HBO and Walmart the latest to create iPhone apps for promotion
There are a lot of applications available for the iPhone — over 15,000 in fact. Some are good, some are great, a lot are junk, and increasingly, a lot are being made by big brands to promote themselves. Two of the latest to fall into… Continue Reading
Online ‘Conchords’ gathers flock of over 250,000 views
The season two premiere of HBO oddball comedy series Flight of the Conchords has gotten over 250,000 views in the past two weeks on humor web site Funny or Die.
A partnership between HBO and the Funny or Die comedy site from Will Ferrell and… Continue Reading
Flight of the Conchords season premiere lands early online
Flight of the Conchords, a series featuring a quirky musical duo from New Zealand, has just debuted on online video site FunnyorDie.com — a month before its season premiere airs on HBO.
Networks have been giving sneak peeks and releasing episodes early online to get… Continue Reading
Lloyd! Whrrl adds you to Entourage’s entourage
As more location-based services come out, one definite problem I’ve been experiencing is a lack of membership. That is to say, most of them work great, but no one I know really uses them, making them fairly useless. Whrrl, the location-based social network has a… Continue Reading
With investment from HBO, Funny or Die moves beyond online video
Hollywood creators may be increasingly interested in VC money, but they’re happy to accept old-media dollars, too. Take Funny or Die, the Sequoia-backed online video site started by actor Will Ferrell and director Adam McKay, which just sold an equity stake to HBO.The size of… Continue Reading
Roundup: Icahn may go proxy on Yahoo, Craigslist countersues eBay, and more
Here’s the latest action:
Icahn considers his own proxy war for Yahoo — Billionaire investor Carl Icahn began buying massive amounts of Yahoo stock last week — up to 50 million shares — and now is thinking about using that influence. He is considering replacing… Continue Reading