by Joshua Cohen on November 30th, 2007
Fast Lane Daily, the daily news show for car fanatics, was kind enough to give Josh and me a behind-the-scenes look at their fast-paced productions. The happy-go-lucky team, replete with actual car buffs has been whipping up five shows a week since last January with a slick and efficient production process that purrs like the [...]
by Joshua Cohen on November 30th, 2007
It’s been over 3 months since the Russian born and bred face of Geek Entertainment TV went live on Johnny Goldstein’s Par-Tay to announce an awards eventwhere everyone’s a winner.
After parting ways with internet video production house, PodTech and leaving behind her old awards show, The Vloggies, due to a copyright claim, Irina Slutsky [...]
by Joshua Cohen on November 29th, 2007
The dynamic duo behind Galacticast (Tilzy.TV) – the internet TV show that’s boldly taken DIY special effects and a passionate, near-encyclopedic knowledge of science fiction and comic book culture where no web series has gone before – recently parted ways. While Casey McKinnon seeks “new opportunities as a host/writer or actress/writer in the television and/or [...]
by Joshua Cohen on November 28th, 2007
The rescheduled, off-again, on-again CNN/YouTube Republican Debate is eight candidates and 4,927 submissions strong (close to double the 2,989 questions entered into the Democrat’s fray) and only moments away from show time.
### CNN’s Anderson Cooper will again don his snow white moderator’s cap and ask the candidates hopefully pointed questions that he and a crew [...]
by Joshua Cohen on November 28th, 2007
Now entering its 12th year, the Webby Awards decided to mark the event by highlighting 12 of the most “important, influential and beloved online videos of all-time.” Trying to reduce over a decade’s worth of content into 12 clips is no easy task, and overall, the for-profit awards ceremony that celebrates internet excellence made some [...]
by Jamison Tilsner on November 28th, 2007
The Maria Bamford show has “helped to unearth a core essence of the sitcom that’s long been buried and superseded by star power, absurd romantic situations, and a need to continue shows long past their prime,
” as Matt Kirsch has so eloquently noted.
The no-budget, no-cast, no-frills sitcom that sports a surprising number of characters rests [...]
by Jamison Tilsner on November 28th, 2007
I had high hopes for Barely Political, which created a brand with some politically-slanted viral hits featuring the lovely Amber Lee Ettinger (aka Obama Girl), but attempts to leverage the success of those viral hits to create an entertainment destination have, so far, fallen short. At least for me.
I can’t dismiss the effort just yet; [...]
by Joshua Cohen on November 27th, 2007
When a study released by the Bivings Group this September showed that the number of top 50 US magazines by circulation offering video features jumped from 34% in 2006 to 60% in 2007, you’d think that Wired, although not included in the research, would’ve followed the trend. It’d make sense for a techno-utopian magazine that [...]