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Polar bears put on a show in Manitoba
By Katherine Dorsett Bennett, CNN October 31, 2011
Tucked away in the Canadian province of Manitoba for several weeks each autumn is the largest wild polar bear concentration in the world...Starting this week and throughout the month of November, CNN.com/Live in partnership with explore.org will stream live video from Churchill of the polar bear migration. Explore.org is a nonprofit multimedia organization created to inspire lifelong learning
Who Ruled the Social TV Airwaves in September? [STATS]
September is always a huge month for TV with a slate of show premieres and returning favorites. But which networks ruled social TV? We’ve got a fresh set of data from Trendrr, a realtime social media tracker. – Zachary Sniderman October 5, 2011
Reposted to World News Local, Social TV Digest
BET Networks Post Another Year of Blockbuster Ratings; 2010-11 Season the Best in Its History
Via BET Press Release - BET was named the #1 Social Cable Network by Trendrr.tv in June 2011 surrounding the BET AWARDS '11. – October 5, 2011
 
Infographic: These fall TV pilots rule Facebook & Twitter
Fall TV season is in full swing, and viewers are using Twitter and Facebook more than ever to chime in on their favorite shows. Which of the new pilots got the most traction on social networks? We asked the folks over at Trendrr.com to find out, and they produced this neat little infographic for us. – Janko Roettgers, Oct. 4, 2011
Reposted: Enter: New Media
How Social Media Ranks Fall TV's Hit Shows
We asked Nielsen to rank the best-rated series from the start of the fall TV season -- and then had buzz-tracker Trendrr.tv and check-in service GetGlue give us their numbers. Here's how, and why, they do and don't match up. – Simon Dumenco, October 3, 2011
Will Social Media Be the New Nielsen for TV Ad Buyers?
The company is just one of many, including Bluefin Labs and Trendrr, that have arrived on the scene. While they connect the dots between all the tweets, check-ins and Facebook posts about TV shows and actual live tune-in, we've yet to see this new calculus result in shifts in spending habits at any large scale. – Kunur Patel, October 3, 2011
Twitter Apps You Need for Business
Trendrr. An all-in app, Trendrr provides services for social media tracking and management. It can keep track of sites such as Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. Plus, it has a complete dashboard and reporting system to help you check up on the progress of your social media campaign. – October 3, 2011
Jeff Dunham’s comedy special premieres to 5.5 million TV viewers; tickets to Tulsa show on sale Friday morning
Dunham also stoked a significant buzz with the special, coming in as the third most-talked about cable show that night behind the premiere of the second season of the acclaimed HBO series “Boardwalk Empire” and a pivotal episode of the six-time Emmy Award-winning show “Breaking Bad.” The statistics were measured by Trendrr.tv, a comprehensive television index that ranks shows by their activity across a number of social networks, according to a news release. – Brandy McDonnell, September 29, 2011
Inside look at NBC’s very social Education Summit
Trendrr’s chart (above) shows the spikes and reach from their Teacher Town Hall by hashtag, which aired on MSNBC on Sunday. – Natan Edelsberg, September 29, 2011
Top 10 Twitter Apps
Trendrr: Trendrr is ideal for research companies, media companies, advertising agencies and brand managers. It tracks social media data and identifies influence, volumes, locations, trends, demographics etc and helps users better understand online branding and marketing performance. – September 25, 2011
The Sad Ballad of the Sinking Social Engagement (and Ratings) of 'Glee
Today we're taking a closer look at "Glee" with help from our editorial partner Trendrr, the social-media monitoring firm, and its Trendrr.tv service. – Simon Dumenco, September 22, 2011
Reposted to Social Music Media, Ad News Now
Not-So-'Glee'-ful Trends In Social Media And TV Ratings
Looking at social media data from Trendrr.TV, a service that surveys shows' social media activity, "Glee" had more than 338,000 individual bits of social activity the day before its season premiere, the highest for any show -- and more than three times that of second-place "Dancing with the Stars." Trendrr.TV also said "Glee" had 72% "positive sentiment" in its social media results. – Wayne Friedman, September 22, 2011
'X Factor' Ratings? Underwhelming. Social-Media Buzz? Also Meh.
To round out the picture, Ad Age asked our editorial partner Trendrr, the social-media monitoring firm, to use its Trendrr.tv service to give us an early look at the "social TV" footprint for "The X Factor." – Simon Dumenco, September 22, 2011
Reposted to Ad News Now, Studio Briefing, IMDB
Charlie Sheen Roast Ratings Were Comedy Central Record
According to trendrr.tv, the Roast garnered 450,000 social mentions, which dwarfed several other prime-time Fall TV premieres, including 'Dancing With the Stars' and 'Two and Half Men.' – Alex Moaba, September 20, 2011
Reposted to RoadRunner
"Roast of Charlie Sheen" Leads Comedy Central to Its Highest-Rated, Most-Watched Roast in the History of the Franchise With 6.4 Million Total Viewers
Via Comedy Central press release - · #1 In All Of TV for Social Activity with over 450K mentions - more than two times the nearest shows ("Dancing With The Stars" & "Two And Half Men") *source Trendrr.tv – September 20, 2011
7 Things You Need to Know About 'Social TV' Right Now
Over the past couple of years, Trendrr has tightened its focus on TV -- even launching Trendrr.tv specifically to serve the TV industry. Today, 14 of the top 25 TV networks are Trendrr.tv data customers, and as the social-TV business has exploded, Ad Age has also started editorial partnerships (to generate charticles for AdAge.com) with other emerging players in the space.. – Simon Dumenco, September 19, 2011
Reposted to Studiocom.
Trendrr.TV Premium Launched
Trendrr announced the availability of Trendrr.TV Premium, an SMA platform organized around television networks and programming. – Nathan Gilliatt, September 19, 2011
 
Trendrr Launches Social-Media Tracking Tool For TV Nets
Wiredset announced the official launch of the enterprise version of Trendrr.TV, a research tool for analyzing social-media activity around television viewing.
