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March 3, 2010

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Hawk Thompson

Here It Is, Folks, Your Moment of Truth: The Daily Show and The Colbert Report Leave Hulu

According to Media Decoder, The Daily Show and The Colbert Report (2 of Hulu's top 10 most popular shows of all time) will no longer live on Hulu. After failing to reach an agreement with Hulu over revenue sharing, Viacom has decided to keep the two shows in the family. While Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert will likely continue to laugh all the way to the bank as the dust settles, who really stands to lose the most here — Viacom or Hulu?

Filed under // Hulu Jon Stewart Stephen Colbert The Colbert Report The Daily Show Viacom video

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March 1, 2010

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Justin Clemens

Click Play, Be Impressed

Some of the best Vimeo ads are starting to be as immersive as the best YouTube ads. For example, "And Then There Was Salsa" - linked and not embedded for a reason.

Filed under // video Vimeo YouTube

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February 14, 2010

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Hawk Thompson

Will Chatroulette Double Down or Let It Ride?

Chatroulette first showed up on my radar in late '09, then popped up again in January. Super simple and crazy fun to use, the random video chat platform grabbed my attention and refused to let go.

Apparently I wasn't alone, either. Now everyone from tastemakers and VCs to Good Morning America and the NY Times is raving about the service, and its founder/sole proprietor, 17-year-old Russian high school student Andrey Ternovskiy, has a major success on his hands.

So, what's next for Chatroulette? According to the Times, Ternovskiy is still weighing his options carefully. But judging from the (sometimes NSFW) tweets on @chatroulette, he seems to be having fun and taking it all in stride. Just like any brilliant teenage entrepreneur should.

Filed under // chat chatroulette social media video

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January 30, 2010

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RPPL

Using YouTube Annotations to Engage Your Audience

Watching video doesn't have to be a passive activity; in fact, social media has transformed it into a great way to foster audience participation. With YouTube annotations, for example, you can weave videos together into narratives that encourage viewers to interact with your brand. Check out the videos below for examples of different ways to use this awesome feature.

The Birthday Party: An Interactive Adventure!

Google Chrome Features:

The Subs' Famous Video Podcast:

Filed under // annotations social media video YouTube

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January 25, 2010

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RPPL

Yale Goes Viral!

A collaboration between Yale undergrads and recent alumni, this Glee-ful 16-minute musical opus may be the weirdest campus tour video we've ever seen. It does, however, do a brilliant job of using social media to spread the word (and either confirm or confound your suspicions, depending on how you look at it) about the Ivy League school.

Filed under // social media video viral Yale

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January 20, 2010

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RPPL

Need Inspiration? Get Humble Pied.

Advice from your peers does more than just remind you you're not alone — it inspires you to take action, knowing others have done the same and succeeded.

Humble Pied crowdsources that kind of inspiraton for designers simply and elegantly by asking top creative minds to answer one question via video chat: if you had one piece of advice for fledgling creatives, what would it be? 9 times out of 10, the answer is a revelation.

Filed under // crowdsourcing design Humble Pied social media Tinychat video

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January 17, 2010

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RPPL

Gather Friends for Instant Meetings with Tinychat

Looking for ways to get your people talking to each other, face to face and in real time? Try Tinychat. It's social video conferencing made easy.

Filed under // chat conferencing social media Tinychat video

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December 9, 2009

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RPPL

Introducing UStream for iPhone

In another jump forward for live mobile broadcasting, UStream released its first iPhone app today. Unlike Knocking, which offers one-way app-to-app broadcasting, the UStream app allows you to broadcast video to the world (you can even syndicate it on your Facebook profile) from your smartphone. Can a Droid app be far behind?