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CES: Secrets Of The YouTube Superstars

Megan O'Neill — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 09:02:40 +0000

Everyone wants to know the secrets of the YouTube stars – how did they make successful careers out of YouTube, how do they make money and what advice do they have for hopefuls looking to follow in their footsteps? Tubefilter’s ‘Secrets if YouTube Superstars’ panel at CES shed some light on these questions. continued…

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UltraViolet to Light Up CES

David Cohen — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 14:01:51 +0000

UltraViolet will shine at the 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas Thursday evening, as top executives from member companies in cross-industry consortium the Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem will participate in a panel in Room LVCCS221 at 5 p.m. (PT), where they will discuss the open market for digital content distribution.

The panel is scheduled to include: Best Buy senior vice president and general manager, home entertainment group Chris Homeister; Fox Filmed Entertainment president, new media and digital distribution Peter Levinsohn; Microsoft corporate VP, media and entertainment group Blair Westlake; NBC Universal president, digital and affiliate distribution J.B. Perrette; Neustar president and CEO Lisa Hook; Samsung Electronics senior VP, media solution center Tae-Jin Kang; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment executive VP, global digital and commercial innovation John Calkins; and Warner Bros. Digital Distribution president Thomas Gewecke.

UltraViolet is a technology that will allow the purchase and viewing of digital content anywhere, on any device, via the use of accounts for up to six members and up to 12 registered devices, and DECE member companies include studios, retailers, consumer-electronics manufacturers, cable operators, Internet-service providers, and others.

UltraViolet products and services are expected to be available around midyear, with the first designed-for-UltraViolet consumer-electronics devices debuting in early 2012.

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NBC Universal Bringing Social-Media Initiatives to Las Vegas for 2011 CES

David Cohen — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 14:46:57 +0000

NBC Universal, official broadcast partner of the 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show, to be held in Las Vegas Jan. 6-9, has social-media and online plans for the confab, as well.

On Friday, Jan. 7, Bravo Media will debut social-media experience @bravotv, which will allow fans to interact with Bravo personalities, as well as rolling out the Bravo iPad app, which permits engagement during shows.

Aubrey O’Day, star of All About Aubrey, a docu-reality series that will premiere on Oxygen this spring, will host a live chat on OxygenLive! Saturday, Jan. 8.

CNBC media and entertainment reporter Julia Boorstin will update the Media Money blog with CES news, and the CNBC Real-Time iPad App and premium, professional-level online and mobile service CNBC PRO will be on display at the NBCU booth.

And NBCU will team up with Sharp again to open the doors to The Hub multimedia lounge, where business and entertainment Webcasters and bloggers will post their reports digitally and through social media.

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Soulja Boy Tell'Em – Social Media SuperStar

willm — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:29:13 +0000

CES 2009 (Consumer Electronics Show) – Billboard Digital Music Live

Soulja Boy Tell’Em Social Media Success

Soulja Boy Tell ‘Em launched himself to success through social media. Soulja Boy is generating tens of millions of dollars in music and online digital revenue based on success achieved in social media. Soulja Boy told his story today at the CES‘ Digital Music Live, to a crowd of traditional record executives and digital media start ups. Soulja Boy started on SoundClick.com at the age of 16, uploading tracks that were downloaded 35K times a day at their peak.
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