The company claims 15 of the top 25 cable TV networks use the service, which has been available in a private beta. – Todd Spangler, September 19, 2011
Interactive TV News Round-Up (VI): TiVo, AT&T, Two Way Media, Trendrr, wireWAX, Tommy Hilfiger
Wiredset's Trendrr Launches Real-Time Social-Media Measurement Tools for TV Networks
Wiredset has launched the enterprise version of Trendrr.TV, which it bills as "the first TV-specific research and marketing solution for optimizing, understanding and mapping to revenue the social media components around television viewing. The launch of the enterprise version marks a significant milestone in both capabilities and networks for agencies and brands using the service," Tracy Swedlow, September 20, 2011
Trendrr Tracks Social TV
Trendrr.TV is currently used by over 50 percent of the top 25 cable networks and many major broadcast networks, across research, marketing and advertising teams. This research and marketing-specific offering provides an insight layer around two-screen convergence and allows TV networks to take advantage of real-time data to increase audience viewership and engagement. – September 20, 2011
Trendrr launches social media tools for TV networks
Trendrr launched a real-time dashboard for TV industry insiders just in time for the fall TV season Monday. The new site shows enterprise subscribers which shows attracted the most buzz on Twitter, Facebook, Getglue and Miso during various times of the day.- Janko Roettgers, September 19, 2011
Reposted on Techme101
Social Media Engage “Discovery Channel” Users
On Trendrr with its social TV rankings, it became a trending topic with hashtag #1 for just one week. – Maddy Rowe, September 18, 2011
Three reasons why Social TV is more than hype
Recently, Trendrr TV, a comprehensive television index that ranks shows by their activity across a number of social networks, put Social TV to the test by indexing the 2011 MTV Music awards. The results were record breaking, so much so that they effectively silence any doubt that Social TV is here to stay. – Adam Root, September 16, 2011
GetGlue’s most anticipated new shows by check-in
Trendrr recently came out with a list of anticipated new TV shows, which include data from GetGlue and other social networks. GetGlue,which just had a record month of 11.5 million check-ins in August, has also released a list of the most anticipated shows. – Natan Edelsberg, September 15, 2011
Reposted to Business Insider Wire
NBCU's conference highlights the growing buzz of social media
Among the speakers, in addition to those from NBCU, were executives from Twitter, Facebook, Trendrr, Digitas and GetGlue, an entertainment-based social networking site with about one million users. – Bob Fernandez, September 15, 2011
“Big Brother” Wraps Up Its Most Successful Summer Since 2004 with Year-to-Year Growth on All Platforms – On-Air, Online and On Cable
Since its premiere in July, BIG BROTHER has received 1,248,000 social media mentions, ranking as the number one television show on 20 of its 28 broadcast dates, according to Trendrr.TV (July 7-Sept.11) – Bill Gorman, September 13, 2011
On 10th Anniversary of 9/11, Social Media Is a Forum for Reflection
On Sunday, there were 3,187,547 million posts on Twitter about the anniversary and 650,523 posts on Saturday, according to analysis by Trendrr, a social media analytics firm.
The top five cities posting about the anniversary over the weekend were New York, Washington, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Chicago. The most used hashtag was #neverforget. – Jennifer Preston, September 10, 2011
On Twitter, President Obama’s Job Speech Drives the Conversation
In the hours after he gave his speech, 53 percent of the posts were favorable. Another 19 percent expressed negative sentiment and 28 percent were neutral, according to the analysis of real-time data on Twitter about the speech by Trendrr, a firm that measures sentiment in real time on social media platforms. – Jennifer Preston, September 9, 2011
TVGuide.com launches social TV power rankings
TVGuide.com joins Trendrr and SocialGuide offering a public social TV ranking. While Trendrr and SocialGuide measure Twitter, Facebook and check-in services, TVGuide’s addition of its own data — some of it tied to editorial content — yields a different result for some shows. All My Children, for example, does not appear on Trendrr and SocialGuide. – Cory Bergman, September 8, 2011
Trendrr reveals most anticipated fall TV pilots
As fall TV pilot season heats up, Trendrr revealed an important chart listing the top ten TV pilots that have received the most buzz so far before airing. – Natan Edelsburg, September 8, 2011
Premium Social Media Monitoring Tools
Trendrr is a business intelligence Web service for digital and social media. It allows you to listen, measure, and respond to the conversation about a product, service, or brand in real time. – Russ Altman, September 7, 2011
Trendrr.tv's Top 10 Most Anticipated New Fall TV Shows
But over the past year Trendrr has been particularly honing its expertise in the so-called "social TV" space. That focus has led to Trendrr.tv, a service that ranks shows by their level of social buzz across Twitter and Facebook as well as check-in services Miso and GetGlue. – Simon Dumenco September 7, 2011
How Can Networks Spin Online Chatter Into Ratings Gold?
As measured by Wiredset’s Trendrr, the VMAs generated a whopping 5.57 million comments, 48% of which were from mobile devices, the night of the show. (Trendrr provides the data for Multichannel News’ Buzz Meter feature.) – Todd Spangler, September 5, 2011
 
5 Things I Want My TV To Do By 2012: And Why XBox Is Ahead
Last week Trendrr, which measures TV shows’ popularity through social media buzz, released aggregate results from June, July and August. NBC won the broadcast TV for the summer, thanks predominantly to “The Voice,” which had a deeply integrated social component. FOX took second, partially due to “Master Chef” and “Hell’s Kitchen,” but here’s the big news: “Glee” was the third most buzzed-about show this summer. “Glee,” which aired nothing but reruns. Social media-fueled evangelists kept the brand alive without a single new episode. – Michael Humphrey, September 5, 2011
MTV's Social Greatness: The Snooki Bump And The VMA Blast-off
As I’ve written before, Social TV metrics are currently measured in two ways.SocialGuide measures the buzz just before and after a show airs. Trendrr, which I’ve been using for several months, tracks the whole week of buzz around a show. This week that distinction meant very little when tracking MTV’s domination. – Michael Humphrey, August 31, 2011
Infographic: How People Used Social Media to Watch the 2011 MTV VMAs
Trendrr has released an infographic detailing the social aspect of the VMAs, breaking down how people were participating with the award show online. First published by Mashable, the graphic shows that the VMAs generated an impressive response on sites like Facebook and Twitter: it raked in close to 5.6 million mentions on social media Sunday night. – Leslie Horne, August 30, 2011
Social TV by the Numbers: VMAs Edition [INFOGRAPHIC]
The overwhelming amount of mobile device usage indicates that MTV’s second-screen approach with the VMAs really worked. Trendrr also tells us that the fact that “Beyonce” didn’t even register as one of the most popular hashtags shows that the #VMA branding was working successfully. According to Trendrr, this “shows the real maturity of hashtags as vehicle to drive connected TV conversations.”It’s interesting to see the breakdown across networks like Facebook and GetGlue and to see what times activity was at its peak. – Christina Warren, August 29, 2011
The Fox Pay Wall: This Is Grinding Peter Griffin’s Gears
This morning, after reading the WSJ article, I had a conversation with one of the main men who will be affected by this move: Peter Griffin, star of “Family Guy.” As one of the most beloved shows in social media circles (“Family Guy was #2 on Trendrr last week), Family Guy was Web 2.0-ready before there was such a thing: It’s re-watchable, has constant viral potential, naturally triggers conversations and is consumable as a whole or in parts. - Michael Humphrey, July 27, 2011
TeenNick Finds Success in the Nostalgic ’90s
On Monday, when the programming block made its debut, there was ample attention to it online: Trendrr.TV, which ranks television shows by the amount of online activity around them, found that TeenNick claimed five of the top 10 positions on its daily ranking. – Brian Stelter, July 27, 2011
Data reveals Comic-Con buzz benefit
Wiredset shared with Twitter portion of a data set form its analytics platform, Trendrr, which is being compiled for dozens of its TV-network clients that, in totality, will also encompass FAcebook and social-TV “check-in” services like GetGlue. - Andrew Wallenstein, July 28, 2011
Americans acquire Israeli football powerhouse club
Two American businessmen acquired troubled Israeli Premier League side Beitar Jerusalem on Thursday. Beitar said Dan Adler and Adam Levin took over from Russian businessman Arkady Gaydamak, who bought it in 2005. The new deal was signed in London following negotiations with the participation of Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat, the team added. – Jeremy Last, July 14, 2011
Hey, How's That #BoycottMurdoch Social-Media Campaign Going?
