Commentary by Kendall Whitehouse
Tag: dr horrible
Last night the first annual Streamy Awards in Los Angeles honored original programming created for broadband distribution. Once the event was underway at around 7:45 PM PDT, about 15 minutes later than scheduled, the Streamys.org Web site provided a high-quality Flash video stream of the live event. The promised live streaming from the red carpet, … Continue reading Streaming the Streamys
Among the many people who bookmarked my Knowledge@Wharton interview with Joss Whedon on Delicious, one of the first (number 4, in fact) was Felicia Day, the lead actress in Whedon's Internet sensation "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog." Of course, as her bookmark list reveals, Ms. Day uses Delicious to bookmark most articles pertaining to "Dr. Horrible." … Continue reading I Helped to Inspire Felicia Day
Many industry watchers have been closely monitoring the progress of Joss Whedon's independently-produced musical comedy, "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along blog." As I've discussed in the past, by simultaneously exploring various schemes for generating revenue, Dr. Horrible serves as something of a case study for using the Internet to distribute original video content. The details of how … Continue reading Joss Whedon Talks about the Business Models behind “Dr. Horrible” (and More)
Having just completed production on the forthcoming DVD release of Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (available for pre-order from Amazon.com), creator Joss Whedon posted a comment on Whedonesque thanking his fans and giving an upbeat account of the current state of the project's finances. Whedon writes: Finally, I just want to say "thank you" to everybody who … Continue reading Joss Whedon: Sounding Optimistic (But Still No Details)
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