no breaks or time off, Dan will post videos doing whatever his fans want him to do. 20 year-old Dan Brown already has a sizable following—nearly 250,00 subscribers on YouTube—with three years of vlogging under his belt and a few breakout hit videos. Smartly, the series is also released through Dan’s well established YouTube channel: pogobat. The custom Dan 3.0 channel on Revision3 sports a Digg-style “decision engine” which lets viewers submit ideas of tasks for Dan to accomplish. The ideas that get the most votes will actually get performed (or at least attempted) by Dan himself in the subsequent episodes. Related News:Dan Brown Does Whatever You Want in Rev3’s ‘Dan 3.0′ ‘fforward’ Emerges As Kevin Rose...
- 8/2/2010
- by Marc Hustvedt
- Tubefilter.com
This interview is part of our ongoing series related to The Influence Project.
Last month, Virgin America teamed up with the online influence measurement company Klout to promote their new routes between San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Toronto. The campaign offered free tickets to select influencers--with no strings attached. I spoke with Virgin America's social media manager Jill Fletcher about managing an airborne viral campaign, how Virgin became the airline of choice for the nerd set, and the customer service challenges presented when everyone on board is connected.
How did the idea of giving influencers free flights for the new Virgin America Toronto leg come about?
We have a network of influencers who are very supportive of our brand. We have a close relationship with Jeff Pulver and Guy Kawasaki and Xeni Jardin who fly constantly and are always tweeting about us.
We saw the influencer program as a way to extend that network.
Last month, Virgin America teamed up with the online influence measurement company Klout to promote their new routes between San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Toronto. The campaign offered free tickets to select influencers--with no strings attached. I spoke with Virgin America's social media manager Jill Fletcher about managing an airborne viral campaign, how Virgin became the airline of choice for the nerd set, and the customer service challenges presented when everyone on board is connected.
How did the idea of giving influencers free flights for the new Virgin America Toronto leg come about?
We have a network of influencers who are very supportive of our brand. We have a close relationship with Jeff Pulver and Guy Kawasaki and Xeni Jardin who fly constantly and are always tweeting about us.
We saw the influencer program as a way to extend that network.
- 7/30/2010
- by Mark Borden
- Fast Company
Kevin Pollak’s Chat Show, the Streamy-winning Charlie Rose-style interview web series with titular host Kevin Pollak, is heading to Amazon VOD and Hulu, according to a recent Beet TV interview (below) by Daisy Whitney. The one year-old talk show has become the anchor of upstart web show network that Pollak co-founded, This Week In—and notably the only show on the network without “This Week In” in its title. “Amazon has just made us a crazy sweet deal for the whole library,” said Pollak in the interview. The Amazon deal, Pollak tells us, is apparently set for the entire library for purchase, rental, Video On Demand & digital download, as well as all new episodes. While Hulu has made a similar offer—for the entire library as well as future episodes—the deal has yet to be officially closed. Related News:Babelgum and Kevin Pollak Team Up For ‘Vamped Out...
- 7/20/2010
- by Marc Hustvedt
- Tubefilter.com
It all started with Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim. The duo behind Adult Swim's oddball Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! and those absurd Zach Galifianaks Absolut commercials you love were tapped by white hot advertising agency Wieden and Kennedy to direct some Old Spice TV spots. The ads feature ex-nfl linebacker Terry Crews, his massive biceps and chiseled sub-5% body fat frame, and Heidrecker and Warehim's special blend of bizarre. You can call the campaign "Corporate America's relentless co-option of the interesting," but I just call it good advertising. And it only gets better. After the success of the Crews commercials, Wieden and Kennedy called up award-winning commercial director Tom Kuntz to create his own set of unique Old Spice spots. Featuring chiseled ex-nfl wide receiver Isaiah Mustafa, Kuntz's ads take the Hedecker and Wareheim beat-you-over-the-head brand of weird down a notch, just enough so as to maintain...
- 7/14/2010
- by Joshua Cohen
- Tubefilter.com
Over the weekend, Kevin Rose (of Digg and extensive rumormongering fame) let loose with a tweet involving two of our favorite companies, Google and Facebook. The complete tweet is above: It alleges that Google is to launch a Facebook competitor "very soon" under the name "Google Me." This all comes from a "very credible source."
