award Articles

YouTube Debuts Partner Rewards: Golden Play Button & Prizes Up for Grabs

As promised during the recent VidCon, YouTube has announced the Partner Rewards program.  Partners with 1 million subscribers will be receiving a nifty trophy: a plaque with a golden play button on it so it can be hung for all to see.  Also, they get ...

Weekly Online Video News Roundup - Super Hot Summer Starts Edition

Summer roared into Wisconsin with highs in the mid-90s which, of course, meant my home office was unbearable and I had to try and escape as much as possible to cooler airs (and beverages). It's just 80 degrees in the office today so I thought ...

Vimeo Announces Winners of 2012 Vimeo Awards

The 2012 Vimeo Awards + Festival kicked off last night in New York City and in unique fashion, the awards were handed out at the beginning of the party.  Awards in 13 categories, plus one grand prize winner, were handed out along with some honorary ...

Learn Filmmaking and Celebrate Creative Video at Vimeo Festival + Awards in June

To be sure, YouTube is the most-visited place for videos, but it's good to know that there's a place like Vimeo out there that is a little more focused on the techniques of video creation.  Recently Vimeo announced the nominees for the Second Annual Vimeo Festival + ...

The Week's Best Viral Videos & Video Marketing Lessons - Ping Pong Baby Edition

I always send various videos that I collect throughout the week for this column to friends and family, and it usually gives me a pretty good indication of whether or not the column has a good cross-section of different video types and tones. And this ...

James Franco & Aziz Ansari Among Judges For Vimeo Festival + Awards

Vimeo announced their judging lineup today for the upcoming 2012 Vimeo Festival + Awards. The awards will be handed out across 13 different categories, with each category having a panel of three judges. And there are some pretty big names among the judges, including actor ...

International Academy Of Web Television Awards Demonstrate Maturity Of Online Video Industry

While at CES I had the distinct pleasure of attending the inaugural International Academy Of Web Television Awards ceremony that celebrated all things online video and included the likes of Felicia Day, Shari Lazar and Kevin Pollack. It was pretty cool and, to me, demonstrated how far we ...

The Absolute Worst Business Videos Of 2011 - The Sucky Video Award Winners

In the spirit of good-natured ribbing and constructive criticism, we asked you to help us find the very worst business videos of 2011 for our first-ever Sucky Video Awards (The Suckies). And you responded with some fantastic examples of video marketing gone wrong. Our panel ...

The Second Annual Vimeo Festival+ Awards Are Now Open For Submissions

YouTube gets an awful lot of press around here, and generally that's for good reason--they're huge. But Vimeo is also huge (just maybe not as big when placed side-by-side with YouTube). And Vimeo has a uniquely artistic community that is passionate, supportive, critical, and engaged. ...

IAWTV Inaugural Web TV Award Nominees Announced

The International Academy of Web Television (IAWTV) have announced nominees with the awards to be given out on Thursday, January 12, 2012 at a live ceremony at the Venetian Resort Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas during the prestigious International CES. Nominees for the Inaugural ...

The Sucky Video Awards: Help Us Find The Worst Web Videos of 2011 & WIN

We spend so much time praising those great examples of quality branded video that it's easy to forget how much bad video is out there. Seriously... some of it really sucks. It's probably part of why author Steve Stockman decided to write "How To Shoot ...

Why Is Xbox Live Now Windows Mobile 7? - The Reel Web #17

This week ReelSEO dominates the news for the online video world! We're excited to launch the Sucky Video Awards, which is going to be fun and educational for all of us! We also released a brand new white paper last week titled, "Online Video 101 ...

YouTube Medals Now Being Awarded To Special Videos

YouTube has had an "Honors" system for awhile now to designate videos with achievements in trending, weekly engagement, and all-time popularity.  On Wednesday YouTube announced Medals, which will replace the Honors system with easily-identifiable gold, silver, and bronze medals.  This will make it easier to ...

Bravo's Web Series Companion To "Work of Art: The Next Great Artist"

Cable has basically become the world's largest talent show for a variety of skill sets.  We've seen aspiring fashion designers, singers, chefs, and filmmakers all competing to win the opportunity to become top-paid professionals.  Last year, Bravo introduced a show looking for hopeful artists called ...

Live From Daryl's House To Hit Syndication On Broadcast TV

Live From Daryl's House, an acclaimed music web series starring Daryl Hall of Hall & Oates and special guest musicians, is making its debut on television in 95 markets on September 24 in syndication.  The show, which shoots in Hall's home in upstate New York, ...