POP Marketing Jun 16, 2014 marketing media & entertainment content marketing ... ) inspiration to start their day.Heineken capitalized on the immersive theater trend with a recent social experiment in which attendees at Sleep No More became the unsuspecting stars of a film about their experience. The stunt, called “Guest of Honor,” followed six “bold” Heineken fans as they experienced an amplified version of the already interactive theater experience; they were tasked, throughout the show, to entertain other guests at a comedy club, give a tattoo, steal a key from a sleeping villain ...
POP Global Jun 13, 2014 global media & entertainment festivals music ... An overview of key pop culture trends from around the world LIVE WEB ENTERTAINMENT THRIVING IN CHINAEach night, millions of young people in China are going online to watch live amateur performances, as The New York Times reports. These low-budget webcam broadcasts, which include karaoke, comedy skits, and talk shows, have become a wildly popular and profitable business. YY.com is the leader in this space, with 92 million monthly active users and more than a million channels. The site displays ...
POP Trends Jun 12, 2014 media & entertainment retail books music TV ... with a series based on Daredevil, followed by Jessica Jones, Iron Fist, and Luke Cage.HULU & YOUTUBEDigital media company Geek & Sundry’s Caper, a superhero comedy series, was released simultaneously on YouTube and Hulu this past winter.PLAYSTATION 4Sony’s first one-hour drama for the PlayStation console will be Powers, an adaptation of a graphic novel that chronicles the adventures of two detectives investigating the crimes of people with superhero-like abilities, known as “powers.” NEW IN REALITY ...
POPulism Jun 05, 2014 media & entertainment news politics TV video ... about the world and government; it’s shaped a generational sense that the world is full of absurdities, and that it’s best to be up front about them. Comedy is the primary means through which young generations grapple with overwhelming ideas, not to mention negative or frustrated feelings (as political chatter so often inspires). Moving forward, brands should likewise begin to consider authentic ways to apply this lens to their own material and content. POLITICAL COMEDYMichelle Obama, John McCain ...
Outer Limits Jun 04, 2014 media & entertainment movies music style TV ... workplace comedy set in 1962, about a strong woman who butts heads with a macho astronaut in the race to land on the moon. Will Ferrell will executive produce.Virgin Galactic and reality TV producer Mark Burnett are teaming up on an in-the-works NBC show called Space Race, which will follow contestants as they compete to win a flight into space on Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo.HBO is developing a comedy called Women in Space, about females exploring the final frontier on a mission to colonize another ...
POPscape May 30, 2014 media & entertainment magazines movies music TV ... . Young consumers’ desire to have varied taste is evident in their YouTube activity, as viewers regularly mix and match a wide range of smart, serious, lighthearted, and funny content. 44% of YouTube users who engaged with the top education channels from February 6, 2014 to May 7, 2014 also engaged with the top entertainment channels.25% of fans of Quirkology, a channel that focuses on “quirky mind stuff,” also engaged with TheFineBros, a channel that features comedy content such as “Cats React to ...
Digital Destinations Dec 23, 2013 media & entertainment ... , miniclip, ign, addicting games, reddit, warcraft, wow, gamefaqs, steam, gamespot, itunes, xbox, cartoon network, free arcade, nintendo, kotaku, gameinformer, joystiqSPORTSespn, google, yahoo, twitter, cnn, grantland, nfl, sportscenter, mlb, transworld, bbc, fox sports, bleacher report, deadspin, fifa, bingMOVIESnetflix, imdb, fandango, rotten tomatoes, deadline hollywood, hulu, moviefone, trailer addict, bittorrent, flixster, film, project free tvTVxfinity, amazon, avclub, av club, comedy central ...
Digital Trends Dec 19, 2013 communication marketing media & entertainment social media ... Amazon Prime unlimited free two-day shipping service. Now, in an effort to further increase the $79/year service’s subscriber numbers, Amazon is moving into original content with the hope of enticing fans with the types of programming created by other nontraditional outlets, like Netflix and Hulu. Its first series, ALPHA HOUSE, is a half-hour political comedy created by Gary Trudeau (Doonesbury) and starring John Goodman, Wanda Sykes, and Amy Sedaris. Other shows include Betas, about employees at a ...
Social Studies Dec 18, 2013 media & entertainment content marketing social media ... of content make the best fit for each. VINE VS INSTAGRAMUSERS: 40 millionVIDEO LENGTH: 6 secondsEMBEDDABLE: YesFILTERS: 0EDITING FUNCTIONALITY: A new update allows users to edit and shuffle the order of their video clips on a timeline.USERS SHARE: Produced skits and clips that tend to evoke compressed versions of sketch comedy and social commentary.BRANDS SHARE: Meme-like brand messaging, sneak peeks, and product reveals.TAKEAWAY: Vine videos tend to be more produced than their Instagram ...
The Webfluencers Dec 16, 2013 media & entertainment social media video ... A look at the young stars building followings on Instagram, Vine, and YouTube, and with their personal blogs.A new crop of digital natives are taking the Web by storm, inspiring followers and brands, alike, with creative content on Vine, YouTube, Instagram, and their personal blogs. THE KING OF VINE: ANDREW BACHELORAndrew Bachelor, best known as King Bach, is a Vine comedian who has amassed 4 million followers since he began posting videos of backflips and comedy sketches to the app in May ...