Archive for October, 2009
Epix Debuts/Enjoy Now
After hearing about Epix for weeks now from Curt Marvis at Lionsgate at both #DH09 and #DMWC, I was psyched to hear this morning that they were giving away 72 hour passes to the EpixHD site this weekend. Click here to get yours. Great news for those of us who don’t have FiOS and want another [...]
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Tags: Annie Hall, Birth of a Nation, Box of Moonlight, Chaplin, Cloverfield, Crackle, Crimes & Misdemeanors, Curt Marvis, Dead Again, Eat Drink Man Woman, Epix, Everybody Wants To Be Italian, Fancast, Fiddler On The Roof, Flash Gordon, GI Joe, Godfather, Google Me, Hair, Heidi, Hulu, Iron Man, Johnny Mnemonic, Lionsgate, Love Guru, MacHEADS, Madonna, Meet the Mobsters, MGM, Paramount, People v Larry Flynt, Purple Rose of Cairo, RIP Remix Manifesto, Romance & Cigarettes, Shampoo, Slacker, SLC Punk, Sling, Spiderwick Chronicles, Stepford Wives, Supersize Me, Thief of Bagdad, Wolf
Virtual Goods Summit is in full swing with 500+ at the Westin but I am locked down in another universe and just can’t make it over. Luckily, the Twitter stream has been strong. Special thanks to @lcddave, @killcreek, @jnusser, @joecotellese, @melissaliton, @traffichoney and all the other awesome #VDC09 tweeps, here’s a summary of what was said:
Amy [...]
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Tags: BOKU, DDO, Gaia, IMVU, Linden Lab, Live Gamer, Mochi Media, Ning, ORCA, PlaySpan, Second Life, Serious Business, Shufflebrain, Social Gold, SpareChange, SuperRewards, TrialPay, Turbine, Virtual Goods Summit, Viximo, Zong
Digital Media Wire was in town today at the swanky Hotel Kabuki delivering its intimate brand of confab, where content and technology is shaken not stirred, and thought leaders hunker down to vision the future of digital media. Del Daix of the Examiner.com and Julie Robin Blaustein of Bub.blicio.us were there blogging as well. Here [...]
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Tags: YouTube, CBS Interactive, Funny or Die, Meebo, Dailymotion, Lionsgate, Craigslist, Craig Newmark, Norwest Venture Partners, Tim Chang, Ron Conway, Kevin Yen, Jim Louderback, Digital Media Conference West, Revision3, TuneWiki, AddictingGames, Disney.com, Anthony Soohoo, Mitch Galbraith, Joy Marcus, Liz Gannes, NewTeeVee, Stephen Condon, Chris Petrovic, GameStop Digital Ventures, Tom DeLuca, Warner Home Video, Martin Green, Rob Griffin, Del Daix, Examiner.com, Julie Robin Blaustein, Bub.blicio.us, Curt Marvis, Scott Brown, Cisco Media Solutions Group, Kate Connally, Allen Duan, MTV Networks, Rani Cohen, Madeline Herdrich, Paramount Pictures Digital, Jason Davis, Adeo Rossi, TheFunded.com, ATT Digital Media, Havas Digital, Marc Andreeson, Reed Hoffman, @kevinrose, (Greylock, Highland Capital, @sarahcuda
Whether you’re North or South this week, there’s lots of fun to be had. In San Francisco, on W 10/28 the Digital Media Conference West is at the Hotel Kabuki (1625 Post) and on Th-F 10/29-30 the Virtual Goods Summit is at the Westin (50 3rd/Market). In LA, on Tu-W 10/27-28 Jeff Pulver’s 140 Characters Conference is [...]
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Tags: 140 Characters Conference, AddictingGames, Andrew Lacy, Anthony Soohoo, Are Traasdahl, ATT, Best Buy Capital, Billboard Film & TV Music Conference, Bryan Perez, CBS Interactive/TV.com, Charles Hudson, Chris Petrovic, Cisco, Craigslist, Dabble, Digg, Digital Media Conference West, Disney.com, DM, DNA Investments, Dominik Rausch, Easy to Assemble, EQAL, Evil Global Corp, FOD, GameStop Digital Ventures, Gannon Hall, Generate, Glee, Havas, Hayden Black, hi5, IKEA, Illeana Douglas, Jeremy Liew, Jim Louderback, Joy Marcus, Kevin Yen, Kuk Yi, Kyte, Lightspeed, Lionsgate, Liz Gannes, Martin Green, Meebo, Mitch Galbraith, MTV, NBA Digital, NewTeeVee, NVP, Paramount, Revision3, Rob Griffin, Serious Business, SK Telecom, Stephen Condon, Tapulous, Ted Cohen, ThumbplayJoe Jasin, Tim Chang, Tom DeLuca, TuneWiki, Twilight, Virtual Goods Summit, Warner Home Video, Yahoo, Yobo, YouTube
Digital Hollywood, the standard by which all digital media conferences are measured, a gathering at the intersection of film tv music gaming social mobile, an intense, exhilarating, deliriously exhausting brain squeeze where the brightest in the business try to piece it together while moving faster than the speed of light. On stage and off were blockbuster [...]
