Vevo, YouTube Start a Concert Series; First Up, Arcade Fire
Vevo and YouTube will be pushing deeper into the live music scene with a five-part concert series that will be streamed live online. Their new "Unstaged" live music series will feature artists like John Legend and interactive features, like the ability to switch camera angles.
Vid-Biz: DirecTV, Target, Boxee
DirecTV Added 136,000 Subs in Q3; revenue was up 9.7 percent to $5.5 billion. (Multichannel News)Target Rolls Out Web Vids for Holiday Shopping; comedic clips cover such topics as family traditions and other oddities. (AdWeek)Boxee to Unveil Beta on Dec. 7; new version will have a new UI, better navigation and more. (Boxee Blog)Live Music...
Vid-Biz: Twitter, Live Music, Fail
Twitterers Have Longer Video Attention Spans; Twitter-referred videos are watched on average for one minute, 58 seconds, compared to 1:14 for Facebookers, and :58 for Digg users, according to TubeMogul. (MediaPost)Crowd-sourced Animated Short Getting Theatrical Release; Live Music was created by animators around the world and Sony is using it as the opener to the...
