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Web for Social Change

Icon Written by Adam on September 18, 2007 – 9:48 am

An innovative new Web broadcaster is using the power of the Internet to inspire children and youth in schools across North America to make a difference.
Quantum Shift TV is challenging students from grades one to twelve across the United States and Canada to participate in the Be the Change! Share the Story! School Video [...]



My Yearbook

Icon Written by Adam on September 14, 2007 – 2:19 pm

My Yearbook is a success story the likes of which the internet hasn’t seen since web 1.0. A couple teens (with a lot of help from their older brother who owns a company) created a site around being in an American high school.
C|Net has all the information and then some on this site that is [...]



U.S. Broadcaster’s Streaming Services Compared

Icon Written by Adam on September 12, 2007 – 4:48 pm

Major networks are finally understanding that people watch shows on their computers, but they still don’t have it right at all.
Last100 has reviewed them to figure out who has the best online service.
Their online offerings remain sporadic; their Internet strategies feel like “we have to” rather than “we want to”; and — worst of all [...]



Spout it out

Icon Written by Adam on September 11, 2007 – 1:53 pm

Spout is another social networking site that wants to provide trusted reviews from friends. The site creators wanted to create a space that was somewhere between the theater and the film festival in terms of suggestions and reviews.
The basic idea is that we all know someone who we trust when it comes to their [...]



HBO and Showtime Begin to Get it

Icon Written by Adam on September 5, 2007 – 12:53 pm

HBO and Showtime are both catching on to this whole “internet” fad far better than a lot of other broadcasters. One is buying up content made online while the other is generating content online.
HBO has purchased a machinima video made entirely in Second Life. The video was originally conceived to be sold to broadcasters, [...]



Sony crackles up

Icon Written by Adam on August 17, 2007 – 3:34 pm

Crackle is a site that is owned by Sony that has the one goal of finding new talent. Members of Crackle, formerly known as Grouper which was bought by Sony for $65 million last year, submit their video content in the hopes that it’ll be discovered by someone at Sony as the next big thing. [...]



List of Stuff Aug. 28

Icon Written by Adam on August 17, 2007 – 2:47 pm

Viacom And NBC Inject Themselves Into Online Video Litigation
Cryptomundo

Facebook Opens Email Up A Little; I Want More - a long time coming if yo ask me.
Playing Their Own Way an article that looks at the growing movement of pseudo-homebrew games.

Who owns web 2.0 - media consolidation at its finest.

YouTube Videos to Have ‘Overlay’ Ads - [...]



Kate Modern

Icon Written by Adam on August 15, 2007 – 2:08 pm

The people behind the successful LonelyGirl15 have started Kate Modern, I think that it is really a shining example of where filmed entertainment is going. They have partnered with Bebo to distribute each episode. Kate apprently dosen’t remember anything that has happened to her and needs help from her friends remembering, the thing is [...]