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Tags: YouTube, Twitter, Sony, Fox, NBCU, MTV, Funny or Die, blip.tv, Lionsgate, HP, Activision, Ning, Yahoo! Connected TV, Digital Hollywood, Heroes, EQAL, HBO, Digital Media Wire, Cinemanow, Demand Media, ABC, Bravo, Mandalay Entertainment, Peter Guber, Babelgum, Hoodlum, GoTV, IndieGoGo, ICM, SanFranMusicTech, FX, Fremantle, Omelet, Reveille, French Maid TV, Westdoc, Variety, Anvil!, Rovi, Justine Bateman, Carson Daly, Brett Ratner, Monkey Media, Dick Clark Productions, Richard Rosenblatt, Mike McCurry, Arts + Labs, Glasgow Phillips, Break.com, David Zucker, Jason Calacanis, Felicia Day, The Guild, Bollywood Hero, FilmNation, Marc Graboff, ATAS, Mad Men, LadderUp, Transpond, MGM, Public Enemy, NY Television Festival, Gerber Rigler, Jim Louderback, Tim Street, Dominik Rausch, George Ruiz, Dina Kaplan, Drew Baldwin, Tubefilter, TilzyTV, Comedy.com, South Park, Secret Secret Service, Beverly Hills Cops IV, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, igossip.com, Wired City, Josh Harris, Mahalo.com, Writers boot Camp, Date My Avatar, Covert Affairs, Deck the Halls, Paramount Pictures, John Fasano, Woke Up Dead, Doug Cheney, Prom Queen, Michael Oates Palmer, West Wing, Sarah Fain, Lie to Me, Elizabeth Craft, Huffington Post, G4, Worldwide Biggies, Cocodot, Valentino, participant Productions, Food, Inc., Polanski: Wanted and Desired, The Garden, IDA, Lakeshore Entertainment, fm78.tv, For Your Imagination, Redbox, DivX, Landmark Theaters, I Wake Up Screening, Sundance Institute, LAFF, IAWTV, Streamys, Neil Patrick Harris
Not even the threat of a gusting hurricane, 280 flooding or trees flying could keep eager startups from the Sheppard Mullin Venture Capital Outlook this morning as valley rockstars Tim Draper of Draper Fisher & Jurvetson, David Hornik of August Capital, Mitch Lasky of Benchmark Capital, Tim Chang of Norwest Venture Partners, and my client [...]
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Tags: August Capital, Benchmark Capital, CastTV, David Hornik, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Mitch Lasky, MyYearbook, ngmoco, Norwest Venture Partners, Riaz Karamali, Richter & Hampton, Riot Games, ShareThis, Sheppard Mullin, Six Apart, StumbleUpon, Tim Chang, Tim Draper, Vivox, Wowd
Last night to much fanfare, Easy to Assemble Season II had its star-studded premiere at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. There was a red carpet, bright lights, performance by Sweden’s next almost great band Sparhusen, a panel discussion, screening and party. (Click for pics). I was thrilled to be invited to cover the event live [...]
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Tags: Boxee, CBS, Chuck, Commonwealth Club, Craig Bierko, Easy to Assemble, Ed Begley Jr., FORA.tv, IKEA, Illeana Douglas, Jeff Goldblum, Justine Bateman, Keanu Reeves, Kevin Pollak, MyDamnChannel, Ricki Lake, Roku, Sparhusen, Subway, Tim Meadows, TiVo, Tom Arnold, TV.com, Yahoo! Connected TV, YouTube, ZillionTV
There is so much going on, never mind mobile with CTIA, TV with MIPCOM, film with MVFF, and books with LitQuake, music alone dominates SoCal over the next few days with Billboard Mobile Entertainment Live! in San Diego today and Digital Music Forum tomorrow and Thursday in LA. Follow along at #CTIA, #DMF. Here’s the [...]
