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Velocix, MediaCorp of Singapore to broadcast Deal or No Deal live on the ‘net

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Velocix announced that it is working with MediaCorp to provide viewers with live, on-line, bi-weekly episodes of the prime-time talent search program, Star Search and the top international game show, Deal or No Deal.

Designed to meet the rich media needs demanded by content owners, Velocix provides a new generation Content Delivery Network and related services. Velocix delivers unprecedented performance, breakthrough economics and an asset delivery lifecycle management system that provides content owners with the control, analytics and reporting they need to manage their asset libraries through the digital distribution chain.

Originally posted on March 31, 2008 @ 9:21 am

Clear Channel Radio and Thumbplay to offer mobile entertainment content on stations’ web sites

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thumbplay.pngThumbplay announced a deal with Clear Channel Radio to roll out customized mobile content stores across more than 650 of its local music stations’ web sites, plus several more news and sports stations, throughout 2008.

Thumbplay’s content is contextually featured in areas including the ‘Just Played’ box and ‘Top 20 On Demand’ lists on all participating local radio stations’ home pages. In addition, links to the mobile content store are found in the ‘Last 10 Played’ playlist on each site. This enables listeners who like songs heard on these stations to purchase them as ringtones for more than 2,000 supported handsets across all major U.S. wireless carriers.

As part of the integration, each radio station site will host a customized store featuring format-appropriate mobile content. Thumbplay also developed a customizable widget allowing DJs at each station to choose their favorite ringtones and update those selections themselves online.

Originally posted on March 25, 2008 @ 10:31 am

Dailymotion features excusive debut of My Damn Channel’s Bedtime Stories

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cos-bedstories-new-series.gifDailymotion and My Damn Channel announced a partnership that will bring My Damn Channel’s original, professionally-produced episodic video content to Dailymotion’s audience of over 49 million users worldwide.

Dailymotion will host an exclusive premiere episode of My Damn Channel’s newest web series, “Bedtime Stories.” Written and co-directed by Steve Kerper, whose previous work includes infamous sketches such as “Raging Bullwinkle” for HBO’s “Hardcore TV,” each episode of “Bedtime Stories” will offer a provocative retelling of a traditional children’s story. The show stars web video cult personality and one-time pole vault medalist Grace Helbig and features illustrations by Asterisk (Saturday Night Live’s “TV Funhouse”).

In addition to the exclusive “Bedtime Stories” premiere, Dailymotion will now feature My Damn Channel’s original comedy and music videos including Horrible People, Cookin’ with Coolio, Wainy days. My Damn Channel artists also include Harry Shearer, Andy Milonakis, Big Fat Brain and Don Was.

Originally posted on March 11, 2008 @ 1:08 pm

Sticky Traffic formed to produced short form web comedy programs

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Judge-Belshaw Entertainment, Inc. announced the formation of Sticky Traffic Studios which will be dedicated to the production of serial short form comedy videos for distribution over leading web entertainment sites.

Sticky Traffic Studios’ productions are intended to meet growing demands for branded, recognizable online series. Sticky Traffic Studios has already shown considerable momentum in establishing communities around its unique web-only programming. An initial run of its jokes series, hosted on subsidiary It Tastes Funny and distributed to major online entertainment sites including Break, Dailymotion, Heavy, Metacafe, Veoh and Yahoo! Video, has succeeded in engaging audiences and proving the existing demand for such programming. As the studio continues to grow both its library of content and its audience, sponsors and advertisers will have the opportunity to leverage Sticky Traffic Studios’ communities around the Internet.

Originally posted on March 6, 2008 @ 10:17 pm

Getty Images partners with Lionsgate

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Getty Images and Lionsgate teamed up to make Lionsgate film scores and soundtracks available for commercial licensing through Getty Images’ music licensing business. The first offering will be the Academy Award-nominated score from Lionsgate’s critically acclaimed box office hit, “3:10 to Yuma.” The score was composed by first-time Oscar-nominee Marco Beltrami, a composer known for his unique approaches to recording.

As part of Getty Images’ initiative to offer an expanded online musical platform for a broad range of commercial uses, popular artists and titles will soon be added to its impressive alternative music collection. Additional musical content from Lionsgate that will soon be available for licensing includes scores from Lionsgate’s critically acclaimed television drama “Mad Men” on AMC; the hit television comedy series “Weeds” on Showtime, which features an eclectic mix of pop icons covering the classic “Little Boxes” for the opening theme song; and music from such Academy Award-winning Lionsgate feature films as “Crash” and “Monster’s Ball.”

Originally posted on February 22, 2008 @ 2:25 pm