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2008-11-29

Finally, even YouTube goes wide

As users of our Community will know (especially those of you who have posted videos into the Community Videos section) user videos here on Clipland were wide from day one - over two years ago! Now, after many online video sites have it, YouTube official... ..more 2008-04-10

Conrad Ostwald showreel phenomenon

Not many showreels before have found such a strong reaction within the blogosphere as the motion graphics (mock) reel by Conrad Ostwald. The 2 minutes piece features all the current must-have techniques, and while doing so it elegantly shows off Ostwald... ..more 2006-12-18

The Cola Wars Girls

The long gone days of cola wars seem to come back. These days a new ad from the Coca Cola Company is making it rounds on the net. 1 The blonde girl from the Cola ad is Nicole Vicius. In the ad we see the young girl roller skating at the beach and doing... ..more

Cillit Bang and viral marketing

1 Today the viral marketing surrounding Reckitt Benckiser's cleaning product Cillit Bang entered another round: numerous radio stations around the globe picked up the cheesy JAKAZiD hardcore remix of the commercial. Which commercial? Well, in the UK mar... ..more 2006-11-13

Skype founder to release P2P web TV soon

The two founders/inventors of Skype 1 Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom have a new hobby. While working in their day jobs at eBay the two creative minds developed another project, title Venice. Based on the P2P technology developed for KaZaA and finally ... ..more

YouTube under fire, again

The social video sharing service YouTube has legal problems, again. Even after the Google/YouTube merger the online video hosting giant has continuing trouble with copyright and licensing issues. This time it's the German GEMA, the performance rights c... ..more 2006-10-10

Google buys YouTube

Nearly each week in the past few months we hear about a new revolution or the next giant acquisition or merger in the online social video market. The next big thing: Google buys YouTube to supplement its own social video venture Google Video. Nothing ne... ..more 2006-09-15

Microsoft to launch iPod killer

Redmond has been busy lately doing presentations at major music labels to industry execs. The topic: a new device soon to be sold by the giant from Seattle rivaling Apple's iPod and thus starting a new Apple vs. Microsoft war. 1 As it leaked from these... ..more 2006-09-13

Sony buys Grouper

Sony announced earlier that it has akquired the social video sharing platform grouper for $65 million through its Sony Pictures Division. Although this is no real surprise, as sharing user-uploaded video on dedicated sites is a hot topic right now, the ... ..more 2006-09-07

Provocative Campaign for AgentProvocateur

What a surprise: the new campaign for Agent Provocateur is a real Agent Provocateur for an on- and offline audience. Not so long ago (at least in internet time with all the reruns on numerous websites, December 2001 is not so long ago) the lingerie bran... ..more