If there's one takeaway from this week it's that the Web Television community—both in La and around the world—is thriving. We hosted one of the best monthly Hollywood Web Television Meetups to date this week, headlined by Felicia Day, creator of The Guild and Cristian Cussen from MySpaceTV, bringing out hundreds of talented web creators and industry notables. Spotted at the Meetup was the team from After Judgment, the thriller sci-fi series we covered back in October, who announced a distribution deal with KoldCast TV. And speaking of KoldCast, we broke the news that they landed a deal with DVR service TiVo to send their growing lineup of web series into the living rooms of over 4 Million TiVo subscribers. And also at the Meetup were the YouTube star creators The Fine Bros. who landed a deal themselves for a second season of their Lost Parodies series. (The pair...
- 12/6/2008
- by Tubefilter News
- Tubefilter.com
Wow, wow, wow! Thanks to everyone for making it out to the hugely successful December Hollywood Web Television Meetup last night which packed the James Cagney Boardroom at the Screen Actors Guild with nearly 300 members of Hollywood's burgeoning web television community. Studio executives, agents, managers, actors, writers, producers, show creators and fans lined the walls to hear presentations from Cristian Cussen, VP of Original Content at MySpaceTV and web superstar Felicia Day, creator of the hit indie web series The Guild and star of Joss Whedon's summer sitebuster Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. Cristian Cussen led off the night, talking about a number of MySpaceTV's successful web series partnerships like Prom Queen, Sorority Forever and Roommates, before getting into what was on the minds of a good chunk of the crowd—how does he find new web series and what are they looking for? He said his team is always...
- 12/4/2008
- by Tubefilter News
- Tubefilter.com
Just a reminder that tonight we're hosting another Hollywood Web Television Meetup at the Screen Actors Guild in Los Angeles' Miracle Mile. Sponsored by Tubefilter, the monthly Hollywood Web Television Meetup brings together Los Angeles’ rich, diverse creative talent for the purpose of sharing resources, finding opportunities for collaboration, and helping talented content creators to shape the future of web television. * Felicia Day Creator of the hit series The Guild (which just locked a killer distribution deal with Microsoft and Sprint for Season 2) and star of web phenom Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog * Cristian Cussen Vice President of Original Content at MySpaceTV...
- 12/3/2008
- by Tubefilter News
- Tubefilter.com
Thanks to all who made it out to the very social November meetup at Barney's Beanery. Next Wednesday, December 3, we are hosting another Hollywood Web Television Meetup at the Screen Actors Guild in Los Angeles' Miracle Mile. This one will be well worth attending—we have some great speakers lined up for you this month: * Felicia Day Creator of the hit series The Guild (which just locked a killer distribution deal with Microsoft and Sprint for Season 2) and star of web phenom Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog * Cristian Cussen Vice President of Original Content at MySpaceTV...
- 11/26/2008
- by Tubefilter News
- Tubefilter.com
Montreal -- The role of the Internet in today's comedy world was one key topic of debate on various panels here on the first day of the inaugural Just Comedy industry conference.
Comedy executives said the Web is a great addition to their arsenal when it comes to reaching fans, but making money remains a challenge.
"We won't turn our back on the traditional television development business," said Lou Wallach, senior vp, original programming, television and digital development for Comedy Central. "But (the Web is) a laboratory and opportunity to complement our development process."
Kenton Allen, creative head, comedy and comedy North, for the BBC said the U.K. broadcaster is open to moving comedic Web ideas to the TV screen, but feels no pressure to force things.
"It's ok to have stuff that works only on the Web," he said.
Confronted with the question of whether online content makes good money yet for their TV networks or will do so any time soon, many signaled there is no real money there yet.
"(The Web) is a bit of development, a bit of promotion and brand - and, I'd assume, no money," offered Anton Leo, creative head of TV comedy, TV arts & entertainment at the Cbc and Radio Canada. He explained though that he doesn't get too involved with such business issues on a daily basis.
Michelle Daly, director of content at Canada's The Comedy Network and TV Land: also said the industry is still in the early stages of exploring digital opportunities.
Cristian Cussen, director of content and marketing for MySpace TV, said user-generated content "absolutely plays," and there are select cases where people share such content.
But "monetizing them is tough," he argued.
It's somewhat easier to do content partnership deals with such brands as The Onion and then share advertising revenue that came in specifically due to this content, Cussen said.
However, "the economics right now are tough (for online content). It's a brand building opportunity and incubation opportunity."
Cheetos and Toyota Corolla are among sponsors of MySpace comedic content that Cussen mentioned.
Comedy executives said the Web is a great addition to their arsenal when it comes to reaching fans, but making money remains a challenge.
"We won't turn our back on the traditional television development business," said Lou Wallach, senior vp, original programming, television and digital development for Comedy Central. "But (the Web is) a laboratory and opportunity to complement our development process."
Kenton Allen, creative head, comedy and comedy North, for the BBC said the U.K. broadcaster is open to moving comedic Web ideas to the TV screen, but feels no pressure to force things.
"It's ok to have stuff that works only on the Web," he said.
Confronted with the question of whether online content makes good money yet for their TV networks or will do so any time soon, many signaled there is no real money there yet.
"(The Web) is a bit of development, a bit of promotion and brand - and, I'd assume, no money," offered Anton Leo, creative head of TV comedy, TV arts & entertainment at the Cbc and Radio Canada. He explained though that he doesn't get too involved with such business issues on a daily basis.
Michelle Daly, director of content at Canada's The Comedy Network and TV Land: also said the industry is still in the early stages of exploring digital opportunities.
Cristian Cussen, director of content and marketing for MySpace TV, said user-generated content "absolutely plays," and there are select cases where people share such content.
But "monetizing them is tough," he argued.
It's somewhat easier to do content partnership deals with such brands as The Onion and then share advertising revenue that came in specifically due to this content, Cussen said.
However, "the economics right now are tough (for online content). It's a brand building opportunity and incubation opportunity."
Cheetos and Toyota Corolla are among sponsors of MySpace comedic content that Cussen mentioned.
- 7/17/2008
- by By Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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