Kevin Rose is almost as well known for his breaking of rumors as he is for founding and running Digg--his predictions, especially as regards Apple products, have often been unnervingly on the mark. To be fair, he's been wrong as often as he's been right, but in the world of tech rumors, as in baseball, a .500 average is more than enough to get you into the Hall of Fame.
So what of this rumor? Google's constantly experimenting with new services, including social networking and other forms of communication. Some haven't been so successful--Buzz never achieved...
Kevin Rose is almost as well known for his breaking of rumors as he is for founding and running Digg--his predictions, especially as regards Apple products, have often been unnervingly on the mark. To be fair, he's been wrong as often as he's been right, but in the world of tech rumors, as in baseball, a .500 average is more than enough to get you into the Hall of Fame.
So what of this rumor? Google's constantly experimenting with new services, including social networking and other forms of communication. Some haven't been so successful--Buzz never achieved...
- 6/28/2010
- by Dan Nosowitz
- Fast Company
A year ago, we began to notice a surge in live streaming web series, a rush that came as the technology and platforms finally caught up to the growing demand from creators for direct interaction with their audiences. Platforms like Ustream, Stickam and Livestream made “going live” even simpler than uploading a video to YouTube. And for creators who sought out a more professional setup than static webcams, new inexpensive tools like the NewTek Tricaster made multi-camera switching suddenly within reach. TheStream.tv and maniaTV were some of the first online networks of live shows, using custom-built studio space to run their multi-camera broadcasts and lively chat rooms. The trend saw a noticeable uptick in 2009, so much so that we dedicated a whole night to exploring the lure of live streaming web shows at the Going Live panel at the October Web TV Meetup. Then came news this spring that...
- 6/22/2010
- by Marc Hustvedt
- Tubefilter.com
The news surrounding Digg founder Kevin Rose and the future of the popular tech culture web series Diggnation that he co-hosts, continues this week as details have emerged about his next web series. After rumors first hit the web last week that Rose was leaving Diggnation, presumably immediately, those were quickly quelled by Rose and Revision3, the network that owns the series. Instead, the 5-year old Diggnation would continue new episodes until the end of this year. Now comes the news on TechCrunch that Rose’s new web series will be called ffoward (yes, with two f’s), and be a “weekly live streaming tech/geek culture show.” Not too much different sounding than Diggnation, except for the live streaming part, as most of that show’s episodes are pre-recorded. Right now just a splash page is up on the show’s web site, which grabs an email address for...
- 6/16/2010
- by Marc Hustvedt
- Tubefilter.com
Digg founder Kevin Rose has announced he is to leave popular geek show Diggnation after five years. Rose will leave the show at the end of the year, but he is not wasting any time in announcing his new show fforward (which is pronounced “forward”).
The new show will, according to TechCrunch, be launching in a couple of months “as a weekly live streaming tech/geek culture show”. Rose also offered an official statement on the end of Diggnation and the start of his new show:
It’s been five years, Alex and I still have fun doing the show, but I think we’re both ready for less travel and something new. ffoward is going to be unlike any show I’ve ever done, I’m excited to try some new ideas w/a live streaming audience. Diggnation will continue till the end of this year, we’ll be...
The new show will, according to TechCrunch, be launching in a couple of months “as a weekly live streaming tech/geek culture show”. Rose also offered an official statement on the end of Diggnation and the start of his new show:
It’s been five years, Alex and I still have fun doing the show, but I think we’re both ready for less travel and something new. ffoward is going to be unlike any show I’ve ever done, I’m excited to try some new ideas w/a live streaming audience. Diggnation will continue till the end of this year, we’ll be...
- 6/15/2010
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Kevin Rose, one half of the hosting duo behind Revision3’s most popular web series of all time, Diggnation, is apparently not leaving the web show after five years, despite a report by TechCrunch today to the contrary. The TechCrunch report from Michael Arrington cite a source that they “believe is accurate,” claiming that Rose will be leaving the series. It didn’t however mention any time frame for the departure. While not responding directly for comment, Rose instead turned to Twitter-and his 1.1 million followers—to make a statement on the issue: Related News:‘Diggnation’ @ SXSW: A New Breed of Rock Stars ‘Diggnation’ Meets Keyboard Cat and YouTube DiggTV: ‘Diggnation’ Finally Watchable On Digg...
- 6/10/2010
- by Marc Hustvedt
- Tubefilter.com
By Brent Lang
Social Networking site Digg shed 10 percent of its staff on Thursday.
The lay offs come on the heels of plans to overhaul the site's design and the departure of CEO Jay Adelson.
