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Thursday, May 28, 2009

Record Year - unofficial music video (flash)

Fan made Music video for 'Record Year' by the Decemberists (rated PG-13).

Terminator Behind the Scenes Footage (flash)

Raw behind the scenes video from the movie Terminator: Salvation

  1. video 1
  2. video 2
  3. video 3
  4. video 4

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Google In Upfront Marketplace

Google is now buying and selling TV ads in a big way.

Google TV Ads has begun booking upfront deals with major agencies and advertisers for the first time.
Marketers are committing upwards of seven figures to buy ads through the TV spot buying system in the year ahead, with agencies like Deutsch and Saatchi & Saatchi and advertisers like Coldwell Banker coming to the table, said Mike Steib, director of Google TV Ads.
Steib explained that marketers can still buy or tweak their campaigns daily; they're simply agreeing to use Google TV Ads throughout the year.
What our customers told us if the planner can put us into the upfront plan, then the buyers are free to utilize the platform in the way they works best for them, he said.
They can also buy ads on YouTube now using Google TV Ads

(from The Hollywood Reporter).

Parazynski Descends Everest (flash/news)

Astronaut Scott Parazynski and other IMG climbers descend down the summit ridge on Mt. Everest; especially spectacular starting at 1 minute 10 seconds (rated PG).

Whack-A-Kitty (flash)

It's time to play Whack-A-Kitty (rated PG).

Monday, May 18, 2009

Legal Terms of Video Hosting Services

...I was researching a video hosting service that would match my requirements of:
  1. Which rights of my work I would have to give away,
  2. what usage rights I could assign to my viewers,
  3. what level of privacy I could expect in terms of disclosure of my data,
  4. and where a service had its legal residence in case of a dispute.
I’ve decided to collect and extend my findings in this post in the hope that it can help others in choosing their preferred video hosting service

(from Owned? Legal terms of video hosting services compared). Since these can change at any time, double check, and consider speaking with a lawyer; caveat producer.

Numbers and the Net

But the great thing about the internet is that it allows every minor interest, every academic specialism, every rare and refined hobby a place, so the numbers really don't matter in the same way as the old media

(Emphasis added, from Codecs and Capability).