I asked Trendrr to monitor tweets using the term "#boycottmurdoch" (with and without the hash mark so we would also pick up tweets from and mentions of the @BoycottMurdoch Twitter account) as well as "boycott Murdoch." Yesterday a rollup of those terms saw just 452 tweets, with a one-hour peak of 150 tweets in the morning. – Simon Dumenco, July 13, 2011
Twitter launches developer site as it reaches 1 million apps milestone
Examples of how third-party apps are enriching the online microblogging site include Trendrr and its tweet sentiment measurement, Poptweets and its iPhone trivia game "that challenges players to match Tweets with the famous people who said them," and Mass Relevance's real-time content curation and visualization, which "combed through more than 160,000 Tweets to bring the White House's first Twitter Town Hall to life." – July 12, 2011
Twitter passes 1 million registered third-party apps
The San Francisco microblogging service offered examples of apps that connect to Twitter in interesting ways, such as Mass Relevance, which "combed through more than 160,000 Tweets to bring the White House's first Twitter Town Hall to life though real-time content curation and visualization."
Another example was Trendrr, which "evaluated the sentiment of Tweets about sci-fi thriller SUPER8 to measure the film's blockbuster $38-million opening weekend." - Nathan Olivarez-Giles, July 11, 2011
What It's Like to Get Used and Abused by The Huffington Post
And the Weiner Is ..." It's part of a weekly "trending topics" series that's hardly the journalistic equivalent of brain surgery -- it's meant to be an entertaining take on social-media chatter -- but it does involve a surprising amount of work and a lot of back-and-forth conversations with our editorial partner Trendrr, an online buzz-tracking firm, as we figure out together what we want to cover and how we'll capture and analyze the data that Trendrr generates exclusively for Ad Age. –Simon Dumenco, July 11, 2011
SeeSaw Saved by Investors
Investors swooped in to save troubled online television service SeeSaw in a deal estimated to be worth around $16 million. A private equity firm in the U.S. that also acquired Bebo from AOL led the consortium of investors. – Kari Lipschutz, July 14, 2011
Philanthropist says dogs will help soldiers with PTSD
"If you talk to the soldiers, they say the real war begins now," says philanthropist Charlie Annenberg Weingarten. "It is the war at home dealing with stress." – Charley Keyes, July 4, 2011
Dog Bless You USA
Dog Bless You is a non-profit community created to champion the role dogs play in the lives of humans. The community will celebrate dogs and soldiers in America and bring service dogs to war veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder through a challenge grant centered around the Dog Bless You Facebook page. – Hannity Producers, June 30, 2011
Woman Power: ‘State of Georgia’ Is Socially Superior To ‘The World According to Paris’
If ABC is paying attention to the numbers from Trendrr — which gauges television popularity byway of social media chatter –expect a little hop in the step over at the Family division. That’s because in last night’s ratings for cable, ABC Family landed two of the three top spots, including number 1 with its debut of, “State of Georgia.” It also grabbed number 3 with the return of “Melissa and Joey.” –Michael Humphrey, June 30, 2011
Olbermann vs. Maddow vs. O'Donnell vs. (Piers) Morgan: Who Rules Twitter?
After Keith Olbermann quit MSNBC, he stormed off to his bedroom and plotted his revenge against his jerk bosses: He'd continue doing his show, he decided, with his own camcorder and distribute "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" himself, thank you very much. His devoted fans would simply buy VHS copies of it by sending money orders to his P.O. box. A charticle, which uses data collected and parsed by Trendrr, compares recent hourly tweet volume for Olbermann, O'Donnell, Maddow, and Morgan. -Simon Dumenco, June 30, 2011
SeeSaw targeted by Bebo buyers
Online TV service close to being bought by US investment firm Criterion Capital Partners. Criterion Capital Partners, the US investment firm that snapped up Bebo for a knock down price, is poised to do the same with online TV service SeeSaw. – Mark Sweney, June 21, 2011
Bebo owner 'to buy online TV service SeeSaw'
Exclusive: Bebo’s owner, a private equity company called Criterion Capital Partners, is poised to purchase and revive SeeSaw, the ailing UK online TV service, from Arqiva, the broadcast transmission company. – Emma Barnett, June 21, 2011
Was J.J. Abrams & Steven Spielberg’s Box-Office Champ ‘Super 8’ Really Saved by Twitter?
The media chatter concerning the newly released film, “Super 8” goes above and beyond its artistic value, entertainment and box office rankings. A chart presented in this article was created using data collected and parsed by Trendrr to illustrate the bulk of “Super 8’s” success as a result of Tweets. –Simon Dumenco, June 14, 2011
Dude And 50K Friends: Serious About Saving Stargate Universe
A couple of months back Trendrr listed Stargate Universe as the most talked-about cable television show of the week. In December, the SyFy channel had announced its cancellation and a fanbase was building to save it — from chartrooms, fanpages, Twitter, Digg and they were arriving in the public square of Facebook. –Michael Humphre, June 13, 2011
Rep. Anthony Weiner's crotch ware vs Apple iOS 5 software: Who's the winner?
Defaced Rep. Anthony Weiner who is in the middle of the crotch-gate scandal came close to stealing thunder from Apple's mega launch of iCloud. AdAge reported that data from Trendrr, a social media monitoring site, revealed by the end of Monday Weiner-related tweets garnered 184,848 tweets, iCloud racked up around 110,000 tweets. –Carl Bagh, June 9, 2011
Anthony Weiner vs. Steve Jobs: Who Won On Twitter?
Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference is one of the biggest days of the year for the tech industry. But this year, Steve Jobs and his iCloud were overshadowed by an unexpected event: Weinergate. Anthony Weiner and his unfortunate Twitter pictures looked for a moment like they could overcome Apple. But, according to AdAge, which worked with Trendrr to analyze Twitter buzz, Weiner-related tweets were eventually defeated by those relating to WWDC. –Amy Lee, June 9, 2011
Poor Steve Jobs Had to Go Head to Head With Weinergate in the Twitter Buzzstakes. And the Weiner Is …
It's rather surreal timing when you think about it: On the same day that Apple launched its iCloud service the tech giant got its media thunder stolen by a tearful congressman who suddenly manned up and stopped blaming … the cloud. This weeks charticle collected and parsed by Trendrr illustrates these results by comparing hourly tweet volumes. –Simon Dumenco, June 8, 2011
New TV Hit Hums Along Online, Too
Trendrr, a company that tracks online chatter about shows, said that “The Voice” has ranked in its top five attention-getters since the premiere. Mark Ghuneim, the chief executive of Trendrr, said Twitter and Facebook were serving as a “real-time co-viewing experience” for the show, assisted by on-screen graphics that cite Twitter and sometimes quote the Twitter messages of the coaches. –Brian Stelter and Bill Carter, June 6, 2011
Clearleap Takes Cable TV iPad Apps Into the Cloud
Duluth, Ga.-based IPTV startup Clearleap has worked hard over the past few years to deliver online video offerings into traditional cable video-on-demand systems, as well as making traditional VOD offerings available online and on IP-connected set-top boxes. Now it’s taking IP-based delivery of cable content one step further by unveiling a new feature that will let cable operators quickly and easily deploy iPad apps. – Ryan Lawler, June 2, 2011
Lady Gaga Out-Groupons Groupon, Becomes the Barry Bonds of Album Sales
Lady Gaga’s newly released album "Born This Way," officially entered the history books as only the 17th album to sell a million or more copies in a week since SoundScan's start in 1991. Trendrr produced a charticle comparing the hourly tweet volume for “Lady Gaga” vs. “Bieber.” –Simon Dumenco, June 1, 2011
Dog Bless You: What's not to like?
A challenge grant aims to team veterans with post traumatic stress disorder and service dogs -- and all you have to do to help make it happen is hit "like" on Facebook. – Janice Lloyde, May 31, 2011
Scotty McCreery Beats Oprah Too: Trendrr
According to Trendrr.tv, American Idol logged 445,771 mentions on Twitter, public Facebook sites, Miso and GetGlue. Most of that activity came via Twitter, with over 414,000 tweets. – Michael Humphrey, May 26, 2011
Just How Bad Is NBC's Surprise Hit 'The Voice' for Simon Cowell?
From the start, NBC has encouraged tweeting by running on-screen overlays of tweets about the show during the broadcast, and it frequently reminds viewers of its official hashtag: #TheVoice. Which brings me, incidentally, to this week's charticle -- featuring data collected and parsed, as always, by our editorial partner Trendrr, the social-media monitoring firm. – Simon Dumenco, May 11, 2011
How the True Stars of 'American Idol' Fare on Twitter -- and Why
Since I can't really tell you who's who among the remaining finalists -- though I'm pretty sure Alfred E. Neuman and Chelsea Clinton are among the five left -- I'm going to tell you how the show's true stars are doing on Twitter. And now… the results -- courtesy of data collected and parsed, as always, by our editorial partner Trendrr, the social-media monitoring firm. – Simon Dumenco, May 4, 2011
EXPLORE - RAINDROPS OVER RWANDA - Charles Annenberg Weingarten (interview)
In 1994, more than one million people were killed in the Rwandan genocide, a three month event of unimaginable violence and despair. The explore team travels through present day Rwanda with Honore Gatera, head tour guide at the Kigali Memorial Centre and a genocide survivor. Honore guides the viewer through historically significant sites and casts his unique firsthand perspective on the story of how the genocide unfolded. More importantly, he shares his vision for the future of Rwanda.
Rwanda documentary film premieres online to raise money for genocide memorial (video)
"Raindrops Over Rwanda," a nonprofit's documentary film about the Rwanda genocide, premieres online today July 18. "Like" it on Facebook, raise up to $50,000 in donations. – Maud Dillingham, July 18, 2011
 Beiter Jerusalem own Dan Adler: We want a successful team
Beitar Jerusalem welcomes new owners Dan Adler and Adam Levine • Co-owner Adam Levine: "Beitar is an excellent team with a long tradition and we will support it in every way. All the things people say about our political opinions are speculations." – July 18, 2011
Monday: World Premiere of explore.org's Raindrops Over Rwanda
Charles Annenberg Weingarten and the explore.org Team traveled to Rwanda to answer that very question. The film that resulted from the trip, Raindrops Over Rwanda, focuses on the Kigali Memorial Centre and a young man who survived the genocide and now serves as the Centre's head guide. Link TV is bringing you the world broadcast premiere of Raindrops Over Rwanda on Monday, 5pm PT/8pm ET and Wednesday at 8pm PT/11pm ET. - Andre Sternberg, July 17, 2011
Change in management and in the stands
Dan Adler – half of Betar’s new ownership – on the long haul, what the club ‘should be celebrating,’ and this year’s expectations (not too high).
“We are buying Betar because we believe that it not only has an incredibly rich history but an enormous amount of potential. We want to have the honor of unlocking that potential,” the American businessman said just hours after landing in Israel on Thursday evening. – Allon Sinai, July 17, 2011
Americans acquire Beitar Jerusalem
Dan Adler, Adam Levin take over from Russian businessman Arcadi Gaydamak, who bought troubled Israeli Premier League side in 2005. Two American businessmen acquired troubled Israeli Premier League side Beitar Jerusalem on Thursday. Beitar said Dan Adler and Adam Levin took over from Russian businessman Arcadi Gaydamak, who bought it in 2005. The new deal was signed in London following negotiations with the participation of Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat, the team added. – July 16, 2011
Soccer / Beitar Jerusalem / Americans buy out Arcadi Gaydamak
Jewish-American businessmen Dan Adler and Adam Levin agreed yesterday to buy Beitar Jerusalem, bringing an end to the era of controversial Russian-Israeli tycoon Arcadi Gaydamak. At the end of negotiations between the two and Beitar chairman Itzik Kornfein, Adler and Levin decided to go through with the deal and put an end to the questions hanging over the club's future during the past month. Kornfein threatened last week to take the matter to court if Beitar's financial issues were not resolved quickly. - Moshe Boker and Tal Ben Ezra, July 15, 2011
Watch " Raindrops Over Rwanda" online
To coincide with the seventeenth anniversary of the mass murders in the African country, Explore.org, a non profit created to champion the selfless acts of others, is launching the Raindrops Over Rwanda Facebook page- a hub of learning, interaction and multi-media maintained by survivor and young Rwandan leader, Honoré Gatera. In addition,Explore.org is issuing a challenge grant and collaborative online film premiere for Raindrops Over Rwanda, a short Explore.org documentary that looks at the amazing people and stories from that post-genocide country. – July 15, 2011
Social Media Or Traditional Marketing? It Depends.