Adelson was replaced by company founder Kevin Rose in April. It was Rose who announced the cuts today on Digg's site.
"This is one of the hardest decisions we’ve had to make recently but we strongly believe that it is the right decision for the long-term health o...
Social Networking site Digg shed 10 percent of its staff on Thursday.
The lay offs come on the heels of plans to overhaul the site's design and the departure of CEO Jay Adelson.
Adelson was replaced by company founder Kevin Rose in April. It was Rose who announced the cuts today on Digg's site.
"This is one of the hardest decisions we’ve had to make recently but we strongly believe that it is the right decision for the long-term health o...
- 5/6/2010
- by Brent Lang
- The Wrap
Web Therapy, Lisa Kudrow’s acclaimed comedy web series debuted its third season on Lexus’ branded entertainment site L Studio this week. Joining Kudrow and her co-creator Dan Bucatinsky on the small screen this season are Tim Bagley, Selma Blair, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Michael McDonald and Molly Shannon. [L Studio] Ugly Americans, the Comedy Central TV series based on Devin Clark’s Atom.com web series 5-On, has just been picked up by the cable network for an additional seven episodes. The animated series debuted March 17th with a total of 2.1 million viewers and has held steady, averaging 2 million total viewers since then, according to Nielsen. [Comedy Central] Revision3’s Digg Dialogg welcomes special guest and former President Bill Clinton to the show tomorrow (4/22) to celebrate Earth Day. The hosted interview web series with Digg founder Kevin Rose has run the gambit in terms of guests—from athletes like Tony Hawk, Adrian Petersen and Grant Hill...
- 4/21/2010
- by Marc Hustvedt
- Tubefilter.com
Meet four minor App developers with major ideas. All age 16 or younger, they're part of a generation raised with multi-touch and social media, and they're cranking out profitable ideas for new devices and platforms as fast as manufacturers let them.
Since FastCompany.com last spoke with 16-year-old T.J. Pluhacek, who'd developed an app for the iPad, his app sales, have "gone up 300%," he says. His local Portland-area news stations did news reports on him and his NoteLook, too. What also became apparent along the way is that T.J.'s got a posse, an elite band of homework-acing mathletically inclined young developers whose focus and determination makes them shining examples of Generation i.
With the next-gen iPhone all over the Web today, we thought we'd get personal with these under-18, next-gen iPhone app developers and wannabe tech moguls. We suspect there are more of them cropping up each day...
Since FastCompany.com last spoke with 16-year-old T.J. Pluhacek, who'd developed an app for the iPad, his app sales, have "gone up 300%," he says. His local Portland-area news stations did news reports on him and his NoteLook, too. What also became apparent along the way is that T.J.'s got a posse, an elite band of homework-acing mathletically inclined young developers whose focus and determination makes them shining examples of Generation i.
With the next-gen iPhone all over the Web today, we thought we'd get personal with these under-18, next-gen iPhone app developers and wannabe tech moguls. We suspect there are more of them cropping up each day...
- 4/20/2010
- by Addy Dugdale
- Fast Company
Rabid users of the social game threw 150 parties on 4-16 (four-squared). Fast Company reports from the New York City rooftop soiree, where Foursquare founders and 500 fans toasted the wildly popular app.
Dennis Crowley, co-founder of Foursquare, the social network and nightlife "check-in" game that connects friends via Gps, is in his underwear. On the roof of a 20-story building. In the rain. He dutifully steps into a hot tub containing six people who appear to be in advanced stages of intoxication and poses for a picture. After the photographer is satisfied, Crowley climbs out, wraps himself in a towel, and announces there is "nothing to see here, everyone."
The six tipsy hot-tubbers flirt. The 30 visibly inebriated people on the roof keep throwing back beverages. Crowley disappears downstairs into the Hotel on Rivington penthouse, a glass-walled event space in the Lower East Side with breathtaking views of Manhattan. From about 10 p.
Dennis Crowley, co-founder of Foursquare, the social network and nightlife "check-in" game that connects friends via Gps, is in his underwear. On the roof of a 20-story building. In the rain. He dutifully steps into a hot tub containing six people who appear to be in advanced stages of intoxication and poses for a picture. After the photographer is satisfied, Crowley climbs out, wraps himself in a towel, and announces there is "nothing to see here, everyone."
