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Best Practices in Online Video


In this week’s edition of New Media Minute with multimedia journalist Daisy Whitney, Daisy sends her New York correspondent Lori Harfenist to a summit at the Internet Advertising Bureau. Harfenist asks industry insiders about best practices for online video. What...

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April 29, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (0)

Mobile Broadcasters Do Vegas


Attendance might have been down at the National Association of Broadcasters show but television broadcasters hit the floor to check out new tools and gadgets, especially those in the nascent mobile DTV business. They came to Vegas without their entourages,...

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April 27, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (0)

Online Video Metrics: Blessing or Curse?


Are online video metrics a blessing or a curse? What type of tools and features should surround your online videos? How are Hulu and YouTube doing and who will win? Author, thinker and social media visionary Charlene Li shares her...

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April 16, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (0)

iPhone TV: Too Much of a Good Thing?


Television networks, Web shows and movie studios alike are rushing to develop iPhone apps, but could we be approaching app burnout? Daisy Whitney asks that question in the New Media Minute. This week alone, iPhone users can play with new...

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April 8, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (5)

Great Balls of Fire!


Remember when Brian Brushwood, host of Revision3’s “Scam School,” taught Daisy Whitney to hammer a nail in her nose and blow smoke? Well, he’s back in this week’s edition trying to read her mind and persuade the “New Media Minute”...

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April 1, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (1)