One question I constantly get from CMOs and other marketing pros these days is “How much of my spend should I be shifting to social-media marketing?” As someone who lives and breathes complex offer optimization (at Pluris Marketing) I spend a lot of time looking at the marketing and data base structures of large companies and the lifecycles of customers. – Bob Fetter, July 15, 2011
New Beitar Jerusalem owner affiliated with dovish group
(JTA) -- A Jerusalem soccer team known for its right-wing fans was bought by an American who served on a dovish pro-Israel group's board. Dan Adler bought the team along with businessman Adam Levin, Beitar Jerusalem announced Thursday. - July 14, 2011
New Orleans Launches SMS City Search
The New Orleans Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) has launched an SMS service that connects visitors to local businesses in the city. The SMS search platform, provided by The MeNetwork, allows users to send search terms to a shortcode, 63638. The service will then text back with suggestions for places to go. There are currently 700 local businesses enrolled on the scheme, and the company says that number is growing. – Andy Penfold, July 14, 2011
Americans acquire Israeli football club Beitar Jerusalem
A club statement says troubled Israeli football powerhouse Beitar Jerusalem has been bought by US investors. The statement on Thursday says Dan Adler and Adam Levin took over the team from Russian businessman Arkady Gaydamak, who bought it in 2005. – July 14, 2011
US businessmen buy Beitar Jerusalem from Gaydamak
Arcadi Gaydamak, who acquired the club in 2005, has sold Beitar Jerusalem to Dan Adler and Adam Levin. Arcadi Gaydamak has reached an agreement to sell Beitar Jerusalem to US businessmen Dan Adler and Adam Levin. Gaydamak acquired the Ligat Ha'al soccer team in 2005 and won back-to-back league championships in 2006/07 and 2007/08. Under his ownership, the team also won two Israel FA Cups in 2007/08 and 2008/09. – July 14, 2011
Betar Jerusalem finds its financial saviors
Embattled owner Arkadi Gaydamakhands capital club to American businessmen Dan Adler, Adam Levin. Guma Aguiar saved Betar from bankruptcy in the summer of 2009 by giving the club $4 million, but he had to be admitted to the Abarbanel Psychiatric Hospital a few months later after his mental health deteriorated, leaving Kornfein to search for help elsewhere. That search came to an end on Thursday, with Adler and Levin buying the club and announcing that they are here to stay. – Allon Sinai, July 14, 2011
Online TV service SeeSaw saved
Online TV service SeeSaw has been saved from closure by a consortium of investors including the former Channel 4 chief executive, Michael Jackson, in a deal led by the US private equity firm that snapped up Bebo for a knockdown price. – Mark Sweney, July 14, 2011
It’s official: Criterion buys SeeSaw
An investor consortium led by Criterion Capital Partners has bought SeeSaw.com, a site that aspired to become Hulu of the U.K. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but former owner Arqiva is retaining a 25-percent stake in the video platform. SeeSaw’s new chairman will be Michael Jackson, who previously served as controller at BBC One and Two as well as CEO at the U.K.’s Channel 4. - Janko Roettgers, July 14, 2011
Bebo Owner Leads Takeover Of UK TV Site SeeSaw, Arqiva Keeps 25 Percent
The rumours are true - after missing out on buying MySpace month, Criterion Capital Partners is acquiring SeeSaw, the UK on-demand TV service, paidContent:UK has learned. The service is actually being bought by a consortium comprising Criterion (which will take the majority), together with financial funds and Hollywood investors including ex InterActiveCorp programming head Michael Jackson (a former BBC executive), who will be chairman, and ex Walt Disney. Imagineering president Dan Adler (who ran for Congress this year). But SeeSaw owner Arqiva, best known for running terrestrial broadcast transmitters, will retain a stake. – Robert Andrews, July 14, 2011
New Ownership for SeeSaw
Majority ownership of British online video platform SeeSaw has been sold to a consortium of investors led by Criterion Capital Partners, with ex-Channel 4 chief Michael Jackson assuming the role of chairman. – Mansha Daswani, July 14, 2011
Criterion seals deal to see SeeSaw swing back
Online TV VOD aggregation service SeeSaw has been officially saved from threatened closure following the completion of a takeover headed by private equity firm Criterion Capital Partners. The private equity firm headed a team of investors reportedly including former executives from Disney and Arqiva who is said to be taking a 25% stake in the new venture which will continue to be based in London. - Joseph O'Halloran, July 14, 2011
SeeSaw sold to Criterion Media Group
U.K. video-on-demand service SeeSaw has been acquired by a consortium of investors led by Criterion Media Group, a division of L.A. bank Criterion Capital Partners which owns social network Bebo.com. The acquisition, led by Criterion's MD Adam Levin, follows the announcement in May that SeeSaw, owned by British TV transmission outfit Arqiva,, was skedded to shutter in June. – Diane Lodderhose, July 14, 2011
Bebo owners buy SeeSaw
The company which owns social networking site Bebo has purchased catch-up TV service SeeSaw. In May this year it was revealed SeeSaw, which had been struggling financially despite only launching in February 2010, would close after failing to find an investor or buyer. However, Criterion Capital Partners, which paid AOL $10m for Bebo last year, has now purchased SeeSaw for an undisclosed amount. - Carrie-Ann Skinner, July 14, 2011
Bebo Owner seals SeeSaw Acquisition
Criterion Capital Partners (CCP), the owner of social media site Bebo, has stepped in to acquire troubled video-on-demand platform SeeSaw. The online TV venture was on the verge of closing down last month after its previous parent, Arqiva, announced it was planning to axe the service following an "ongoing strategic review of its business activities". – Nigel Adie, July 14, 2011
SeeSaw Q&A: Adam Levin, CEO of Bebo and MD of Criterion Capital Partners
Criterion Capital Partners has bought a majority stake in SeeSaw. MD Adam Levin spoke to new media age about the direction of the TV catch-up aggregator. Investment firm Capital Criterion Partners has announced that it has bought a majority stake in TV catch-up aggregator SeeSaw, while former owner Arqiva has retained a 25% stake – Charlotte McEleney, July 14, 2011
Bebo owner buys SeeSaw for more than £10m
SeeSaw, the online television and entertainment platform, has been acquired for more than £10m by a consortium of investors including Bebo-owner Criterion Capital Partners and former Channel 4 chief exec Michael Jackson. - Maisie McCabe, July 14, 2011
Bebo owners secure SeeSaw
Arqiva’s struggling online TV platform SeeSaw has been saved following a deal with Bebo owner Criterion Capital Partners. SeeSaw has been sold to a consortium of investors led by Criterion’s managing director Adam Levin, while transmission company Arqiva will retain a 25% stake. Industry veteran Michael Jackson, a former BBC and Channel 4 executive who has worked on both sides of the Atlantic, becomes SeeSaw’s new chairman and takes a stake in the company. - Julian Clover, July 14, 2011
SeeSaw saved by Bebo investors
A group of investors led by Criterion Capital Partners, the owner of Bebo, has bought TV catch up aggregator SeeSaw from Arqiva. SeeSaw closed in May after failing to find a buyer to support it, after just 16 months in operation. The new deal will see Arqiva retain a 25% stake in the company, while Criterion Media Group, a division of Criterion Capital Partners, will take majority ownership. - Charlotte McEleny, July 14, 2011
SeeSaw Online TV Service Saved by Bebo Buyers
Rember SeeSaw, the online TV service with oodles of excellent archive content that was resurrected from the corpse of Project Kangaroo? You don’t? We don’t blame you. Despite TV ads promoting the service and stocking its virtual vaults with more than 3,000 hours of shows, the service was on the cusp of closure. - Mic Wright, July 14, 2011
Private equity saves SeeSaw
The upending of SeeSaw has been cancelled. Owner Arqiva today announced it had flogged off 75 per cent of the online video-on-demand service. Arqiva will retain 25 per cent of the company, the rest going to a group of venture capitalists, private equity punters and merchant bankers. - Tony Smith, July 14, 2011
Arqiva sells SeeSaw to US private equity group
Communications infrastructure and media services company Arqiva has agreed a deal to sell UK online TV aggregation service SeeSaw to an investor consortium led by US private equity company Criterion Capital Partners, The Guardian reports. Criterion will take a controlling stake in SeeSaw, in a deal believed to be worth over GBP 10 million. Arqiva retains a 25 percent stake and a seat on the new board. Criterion has appointed former Channel 4 CEO Michael Jackson as chairman of SeeSaw. It also plans to retain SeeSaw's London headquarters and most key staff, including commercial director Matt Rennie, chief technology officer Richard Dines and platform controller John Keeling. SeeSaw attracts about 900,000 unique visitors a month, of which around 700,000 live in the UK. – July 14, 2011
Beleaguered TV streaming service SeeSaw has been given a last minute reprieve in the form of a buyout organised by Criterion Capital Partners.
