Vid-Biz: Twitter, Live Music, Fail
Twitterers Have Longer Video Attention Spans; Twitter-referred videos are watched on average for one minute, 58 seconds, compared to 1:14 for Facebookers, and :58 for Digg users, according to TubeMogul. (MediaPost)
Crowd-sourced Animated Short Getting Theatrical Release; Live Music was created by animators around the world and Sony is using it as the opener to the animated feature Planet 51. (The New York Times)
G4’s Web Soup and Break.com Partner Up for the “Week in Fail;” segment will focus on videos that show humorous mishaps and stunts gone wrong. (emailed release)
Should YouTube Charge Uploaders? Piper Jaffrey analyst suggests the video site should charge a nominal fee for videos that can’t be advertised against. (Bits Blog)
BBC Web Series Fresh Making the Leap to TV; show about college freshmen is the first comedy to go from online to one of BBC’s main TV channels. (Variety)
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