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user-generated-content

Analyzing the CBS YouTube Stats

by Carlos Granier-Phelps

An analysis of CBS’s first month on YouTube, including an investigation on the viral growth of several CBS shows.

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Google Does Video Graphs

by Carlos Granier-Phelps

Google Video begins showing historical data for each video. My observations on this and what’s still missing (hint: a lot).

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Two interesting articles today on Advertising Age’s website. One is about a 24-hr user-generated video website and the other about the necessity of commercial-ratings on network television.

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The Advertiser’s Dilemma

by Carlos Granier-Phelps

As an advertiser, you’d want to optimize your purchases. But by the time you can tell a video is a runaway hit, you’ve not only probably lost the majority of your potential audience, but you’ll also have to pay a premium to advertise on that now world famous video.

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The first Forbes MEET Conference was a blast. The panels were great and the people attending were even better.

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Conference Over

by Carlos Granier-Phelps

The MEET 2006 Conference is now over. Live blogging was neither practical nor possible, but I will be posting my comments over the next few days. My laptop is acting up, so bear with me while I fix it. I had the chance to have lunch with Philip Rosedale, the creator of Second Life, as [...]

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Rethinking Ratings

by Carlos Granier-Phelps

An analysis of current television ratings methods, why they’re inappropriate for the timeless internet and digital video recorder era, and suggestions for improving them.

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Off to the MEET 2006 Forbes Conference

by Carlos Granier-Phelps

I’m off to Forbes’ MEET 2006 Conference (tomorrow and Wednesday at the Beverly Hills Hotel). The conference theme is:
Reaping Riches in the Media and Entertainment Revolution.
Check out the conference website for the agenda and list of speakers. I’m not sure what the blogging policy will be, but I’ll certainly try to post live if allowed.
After [...]

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CBS Launches YouTube Channel

by Carlos Granier-Phelps

CBS, one of the US leading television networks, has launched a YouTube channel. So far the content is limited to short clips from late night television, sports highlights, program promos and news items.
I’m not particularly impressed with the available content (no full length shows yet) but I really like the fact that CBS has taken [...]

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Where are the Editors?

by Carlos Granier-Phelps

Fellow blogger John Allsopp (dog or higher) writes about the future of blog reading, and how we’ll go from reading blogs to reading single posts.
In my personal experience, that’s exactly how it goes. Although I subscribe to several blogs, I find myself not checking them very often, instead relying on Google, Digg or Del.icio.us to [...]

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