The millions of office workers who tried to watch online videos of President Barack Obama’s inauguration caused some network problems and frustrations with viewers, the New York Times reports. The surge meant some viewers unable to see the video feeds,…
Actor Kevin James has created a Web series that will star his brother, Gary Valentine, as an illusionist whose stunts fail, Daily Variety reports. James is in discussions to direct the short videos, the publication says. —Aimee Picchi
The producers behind “Lonelygirl15” and “KateModern” inked a deal to license a new show in the “Lonelygirl15” saga to Polish producers Agora and A2 Multimedia, the companies announced today. The new show, “N1ckola,” blends reality, documentary and fiction, said EQAL,…
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Obama trumped Obama, with many online news outlets beating their own traffic records on Inauguration Day to surpass their previous records from Election Day. By 3:30 EST on Jan. 20, CNN.com had served more than 21.3 million live video streams,…
Independent production studio and management company Generate has added Chris Pollack and Will Lowery to its management division. Mr. Pollack comes to Generate from his own independent management firm, where he worked with television writers, reality producers and feature directors…
Popular Web channel “Barely Political” has snagged the top two spots on YouTube’s most-viewed videos for the day for videos related to today’s inauguration of President Barack Obama. The political satire channel from online television network Next New Networks has…
Online video technology firm Fliqz landed $6 million in Series C funding, the company announced today. The round was led by Triangle Peak Partners and included participation from existing Fliqz investor Mohr Davidow Ventures. Fliqz services more than 35,000 online…
Online video search service Pixsy introduced a new feature today to help the publishers it works with make money on their video content. The new “Pixsy Premium Feed” embeds pre-rolls ads and overlay ads into the licensed and syndicated video…
Markets are looking at ways to advertise online on sites such as video destination YouTube and social networking hub Facebook as consumers change the way they search the Web, the Wall Street Journal reports. More searches now take place on…