Vimeo announced the acquisition of Echograph, an app for making videos appear as if they are animated GIFs. The app plays videos on a loop, similar to Vine from Twitter, and was Editor's Choice in the App Store for over 130 different countries. With the acquisition, Echograph will be a free [Full Story…]
Google Times Square Billboard Touts Display Ad Prowess
September 22, 2010 at 2:40 pm
Google wants everyone in Manhattan to know it is in the web display ad business, not just in the business of showing small text ads with search results, so it is placing a billboard in Times Square today that will "stand low to the ground and invite passers-by to touch it and watch videos about [Full Story…]
Creative YouTube Videos Now Showing at Guggenheim
September 20, 2010 at 2:30 pm
Some 125 videos shortlisted from submissions for the "YouTube Play: A Biennial of Creative Video" competition will begin playing at kiosks in Solomon R. Guggenheim Museums in New York and internationally beginning today. The search for creative videos drew 23,000 submissions from 91 [Full Story…]
Fashion Week: Designers Reach Consumers via Web
September 13, 2010 at 12:14 pm
In an e-commerce trend that could alienate old school fashion buyers, individual shoppers at their keyboards now have a front row seat for Fashion Week runway shows. Gucci will allow anyone to sign up to watch its show online and will let viewers share live webcam videos. Alexander Wang is [Full Story…]
The Nation Magazine Website Overhaul Reviewed
September 4, 2010 at 1:00 pm
The Nation website, which re-launched on May 4, includes slideshows, videos, and podcasts, a community section, and story-level Twitter feeds. The NYC-based progressive magazine is just starting to get a handle on social networking, an eMedia Vitals article said, although the magazine's Twitter [Full Story…]
AOL Teams Up With NYC’s BuzzFeed
July 19, 2010 at 9:25 am
A business partnership between NY companies BuzzFeed and AOL has blossomed, as BuzzFeed, an online content aggregator, will now highlight AOL articles and videos. Pairing viral content is exactly what the company does, however in this case the matching is sponsored.Talking with TechCrunch, Jon [Full Story…]
Kickstarter Unveils First Film Festival
July 8, 2010 at 4:25 pm
Based out of a walk-up apartment on the Lower East Side, the start-up Kickstarter is a comprehensive Web site that pairs creative types with money backers. Started in 2009 and with only ten employees, the company has since come a long way.On Friday the company will present the first Kickstarter Film [Full Story…]
NY Start-up Recreate My Night Collects Event Info
July 4, 2010 at 12:00 pm
Mediabistro recently took a look at the start-up Recreate My Night, a NY-based social networking site co-founded by Tejpaul Bhatia, that puts all event photos, videos and status feeds from Facebook and Twitter in one place. The website, which is in beta testing, is open to the public during this [Full Story…]
Two NYC Ad Companies Strike Strategic Partnership
June 12, 2010 at 11:00 am
This week, NYC-based video ad network Tremor Media announced a strategic partnership with NYC-based Innovid to embed interactive elements into pre-roll video ads across Tremor's publisher network. The new product offers the ability to print coupons, view multiple videos, showcase a carousel of [Full Story…]
Pegshot Adds Gaming to Social Video, Picture App
April 19, 2010 at 2:07 pm
Pegshot, based in Boulder Co and NYC, says that Version 2.2 of its mobile app that lets users quickly publish videos and photos of what’s happening where they are, has been released and can be downloaded from the iTunes store. The new version includes quick entry via Facebook Connect, some new [Full Story…]
New York Knicks Launch Video Site
February 19, 2010 at 1:30 pm
This week, the New York Knicks (which is owned by Long Island based Cablevision) launched a Web based interactive video mash-up competition called "Declare Your Knicks Story." Users of the site can create personalized fan videos using their own video footage and clips supplies by the Web [Full Story…]
Vimeo Begins to Break Out
February 5, 2010 at 10:33 am
Vimeo, the New York based video site owned by IAC, has become the go-to site for professionals and enthusiasts, according to a recent profile story in USA Today. With the site now offering 1080p HD videos and becoming popular with artists such as director Jason Reitman, actor Joseph [Full Story…]
Vimeo Upgrades to 1080p, Gets Sued By EMI
January 25, 2010 at 3:45 pm
Vimeo, based in NYC, recently announced plans to make 1080p videos available to its members by the end of January. Though only paying members can upload the HD videos, they can be seen by free members as well. At the same time, Vimeo is getting sued by music label EMI for its [Full Story…]
Seventeen Magazine’s Digital Initiatives
December 29, 2009 at 4:37 pm
Recently Jayne Jamison, the publisher of Seventeen magazine (which is published by NYC based Hearst), spoke with Fishbowl NY about some of its cross-platform initiatives it is doing for its content. This includes online videos, prompts in the magazine for readers to go to its Web site and [Full Story…]
HealthGuru Media Secures $3.2 Million in Funding Round
October 22, 2009 at 10:45 am
HealthGuru Media, a New York based company that publishes HealthGuru.com, closed a Series C financing round worth $3.2 million. The funding round was led by Castile Ventures and included existing investor Village Ventures. HealthGuru.com's focus is providing information to those [Full Story…]
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