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Fanhattan adds Crackle, PBS and Lifetime

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 »

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 »

Vid-Biz: Crackle.com, ESPN-YouTube, ZumoCast

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 »

The nominees for the 14th Annual Webby Awards were announced today, highlighting some of the best of the best on the web (including NewTeeVee parent site GigaOM, which was nominated in the “Blog – Business” category — way to go, guys!). … Read More »

Vid-Biz: C-Span, Crackle, ManiaTV

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 »

More Must Reads

Before sitting down to watch the first three episodes of Shane Felux’s Trenches, which premiered today on Crackle.com, I took some time to lower my expectations. After all, I’ve been waiting to watch the special-effects-heavy series since July 2007 — it’d be easy … Read More »

We talk a lot here at NewTeeVee about the business of various video platforms, as well as the technology that drives them. But you know what we don’t often get into? Real talk about which of their players offer the best viewing experience, especially … Read More »

In July of 2007, while working for online video news site The Daily Reel, I interviewed director Shane Felux at the San Diego Comic-Con about Trenches, an exciting-sounding web series he’d just finished shooting for the ABC-owned Stage 9 Media. Trenches was an ambitious … Read More »

Great production value, a cinematic style and leggy brunettes in short skirts go a long way in the online video world, and Sony/Crackle’s The Bannen Way has been taking those elements to the limit over the last six weeks. From its early debut … Read More »

To be a music fan who doesn’t attend or enjoy live shows is an impossible thing, due to the magic that can occur during an unedited performance. A spontaneous cover, a new segue between songs — not to mention watching the joy of playing music … Read More »

Updated with comment from Crackle: For a few months now, plenty of buzz has been circulating about the Crackle-produced The Bannen Way, a gritty noir web series created by Mark Gantt and Jesse Warren that was set to launch on Jan. 6 (a date proudly … Read More »

Here’s a fun way to spend your Tuesday afternoon. Michael Jackson, a huge draw even though he’s no longer with us, is taking the stage for the last time, via the This Is It documentary. The behind-the-scenes movie, set to be shown in theaters for … Read More »

Nexage Raises $4 Million; service says it can make mobile video and ad uploads easier; pulls in $4 million of an anticipated $4.5 million of funding in the form of preferred stock. (VentureBeat) Cinetic Curates FilmBuff; new VOD channel will feature 10-15 new and classic indie … Read More »

When EQAL told us earlier this month that it was getting out of the original webisodic entertainment game to focus on creating digital experiences for established brands, we took note. These were, after all, the guys behind Lonelygirl15, arguably the most successful original web series … Read More »

Microsoft is pulling back on Soapbox, the UGC site the company launched in 2006, creating another video victim lost in the wake of YouTube’s success. Our initial reaction when reading this news was, “Oh yeah, Soapbox, forgot all about that,” which basically sums up its also-ran … Read More »

Social TV is a big trend this year, so we’re always eager to see how it’s being adopted out in the wild. While talking to us about his platform’s recent Twitter integration, View2Gether‘s CEO Chris Adams also shared some nice stats on how his company’s … Read More »

Spike TV will air the web series Angel of Death on its cable channel this summer, continuing Spike’s recent trend of acquiring online content. Angel, which stars stuntwoman Zoe Bell as an assassin (see our review and our interview with Bell), was produced … Read More »

Web Video-enabled Devices to Quadruple by 2013; according to iSuppli, 376.5 million devices capable of supporting web video will ship annually by 2013. (Multichannel News) Study: DRM Drives People to Piracy; research shows that people get fed up with the heavy restrictions on content and find … Read More »

This week it’s become obvious that many people feel there’s no longer a business in giving big breaks to the little guys. After Metacafe yesterday said it was discontinuing its user revenue-sharing program, and 60Frames said it was suspending operations as a web studio, … Read More »

How to Recognize Swine Flu Symptoms; new video from CDC is among the many posted in response to the outbreak. (YouTube Blog) Sezmi Aims for a Fall 2009 Commercial Roll Out; launch pushed back six months as the set-top box company optimizes the user experience and … Read More »

