Rise of the Black Network? Online and On-Air, Growing Alternatives to YouTube and BET
By Aymar Jean Christian This fall TV season has been tough for minority-led shows – besides maybe NCIS: LL Cool J and Law & Order: Terence Howard. NBC’s much-promoted Undercovers bowed to lackluster ratings. Blair Underwood’s The Event is slipping. Jimmy Smits’ Outlaw is cancelled. But since UPN, black Americans have grown accustomed to going elsewhere. [...]
Read MoreFrom the Net to the Living Room: 4 Methods to Stream Content
Our computers have become media hubs filled with music, photos, and videos ranging from the latest Hollywood hits to last week’s family reunion. While large computer monitors are relatively inexpensive, a large TV is usually a preferred way to consume this content. However, the computer is often too far from the family TV to connect [...]
Read MoreYouTube Testing Live Streaming Platform
Today, at 8am PST (11am EST), YouTube will begin testing their very own live streaming video platform. The test will be conducted today and tomorrow on a limited trial basis in conjunction with four of YouTube’s partners: Howcast, Next New Networks, Rocketboom and Young Hollywood. This move could put YouTube in direct competition with Ustream, [...]
Read MoreFive Apps That Changed the Face of Disaster Relief
It is hard to believe that it has been five years since Hurricane Katrina swept ashore and destroyed the city of New Orleans. The city is still in recovery five years later and not even a Super Bowl victory this past year for the New Orleans Saints has eased all of the pain. It is also hard to believe that five years ago, we did not have the widespread applications for our mobile phones as we have today. iPhones were launched a little over three years ago and people weren’t even discussing Android until a few years ago. Facebook had only 5 million active users (compared to over 400 million as of last month) and the first tweet was sent seven months AFTER Katrina. Youtube was launched in February of 2005 and was just gaining traction when Katrina hit. These facts should help us gain some perspective as we review five apps that could have helped to prevent Katrina. Since the hurricane was a force of nature, there is no way anyone could have prevented the actual hurricane from coming ashore. However, in this article are five apps that could have saved numerous lives, assisted the rescue effort and helped the President and other officials understand the sense of urgency needed for the Katrina relief effort.
Read MoreTrend with Truth: Antoine Dodson’s Autotuned Life
Here we go again. Yet another conversation on race and the Web. Most of these issues end up creating a fuss on the Web, then as raucously as they arrive they fade quietly into the Internet ether, only reappear when yet another disturbance is sensed in the racial force. This following story ends a little different. [...]
Read MoreHulu Gearing Up for $2 Billion IPO?
The New York Times reports rapidly growing online television and video site may be gearing up for an Initial Public Offering. According to “people briefed on the matter,” the offering could value the company at around $2 billion. According to those involved, who shall remain anonymous as talks get underway, Hulu executives have already been [...]
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