Criterion is thought to be keeping SeeSaw running as a separate business unit based in its existing London offices, but the news isn't all good: while 'most' key staff members will retain their jobs, some of the 28 employees are expected to be made redundant as a result of the purchase. - Gareth Halfacree, July 14, 2011
Like it or not, aggregation is part of the future of media
Dumenco’s column, entitled “What It’s Like to Get Used and Abused by the Huffington Post,” described how he had put together a piece in June — using stats from Trendrr to talk about trending topics — and then not long afterward, The Huffington Post published a piece summarizing the article. – Mathew Ingram, July 13, 2011
TV measurement more sociable with SocialGuide
SocialGuide isn't the only such tool. Bluefin Labs announced is own rating system earlier this month. Also, Trendrr has become a popular tool for tracking the effect of Twitter and the impact of TV-related tweets. – Dan O’Shea, July 13, 2011
Conan O’Brien still rules the Internet
New data from Trendrr shows Conan’s show led to 223,968 tweets, status updates and check-ins on Twitter, Facebook, Miso and GetGlue in June, which is more online attention than Jimmy Fallon, George Lopez and Jay Leno received combined. - Janko Roettgers, July 12, 2011
Raindrops Over Rwanda
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H.264 Video Is Dominant for HTML5, Says MeFeedia
How prevalent is H.264 video online? According to a blog post from video search and index site MeFeedia H.264 video is the dominant codec for HTML5 video and is still growing. – Tony Dreier, July 11, 2011
Facebook's Future: Apps, Video Will Generate Billions
Facebook's Skype deal exemplifies new apps and strategic alliances aimed at using the social network to create a marketing and entertainment video-sharing economy worth billions. Social activity surrounding new and rerun, broadcast and cable television programming is booming according to real-time data tracker Trendrr. – Diane Mermigas, July 8, 2011
H.264 is still winning the codec war
H.264 remains the dominant force in online video, as the video codec now accounts for more than two-thirds of online video, according to a blog post by MeFeedia Thursday. Meanwhile, Google’s WebM format has yet to gain any significant traction after being released a year ago. – Ryan Lawler, July 7, 2011
Which TV Shows Were the Most Social in June?
Realtime social media tracker Trendrr has released an infographic detailing the biggest winners in the social TV space in June 2011. Culling data from the Trendrr.tv social TV index, the graphic breaks down the top broadcast, cable networks and TV shows, based on social interaction. From a programming standpoint, the two big winners in June 2011 were NBC’s The Voice and the BET Awards. –Christina Warren, July 7, 2011
Text service links NOLA visitors to destinations, deals
This week the CVB partnered with The MeNetwork of Denver to launch a text-based search platform that gives visitors access to local merchants.The platform allows users to text their location and interest to a dedicated short code. The MeNetwork database then sends a text message back with information on local restaurants, bars and retailers offering deals and promotions specific to the request. –Jennifer Larino, July 7, 2011
Dog Bless You donates companions for PTSD veterans
The Facebook page of DogBlessYou.org gives anyone a chance to join in. A quick click on the "like" button on the page lets anyone participate and be a part of Weingarten's plan. – July 4, 2011
Dog Bless You's Charlie Annenberg Champions our Nation's Heroes
There is nothing better for the soul than a big, honking dose of puppy love. Dogs know how to connect with our hearts and spirits in a way that comes so easily that it almost seems supernatural. Charlie Annenberg founded the Dog Bless You branch of his explore.org philanthropic network in 2006. – Wendy Diamond, June 29, 2011
Twitter Courts Journalists
In case there are any journalists out there still scratching their heads about Twitter, the company has announced a new website called Twitter for Newsrooms. Among other things, Twitter for Newsrooms points to the company's newly-acquired TweetDeck app as an important tool for journalists, and it singles out a few services built by outside developers, such as Mass Relevance and Trendrr, as particularly useful. –Anthony Ha, June 28, 2011
GetGlue sets TV show premiere record
The premiere of True Blood on HBO sparked 38,000 check-ins on GetGlue, a new record for a show premiere, the company said. Last season, the show premiere generated 3,000 check-ins. Sunday night’s check-ins resulted in a barrage of tweets as many as 15 to 20% of the total tweets sent during the show, according to Trendrr.tv data. –Cory Bergman, June 27, 2011
Twitter wants to be a journalist’s best friend
Twitter has launched a comprehensive guide and toolbox for journalists — or anyone who sees themselves as a member of the media (a group that is growing all the time, as we’ve noted in the past). One segment talks about how to embed tweets using a variety of methods, including the WordPress plugin called Blackbird Pie, and Twitter also a section called “Extra” that promotes a number of what the company calls “ecosystem partners,” including Mass Relevance as well as Trendrr and Crimson Hexagon. – Mathew Ingram, June 27, 2011
SeeSaw acquisition: Five ways SeeSaw could improve its service
Reports claim that private equity firm Criterion Capital Partners is lining up an acquisition of online TV VOD channel SeeSaw, but what would they need to do to improve the service? Mat Murray, online content manager for Fuse8 suggests five such improvements. - June 26, 2011
'Dog Bless You' Campaign Brings Service Dogs to Injured War Vets
LOS ANGELES (KTLA) -- A new internet campaign is helping veterans, struggling with debilitating pain and post-traumatic stress disorder, get some much-needed help from our four-legged friends. Los Angeles-based filmmaker and philanthropist Charlie Annenberg Weingarten founded DogBlessYou.org, an internet campaign aimed at helping veterans get service dogs. – June 24, 2011
'Dog Bless You' Campaign Gives Service Dog to Injured Soldier for Every 5,000 Facebook Likes
An internet campaign dubbed "Dog Bless You: To Champion the Selfless Acts of Animals" is running from May 30 to July 4, aimed at helping veterans suffering from debilitating pain and post-traumatic stress disorder. – June 24, 2011
Cynopsis: Digital
Cynopsis posts a weekly aggregate of Trendrr's daily Social Television Charts, a service of New York-based digital agency Wiredset. Posted here are the most social TV shows for the week of 06/15 to 06/21. June 24, 2011
No sale can save SeeSaw without broadcaster buy-in
One of SeeSaw’s fundamental flaws is a lack of broadcaster content, and any sale to Bebo’s owner won’t change that. Bebo’s owner may have different plans for how it would use the service, but without buy-in from all the broadcasters, SeeSaw as we know it will cease to exist. – Jessica Davies, June 23, 2011
