Showing posts with label web. Show all posts
Showing posts with label web. Show all posts

Monday, April 21, 2008

Producer launches online 'studio'

Read all about it in this BBC article here.

Multiplatform Branded-Entertainment Hits Snag With Corporate Structure

Have you ever ran into this problem?

Even though your client thinks your brand new Web/TV/Cell integrated product is out of this world, he has to sell your idea to a thousand VPs and managers... who have no idea of the possibilities of this new multiplatform offering. And who do not want to commit the budget since the project falls outside the scope of their department...

Can the corporate silo structure kills a multiplatform project? Of course it can.

More about it this TV Week article you can read after the jump.

Monday, April 14, 2008

Friday, April 11, 2008

The Daily Walk to The Video Store... Soon to Be No More

BlockBuster Video is now considering a new distribution model involving a set-top box that will allow direct streaming of movies to your television.

Read all about it here.

Internet TV Finally Taking Off

A gold mine for some, a nightmare for others... It finally seems like the Big Six are getting on the action. All they need now is a viable and effective ad model...

More after the jump.

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Online Sales to Grow 17 Percent in '08

Wired has all the details, click here to read the whole thing.

Thursday, April 3, 2008

Early TV Sponshorship Model to Make a Comeback?

And now a word from our sponsor....

The Ad industry is dying... Or so think many advertisers badly shaken by the introduction of new (and not so new) advertising channels/techniques such as the Web, games, dvds, product placement, etc.

So it comes as no surprise that NBC has announced yesterday that it is now advocating a new ad business model directly borrowed from pre-WWII radio and early tv, the program sponsorship model. According to the NY Times, sponsors will get to approve scripts and content in this move to "extend partnerships beyond the 30-seconds model"... The model will also extend to some of the broadcaster's online initiatives.

More info here

300 Employees Laid Off at DoubleClick

More info here