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Janko Roettgers Jun 16, 2011 (Jun 8, 2020) -- Blog Post

Happy birthday, Bree! lonelygirl15 turns 5

Five years ago today, the first ever video of lonelygirl15 was published on YouTube. Back then, many YouTube users thought lonelygirl15 was just an average teenager -- but the character was part of a scripted show, which eventually became the first major web series success story.…

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Media, Technology, Video
Ryan Lawler May 24, 2011 (Jun 8, 2020) -- Blog Post

EQAL Raising Cash to Push Social Video Publishing

EQAL confirmed that it has raised some cash in an effort to bolster its sales and business development teams while trying to grow its platform for social publishing. According to an SEC filing, the company raised $650,000 of a $3.5 million round, but investors weren't disclosed.…

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Media, Video
Liz Shannon Miller May 8, 2011 (Jun 8, 2020) -- Blog Post

How Do You Define Web Series Success?

In the web series world, success can be tough to define -- for every Guild there's the series that did help its creator land a more prominent gig, or led to a bigger deal. So what are some wins for the space?…

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Media, Video
Liz Shannon Miller Apr 6, 2010 (Jun 8, 2020) -- Blog Post

Is the PGA’s New ‘Transmedia Producer’ Credit a Good Thing?

UPDATED: The Producer’s Guild of America announced last night the creation of a new title for producers who work in the increasingly…

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Media, Video
Ryan Lawler Mar 29, 2010 (Jun 8, 2020) -- Blog Post

EQAL Buys Out Spark Capital 2 Years After Investment Round

EQAL has bought out investor Spark Capital, just has the company has stepped away from its original strategy of becoming a web video production house to pursue a strategy around helping others create and distribute their own web videos.…

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Media, Video
Liz Shannon Miller Mar 23, 2010 (Jun 8, 2020) -- Blog Post

Paula Deen and EQAL Seek ‘Real Women’ For Kraft Contest

Paula Deen fans take note — the domestic goddess with an EQAL-run umbrella site wants to give you a taste of the…

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Media, Video
Liz Shannon Miller Feb 25, 2010 (Jun 8, 2020) -- Blog Post

The Voltaggio Brothers Go Beyond Top Chef — With EQAL’s Help

[show=voltaggiobrothers size=large]As a fan of the reality series Top Chef (I like beautiful food and people with tattoos cursing each other out,…

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Media, Video
Liz Shannon Miller Jan 26, 2010 (Jun 8, 2020) -- Blog Post

Outbreak Adds Some Flare to the LG15 Universe

[show=lgoutbreak size=large]The lonelygirl15 web series franchise has always drawn its success from its fans. But ever since its original creators changed their…

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Media, Video
Tameka Kee Jul 31, 2009 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

Will EQAL’s Shift From Creating Content To Hosting It Pay Off?

Another change in tack for digital content company EQAL -- which recently shifted its focus from investing in its own original series, to pr……

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Media, Video
Liz Gannes Jul 30, 2009 (Jun 8, 2020) -- Blog Post

EQAL Now Wants to Compete with Ning

EQAL, aka the online studio created by the lonelygirl15 guys (but now focusing on derivative rather than original content), today announced a…

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Media, Video
Chris Albrecht Jul 28, 2009 (Jun 8, 2020) -- Blog Post

CSI Guy Geeks Out on Transmedia, But Not Geeky Enough for Comic-Con?

For something that is supposed to be two tons of fun, Comic-Con appears to have been a source of crushing self doubt…

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Media, Video
Liz Gannes Jul 9, 2009 (Jun 8, 2020) -- Blog Post

Fred Envy Pervasive at LA Conference

Here a Fred, there a Fred, everywhere a Fred-Fred. The specter of 15-year-old Lucas Cruikshank has seemed to haunt NATPE’s LA TV…

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Media, Video
Chris Albrecht Jun 28, 2009 (Jun 8, 2020) -- Blog Post

Is There a Future for Original Web Series?

When EQAL told us earlier this month that it was getting out of the original webisodic entertainment game to focus on creating…

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Media, Video
Tameka Kee Jun 11, 2009 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

lonelygirl15 Studio EQAL Gives Up On Its Own Original Content (For Now)

The weak ad market is forcing breakout online video studio EQAL out of the original content business, and into the arms of old-school media……

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Media
Chris Albrecht Jun 11, 2009 (Jun 8, 2020) -- Blog Post

EQAL Foregoes Originals, Gets Cookin’ With Paula Deen

The folks at EQAL, who practically put the concept of newteevee on the map with lonelygirl15, are foregoing original content to focus…

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Media, Video
Jill Weinberger Apr 9, 2009 (Jun 8, 2020) -- Blog Post

Harper’s Island Premieres With a Little Help From Harper’s Globe

Harper’s Island, the 13-episode “mystery event,” debuts tonight on CBS (s cbs), where it will spin a gory yarn about a wedding…

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Media, Video
Jill Weinberger Mar 18, 2009 (Jun 8, 2020) -- Blog Post

Harper’s Globe Gives Interactive Thrills

[show=harpersglobe size=large]Creating newteevee to supplement oldteevee is a tricky thing. How do you tie your online content to your TV show in…

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Media, Video
Chris Albrecht Mar 10, 2009 (Jun 8, 2020) -- Blog Post

Vid-Biz: Zumobi, Harper’s Globe, Open Video Conference

Zumobi Introduces American Idol App for iPhone; app gives users bios, pictures, news and 78 original videos from the remaining contestants. (Seattle…

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Media, Video
Liz Gannes Mar 2, 2009 (Jun 8, 2020) -- Blog Post

CSI Creator’s New Novel to Have a lonelygirl Twist

How simultaneously old school and cutting edge can you get? CSI creator Anthony E. Zuiker’s next project is a crime novel called…

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Media, Video
Liz Shannon Miller Feb 6, 2009 (Jun 8, 2020) -- Blog Post

LG15‘s Latest Drama: Losing Its New Pilot

Last week, the creators of lonelygirl15 after running a contest to open up a two-month programming slot to fan creators, selected a…

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Media, Video
Chris Albrecht Jan 21, 2009 (Jun 8, 2020) -- Blog Post

Vid-Biz: Kaltura, Cable Rates, Kevin James

Kaltura Partners with PLYmedia; white-label video provider and ad platform combiming technologies to allow interactive layers of information on top of videos.…

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Media, Video
Chris Albrecht Jan 13, 2009 (Jun 8, 2020) -- Blog Post

Can EQAL Make CBS’ Harper’s Island a Hit Online?

The partnership between EQAL and CBS is starting to bear fruit, as the two media companies announced their new upcoming multi-platform “social…

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Media, Video
Chris Albrecht Sep 24, 2008 (Jun 8, 2020) -- Blog Post

Moonves: The Internet is a Lab for TV

Addressing a crowd at the Mixx Conference in New York yesterday, CBS president and CEO Les Moonves said that the Internet was…

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Media, Video
daisywhitney Aug 30, 2008 (Jun 8, 2020) -- Blog Post

Is LG15: The Resistance a Web Show or a TV Show?

Web video is starting to mirror traditional TV, like it or not. Case in point: the distribution strategy and release schedule of…

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Media, Video

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