Verizon Buys AOL for Online Video
Verizon today announced that it was buying AOL for an astonishing (at least to me) $4.4 billion. According to most sources, they were buying AOL because they want to get into the online video business. I am not sure...
Read moreThe Price of Progress?
New technologies often have unintended consequences. People think that they can control new technologies, but in fact, once released, it is technologies that control people. Oddly enough. When the automobile was invented, it was clearly a much better way...
Read moreOprah Winfrey Network is Toast – Verizon Could Have Saved Her
photo of Oprah from The Daily Mail from Twitter, Tweeted by Oprah (so I hope there are no rights issues here) The Daily Mail, the UK newspaper everyone loves to read, announced today that The Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN)...
Read moreBecket and Net Neutrality – Unbar The Door!
Unbar the door! Last night we stayed home and watched the movie Becket, with Richard Burton and Peter O’Toole. Great film. It’s a historical drama based on fact. Â Henry II, Norman King of England elevates his friend and drinking...
Read moreTravel Channel Academy VJ Hits It Big!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDjJnprA7ys[/youtube] Bradley Nesbitt, VJ for our Verizon station in DC and trainer for Travel Channel Academy courses makes a big hit with his ESPN video. We expect to see Bradly as a regular on ESPN in the near future....
Read morePUSH/PAUSE OPENS SECOND MARKET ON L
Are you watching us in DC or on Long Island? Two years ago we entered into a partnership with Verizon and their FiOS network in the DC area to produce hyperlocal content for FiOS users. In 1992, when we...
Read moreAnd Now…The News….
And that’s the way it is… LONDON: Spent two days sequestered with The Guardian, imho the best newspaper in the world. They are making a major commitment to video; their spiffy new offices have full blown video and audio...
Read moreVerizon is 1 Year Old
Our partnership with Verizon to build and run a VJ-driven hyperlocal tv station is now one year old, and The Wall Street Journal has written a very nice piece about us: Kids, Thugs, Dogs, Cats Drafted Into TV Battle...
Read moreMore from Verizon – Colby Hartburg
Colby Hartburg – Verizon Hyperlocal VJ All pieces shot, written, produced, edited, voiced, researched and reported by Colby in one day. [youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=QyKSfhQRrPM] – behind the scenes as Mount Vernon restores a historic building [youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=VhODYa5cGAY] – a look at an...
Read moreMore From Verizon Hyperlocal
All of these shot, written, edited, tracked and produced in 1-day turns by VJ Aaron Rocket. More to come from the team… [youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=6GAdl1K6Kcs] [youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=VC91DdC_vvc] [youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=Hawksb807io] [youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=liaFk5cdvSI]
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