Best Western has announced a new YouTube channel and a contest – the Worst Summer Job Ever: The “Worst Summer Job Ever” contest is a unique way to grant a well-deserved vacation to young folks working in those “offbeat” summer jobs that they will laugh about later. Now through August 17, entrants—from teens to college […]

The Olympics are traditionally one of the biggest events in television, and the 2008 Beijing Olympics is sure to carry on this tradition. However, people’s attention is moving from broadcast television to on-demand Internet television. The Olympics, with all the restrictions it has placed on Internet viewers, risks losing the attention of the online audience. […]

Make magazine has announced a new project a new national public television series, Make: television, coming in January, 2009, and is looking for Makers to submit projects to be featured on the show: Each week, Make: television will showcase the best projects from Makers who submit their videos, a segment of the show we call […]

This is an example of the work of video vigilante Jimmy Justice, a video blogger and “cop-arazzi” that films New York law enforcement officers breaking the law and then posts his films online. Justice is featured in a Washington Post article that looks at the effects omnipresent video cameras are having on law enforcement. Justice […]

This video demos VisionAire – new technology that lets you interact with projections, Minority Report-style. While this is just a demo, it’s easy to see how this concept will change computing, presentations and videos. Video podcasters doing new presentations, for example, could directly interact with their visuals, both streamlining the production process and making it […]

Kaltura, a company that creates open source Internet video software, has released an Interactive Video Plugin for WordPress. Features: Embed videos, photos, sounds and remixes to any blog post. Edit and remix videos using an online full-featured video editor. Easily import video, photos, audio etc from across the web with upload/import tool. Allow readers and […]

Ask A Ninja‘s Kent Nichols is working on casting his upcoming movie, a remake of Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, and he’s looking for victims! If you’re interested in getting killed off on film by a bunch of tomatoes, visit the Real Red Manace YouTube site and submit a video of yourself being killed by […]

Professor Michael Wesch’s presentation on the Anthropology of YouTube at the Library of Congress, June 23rd 2008. It’s a great presentation, jam-packed with information, but with enough new media references to make it a lot of fun, too. More info on Professor Wesch at his Kansas State University site on Digital Ethnography.

28 percent of Europeans now regularly watch online video, more than double the rate in 2006, according to a new report from JupiterResearch. In addition, time spent watching online video has grown by 50 percent in the last 12 months. Short form video content – typified by YouTube – currently accounts for most of this. […]

Silicon Alley Insider’s Dan Frommer today is challenging Apple to move Apple TV from being a “hobby” to being a real business: If Steve Jobs wants to make a serious run at owning our living room’s “digital hub,” then Apple TV needs a serious overhaul, ASAP. Why now? Because even though the industry is still […]