Oct 08, 2009

Futurescape Last week's Social TV Forum in London - where Futurescape's Colin Donald spoke in the panel discussion What impact will social TV have on the media industry as a whole? - was full of fascinating facts and insights into Web TV and related areas. Here are some key points from the conference. . (Read More)

Sep 22, 2009

Futurescape While the future of television is continually being debated, the news media are starting to analyse the significance of Web shows for the entertainment and advertising industries.As Futurescape is a key source of independent research on the sector, the secondedition of our pioneering report The Birth Of Online TV is receivi (Read More)

Sep 18, 2009

Futurescape Sometimes at Futurescape we’re a bit ahead of our time – but not usually by a decade.In 1999, we were invited to conceptualise a prototype service for Microsoft’s Web TV platform, a set-top box that showed Internet content on a TV set.The content related to actual television shows and we worked with a soap called London Bri (Read More)

Sep 01, 2009

Futurescape Stars embracing both the creative opportunity to make their own Web TV shows and the commercial benefit of linking up with major brands is one of the three big trends that we've identified for the second edition of our research report The Birth Of Online TV.Here's a short list of Hollywood and TV actors, producers and direc (Read More)

May 14, 2009

Futurescape Multiplatform teen service BBC Switch has established itself as a leading Web TV pioneer and it's again showing the way ahead by directly engaging its community for the forthcoming Romeo and Juliet themed online soap, The Cut. . (Read More)

May 12, 2009

Futurescape For a comprehensive guide to the state of the industry, from its beginnings through to the latest developments, we’re offering all three of our reports in a single, discounted package – with a 15% saving.For The Birth Of Online TV + UK Web Shows Now + WeVision:Standard price (1-5 users): $1,497. Discounted price: only $1,26 (Read More)

May 12, 2009

Futurescape The WeVision paradigm - that top Web shows succeed by creating interactive relationships with online viewers - is getting attention from the entertainment trade press, as with this in-depth article from Variety's Video Business magazine. What do top Internet video series The Guild, Diggnation, The Gap Year and Sofia’s Diary (Read More)

Apr 29, 2009

Futurescape Our research into online entertainment opportunities and challenges has led us to a simple but radical conclusion about media piracy: "You can't pirate an interactive experience.". (Read More)

Apr 27, 2009

Futurescape Although Great Danes are big dogs, as anyone who's met one knows, they're also pretty soft and can be nervous, even downright skittish.We saw that in action last weekend walking on the South Bank of the Thames. Just beside the Oxo Tower, there's a beach (the Thames has several beaches at low tide). A Great Dane owner though (Read More)

Apr 23, 2009

Futurescape The final article in the Web show funding series, with 7) Extend the production with new opportunities for others, 8) Look ahead to show and format sales, and the most radical option of all, 9) P2P financing. (Read More)

Apr 23, 2009

Futurescape We're fascinated by the conjunction of the Internet and television, and how an exciting new medium is emerging from the two.For the past decade, we've been analysing, consulting and writing about this in all its various aspects: TV channels launching their first Web sites and EPGs, early experiments in interactive TV, and t (Read More)

Mar 29, 2009

Futurescape OgilvyOne Greece is behind 17-minute, interactive film Love At First Site and Ogilvy is also backing US online comedy, The Guy's Manual. Paramount is planning supernatural thriller Section 8 for MySpace, while the MySpace reality show Married On MySpace is looking for entrants. ITV.com is being taken over for a zombie movie (Read More)

Mar 10, 2009

Submitted by Colindonald from blog: 6) Gain in-company incubation and support in kind. Some savvy production companies help staff make their own projects, appreciating the potential of a win-win for the employee and employer. The individual has an opportunity to improve their skills and the company benefits from increasingly skilled staff. Find out how Hollyo (Read More)

Mar 25, 2009

Futurescape ABC network, with the Writers Guild of America, have destroyed the key interactive feature of top online comedy In The Motherhood in its transition to TV. Here's how they did it. (Read More)

Mar 26, 2009

Futurescape There is a much bigger issue about the significance of Web comedy In The Motherhood making its move to TV, beyond the show losing its interactivity. MindShare, the agency which originated the concept for the show, needs to make more money from the format. However, it is clear to me that the strategy is fundamentally flawed. (Read More)

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