First the news… detailed analysis to follow in future posts.
As predicted on this blog last winter, Google is adding online video advertising to its pay-per-click arsenal – and it’s happening this week.
Here’s a super-short cheat sheet of what …
Author Archive | Ken McCarthy
Dealing with the devil?
Years ago, when Japanese electronics manufactures introduced the VCR, US movie studios went ballistic and tried to shut the new technology down with lawsuits.
Hollywood was afraid the VCR was going to kill its business.
As things turned out, the …
Better than Google Video
And better than YouTube too.
There seem to be a zillion Internet video archive sites these days which means it’s pretty hard for any single one to stand out.
Just when I thought I’d seen it all, along comes…
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And the winner is…
The Emmy Awards launched a new awards category this year… for Internet, cell phones and iPods.
You can see the nominees here:
http://www.emmyonline.org/emmy/daytime_new_media_nominations.html#videos
The winner?
“Live 8 on AOL”
– Ken McCarthy
P.S. For over 25 years I’ve been sharing …
Think niche
If you’ve been checking the blog on a regular basis, you know that I’m more than a little bit skeptical about YouTube’s long term prospects. I’m impressed by how much traffic they’re generating and the pioneering role they’ve taken, but….…
Dejavu all over again
In the 1950s, television tore a huge chunk out of Hollwood’s hide. Within six years of the introduction of TV to consumers, movie theater attendance was down 50%
Today, theater attendance is only one sixth – yes, 1/6 – of …