Leap Year is a branded entertainment web series with a sizable budget funded by Hiscox, a London Stock Exchange-listed insurance provider that specializes in niche areas of the insurance market (including art collections and kidnapping/ransoms) that last year extended its offerings to provide small business insurance to companies in the Us. The show was created and executive produced by Wilson Cleveland and Cjp Digital (the individual and company behind other online branded programs including The Temp LIfe, The Webventures of Justin and Alden, Suite 7, and Bestsellers) and written and directed by the Baranovsky brothers under the banner of Happy Little Guillotine Films (the digital production shop behind titles like 7-Eleven’s Road Trip Rally and Break a Leg). It's comprised of a cast that fans of Cjp Digital and Happy Little Guillotine productions will find very familiar (including Yuri Baranovsky, Alexis Boozer, Cleveland, Daniela Diiorio, Drew Lanning, Rachel Risen,...
- 2/29/2012
- by Joshua Cohen
- Tubefilter.com
Make no mistake my friends, 2011 will be remembered as the year sh*t got real in online video. This year the bastions of web video, no longer satisfied with "digital dollars," made some of their boldest grabs yet at television’s multi-billion dollar advertising business by emulating the look, feel and business of...television. Welcome to progress. Let's review: YouTube, the birthplace of the web series, the king-maker of online celebrity, the petrie dish of viral video, spent $100 million on re-positioning itself as the second coming of cable television with 100 new channels of advertiser-friendly, day-parted original programming. Netflix paid $100 million to exclusively distribute two seasons of the Kevin Spacey/David Fincher drama House of Cards; then dropped another tidy sum to revive and distribute new episodes of the Emmy-winning Fox comedy Arrested Development. Wanna bet Netflix leads a lobby with the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences to get streaming originals on the Emmy ballot?...
- 12/22/2011
- by Guest Author
- Tubefilter.com
Announcing the August 2011 Tubefilter Hollywood Meetup! YouTube and its partner program have opened a clear path to online video monetization. And as we've learned from our panels this past year, building an audience on YouTube is crucial to a successful online video business. But is that all that it takes? Even for the top YouTubers—who pull in six figures in rev share—YouTube is just the tip of the iceberg. Successful video creators are using YouTube to engage and monetize audiences elsewhere—from other platforms, to apps, merch, licensing, and beyond. Entertainment management firm The Collective, whose digital clients like Fred, The Annoying Orange, and iJustine represent 200 million monthly views on YouTube, recently announced a distribution partnership with Blip.tv, which offers significantly higher CPMs to its partners. Cjp Digital Media's Wilson Cleveland has pioneered a business model that renders video rev share an afterthought. Join us as we...
- 7/25/2011
- by Drew Baldwin
- Tubefilter.com
Being a startup entrepreneur is hard. First, you have to find and execute a great idea (or at least an idea). And second, you have to take care of all the businessy things that come along with creating and operating a company. Things like taxes, payroll, health insurance, incorporation documents, small business insurance, and other important minutia and mandatory idiosyncrasies that make the government make sure it’s okay with whatever it is you’re doing. But where’s a startup entrepreneur supposed to learn about and acquire all these stamps, documents, and seals of approval? I have no idea! Well, except if you’re a professional services startup with 10 employees or less. Then I have some idea where you can get small business insurance. You can go to Hiscox. The London Stock Exchange-listed insurance provider that specializes in niche areas of the insurance market (including art collections and kidnapping...
- 5/18/2011
- by Joshua Cohen
- Tubefilter.com
Burning Palms is directed by Christopher B. Landon and stars Zoe Saldana (Colombiana, Avatar 3, Untitled Star Trek Sequel), Jamie Chung (Sucker Punch, The Hangover Part II, Premium Rush), Rosamund Pike (Barney’s Version), Lake Bell (The League, How to Make It in America), Nick Stahl (388 Arletta Avenue, The Speed of Thought), Paz Vega (Tango Dancer, The Jesuit), Dylan McDermott (Dark Blue) and Shannen Doherty (Mari-Kari, Suite 7).
Burning Palms is a subversive tale that interlaces five stories where no taboo is left unexplored. Framed as a graphic novel come to life, the film unfolds in five popular neighborhoods of Los Angeles as each character careens toward a dark and often comic fate.
Burning Palms is a subversive tale that interlaces five stories where no taboo is left unexplored. Framed as a graphic novel come to life, the film unfolds in five popular neighborhoods of Los Angeles as each character careens toward a dark and often comic fate.
- 1/20/2011
- by Terry Boyden
- BuzzFocus.com
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