Tweet We’ve had a great couple of weeks over at Hacktivision! Of particular interest to our writers have been recent developments with YouTube as a cultural, legal and industrial entity. Here’s a sampling of what we’ve been talking about.
Posts Tagged ‘Video (Web/Mobile/Transmedia)’
Looking Beyond Big Video in ‘Continuum’
Posted by Aymar Jean Christian on January 30th, 2012
Tweet Click for journal article at Continuum As video networks become increasingly successful monetizing audiences — through either advertising or subscription — the question arises: what about everyone else? Most Americans are unaware of the rich ecosystem for video online, from smaller omnibus sites like Blip to minority networks like GLO. Yet as dynamic as the [...]
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No Comments »Outsiders After Viral Video
Posted by Aymar Jean Christian on January 27th, 2012
Tweet Originally posted at Hacktivision If YouTube’s massive overhaul – many years in the making – revealed anything, it was our deep investments in the transformative potential of web video. Many observers have criticized the company’s move as selling out, a way to streamline the site’s chaos for the benefit of advertisers. (What else is [...]
Posted in uncategorized Tags: gender, race, Video (Web/Mobile/Transmedia), web series, youtube No Comments »Introducing: Hacktivision
Posted by Aymar Jean Christian on January 16th, 2012
Tweet I couldn’t think of a more perfect time to announce a new blog about the future of video and television! Within the last month, YouTube’s re-launch has changed the video landscape, Hulu and Netflix announced more original content, and the web series community has been experimenting with award shows. Hacktivision is the brainchild of Josh Braun, a [...]
Posted in uncategorized Tags: research, social networking, TV, Video (Web/Mobile/Transmedia) No Comments »Over-The-Top, Top-Down and Bottom-Up
Posted by Aymar Jean Christian on January 9th, 2012
Tweet If we’ve learned anything about over-the-top video, it has been its agnosticism. Web video distribution can be progressive or regressive, support diversity or concentrate eyeballs at the top. Whether a company loves it or hates it depends very much on how much it has and how much it has to lose. Last week saw [...]
Posted in uncategorized Tags: distribution, indendent film, TV, Video (Web/Mobile/Transmedia) 1 Comment »Can — And Should — YouTube Recreate TV?
Posted by Aymar Jean Christian on December 20th, 2011
Tweet Thanks to Chuck Tryon for linking! A redesign can make or break a website — remember Facebook before the News Feed? — or it can mean nothing at all. The consequences of YouTube’s latest redesign are unknown, but I view it with some ambivalence. I’m excited, but I have my reservations. Clearly I’m in the minority. [...]
Web Video Wrap-Up: Recapping Fall As 2012 Approaches
Posted by Aymar Jean Christian on December 19th, 2011
Tweet Thanks to Chuck Tryon for linking! As some of you know I’ve spent the fall writing my dissertation/book and interviewing for academic jobs (professorships and postdocs). Both are going well. But I haven’t blogged much in the last few months, and keeping up with news has been nearly impossible. My last web video news roundup of August [...]
Posted in uncategorized Tags: TV, Video (Web/Mobile/Transmedia), web series, web video weekly 1 Comment »Who Wins When TV and the Web Converge? Nielsen and the Problem of Web Ratings
Posted by Aymar Jean Christian on October 24th, 2011
Tweet Believe it or not, ever since 1994 media executives have been claiming the web will become television. It’s a theme I will explore extensively in the second chapter of my dissertation. It’s been a consistent refrain from the likes of Microsoft, who in the 1990s invested millions in created original web content; tech companies [...]
Netflix, Qwikster and the Challenge of Navigating the Digital Transition
Posted by Aymar Jean Christian on September 20th, 2011
Tweet UPDATE: Netflix has decided to not split its DVD business into Qwikster. In September 2009 Netflix was trading at around $50 a share, the next year it was at $150 and just a few months ago it reached a peak of $300. Netflix’s meteoric rise wasn’t a bubble, it was based on its growing [...]
Web Video Wrap-Up: Looking Back As Fall Approaches
Posted by Aymar Jean Christian on September 7th, 2011
Tweet Around the end of June I stopped publishing my weekly updates on web video because I was far too busy. Once again I think my schedule has become so packed, I don’t know if I can continue at that pace this fall, perhaps moving it to monthly. Still, I tried to keep up with [...]
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