More stories from Liz Shannon Miller

In an alternate universe, I would start this review off by saying “Okay, Isabella Rossellini, we get it, you’re really into simulating animal sex, enough is enough.” But that would be the alternate universe where I don’t find Isabella Rossellini so very delightful — and as […] Read more »

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Elevator creator Woody Tondorf’s Foursquare Cops elevates minor online infractions to crimes worthy of Judge Dredd-style justice. I invoke Judge Dredd because like Sylvester Stallone’s vigilante future cop, these cops don’t hesitate to shoot transgressors who might violate the Foursquare spirit. Read more »

Cops and humor seem like an obvious mix, but how many great police station comedies can you name off the top of your head? I know, me either. Enter the Murder Squad, created by R. Chett Hoffman, Will Phillips and Matt Quezada, a cleverly-written indie series […] Read more »

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We continue our weekly Cosmo quiz for prominent execs in the online video world with Jayant Kadambi, co-founder and president of the YuMe ad network. Kadambi is a holder of multiple patents and prior to founding YuMe worked at Netopia and AT&T Bell Labs. He also […] Read more »

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So looking at reactions to this morning’s story about whether consumers might pay Hulu $10 for a subscription plan, the range of reaction from you, humble readers, has been largely negative. On Twitter, when queried as to whether they would pay $10 a month for Hulu, […] Read more »

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When Sony announced the premise of its first reality series for the PlayStation Network in February, I wasn’t the only one who thought that a competition to win an unglamorous entry-level position was kinda dumb. Internet mockery didn’t, however, keep The Tester from racking up a […] Read more »

YouTube has continued to quietly expand its rental service since February by adding more titles and by creating the YouTube Store, which aggregates all titles available for rent onto one page. According to a YouTube spokesperson via email, “When we announced YouTube Rentals in January we […] Read more »

While this year’s NFL Draft probably won’t double as the heartwarming coda to an Oscar-winning film, tonight’s selection of rookies will undoubtedly play a part in shaping next season and the years ahead. The draft goes live tonight at 7:30 PM ET/4:30 PM PT, and will […] Read more »

This morning it was observed that a number of videos using footage from the film Downfall to mock pop culture issues had been taken off YouTube for copyright reasons. But how do the creators of those videos go about challenging that decision, given that the meme […] Read more »

It doesn’t seem easy, but April 2010 might mark the first time someone succeeds in killing a meme. According to the Open Video Alliance, a recent surge of copyright claims has taken offline a majority of the Hitler parodies on YouTube using footage from the 2004 […] Read more »

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Roger Ebert might not think they’re art, but the value of video games as a storytelling medium is growing indisputable, especially since the rise of the machinima process — which Fox Broadcasting is now taking a swing at. Fox has ordered a pilot presentation of the […] Read more »

Confession: I make fun of the ever-so-slightly-popular teen vampire book series Twilight a lot, but all of my information is second-hand, because I decided a long time ago to never actually read the books. Alex Day has made me feel pretty good about this decision. A […] Read more »

In our ongoing feature featuring noted online video execs, today we offer up Max Haot, CEO of Livestream.com. Before founding Livestream, Haot founded ICF, a media asset management platform, which, according to Crunchbase, was sold to Verizon Business in 2005. He’s also a big fan of […] Read more »

What I have learned about the animal kingdom in the last two weeks: They are not early adopters when it comes to technology. Witness the iPad. While videos of humans — baby humans, even! — happily using the iPad abounded within days of the device’s launch, […] Read more »

The independent film community Openfilm announced today that they would begin a quarterly contest that would give independent filmmakers a $250,000 award package: a $50,000 cash prize and $200,000 financing for a feature film for a total of $1 million given out annually. The site, which […] Read more »

What’s better than seeing your web-produced video on TV? Getting (gasp!) paid for it. Enter Atom.com‘s “World Famous Cash-Money Internet Comedy Tournament,” a weekly ongoing competition that will recognize highly trafficked and/or editor-selected comedy shorts with multiplatform distribution and, just like the name says, cash-money dollars. […] Read more »

Today we continue our Five Question series with noted industry heads, and up on the block is Dina Kaplan. Dina is a co-founder of blip.tv who also serves on the board of directors for the International Academy of Web Television — and worries that she might […] Read more »

Another win for independent production: The Canadian steampunk fantasy Riese has been picked up by the channel formerly known as Sci-Fi — both for online distribution and development for a potential broadcast series. It’s a deal that unavoidably draws comparison to the one for Sci Fi’s […] Read more »

When I start watching a new web series, I do my best to be in an open-minded, accepting place, one that leaves me free to evaluate a show’s pros and cons without bias. There is the occasional instance, though, where I’ll click play only after offering […] Read more »

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