New Media Enterprises

“The overall goal is for The Conversation to be a real exchange of ideas — a gathering of people working on the edge and thinking about the future.” Scott Kirsner over at Cinematech and several other leading web thinkers want you to be a part of “The Conversation” . Future Forward Events is organizing the 2-day gathering at Berkeley’s Pacific Film Archive Theater October 17th and 18th. The focus of the confab is new creative and business opportunities arising out of the democratization of digital media tools and technologies. Participation from attendees is welcome and encouraged, and there will be an opportunity to present ... Read Full Story

“The overall goal is for The Conversation to be a real exchange of ideas — a gathering of people working on the edge and thinking about the future.” Scott Kirsner over at Cinematech and several other leading web thinkers want you to be a part of “The Conversation” . Future Forward Events is organizing the 2-day gathering at Berkeley’s Pacific Film Archive Theater October 17th and 18th. The focus of the confab is new creative and business opportunities arising out of the democratization of digital media tools and technologies. Participation from attendees is welcome and encouraged, and there will be an opportunity to present ... Read Full Story

Steven De Souza, writer of Hollywood blockbusters such as “48 Hours”, “Die Hard” and “Lara Croft Tomb Raider”, is trying his hand at directing for the Web. De Souza is in post on “Unknown Sender” which will be distributed via Strike TV , an internet start-up born out of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike earlier this year. The film is one of the networks first projects and stars Timothy Dalton of James Bond, 007 fame. Strike TV is a content distribution site to keep an eye on. What differentiates it from all the other video spigots out there, is that many of ... Read Full Story

YouTube Direktvideo link This clip speaks for itself. This is another example of the changing dynamic new media and new mediums have brought to how we receive information. Clips like this no longer go away altogether, or appear only on a "Banned on TV" VHS tape or DVD. Read Full Story

You think Web 2.0 and social media marketing is a passing fancy? Something that will likely disappear into the internet ether in the coming months? Let's throw out some reseach and let you choke on these numbers for a bit: • 83% of internet users watch video clips, up 20% frm June 2007 • 78% follow and read blogs • 57% of internet users are now members of at least one social network • RSS feeds are catching on, now at 39% from 15% • Podcasts are now mainstream digital content, listened to by 48% • The Top markets for blogging? – China 70% ... Read Full Story