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In years ahead, people might look back at the events of last Friday afternoon as watersheds for interactive TV and new channel development, if Google gets its aims straight. If those aims, cultivating worthwhile interactive applications and the next generation of diverse TV content, become embraced by the public, direct all the credit to what Continue Reading →

Google also announced that YouTube would become home to around 100 channels of content. Many channels will feature content by celebrities including Ashton Kutcher and Jillian Michaels. YouTube has paid over $100 million to channel partners and will offer up to 55% ad revenue to content creators. Read the full article at WSJ.com Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/111031_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Google is making big changes to the software of its set-top box Google TV. The update will allow developers to create Android applications made specifically for your TV. If you already have a Google TV, the device will update itself over wi-fi. In other news, Google also Continue Reading →

The Internet is growing so fast that more data was transmitted online in 2010 than in the web’s entire combined history. Over 4 billion connected devices worldwide have contributed to 48 hours of YouTube footage a minute and 7.5 billion monthly Facebook photos. Companies like Intel are innovating ways to make server technology cheap enough Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/111021_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Facebook is teaming up with the Labor Department to help the unemployed find jobs. A Facebook page called the Social Jobs Partnership will help point jobseekers towards little-known resources for finding employment. There are about 14 million people unemployed and 3 million job openings in the U.S. Continue Reading →

Looks like we’re a month away from YouTube announcing as many as 30 new vertical channels, each one produced/programmed by a different entity. Lots of big-name producers and production companies connected to this effort, which YouTube and parent Google anticipate spending about $150 million on. The two TV questions to keep front of mind: Will Continue Reading →

YouTube added a politics channel to its site that will showcase campaign ads, speeches and other relevant political content. YouTube has a history of working with politics, hosting a Democratic debate with CNN in 2007 and the Fox News Republican debate earlier this year. The channel will give users a “holistic view” of what politics Continue Reading →

Yahoo!, the last traditional media company, is in deep trouble. Just like AOL, MSN and Forbes.com – dinosaurs founded in a time where media agencies had to manage scarcity. The Yahoo! Homepage used to be part of a digital media plan just like buying commercials during the NFL season for beer brands. Two things changed: Continue Reading →

FACEBOOK officially unveiled a multi-faceted ad system that taps into user referrals and exploits the site’s “social graph.” The system allows brands to establish company profiles on the network. When a user interacts with a company page, the activity (and a display ad) will be reported virally to that user’s network via news feeds. Beacon Continue Reading →