Hearst-Argyle Taps KickApps; the social media/video platform to power “u local” UGC efforts, allowing people to upload photo and video important to their community. (VideoNuze) Disney Eyeing Online Video Service? At a conference CEO Bob Iger says the Mouse House is considering a subscription-based online video … Read More »

The world of web series is no place for bimbos: If you want to excel, you can’t just look good, you have to be smart too. Take Angel of Death, the new Crackle action extravaganza premiering today. Despite sporting high-end production values, a talented cast, … Read More »

We hit up WonderCon here in San Francisco this weekend to sit down with Zoe Bell and Ed Brubaker (and not at all because we’re big nerds who love comic books, nu-uh, no way). Bell is the star of, and Brubaker wrote, Angel of … Read More »

“Revenge is a dish best served cold.” Maybe so, but how funny is that? Well, pretty darn funny, according to The Hustler, a new scripted series running on Crackle. And after a rough start, the show’s creators may well be right. The Hustler stars Mark Feuerstein … Read More »

Kaltura Partners with PLYmedia; white-label video provider and ad platform combiming technologies to allow interactive layers of information on top of videos. (release) FCC Says Cable Rates Up 122 Percent Since 1995; results of commission’s study looked at basic and expanded basic packages, also finds prices … Read More »

It’s clear that the public has an insatiable appetite for behind-the-scenes peeks at famous people. You can’t twitch your remote finger without hitting some Celebrity RehabFitSurrealHotTub show. But we online video consumers like our celebrity mockery the way we like everything else — hard … Read More »

What does it take, being a good host? Being fast with the jokes? Managing to at least pretend to be interested in whatever the guest is promoting? Looking good in a suit? Not being afraid to poke a little fun at … Read More »

Sezmi Secures $28 Million; influx of cash comes on the heels of the set-top box company laying off 20 percent of its staff. (peHUB) KickApps Raises More than $13 Million; white-label social networking site is working on Series C round. (peHUB) SAG Seeks to Authorize … Read More »

Hulu in Talks with Kangaroo; the NBC/Fox JV could partner with the UK’s version of Hulu rather than going it alone, to sidestep regulatory complications there. (C21 Media (sub. required)) SpongeFish Shuts Down; how-to site closes; had raised $2 million in March. (VentureBeat) Bud Bundy to … Read More »

Crackle will be closing up its Sausalito, Calif.-based shop at the end of the month and moving down to Culver City to join its corporate parent, Sony Pictures Entertainment. The move comes more than two years after Sony acquired Crackle, then called Grouper. It … Read More »

Today’s funny animal video is less comedy and more terror. Don’t dare look away for one moment — because Ninja Cat is coming, and Ninja Cat cannot be stopped. A secret cross-promotion for the new Ask A Ninja tome? Probably not. And this … Read More »

Haagen Dazs Hearts Bees; ice-cream maker’s viral video campaign has been viewed more than 2 million times online. (MediaPost) 12seconds Launches APIs; first three partners are TweetDeck, Blippr and Phreadz. (VentureBeat) Crackle Kicks Off Coma; Sony-branded web series stars Michael Madsen and George Hamilton. (MediaWeek) Paramount … Read More »

Starting tomorrow, the Adobe Media Player will feature content from Sony Pictures Entertainment and its web video property Crackle. However, the Sony content is old stuff, like Men in Black, Jerry Maguire, and the Sony Minisode Network of recuts of popular classic TV … Read More »

Thanks to video sites like YouTube, Veoh, Metacafe and others, video distribution is easier than ever, but which site packs the most playcount punch? According to an upcoming study from video analytics firm TubeMogul, the answer is YouTube. You’d think that having the largest audience … Read More »

Crackle launched “season 2″ of its C-Spot comedy web series this morning. The good news? It’s dropped most of the dead weight from season one and kept The Roadents. The bad news? Most of the replacement shows still aren’t funny. There is one … Read More »

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