The six tipsy hot-tubbers flirt. The 30 visibly inebriated people on the roof keep throwing back beverages. Crowley disappears downstairs into the Hotel on Rivington penthouse, a glass-walled event space in the Lower East Side with breathtaking views of Manhattan. From about 10 p.
- 4/19/2010
- by Shane Snow
- Fast Company
Finally, after months of preparation, after thousands of Twitter nominations were parsed down to hundreds of shortlist nominees which were then trimmed down to the list of official nominees, the International Academy of Web Television announced the winners of the 2nd Annual Streamy Awards during a live ceremony hosted by actor and comedian Paul Scheer at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles. Over 1300 digital entertainment leaders and over (insert estimate-get from Pam) live global online viewers gathered together to celebrate the best in web television programming. The live online broadcast offered closed captioning in five languages. Among attendees and participants were: Streamy Visionary Award Honoree Chad Hurley (CEO, YouTube), Keanu Reeves, Zach Galifianakis, David Spade, Nigel Lythgoe, Chris Hardwick, Illeana Douglas, Tony Hale, David Faustino, Robert Englund, Kenan Thompson, Tatyana Ali, Jaleel White, Jason & Randy Sklar, Eric Balfour, Julie Benz, David Henrie, Justine Bateman, Patrick Duffy, Kevin Pollak, Crystal Chappell,...
- 4/12/2010
- by Jenni Powell
- Tubefilter.com
The smart ones did. If you are serious about creating online entertainment there is absolutely no reason that attending SXSW Interactive (SXSWi) shouldn't be on your must-go list. The five day conference, which just wrapped up Tuesday night drew 12,000 of social media and web junkies for a non-stop, bleary-eyed bender of business cards, panels, free BBQ and new connections. It was like camp for internet people. And that's my point. If you're making any kind entertainment on the web, you are internet people. Meeting other internet people is part of your job. The apps and tools that are emerging out of the developers at SXSW matter to your web series. Entertainment on the internet spent the past 5 years learning how to go from crawling to standing up and making its first wobbly steps. Now it's 2010 and mainstream eyes are gooing over this clever toddler of a medium. The really interesting...
- 3/17/2010
- by Marc Hustvedt
- Tubefilter.com
If there was any ever doubt that a web series—without any moonlighting Hollywood celebrities or TV network backing—could galvanize throngs of faithful fans into a live rock concert adoration, well, it ended last night at SXSW. Before a sold out crowd of over 2,200 at Stubbs BBQ one of Austin's legendary outdoor concert stages, Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht took a page out of the rock star playbook at the live Diggnation taping Saturday night. The spiked hair and fire breathing magic skills of Scam School's Brian Brushwood primed the crowd, in an opening act that probably could have its own Vegas offshoot some day. Then there was the #OMGConan hoax, an organized prank led by Rev3 co-founder David Prager that generated 426 tweets from the audience blasting out that Conan O'Brien is joining Revision3. This was of course full-circle to the web network's credulous offer back in January for...
- 3/14/2010
- by Marc Hustvedt
- Tubefilter.com
Where's Weird Al when you need him? The curly locked spoofmeister could have hit Jay-z and Alicia Keys' "Empire State of Mind" out of the park, but instead, we're being treated to "The New Dork: Entrepreneur State of Mind."
It's a blatant bid at a viral video from Pantless Knights, the makers of the popular "Mac or PC" rap. A dreadlock bedecked singer in skinny jeans smooshes together a maelstrom of tech and entrepreneurship buzzwords with notable names and spits hot gems like this one: "I'm the new Zuckerberg, and since my Web site I've been cookin' dough like a chef servin' kilobytes." When the chorus rolls around, the tubed-topped, code wonk's version of a video vixen sings and plays the Keys.
Photos of Steve Wozniak, Kevin Rose, and Reid Hoffman scurry through the background while our square emcee namedrops Valleywag, Geekologie, TechCrunch, Mashable, and Gizmodo. At the 2:...
It's a blatant bid at a viral video from Pantless Knights, the makers of the popular "Mac or PC" rap. A dreadlock bedecked singer in skinny jeans smooshes together a maelstrom of tech and entrepreneurship buzzwords with notable names and spits hot gems like this one: "I'm the new Zuckerberg, and since my Web site I've been cookin' dough like a chef servin' kilobytes." When the chorus rolls around, the tubed-topped, code wonk's version of a video vixen sings and plays the Keys.
