Viral videos aren’t just for viewers anymore. Internet-conscious brands love them, too, and those are the companies Rightster is looking to serve. The multi-channel network, which also runs its own branded content department, has launched Video Spring, a searchable database that offers licensable videos for brands, media publishers, and creators.
Rightster has filled Video Spring with a large number of user-generated videos it has sourced from YouTube, Vimeo, Instagram, and Facebook. Users can browse through all of these cats, goats, and cute babies by entering search terms on the Video Spring homepage and sifting through the results that pop up. All of the offerings in the Video Spring library have been fully cleared, and they can be licensed at the click of a button.
The licensing of viral, user-generated videos currently makes up a significant portion of Righster’s operation. The McN owns Viral Spiral, a marketing company that...
Rightster has filled Video Spring with a large number of user-generated videos it has sourced from YouTube, Vimeo, Instagram, and Facebook. Users can browse through all of these cats, goats, and cute babies by entering search terms on the Video Spring homepage and sifting through the results that pop up. All of the offerings in the Video Spring library have been fully cleared, and they can be licensed at the click of a button.
The licensing of viral, user-generated videos currently makes up a significant portion of Righster’s operation. The McN owns Viral Spiral, a marketing company that...
- 10/6/2015
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
Oscar nominees, watch out - there's a new crop of talented filmmakers that may soon be gunning for their very own statuettes. This year, six young filmmakers were chosen to become members of Team Oscar after submitting 60-second films based on the subject "The best piece of advice I've ever received." The winners - Chris Carmona, Justin Craig, Kelly FitzGerald, Justin Floyd, Rhianna Shaheen and Patrick Walker - will deliver Oscar statuettes to celebrity presenters at the Oscars on Sunday. People caught up with some of the up-and-coming filmmakers to find out what the opportunity meant to them, their advice for other aspiring filmmakers,...
- 2/20/2015
- by Gabrielle Olya, @GabyOlyae
- PEOPLE.com
Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for Paramount Pictures
In today’s Academy News:
Musical artists Common and John Legend will perform their Oscar-nominated song “Glory” at the 87th Oscars, show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced today.
“Common and John Legend are artists who have always lifted our spirits and made us think,” said Zadan and Meron. “The Oscar stage is that much more profound because of their presence and we welcome them.”
“Glory,” written by John Stephens (a.k.a. John Legend) and Lonnie Lynn (a.k.a. Common) for the film “Selma,” is nominated for Original Song. The four other nominated songs are “Everything Is Awesome” from “The Lego Movie,” “Grateful” from “Beyond the Lights,” “I’m Not Gonna Miss You” from “Glen Campbell…I’ll Be Me” and “Lost Stars” from “Begin Again.”
Common won a Grammy in 2002 for Best R&B Song for “Love...
In today’s Academy News:
Musical artists Common and John Legend will perform their Oscar-nominated song “Glory” at the 87th Oscars, show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced today.
“Common and John Legend are artists who have always lifted our spirits and made us think,” said Zadan and Meron. “The Oscar stage is that much more profound because of their presence and we welcome them.”
“Glory,” written by John Stephens (a.k.a. John Legend) and Lonnie Lynn (a.k.a. Common) for the film “Selma,” is nominated for Original Song. The four other nominated songs are “Everything Is Awesome” from “The Lego Movie,” “Grateful” from “Beyond the Lights,” “I’m Not Gonna Miss You” from “Glen Campbell…I’ll Be Me” and “Lost Stars” from “Begin Again.”
Common won a Grammy in 2002 for Best R&B Song for “Love...
- 1/28/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Google-owned site will offer UK film fans online rental of blockbusters including The Dark Knight and Reservoir Dogs
YouTube has launched its movie rental service in the UK with thousands of blockbusters including The Dark Knight and Reservoir Dogs.
Film fans in the UK can now rent new releases for £3.49 and older titles for between £2.49 and £3.49 from YouTube.
The move puts the Google-owned site in direct competition with Amazon's LoveFilm, which claims some 1.6 million customers in the UK and Europe. LoveFilm makes new releases available to non-members for between £2.49 and £3.49 a film.
Viewers will be given a 30-day window to watch their film on YouTube, and 48 hours once they have started viewing it.
YouTube has signed UK-specific deals with Hollywood film companies including Sony Pictures, Warner Bros, Universal and Lionsgate. The website has also signed deals with Revolver Entertainment, the British studio behind Talihina Sky: The story of Kings of Leon,...
YouTube has launched its movie rental service in the UK with thousands of blockbusters including The Dark Knight and Reservoir Dogs.
Film fans in the UK can now rent new releases for £3.49 and older titles for between £2.49 and £3.49 from YouTube.
The move puts the Google-owned site in direct competition with Amazon's LoveFilm, which claims some 1.6 million customers in the UK and Europe. LoveFilm makes new releases available to non-members for between £2.49 and £3.49 a film.
Viewers will be given a 30-day window to watch their film on YouTube, and 48 hours once they have started viewing it.
YouTube has signed UK-specific deals with Hollywood film companies including Sony Pictures, Warner Bros, Universal and Lionsgate. The website has also signed deals with Revolver Entertainment, the British studio behind Talihina Sky: The story of Kings of Leon,...
- 10/7/2011
- by Josh Halliday
- The Guardian - Film News
ITV have opened up online auditions for the upcoming series of Britain’s Got Talent.
It had previously been reported that Simon Cowell ordered the extra tryouts, after viewing video footage of some of this year’s hopefuls and deciding that he wasn’t impressed by their calibre.
