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Arrested Development's Tony Hale on NBC's CTRL

Authored by Jay Baage on October 20, 2009 - 1:38pm.

DMW Vlog: In anticipation of our upcoming Future of Television Forum East on Nov. 18-19, I wanted to share this exclusive interview with Tony Hale (Arrested Development), the star of Ctrl, a comedy web series on NBC.com that ran in July and August. It is the first stand-alone web series launched by a major television network about an office-working, self-confidence lacking nerd with a magical keyboard. In this interview, Tony Hale explains what was compelling to him working with a web series and what's going on with the Arrested Development movie that is in the works. You can sample an episode of the show CTRL below.

Tomorrow Will Be Televised Interview

Authored by Ned Sherman on December 22, 2008 - 2:07pm.

Today I had the pleasure of being a guest on Tomorrow Will Be Televised, a weekly Internet radio program hosted by our friend Simon Applebaum in New York City. Simon and I had a lively discussion about the future of television. Topics included the effect of the writers' strike, the upcoming DTV transition, the outlook for online video, problems ahead for the networks, the lack of diversity in television, and predictions for 2009. Simon gives some great insights and hosts an entertaining show. You can check it out online (click on the 12/22/08 show link). Happy holidays!

Buzz Watch: The Muppets Are Set For A (New Media) Come-Back?

Authored by Jay Baage on July 7, 2008 - 12:04pm.

In case you managed to stay away from the computer on your 4th of July weekend you might have missed Sam the Eagle present an Internet-exclusive musical salute to America featuring his fellow Muppets. Between 1976 and 1981, long before Shrek and fancy animation came along, Jim Henson and his team produced The Muppet Show on television and it truly was kids entertainment that grown-ups could enjoy too. The great content and funny characters are timeless (the clip embedded above has had over a quarter million views since it was posted two weeks ago). Still, reruns of The Muppet Show haven't been shown on air since 2001. In 2005 the Muppets launched the award-winning webisodes Statler and Waldorf: From the Balcony. According to a Wikipedia

Survey: One in Five U.S. Internet Users Watch Online Video Daily

Authored by dmw on July 26, 2007 - 3:52pm.

Washington - Some 57% of U.S. Internet users have watched videos online, and about one in five (19%) do so daily, according to a new telephone survey of 1,492 Internet users conducted by the Pew Internet & American Life Project.

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Does the NBA Believe its Download Store Will Work?

Authored by Scott Goldberg on May 10, 2007 - 5:51pm.

So I’m supposed to pay $3 to watch a game from last season on my computer? And $13 for a playoff game? But hell, I can get the entire playoffs for $80, so why not? What a joke. Who knows if we’ll ever find out the level of success achieved by the NBA download store, which was introduced today. And what would define its success? It’s just another revenue stream, after all, not a business model.

Analysis: Why Would Eisner Take ‘Prom Queen’ to MySpace Before Veoh?

Authored by Scott Goldberg on March 29, 2007 - 11:58am.

Today MySpace announced a deal with Michael Eisner’s new online video studio, Vuguru, that will make the site the first outlet for his highly anticipated original series Prom Queen. The show, intended for Millennials, will launch on MySpace 12 hours before other outlets like YouTube and Veoh, an online video site Eisner also owns. Prom Queen premieres at 7pm EST on April 1.