How and why to search Twiter
Chartier scratches the surface of what’s possible when you decide to harness the power of searching Twitter. If analytics are your thing, the powerful tool Trendrr creates dynamic charts that display a term’s appearances over a period of time, compare the activity of two or more keywords, and use filter by criteria like mood and even gender. –David Chartier, June 22, 2011
More PR CPR Than Usual Necessary For Oxygen's Barely-Watched 'The Glee Project'
For the second week in a row “The Glee Project” ranked in the Top 5 Cable TV Programs (#4) on premiere days with regard to social media mentions according to Trendrr. Additionally, since launching video content on YouTube, “The Glee Project” music video promos have had more than 870K streams. –Robert Seidman, June 21, 2011
INTERACTIVE TV NEWS ROUND-UP: BBC, SEESAW, HBO, HULU, ROVI, SUDDENLINK, COGECO, SHAW
Criterion Capital Partners, the company that acquired the struggling social media service, Bebo, is set to buy SeeSaw, the broadband TV service from UK broadcast transmission company, Arqiva. Last month, Arqiva announced that it would close SeeSaw, which has struggled in a UK broadband TV space dominated by broadcaster-owned services such as the BBC iPlayer and the ITV Player. The closure of the company was originally expected to take place this week. – Tracy Swedlow, June 21, 2011
Bebo owner 'to buy SeeSaw web-TV service'
Criterion Capital Partners, the US venture capital firm that acquired social network Bebo last year, is reportedly close to acquiring online TV service SeeSaw. SeeSaw was expected to officially shut down this week, but the website has been kept live while acquisition talks continue.– Andrew Laughlin, June 21, 2011
Criterion eyes SeeSaw
U.S. investment outfit Criterion Capital Partners is believed to be close to purchasing struggling British online TV service SeeSaw, which had been due to close following sustained losses. – Steve Clark, June 21, 2011
Dog Bless America
Dog Bless You, a non-profit organization that celebrates all things canine, has teamed up with other like-minded groups to donate free service dogs to recent war veterans. All they are asking is to be liked…on Facebook. – June 15, 2011
INTERACTIVE TV NEWS ROUND-UP (II): BRAVO, CLEARLEAP, CIMM
Using its Stream On Demand solution, which enables video service providers to stream unlimited hours and titles to connected set-top boxes, gaming consoles, and tablets, Clearleap will offer joint demonstrations with a provider in each TV device category that show how easily operators can rapidly deploy a custom-branded, on-demand service direct to subscribers in or out of the home. – Tracy Swedlow, June 15, 2011
Campaign for Rwandan Genocide Memorial Center is on Facebook
"Raindrops Over Rwanda" is a short film about the Rwandan memorial that will premiere on July 18, the 17th anniversary of the end of the genocide. The Facebook page is a hub of learning, interaction and multmedia maintained by a survivor and young Rwandan Honore Gatera. – Andrew Meldrum, June 14, 2011
BigBand and Clearleap Team-up for IP Video Solution
At the Cable Show 2011 in Redwood City, California, BigBand Networks, which provides digital video networking to broadband service providers, announced an IP video delivery solution for both video-on-demand (VOD) and linear programming. The offering includes BigBand's VIP Pass solution enhanced with Clearleap's Stream on Demand system, allowing cable operators to stream both linear and VOD content to connected TVs and mobile devices. – Tony Drier, June 14, 2011
Social websites humming about 'Voice'
Trendrr, a company that tracks online chatter about shows, said The Voice has ranked among its top five attention-getters since the premiere. As a result, The network said it would offer a special edition of the show in one of the best time slots on television: the hour after the Super Bowl, on Feb.5. –Brian Stelter and Bill Carter, June 14, 2011
Interactive TV News Round-Up (I): ActiveVideo, BBC iPlayer, BigBand, Clearleap, CableLabs
BigBand Networks has teamed with Clearleap on an IP video delivery solution that supports on-demand programming and backoffice connectivity, in addition to linear TV. The solution, which is being demo'd in BigBand's Cable Show booth (449), integrates BigBand's vIP PASS with Clearleap's Stream On Demand system, allowing operators to "stream entire libraries of managed linear and on-demand video content to IP-connected televisions or devices," and thus enabling those operators to "bundle and monetize more content to more devices, with more efficient use of bandwidth," the companies claim. – June 14, 2011
Animal Planet's "Whale Wars" Wins Ratings Battle In Fourth Season Opener
WHALE WARS topped Trendrr.TV’s daily chart for June 3 as the most buzzed-about television show in the social web for both broadcast and cable television. WHALE WARS was also among the top ten search terms on Google and top ten trending topics on Twitter on Friday. –Bill Gorman, June 7, 2011
Clearleap, itaas Team on iPad Apps
Clearleap‘s Stream On Demand solution is designed to enable TV operators to bring an IP-based video service to tablets. itaas has developed an application for navigating and viewing streaming video content on iPad and other mobile devices via the Clearleap platform. The two companies plan to demonstrate cable TV applications on an iPad at the Cable Show in Chicago. – June 6, 2011
Facebook Campaign Will Donate Service Dogs to Returning Soldiers
Until the 4th of July, Explore.org will be donating a service dog to a U.S. veteran suffering from PTSD for every 5,000 “likes” the organization receives on its Facebook page. The effort is part of the “Dog Bless U.S.A.” initiative, which launched on Memorial Day. Explore.org is a multimedia organization that spotlights the good works of people around the world. –Tonya Garcia, June 2, 2011
Clearleap Takes Cable TV iPad Apps Into the Cloud
Duluth, Ga.-based IPTV startup Clearleap has worked hard over the past few years to deliver online video offerings into traditional cable video-on-demand systems, as well as making traditional VOD offerings available online and on IP-connected set-top boxes. Now it’s taking IP-based delivery of cable content one step further by unveiling a new feature that will let cable operators quickly and easily deploy iPad apps. – Ryan Lawler, June 2, 2011
Why Marketers That 'Like' Results Must Spend With Care In Social Media
There is no denying that Facebook has changed the very nature of engagement on the web. So, it is no surprise brands are looking to Facebook as a new, potentially fruitful channel for reaching consumers- as they should. So why haven't marketers put more significant resources into Facebook advertising and fan pages? The answer is in the numbers. – Bob Fetter, June 1, 2011
'Dog Bless USA' Facebook Campaign Lets You Help Veterans With A Click