Now, show bosses have decided to allow contestants to enter via Youtube and talented wannabes will be able to upload a video of their act. If they pass the initial stages, they will then be allowed to audition in person for the judging panel Michael McIntyre, Amanda Holden and David Hasselhoff.
If you’d like to appear on britain’s Got Talent then go to youtube.com/britainsgottalent. The closing date for uploads is Thursday, March 20.
ITV will produce a shortlist of fifty acts and after watching how the public react, bosses will choose 20 to go forward to the judges in April.
It had previously been reported that Simon Cowell ordered the extra tryouts, after viewing video footage of some of this year’s hopefuls and deciding that he wasn’t impressed by their calibre.
Now, show bosses have decided to allow contestants to enter via Youtube and talented wannabes will be able to upload a video of their act. If they pass the initial stages, they will then be allowed to audition in person for the judging panel Michael McIntyre, Amanda Holden and David Hasselhoff.
If you’d like to appear on britain’s Got Talent then go to youtube.com/britainsgottalent. The closing date for uploads is Thursday, March 20.
ITV will produce a shortlist of fifty acts and after watching how the public react, bosses will choose 20 to go forward to the judges in April.
- 3/11/2011
- by Lisa McGarry
- Unreality
Official music videos have again become available to UK YouTube users after the website reached an agreement with Prs for Music. Earlier this year, YouTube blocked a number of clips from its service after it failed to reach an agreement with the royalty collection society, The Independent reports. YouTube director of video partnerships Patrick Walker said: "We had been working to reach an agreement. We hit a bit of an impasse and the videos were removed, but discussions were ongoing throughout that time. "We set out to find a way to secure terms that were satisfactory to everyone. We fully support compensation for those in the creative process. It has taken a while but the result (more)...
- 9/3/2009
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
London -- The BBC is launching "a limited number" of full-length episodes of natural history program "The Life of Birds" to U.S. viewers, the first time such long-form BBC content will have appeared on the online video platform, it was announced Thursday.
The move is part of an attempt to scope out the potential for long-form online video content, the BBC said, and will be restricted to only five episodes of the hour-long show.
Only viewers in the U.S. will have access to the full-length shows on YouTube, where a new advertising model will operate.
In the U.K. long-form BBC content is not available on the online video aggregator.
The news came as YouTube renewed its global partnership with BBC Worldwide Thursday, launching a range of new short-form video channels including BBC America, BBC Explore and BBC Earth on the online video platform later this year.
Content...
The move is part of an attempt to scope out the potential for long-form online video content, the BBC said, and will be restricted to only five episodes of the hour-long show.
Only viewers in the U.S. will have access to the full-length shows on YouTube, where a new advertising model will operate.
In the U.K. long-form BBC content is not available on the online video aggregator.
The news came as YouTube renewed its global partnership with BBC Worldwide Thursday, launching a range of new short-form video channels including BBC America, BBC Explore and BBC Earth on the online video platform later this year.
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- 5/22/2009
- by By Mimi Turner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
YouTube is silencing its source for music videos from the UK after negotiations with the nation's Performing Right Society (Prs for music) fell apart. (The Google-owned video portal's previous license, which granted rights to access 10 million pieces of music in return for a flat fee, had expired.) Prohibitively high licensing fees and lack of transparency proved to be stumbling blocks, according to Patrick Walker, Director of Video Partnerships, Europe, Middle East and Africa. The snafu outlines a growing problem for the site as content owners grow eager to see better returns from their content and YouTube's ad schemes fail to deliver sizeable returns.
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- 3/10/2009
- by wayne@cynopsis.com
London -- "American Idol" co-producer FremantleMedia has signed a global agreement with YouTube to create and distribute online formats exclusively for the web, in addition to using the Google-backed platform to showcase its current shows, it was announced Monday.
The deal will work on a revenue-share basis that will see both parties split advertising revenues. It will see Fremantle become one of the first entertainment companies to use YouTube's online copyright protection tool VideoID, by which Fremantle can control its own content online.
The deal was announced by FremantleMedia senior vp Claire Tavernier and Patrick Walker, YouTube Europe's director of video partnerships.
The deal will work on a revenue-share basis that will see both parties split advertising revenues. It will see Fremantle become one of the first entertainment companies to use YouTube's online copyright protection tool VideoID, by which Fremantle can control its own content online.
The deal was announced by FremantleMedia senior vp Claire Tavernier and Patrick Walker, YouTube Europe's director of video partnerships.
- 11/11/2008
- by By Mimi Turner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Cannes -- TV screens in the main entrance of the Palais des Festivals on Monday were tuned to minute-by-minute updates on rising international market indices, reflecting TV execs' need to keep on top of the economic story that everyone here is talking about.
But while European and U.S. markets rallied -- with the Dow closing up almost 1,000 points Monday -- media execs in Cannes were still cautious about the impact of the economic seesaws and how the market turbulence will affect the media industry.
"In full candor, it's a bit early to say what the impact is," said Ben Pyne, global distribution president at Disney-abc Worldwide TV.
"We don't know yet what the impact is. We don't know what the impact on advertising market is going to be -- some markets will be hit worse than others," he said, speaking on an Entertainment Superpanel addressing trends in the global...
But while European and U.S. markets rallied -- with the Dow closing up almost 1,000 points Monday -- media execs in Cannes were still cautious about the impact of the economic seesaws and how the market turbulence will affect the media industry.
"In full candor, it's a bit early to say what the impact is," said Ben Pyne, global distribution president at Disney-abc Worldwide TV.
"We don't know yet what the impact is. We don't know what the impact on advertising market is going to be -- some markets will be hit worse than others," he said, speaking on an Entertainment Superpanel addressing trends in the global...
- 10/13/2008
- by By Mimi Turner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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