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Viacom Debuts Atom.com, Details Pairing with Comedy Central

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 27, 2008 - 12:37pm.

New York - Viacom's (NYSE: VIA) MTVN Entertainment Group announced this week the launch of Atom.com, a re-imagined version of its AtomFilms unit as a digital comedy network that will partner with the company's Comedy Central network to distribute original programming across digital platforms. Atom.com will also produce a half-hour series, "Atom TV," that had its premiere on Comedy Central this week.

tags: Video | TV | Viacom | Comedy Central | AtomFilms | Atom.com |

Comedy Central TV Series to Feature All Original Broadband Content

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 28, 2007 - 5:58pm.

New York - Viacom's Comedy Central on Wednesday announced plans to debut a new half-hour late-night series on March 5 that will feature all original broadband programming from ComedyCentral.com Viacom-owned short film site AtomFilms. Airing at 2:00 a.m., "Web Shows" will feature animation, live-action narratives, topical stand-up performances and sketch comedies originally produced for the Internet, including "Baxter & McGuire," "Golden Age," and Atom's "The Punk Group: Fat Girls on Bicycles."
tags: Video | TV | Viacom | Comedy Central | AtomFilms | Web Shows |

MTV's AtomFilms Launches Broadband TV Service

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on December 4, 2006 - 3:17pm.
San Francisco - MTV Networks' AtomFilms on Monday launched a new version of its site that features a broadband TV service with a syndicated video player, high-resolution video playback and custom channels. The site also debuted the pilot episode of "Hellholes," an online series funded and developed by AtomFilms Studio, which currently has a dozen new series in production.
tags: Launches | Video | TV | Broadband | MTV | IPTV | Viacom | AtomFilms |

AtomFilms Distributes Shorts on Verizon Wireless V CAST Service

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 24, 2006 - 6:38pm.
San Francisco - Atom Entertainment, a distributor of short films and online games, announced on Wednesday that it has made several new short films developed by its AtomFilms Studio available for viewing on Verizon Wireless' V CAST mobile entertainment service.
tags: Mobile | Mobile TV | Verizon Wireless | AtomFilms | V CAST |

AtomFilms, Intel Partner on Short Film Festival

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 27, 2005 - 6:51am.
San Francisco - Short films distributor AtomFilms on Tuesday announced that it has partnered with chipmaker Intel on a short film contest that will award $25,000 in cash and $20,000 in digital home equipment from Intel. The Intel Indies Film Contest made a call for entries to be submitted by Nov. 21, with winners to be announced in January.
tags: AtomFilms | Intel | Deal | Short Film Festival |

AtomFilms Launches Hi-Def, Full-Screen Internet Movie Service

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 20, 2004 - 3:05am.
Park City, Utah -- Internet short films site AtomFilms announced on Tuesday the launch of 'AtomFilms Hi-Def,' a new advertising-supported service that delivers high-definition films over the Internet in full-screen mode. AtomFilms partnered with Massachusetts-based Maven Networks to provide content management, production and the delivery platform for the movies, which are transmitted to users at 850kbps using Microsoft's Windows Media High-Definition Video at 720p resolution. Users will be asked to download Maven's software, after which they will automatically receive three new shorts from AtomFilms' library to their PCs each week. Advertisers signed on for the launch of AtomFilms Hi-Def include Nintendo and Microsoft Windows XP Media Center.
tags: Internet | Movies | AtomFilms | Hi-Def | Full-Screen |

AtomFilms' Video-on-Demand Content to Air on Cablevision Systems

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 27, 2003 - 4:53am.
New York -- AtomTelevision, a joint venture between online short films site AtomFilms and Global Media Holdings, announced on Monday that its Atom on Demand programming will be added to cable TV operator Cablevision's digital cable offering. Over the next year, AtomTelevision will provide users of Cablevision's iO: Interactive Optimum digital cable service with access to approximately 20 hours of original programming, available in packages costing $2.95 for a 24-hour period. Long-running short films site AtomFilms merged with Macromedia's Shockwave.com entertainment site in January 2001 to become AtomShockwave.
tags: AtomFilms | Cablevision | Video-on-Demand |