But this time, A-B will do more testing of content with consumers before it greenlights any productions, Ponturo said. "We do that on commercials now. We don't go into production until we really have a very strong feeling that the idea can play out well t
Anheuser-Busch has announced that they will continue to fund their struggling online video site, Bud.tv, for at least another year. This news comes as a surprise to some as it is estimated that the site is only attracting approximately 50,000 unique visi
The changes to Bud.TV will include a variety of new features, such as a social-networking component and shorter videos -- about one minute each -- rather than the longer programs (usually about six minutes) that now dominate the site. Even the much-hyped
Not to say that that the content won’t appeal to its target demo, the twentysomething American male. But from a business standpoint, they’ve spent a lot of money on production in order to get that “cheap and cheesy” feel. Which is the kind of spen
Advertiser-integrated content The deal with Studio 2.0, the most aggressive Hollywood-studio foray into advertiser-integrated content, will spawn an internet show called "Hardly News." The show will be a hybrid of comedy, news and games intended to pull i