Photos of Steve Wozniak, Kevin Rose, and Reid Hoffman scurry through the background while our square emcee namedrops Valleywag, Geekologie, TechCrunch, Mashable, and Gizmodo. At the 2:...
- 3/9/2010
- by Josh Spiro
- Fast Company
Digg's founding father Kevin Rose has just revealed that Digg is soon to get a "drastic" makeover that'll make users go "wow." Rose says the site's redesign will have more emphasis on imagery and social sharing. Will it boost its fortunes?
Speaking to the U.K.'s Telegraph newspaper, Rose noted that while the changes to Digg are indeed drastic and will shock some users, "they're much-needed drastic changes." He remarked that in order to innovate to take a service like Digg into its next generation one has to be "comfortable with completely tearing down and throwing away a bunch of ideas."
Digg's structure has remained pretty much intact as it has added new features like the Diggbar and its own (controversial) URL-shortening system, with a largely text-based blogroll of newly Dugg stories discovered by its 35 million users from around the greater Web. Digg did have something of a social media sharing angle,...
Speaking to the U.K.'s Telegraph newspaper, Rose noted that while the changes to Digg are indeed drastic and will shock some users, "they're much-needed drastic changes." He remarked that in order to innovate to take a service like Digg into its next generation one has to be "comfortable with completely tearing down and throwing away a bunch of ideas."
Digg's structure has remained pretty much intact as it has added new features like the Diggbar and its own (controversial) URL-shortening system, with a largely text-based blogroll of newly Dugg stories discovered by its 35 million users from around the greater Web. Digg did have something of a social media sharing angle,...
- 1/22/2010
- by Kit Eaton
- Fast Company
Web TV network Revision3 issued an open offer letter to NBC's The Tonight Show host Conan O'Brien to take his show online. After the embattled late night star rejected a proposal from NBC to move the show to another time slot, there are talks of a separation agreement, in the $30-40 million range, letting O'Brien leave the peacock network as Jay Leno prepares to take back over the 11:30 Pm time slot. So flush with cash from the settlement, and perhaps in a coup de grâce to NBC, O'Brien could take his popular show to the internet. Revision3's VP of Programming and Production Ryan Vance made the open offer, which they say is a serious one, to Conan "Coco" O'Brien today on the company's blog. The growing online network essentially built itself on high-profile hosts—like Diggnation's Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht—though O'Brien would clearly be the biggest personality they've had yet,...
- 1/18/2010
- by Marc Hustvedt
- Tubefilter.com
Revision3 is trying to branch out from its tech-heavy roots. The self-proclaimed "leading television network for the internet generation" was built on a solid foundation of techno-geekery, architected by Digg co-founder, Kevin Rose and TechTV and PC Magazine alum, Jim Louderback. Shows like Tekzilla and Diggnation speak to the online network's core of savvy, connected fanboys and have built up a sizable following, but Revision3 is always looking to expand into other verticals comprised of niche, impassioned communities. Enter the latest web series on Revision3's programming slate, AnimeTV. Hosted by former Black Power Ranger, Johnny Young Bosch and Cristina Vee (both of whom are established anime voice actors) the show covers the world of "anime, manga, and Japanese pop culture." In each episode, a handful of well-manicured, twentysomething Nipponophiles explain and debate the merits and demerits of recent anime and magna offerings, as well as interview movers and shakers within the industry.
- 1/8/2010
- by Joshua Cohen
- Tubefilter.com
YouTube planning a live streaming push? In a recent interview with YouTube's Hunter Walk, he confidently hinted that "There is really no particular technology challenge to us delivering any type of video.” Speculation is still abound as to whether they'll tee off against (or just buy one of) the upstart live portals like UStream, Justin.tv, Livestream or Stickam. [NewTeeVee] Web Series Pin-Up Calendar? Sure, why not. If you've got it flaunt it. Indie comedy series Safety Geeks: Svi launched their very own cal with cast member and former Playboy Playmate Brittney Powell. We'll have to make room in the office for this one right next to our Tiki Bar TV pin-up cal from Lala (yes, we really have one). [Amazon] Break.com is offering up some holiday cash ($600) for successfully pie-ing your Aunt Rita in the face. The site is offering the cash, as they often do, for entries into the...
