Fanhattan is trying to make it easier for users to discover content available on mobile, and soon connected TV devices. With that in mind, it has added videos from new content sources, including movies from Crackle and TV shows from PBS and Lifetime. Read More »
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Sony online video venture Crackle is rolling out a new, free, ad-supported movie service to a connected TV or Blu-ray player near you. There’s just one catch — that TV or Blu-ray player will probably have to be made by Sony. Read More »
Here’s the thing about the Crackle original series Backwash, which launched this Monday: I’m not terribly impressed any more by a celebrity choosing to participate in web content. I am, however, impressed when ALL THE CELEBRITIES, EVER, choose to participate in web content. Read More »
Today on the Net: Crackle.com is teaming with Rogers to make its content available in Canada, ESPN and YouTube have partnered to encourage users to submit highlights that could end up on SportsCenter and ZumoCast launched an app to stream content to the iPad and iPhone. Read More »
Today on the Net: Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes defends his TV Everywhere strategy, Digg’s Kevin Rose says Apple’s upcoming iTV will change everything and Sony continues to invest in online video sites Crackle and is planning integration into the PS3. Read More »
Reality TV has become an ingrained part of pop culture over the last decade, and that’s created a large population of people a touch too desperate to see their faces on television, and thus easily taken advantage of. That doesn’t mean anyone should. Read More »
Magician/writer/comedian/etcetera Penn Jillette is someone you’d call a talent. And while Jillette’s contributions to the web video world have always been pretty low-key, basically consisting of him ranting on camera, it’s a skill that’s left him in high demand. Read More »
This Crackle-distributed web series, shot in Paris, starring a Hong Kong actor, and deliberately produced with the barest minimum of dialogue, is a truly international production that’s also a fresh and exciting 21st century thriller. And it’s got one heck of a twist ending. Read More »
C-Span Puts Full Archives on the Web; C-Span has uploaded virtually every minute of its video archives to the Internet, including 23 years and more than 160,000 hours of TV footage. (NY Times) Crackle Sees Video Streams Rise; according to Nielsen Online, Crackle’s audience averages between… Read More »
Well, the Streamy nominations are out, and it’s a beautiful morning for Crackle (whose series Angel of Death and The Bannen Way dominated the Drama categories) and ICM (per agent George Ruiz’s Twitter, its clients received 23 nominations. But taking a step back, what… Read More »
The Bannen Way, produced and distributed by the digital arm of Sony Entertainment, has already proven itself as a bit of a lightning rod for controversy. And when Crackle told us that the crime noir web series had racked up 8.4 million… Read More »
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