‘Studio 60′ pilot appears, disappears from YouTube
How many times have we written about this before? Today, I watched the pilot for “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip,” the new fall show on NBC that’s (very) loosely based on the behind-the-scenes life at a SNL-like show. It was on YouTube, albeit in five parts. I was going to write about how much [...]
VH1 ‘Vspot’ not compatible with own promotional ad
The TV promo ad for VH1′s Vspot broadband video site clearly shows it in a Safari browser. I went to check it out, only to find the site is not Mac compatible. From the site: We are sorry! Vspot does not currently have Digital Rights Management (DRM) support for Macintosh. Please see our FAQ for [...]
Beware of the ‘Day of the Longtail’!
Excellent video parody from YouTube: what the trailer for a “Long Tail” movie would look like. It’s The Day of the Longtail, complete with tagline: “THE AUDIENCE IS UP TO SOMETHING.” You betcha. Chris Anderson’s gotta be proud that a long tail site like YouTube is hosting this.
Big media catching user content bug
It took some time, but we’re beginning to see a steady stream of announcements as big media sites throw open their doors to user-created content. Just today, CNN, AOL and WeatherBug said they’re getting in the game. Last week, which I have failed to mention, ABC News Now debuted Seen & Heard, a new show [...]
Aruba 2006: Your boycott dollars at or not at work
I’m just back from Aruba, and I have great news for everyone who supported that Aruba boycott: It worked! The Aruban police realized how serious we were, devoted all their resources to the investigation, and found Natalee over at Joran’s place. They handed her over immediately, and issued a full apology on Nancy Grace. No, seriously, the boycott’s still stupid, and one year after I first wrote about The Land That The Media Circus Has Now Forgot, the damage we have done to Aruba is, mercifully, minimal. Unfortunately, now the blogs are taking up the vigilante justice that the news nets left off. More…
PGA.com to offer four live streams
Using CNN.com’s Pipeline technology, TNT along with PGA.com will offer four live streams from the PGA Championship on Aug. 17-21. The streams will be ad-supported (Hitachi, Travelers and Buick) and available for free. TNT says if the coverage goes well, it may work up a similar plan for its Nascar races next summer.
WeatherBug betas user video site
WeatherBug Video users can send in home video of crazy weather and even their own weathercasts. Each clip has built in sharing features, ratings and the ability to subscribe to a designated user’s video feed. (Via CyberJournalist)
Google inks deal with AP
Earlier this year, Google quietly did a deal with the Associated Press, one of more than 50 agreements AP CEO Tom Curley has obtained from Internet players since 2003. While it’s unclear how the Google deal is arranged, PaidContent’s Rafat Ali speculates, “It could be on the basis of how may people click on AP [...]
AOL to relaunch video site with user clips
Ah, everyone is chasing YouTube’s success. Coming this Friday, AOL will relaunch its free video site with user-created clips. Plus, it will include new video from the History Channel, Comedy Time, MTV, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, WNBA, and Warner Bros. “We’re trying to integrate all elements,” said Josh Freeman, VP of AOL Video. The site’s slogan? [...]
MSN sees video bump with ‘Rockstar’
Now into the second season of Rock Star, Mark Burnett Productions and MSN are seeing some success with the online-only episode of the CBS series. MSN served 250 percent more streams in the first week of Rock Star: Supernova this summer compared to Rock Star: INXS last year. Show executive producer Lisa Hennessey says the [...]
NBC to promote ‘Heroes’ to moviegoers
Coming soon to a theater near you, NBC and Nissan will distribute cards with iTunes codes for free downloads of the pilot of the network’s upcoming show, Heroes. Also, moviegoers will see :10 promos for the show during the previews.
The 100 oldest domains
Here’s an interesting list of the first 100 domains registered on the internet. If you’re like me, you wonder why you didn’t register everything under the sun all those years ago…
CNN.com opens its doors to user content
CNN.com is introducing a new section dedicated to user-created content. Called CNN Exchange and powered in part by Blip.tv, the section combines CNN.com’s blogs and message boards with user-submitted video, photos and comments, or I-Reports. “User-generated content has the potential to play a pivotal role in journalism whether it’s online or offline,” said Mitch Gelman, [...]
Resources page now updated
Slowly but surely, the new Lost Remote is taking shape. I updated the resources page, and I’ll add a longer list of sites in the near future. I’m working on bringing back the pitch box, provided I can find a spam fix. I’ll transfer over the domain name next weekend. And the archives are a [...]
Why are we linking to YouTube?
I’ve had a few inquiries why Lost Remote is embedding YouTube clips of copyrighted material rather than linking to the video on the originating media site. It’s a legitimate question, but I’m staging a protest. As a blogger, YouTube’s functionality allows me quickly find and embed the player on the site with a simple copy-paste. [...]
When fake news becomes news
As part of the “Better Know a District” segment on the Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert interviewed Congressman Robert Wexler, who’s running uncontested in November. As a joke, Colbert asked him to say some things that would normally lose him the election, like how much he enjoys cocaine. And as a joke, Wexler did. Funny stuff. [...]
House votes to ban social networks in schools
By an overwhelming vote, the U.S. House has passed a bill that would require public schools and libraries to prevent minors from accessing “social networking sites” and “chat rooms.” Initially designed to apply to MySpace — that great evil — the bill is worded so vaguely that it may apply to sites like Amazon, LinkedIn and Slashdot. “(Social networking sites) have become a haven for online sexual predators who have made these corners of the Web their own virtual hunting ground,” said Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick, one of the original sponsors of the “Deleting Online Predators Act” or DOPA. As you can imagine, I think this is absurd. So here comes the rant…
Grouper introduces video comments
The user video site Grouper has just added a feature that allows people to post video comments on clips using their webcams. A great idea and a natural evolution for comments. Plus, check out that sharing functionality at the bottom of their embedded video player (below). Download to desktop, iPod or PSP. And one-click publishing [...]
