Friday Morning Vid-Biz Headlines

Prom Queen DVD, now on sale at Amazon for $9.99, letting you watch all the minisodes in one shot on your living room set. (Amazon)

AOL and YouTube Mashup. Could the two companies be working together? A screenshot leads to speculation. (Web TV Wire)

HBO’s Viral Video Stunt; network using short films reminiscent of Hitchcock’s Rear Window to build hype. Spending $7 to $10 million! (WSJ, HBOVoyeur.com)

Blu-Ray Giveaway; purchasing a Blu-Ray player will garner you five free HD titles, in an effort to make the drives more attractive than HD-DVD. (ArsTechnica)

Live-casting iPhone Lines; everybody’s doing it. (Ground Report TV, Ustream, Mogulus)

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