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Tags: Adam Flick, Adam Mirabella, Adam Taylor, AEG Network Live, Akwaaba Music, Alex Hackford, Alexander Ljung, Alf LaMont, Ali Partovi, All Access Group, Andrew Fisher, Anthony Batt, AOL, APM, Aquairum Drnkard, Ashley Jex, Benjamin Lebrave, Big Champagne, Bill Silva Entertainment, Billboard, Billy Alvarado, Blue Haze, BMI, Bob Abbott, Book Soup, Brenda Walker, Bug Music, BuzzmEdia, CEA, Cecily Mak, Celia Hirschman, Chad Cooper, Choruss, Christian Jorg, Cisco, Claudia Ceniceros, Clear Channel, Courtney Holt, CTIA, Dada, Daniel Tibbets, Daren Tsui, Dave Conway, Dave Dederer, David Leibowitz, David Oxenford, Davis, Dick Wingate, Digital Media Wire, Digital Music Forum, DMA, Dorrian Porter, EMI Music, EpicTilt, Eric Garland, Erik Steigen, Eventful, Fall Out Boy, Fanscape, Francis Ten, Getty Images, GoTV, Hal Bringman, Hard Rock, Harry Fox, Heidi Richman, HRMP, iLike, im O'Brien, Indiespace, INgrooves, Interscope, Interscope Geffen A&M, IODA, Island Def Jam Music Group/UMG, James Lamberti, Jared Hoffman, Jay Baage, Jay Frank, Jeannie Novak, JeffMarshall, Jim Griffin, Jim Rondinelli, Jim Ryan, John Moakley, John Rubey, John Rudolph, Johnie Floater, Jon Vlassopulos, Jonathan Potter, Jonathan Zweig, Jordan Glazier, Justin Gage, KCRW, Kelli Richards, Kevin Arnold, Kurt Hanson, Kyra Reed, LA Weekly, Lala, Larry Weintraub, Lawrence Lenswil, Les Watkins, Lina Lecaro, LitQuake, Little Radio, Live365, Loeb & Loeb, Logic Wireless, Mark Shedletsky, MarKyr Media, Massimiliano Pellegrini, Maurice Russell, Melodeo, Melodeo/Presidents of the United States, Michael Petricone, Mike Cannady, Mike Spinella, Mill Valley Film Fest, MIPCOM, Moderati, Motricity, Mozes, mSpot, MTV CMT, Music Reports, MySpace Music, Nathan Levinson, Nathan Thompson, Ned Sherman, Neil Smith, Nic Adler, Nokia, NPD, NVP, NVPR, OVGuide, Pandora, Partick Sullivan, Paul Miraldi, Pete Wentz, Providian, RAIN/AccuRadio, RCA/Jive Label, Rebel Content, Rhapsody, Richard Conlon, RightsFlow, RIM Blackberry Platforms, Roadrunner Records, Robb McDaniels, Rock Band, Rose Slanic, Rovi, RPS Entertainment, Russ Crupnick, Sami Valkonen, Scott Geller, Scratch DJ Academy, Sean Rosenberg, Shazam, Sir Groovy, Slacker, Sony, SoundCloud, Syd Schwartz, TAG Strategic, Tapulous, Ted Cohen, Ted Mico, The Comedy Store, The Orchard, The Roxy Theatre, The Viper Room, Ticketmaster, Tim Quirk, Tim Westergren, TopSpin, Tremaine, Tyson Cornell, Vince Bannon, West Indian Girl, WMG, Wright, Zooz Mobile
Last week was also a big week for exploring virtual goods and in-game monetization as Engage! Expo (Virtual Goods, Social Media, Digital Law, 3DTLC – 4 conferences in one) landed in Silicon Valley. An event praised by attendees for being a more intimate venue with far greater access and better schwag than most. Speakers included [...]
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Tags: Zynga, Viximo, Intel, Gaia, EA, Facebook, Second Life, Linden Lab, Offerpal, Playdom, Tim Chang, PlaySpan, MyYearbook, Best Buy, twofish, Zong, Super Rewards, SGN, Trip Hawkins, NanoStars, 3DO, Digital Chocolate, Kodak, Walmart, Sulake, BOKU, Jambool, InsideSocialGames
