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Topic: Youtube

VW Advertises on Knockoff YouTube Videos to Tout Original Auto Parts Banners on 'homage' clips click through to real thing

To promote Volkswagen's original auto parts, Brazilian ad agency AlmapBBDO slapped banners on popular homemade YouTube clips—mostly spoofs, parodies and wacky foreign interpretations of songs—directing viewers to the original songs…

May 25 2012

Will Video Hub Be Just a Blip on the Stream? Can video platform survive now that YouTube is flooding the space?

When Blip came on the scene in 2005, the pioneering startup was ahead of its time, building a network and set of tools designed to help the nascent community of…

May 15 2012

Brand #Fail Saddled by a wave of online faux pas, marketers struggle to break through the wall of consumer criticism

Social media? For too many brands, it might feel more like anti-social media. It’s no secret that the rush of consumers and advertisers to Facebook and Twitter has made it ever…

May 15 2012

Of Course You Can Trust Us— We’re Google! Buyers are intrigued by YouTube’s 100-channel rollout. But the high CPMs? Not so much.

What, exactly, is YouTube selling? That’s the question on every buyer’s mind in the wake of the company’s “brandcast” presentation in New York a few weeks ago. It wants advertisers to…

May 14 2012

Internet Week Brings Together the Brains, the Tech Sessions, conferences kick off Monday throughout NYC

Internet Week, a slate of showcases, conferences and workshops around New York City spanning the depth and breadth of the tech industry, kicks off May 14. The annual gathering this year…

May 08 2012

Every Picture (and Tweet, and Clip) Tells a Story Social startup Storify is capturing the imagination of journalists and brands

With the presidential elections underway and the Olympics coming up, this is a big year for event-driven journalism—and for social publishing tool Storify. Storify built its name on enabling reporters, bloggers…

May 07 2012

A+E Networks to Hit Market With Updated Lifetime Ad sales head Mel Berning tries to keep rates growing

Mel Berning was carefully rearranging his silverware on the table at a French restaurant in midtown Manhattan last week when he deliberately and specifically broke down the various factors at…

May 07 2012

YouTube Commits $200 Million in Marketing Support to Channels Upfront features Jay-Z, Neon Trees, Flo Rida

YouTube's "brandcast" event (please don't call it a NewFront) started off with a bang and ended with vp, global head of content Robert Kyncl pledging some $200 million in marketing…

May 03 2012

Highlights From Adweek's NexTech @DCNF Topics included future of TV, state of Web publishing, naps at AOL

Arianna Huffington talked about reducing stress, getting more sleep and the problem with men. Greg Rivera of Xbox Advertising talked about a not-so-far-away future when kids will get to star…

May 02 2012

Playing Nice at the Upfront Buyers and sellers predict a drama-free TV ad bazaar, but online video players could make a play for dollars

If past upfronts have been characterized by a good deal of prefatory chest thumping, with sellers crowing about the prices they deserve and buyers countering with curt dismissals, the early…

April 30 2012

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