Vid-Biz: Thriller, Sales Growth, Oscilloscope
Thriller Gets 28M Views Since Jackson’s Death; copies of the groundbreaking music video rack up the playcounts, according to Visible Measures. (company blog)
Digital Media Sales Up Only 0.9% Year-Over-Year; but paid models doing better than advertising, according to Strategy Analytics. (release)
Warner Bros. to Distribute Oscilloscope Online; Warner Bros. Digital Distribution has exclusive for digital release of firm’s boutique films. (The Hollywood Reporter)
Obama Takes Citizen Video Questions; prez hosts midday town hall on health care reform Wednesday, includes video questions from YouTube. (YouTube, transcript)
AMC Acquires Movie Sites; the network launches digital media unit and buys filmsite.org and filmcritic.com. (Broadcasting & Cable)
Five CEO Wants British Hulu; UK broadcasters should team up (even though that whole Kangaroo thing didn’t work out), says Dawn Airey. (Variety)
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I do like Thriller a lot also, but I put Smooth Criminal as his best video.