- 12/3/2009
- by Marc Hustvedt
- Tubefilter.com
Revision3's Diggnation, its super popular weekly web series of internet culture, finally has its own home on the social news site which gave it its name: Digg.com. It seems like a no-brainer, but for some reason despite the close alliance between the show and the site it hand't happened until now. There is of course the Kevin Rose connection, who is a founder of both Rev3 and Digg, and co-host of Diggnation along with Alex Albrecht. As part of the new partnership between the two companies, all of the Digg related shows—Diggnation, The Digg Reel, Digg Dialogg along with less frequent Digg Townhalls and Diggcetera—will have a hub at newly launched DiggTV. For the Revision3 series, the site is just embedding the Rev3 player. While Digg users already made up a large part of the series viewers, the new distribution channel for the shows means regular placement,...
- 11/12/2009
- by Marc Hustvedt
- Tubefilter.com
Most people equate San Francisco based Revision3 with unscripted, net-friendly hosted web series—Diggnation, TekZilla, Film Riot. Some of the series clock in over the hour mark, firmly rooted in the vein of freeform tech video podcasts. And it's around that techie niche that the company has built out an online network of dedicated fans, and incidentally, loyal sponsors like Netflix and GoDaddy looking to make waves in that scene. But with the launch of its latest series, Web Zeroes, Revision3 is taking the leap into scripted comedy with what it calls its first "sitcom." Truthfully, its closer to an Office-style single-camera comedy, than a multi-camera TV sitcom. The geek comedy was a pickup from indie creators Eddy Rivas, Nick Comardo and Daniel Miller, who together make up Houston-based Smooth Few Films. Their previous series, The Leet World, was a machinima series shot in Counter-Strike: Source. The trio of web...
- 10/12/2009
- by Marc Hustvedt
- Tubefilter.com
While we're on the subject of promo videos for web series, we couldn't pass up this latest one from the guys up at Diggnation. Sure, sitting down for a full episode of Kevin and Alex's antics can run you about a full hour of your day, but a one-minute promo is sometimes all you need to remind you to check back in on the boys. Host Kevin Rose performs a complete fail of a golf putter chip shot from the stage of their most recent episode, a live show from Phoenix. With co-host Alex Albrecht egging him on, Rose drills the oversize ball smack in the face of an innocent audience member, prompting a justified use of Keyboard Cat. (If you're one of the three people on the internet that doesn't get this ref, then study up over at another useful web series, Rocketboom's spinoff series Know Your Meme.) Related...
- 8/31/2009
- by Marc Hustvedt
- Tubefilter.com
Web geek diva temptress Shira Lazar has found the secret to making money with web video. Really, is there anything more lucrative than YouTube videos? Well maybe with a little bit of web cred alchemy. The launch today of the I Am A Geek! video on YouTube may have just found the elusive answer to getting viewers to part with their hard-earned dollars. The video is a call to action for support Room to Read, a global non-profit building literacy in the developing world. The video, which was launched this morning along with the new Society for Geek Advancement site, features a number of social media and web scenesters: Steve Wozniak, Ashton Kutcher, Kevin Pollak, Wil Wheaton, Levar Burton, Jason Calacanis, Samm Levine, Felicia Day, Kevin Rose, Alex Albrecht, Leo Laporte, IJustine, David Karp, Brian Solis, Veronica Belmont, Sarah Lacy, Pete Cashmore, Randi Zuckerberg, Ton Hsieh, Gary Vaynerchuk, Jonathan Coulton,...
- 5/11/2009
- by Marc Hustvedt
- Tubefilter.com
By Maria Russo
The Webby Award winners were announced Tuesday -- with a healthy serving of celebrity names represented in the awards, which are given out in a whopping135 categories.
Jimmy Fallon was Person of the Year for his gung-ho Twittering and cheerful assault on the barriers between network TV and the web, with moves such as having Diggnation hosts Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht on his late night NBC talk show.
Sarah Silverman was Best Actress for her viral videos “I’m F---ing Matt Damon” and “The Great Schlepp,” in which she encouraged Jewish...
The Webby Award winners were announced Tuesday -- with a healthy serving of celebrity names represented in the awards, which are given out in a whopping135 categories.
Jimmy Fallon was Person of the Year for his gung-ho Twittering and cheerful assault on the barriers between network TV and the web, with moves such as having Diggnation hosts Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht on his late night NBC talk show.
Sarah Silverman was Best Actress for her viral videos “I’m F---ing Matt Damon” and “The Great Schlepp,” in which she encouraged Jewish...
- 5/6/2009
- by Maria Russo
- The Wrap
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