Posts Tagged ‘Web Television’

Jinni Founder Reveals The Power of Emotion Based TV Recommendations [Interview]

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How would you like to search your TV Guide according to your mood? Users in Belgium now have this option with the latest investment by Belgacom, the largest telecommunications company in Belgium, with Jinni.com, a movie and TV search engine and recommendation site. This addition to Belgacom will enable viewers to search for Web TV content based on their mood and emotions. Jinni is an online search engine that calls itself ‘the Taste Engine’ and likens itself to ‘Pandora for Movies’ because users search for content according to mood, plots, titles, or whatever meets their fancy. Jinni has made some milestones this year such as becoming Google’s partner for Google TV and winning the award for “best product idea” at the CableLabs Winter Conference. I had a chance to talk with Jinni Founder and President, Yosi Glick, about the recent investment and what users love about Jinni. Read more

Blip.tv Revolutionizing Web TV With $10.1 Million Financing Round

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bliptv logoIn recent months, Blip.tv has been forging ahead in an attempt to engage viewers, crush competition, monetize and secure a spot at the top of the online video industry. We recently covered Blip.tv’s partnership with 7-Eleven on their Road Trip Rally web series and their expansion into Hollywood. This morning the online video site is announcing that it has raised a whopping $10.1 million in their third funding round.
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How To Make Internet Video Look Bad: #streamyfail 2010

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Streamy Awards LogoAfter three very long hours of technical difficulties, uncouth Chatroulette jokes and a flood of #streamyfail tweets, the Streamy Awards finally came to a close tonight. Half the audience had already cleared out of the Orpheum Theater in downtown LA and hardly anyone was left watching the show’s live stream on Ustream. The show’s host, Paul Scheer, seemed to capture the mood perfectly with his closing comment, “Thank you ladies and gentlemen. If there was a Streamy Award for patience, you would win it.”
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Second Annual Streamy Awards Streaming Live April 11

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Streamy_AwardsWhat do Zach Galifianakis, Lisa Kudrow, David Wain and Felicia Day have in common? They’re all nominees in the 2010 Streamy Awards, an annual awards ceremony dedicated to honoring excellence and originality in web television. The second annual Streamy Awards will take place in LA this Sunday, April 11, and will also stream live on the Streamy Awards’ website.
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