Advertisers, listen up
Written by Kelsey Brookes Wednesday, 20 May 2009 02:50
Echoing my own thoughts on the matter, Joel Johnson over at BoingBoing makes a great point about why advertisers should embrace Hulu.
Advertisers, remember this about Hulu viewers
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Crowdsourced TV
Written by Kelsey Brookes Wednesday, 20 May 2009 02:26
Fox Television is trying its hand at crowdsourcing by partnering with hosted animation site, Aniboom to find the next big thing.
In a contest starting on May 27, anyone can submit an holiday-themed, two-to-four minute video for a chance at fame and fortune. Distribution is not guaranteed, but here's hoping.
0 CommentsABC (Australia) gets funding boost
Written by Forum Editor Wednesday, 20 May 2009 02:09
The 2009/2010 budget held some good news for the local Australian TV production industry.
A record funding boost of $136.4 million has been announced, to be delivered over the next three years and allocated to create new Australian drama and the launch of a free-to-air children's network.
In the usual anti-Liberal broadside during the announcement of the funding, Senator Conroy claimed Australian new TV drama had slumped to less than 20 hours a year and that the new funding would create up to 90 hours of new Australian content.
0 CommentsPhysical media? How quaint.
Written by Kelsey Brookes Wednesday, 20 May 2009 01:23
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, has been cancelled.
While I thought that Chronicles became a particularly compelling bit of prime-time sci-fi, I'm not here to mourn its demise. If I can get over Firefly I can get over anything.
What's really pushed my 'Big Media Just Don't Get It' button is the possible plans for future stories from the series: Apparently straight-to-dvd movies are the way to go.
Despite the stigma of this kind of production, Warner Brothers are still bound into their shiny-little-disc strategy and feel that this is the way forward.
I've got an idea:
How about monetising international online distribution?
0 CommentsWarner Music DCMAs itself
Written by Forum Editor Tuesday, 05 May 2009 01:57
Warner Music have long been one of the slap-happy Digital Millenium Copyright Act serial abusers, issuing takedown notices regardless of fair use at the slightest provocation.
As it turns out, they're fairer in their application that we would previously have believed.
They've managed to issue takedown notices against themselves, issued against Sire Records whose parent company is Warners.
The ironic part of all this that Warner Music are effectively denying themselves and the artists they represent free publicity, while simultaneously decrying piracy as the sole cause of their current financial woes.
Full story on BoingBoing.
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