For veterans struggling to overcome PTSD, trained canine companions can help them manage stress and better adjust to civilian life. Now, there's an easy way for supporters to help veterans get service dogs. The "Dog Bless USA" campaign is rallying Americans to help provide much-needed service dogs -- all by just clicking "like" on the Facebook page. – May 30, 2011
4 Ways To Support the Troops this Memorial Day
Dog Bless You, a community created by the founder of Explore.org in partnership with Iraq and Afghanistan War Veterans of America (IAVA). The campaign is donating service dogs to returning soldiers who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder. Rather than ask for donations, Dog Bless You is asking for a show of support. Users can upload patriotic photos, videos and comments on their Facebook Page. –Zachary Sniderman, May 30, 2011
Facebook challenge grant aims to donate 100 service dogs to vets with PTSD
With your help, 100 veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) could soon have extra assistance in the form of a free service dog. The dogs will be donated by Explore.org, the multimedia arm of the Annenberg Foundation. Up to 100 dogs, valued at $500,000, will be donated to veterans — one dog for every 5,000 "likes" received at the Dog Bless You Facebook community. The initiative aims to spread awareness about the healing role dogs can play in the lives of those suffering from PTSD. – John Platt, May 27, 2011
This Memorial Day, Help Connect Veterans with Service Dogs
Now, just in time for Memorial Day comes a new initiative from Dog Bless You, the online community created by HSUS friend and supporter Charles Annenberg Weingarten, to connect up to 100 service dogs with returning soldiers in need. Between Memorial Day and July 4, for every 5,000 “likes” registered on its Facebook community page, Dog Bless You will provide the resources needed to fund a service dog to help our veterans. – Wayne Pacelle, May 27, 2011
Campaign has dogs help veterans
A team of organizations including Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America are raising $500,000 to pay for service dogs to help veterans with post traumatic stress disorder. From Memorial Day (May 30th) to Independence Day (July 4th), Dog Bless You, the projects seeks to provide 100 service dogs to returning soldiers with PTSD. Go to Facebook.com/exploredogs to participate. – Julie Sherwood, May 27, 2011
Nice guy finishes first again on 'Idol'
Forbes reports that according to Trendrr "American Idol logged 445,771 mentions on Twitter, public Facebook sites, Miso and GetGlue" while "Oprah" only logged 104,499. – Lisa Respers, May 26, 2011
New film will recall the lessons of Rwanda's genocide
Explore.org, a division of the Annenberg Foundation, creates documentaries about people around the world who devote their lives to extraordinary causes and selfless acts. Its library contains more than 250 original films and 30,000 photographs on topics from animal rights and the environment to education and health care. This nonprofit's documentary film, "Raindrops Over Rwanda," premieres online July 18. Giving it a Facebook 'like' could result in $50,000 in charitable giving. – Gregory M. Lamb, May 18, 2011
How to Get Your Short Film In Front of 37 Million People
London-based Shorts International, which claims the world’s largest short film catalog, has just launched its third U.S. cable channel with DIRECTV; it joins similar efforts on Dish Network and AT&T U-verse.As the nation’s largest pay TV provider, DIRECTV arguably represents the biggest potential audience; the ShortsHD channel is available to 37 million viewers who subscribe to the premium network’s HD Extra Pack. Perhaps even more importantly: Shorts International buys around 3,000 titles each year. So we went to CEO Carter Pilcher and asked: How can filmmakers get their work on the channel? – Nigel Smith, May 6, 2011
Movie News After Dark
Clearly DirecTV is ready to follow our lead. Here at FSR, we have launched Short Film of the Day, a daily feature that delivers the best in short filmmaking. Now the satellite provider is launching ShortsHD, an entire channel dedicated to playing short films in High Definition. Thanks for catching up, major corporation. We look forward to you someday admitting that we inspired this. – May 6, 2011
ShortsHD to launch on DirecTV
ShortsHD, a network dedicated to nothing but short films, is making a toehold at DirecTV. Cabler is set to launch on the satcaster today as part of a tiered channel group. Programming will also be available via video on demand. – Stuart Levine, May 5, 2011
ShortsHD Debuts On DirecTV
Continuing to build its distribution base in the U.S., ShortsHD will debut on DirecTV on Cinco de Mayo.
Short movie entertainment purveyor Shorts International reached a pact with the No. 1 DBS provider to offer ShortsHD to its customers who subscribe to the HD Extra Pack on channel 568. Moreover, a variety of the most popular shorts will be accessible through a dedicated video-on-demand service on channel 1568. Deal terms were not disclosed. – Mike Reynolds, May 5, 2011
DIRECTV Adds ShortsHD to Channel Line-Up
DIRECTV this morning added Shorts HD, which will be included in the satcaster’s $4.99 a month ‘HD Extra Pack’ package. Shorts HD is dedicated to short movies, both live action and animated. Shorts HD is dedicated to short movies, both live action and animated. – Chris Arrant, May 5, 2011
ShortsHD Launches on DirecTV
Short-form entertainment company Shorts International May 5 is launching a channel called ShortsHD on DirecTV, available both as a linear channel and VOD.The channel is the first and only high-definition channel of its kind, according to the company, screening such short films as Academy Award winners, CG-animated short films and international award winners. – Billy Gill, May 5, 2011
ShortsHD Launches on DIRECTV: Like A Mini Short Film Festival Each Night
Shorts fans and filmmakers rejoice. Shorts International now boasts ShortsHD on DIRECTV. Their HD Extra Pack subscribers can now check out channel 568; a selection of the most popular titles will also be on VOD channel 1568. ShortsHD offers a library of titles from Oscar and international festival circuit winners to CGI animation and “cinematic gems” from around the world. –Anne Thompson, May 5, 2011
DirecTV Launches ShortsHD, A Full Time Short Film Channel
Though the channel already exists on some of the smaller providers, I hope it continues to expand. Not only will it be a great place for young filmmakers to gain exposure, but it’ll be nice to pop on the TV and watch a full movie in the span of just a few minutes. – Germaine Lussier, May 4, 2011
Osama Bin Laden vs. Michael Jackson: Whose Death Got More Twitter Chatter?
The last time we remember Twitter exploding from a world news event was in the summer of 2009, when Michael Jackson died. But whose death got more cyber attention? Curious,we turned to Trendrr, a real-time metrics company, to see which international figure's death generated more Twitter traffic. – Jake Swearington, May 2, 2011
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