Thought YouTube was about passive video watching? Think again: YouTube producer Rutter Jared has put together an interactive Tic Tac Toe game by utilizing the site's annotation feature. The game consists of 131 videos and more than 1000 annotations and producing it took an entire month.…
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A First Look At USC’s YouTube Class
YouTube is announcing the 45 winners of its NextUp and Creator Institute contests today. The former will get $35,000 in cash, the latter a month-long YouTube class at a top film school. The announcement made us wonder: What exactly do you learn in YouTube class?…
Read MoreNext New Networks To Be Folded Into YouTube; CEO Siebert Resigns
Following several weeks of rumors, webisode syndicator Next New Networks has been sold to YouTube (NSDQ: GOOG), co-founder and CEO Fred Seib……
Read MoreYouTube and Next New Networks: A History in Links
After several years as partners, YouTube acquired Next New Networks, capping months of speculation that the startup would become a part of the video share site's content machine. We take a look at how the companies got here and what YouTube gets through the deal.…
Read MoreIt’s Official: YouTube Buys Next New Networks
It's time to auto-tune the acquisition news: YouTube has sealed the deal today and officially announced that it is buying Next New Networks for an undisclosed amount. The Next New Networks team will become part of a new YouTube unit aimed at incubating new shows.…
Read MoreNext New Networks Files For $19 Million Financing; YouTube Deal Next Week?
Next New Networks is seeking $19.5 million through an equity financing, according to an SEC filing (via TechCrunch), as the sale of the webi……
Read MoreWill Next New Networks Lead YouTube’s Hollywood Plans?
A filing with the SEC today indicates Next New Networks is on its way to being bought out by Google any day now -- a deal that makes a lot more sense, thanks to reports that YouTube is looking to enlist name-brand celebrities for original content.…
Read MoreWhat Does YouTube Get By Acquiring Next New Networks?
Rumors that Google may acquire Next New Networks heated up today, but if the deal goes through, the company won't be getting the rights to many of Next New's most popular shows, which belong to their creators. So what does it get instead?…
Read MoreBobby Miller On MTV and Life After Next New Networks
During Bobby Miller's tenure at Next New Networks, he won two Webbys for The Reel Good Show and The Best Short Films In the World. Today, he talks about his new show, his departure from NNN and what he loves about creating weekly web content.…
Read More2011 Prediction: Forget About Viral Video
Over the course of 2010, professionally produced content, not cats and stunts gone wrong, was what people were watching online. While the power of viral spread will never disappear, the decline of amateur found footage indicates that in 2011, sustainable brands will eclipse the viral video.…
Read MoreYouTube & Next New Networks: Crossing the Content Line?
YouTube's place in the online video ecosystem could change dramatically, if today's rumors that it will acquire Next New Networks are true. The two companies already have a relationship beyond distribution, and if they were to merge, it would possibly have ramifications for other content providers.…
Read MoreNext New Networks’ Success Extends Past YouTube’s Most Viewed
Next New Networks' Auto-Tune the News and Key of Awesome topped YouTube's most watched list for 2010, but the company's success goes well beyond the fact that it's mastered the art of the parody viral video. The question is now: When will it reach profitability?…
Read MoreAOL Steps Up Video Strategy With Relaunched Home Page
Over the last few weeks, AOL's video strategy has blasted off, with new shows from Next New Networks and Vuguru being added. The new focus comes from this month's complete redesign of the AOL.com home page, which emphasizes visual media and a more topical focus.…
Read MoreNext New Swaps Programming Chops for AOL Distribution
Next New Networks has expanded its roster of distribution partners today with the launch of The One, a daily web series produced exclusively for AOL spotlights "the one thing we're thinking about today." The deal includes yet another home for some of NNN's other shows.…
Read MoreWeb Originals Are More Engaging Than TV: Report
A study commissioned by YouTube and Next New Networks suggests that a majority of viewers find original web videos to be as entertaining as broadcast TV. Perhaps more importantly, those viewers are typically more engaged when watching original web videos that their counterparts watching live TV.…
Read MoreWhite Collar Brawler Gets Real About Boxing for NNN and Blip.tv
White Collar Brawler's pitch -- that it's sort of real-life Fight Club -- is one of the rare pitches that does, almost, match with the subject matter. Next New Networks and Blip.tv partnered to launch the Portal A-produced series this week.…
Read MoreCiting Personal Reasons, Next New CEO Podell Steps Down
Lance Podell is resigning from his post as CEO of webisode syndicator Next New Networks, citing personal reasons, the company said. He will……
Read MoreNext New Networks Chairman, CEO Swap Roles
Next New Networks announced CEO Lance Podell is stepping down, citing personal reasons. Podell will continue to oversee the broader strategic direction of the company as its chairman. Taking his place is Fred Seibert, current chairman of Next New, who co-founded the company back in 2007.…
Read MoreYouTube Live Partners Get New Way to Connect With Audiences
YouTube launched a new feature with select partners that will allow them to stream programming live online. Through a two-day alpha trial with Howcast, Next New Networks, Rocketboom and Young Hollywood, YouTube and its partners will test the capabilities of the live streaming offering.…
Read MoreNext New Networks Creates Film Fan for MSN
Next New Networks' newest film-focused web series isn't anywhere to be found on nextnewnetworks.com -- or YouTube, or any of the site's many other distribution partners. Instead, MSN Film Fan, hosted by Maribel Arber, is running exclusively on MSN.com.…
Read MoreYouTube Partner Grants Aren’t That New And Aren’t That Easy to Get
$5 million sounds like a lot of money for YouTube to give away to its partners in grants. But given the success of Next New Networks' Key of Awesome, which was an early recipient of a YouTube Partner Grant, it might be a safe bet.…
Read MoreNext New’s Podell: One Billion Views, But Where Are The Ad Dollars?
Webisode syndicator Next New Networks celebrated its one-billionth pageview last week -- three years after opening its doors. The New York c……
Read MoreBabelgum Gets Chad Vader, NNN Gets Fit, Buck Gets Lasik (And Other Web Video News)
There was too much news today in the web video world, but here are the highlights! Babelgum has acquired Chad Vader, Next New Networks is launching a health and fitness network, Revision3 is now available via iPhone app and Michael Buckley no longer needs glasses.…
Read MoreNext New Networks Nears 1B Views, Profitability
Next New Networks is getting closer to hitting a grand total of one billion video views -- it could be a matter of days for the site to break the ten-figure barrier. However, it will take a little longer for the company to reach profitability.…
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