USA Network Creates Interactive Game Ad for iPad Websites Dan Koelsch, January 29, 2011 The iPad is a great platform for innovation, and one thing that really needs innovation is online advertising. USA Network stepped up its game by creating an interactive iPad-only web banner for The New York Times homepage. The ad, created by Glow Interactive, lets the user play a deciphering game that involves text on the site itself to unlock a teaser video for White Collar. Watch a video of the ad after the break. HTML5 Gamified Banner Ad on the iPad from Glow Interactive on Vimeo. Source: Mashable Viral Marketing iPadUSA NetworkWhite Collar
YouTube Celebrates Fifth Birthday May 17, 2010It’s hard to believe, but YouTube has only been around for five years. That means it wasn’t around in the last election Bush won, MySpace and Facebook had already been around for over a year, and Twitter was just a gleam in Odeo’s (now Obvious Corp) eye. Since its creation,… Read More
Chart: TV University Faculty Roster June 4, 2010June 4, 2010Reddit has a great photo that shows a flow chart of an ideal University’s faculty if it was made up of TV characters/personalities. There are a few movie characters sprinkled in as well, but no one is perfect. The choices are rather ingenious, such as Forrest Gump teaching Track &… Read More
New Video For “They’re Here” Still Shows Very Little September 9, 2010We still have just over a month until we understand what the film They’re Here is really all about. Sure, it’s pretty much certain that it’s about aliens and possibly an invasion (though the phrase “make contact” comes up), but we know nothing about the production itself, including who is… Read More