…When all the odds are stacked against you
My friend Rick Goldsmith has just received his second nomination for an Academy Award, this time for his feature length documentary “The Most Dangerous Man in America” which he made with Judith …
Author Archive | Ken McCarthy
At last, a reason for HD: Prairie Home Companion
I like the way HD looks, but for the longest time it seemed like overkill.
I mean do we really need digital transmission and HD quality on our television sets? Really?
But here’s a use of HD that is truly …
YouTube 1 billion views a day
These days, it’s looks like I’m posting every three months. C’est la vie.
The Internet video revolution has come, saw and conquered. What’s left to say?
Well, occasionally things happen that deserve attention.
Here are two big ones that jumped …
Monetizing videos – long videos
Monetizing videos – long videos
We’re coming up on the fourth anniversary of the System Video Blog so I took some time to go over the past four years worth of articles. I’m happy to say in all that time, …
Why the web and why NOW!
Why the Web and Why NOW!
Transcript of a talk given by Ken McCarthy, November 5, 1994 in San Francisco to an audience of advertisers, publishers, and multimedia producers at Pacific Bell’s Yerba Buena Media Center
“This was a great …
Hacker makes clueless company $590 million
Hard to believe, but it’s been three years since I wrote about a little company called Pure Digital and its interesting – but dumb – idea for disposable video cameras.
While it was cool to be able to buy a …