Posts Tagged ‘fail’

May 7, 2008

If a Tree Falls in the Forest…SuperDeluxe Folds

Well, it can’t come as much of a suprise but PaidContent is reporting that web video site SuperDeluxe will be no more:
“Turner told staff today it is folding SuperDeluxe.com into AdultSwim.com, and laying off much of the SuperDeluxe team.”
While SuperDeluxe did give a lot of funny people some money to make some funny videos they [...]

April 1, 2008

C-Spot, Crackle and Sony Join Forces for Epic Fail

Well, yesterday I was reading a whole bunch about the launch of Crackle’s lineup of original programming (warning: horrible auto-play) brought to you by Sony Pictures.  Before I had a chance to look for myself, NewTeeVee posted a really excellent review.  Here are just a few choice highlights:
“But let’s start with the name, “The C-Spot.” [...]

March 27, 2008

TechCrunch SO Wrong on TV Ads

Today on TechCrunch Erick Schonfeld explored what he believes will be the answer to save TV advertising:
“We have a long way to go, but it boils down to two things: 1) replacing 30-second commercials on TV with relevant ad overlays that pop up at exactly the right moment during a show, and 2) automating the [...]

March 25, 2008

Hanes = Fail

Gee, it sure is fun seeing what these big corporations suddenly decides passes for marketing in the digital age.
Our latest shockingly lame, cheap and underviewed campaign (via AdRants) comes to us from Hanes and their (should be fired) shillers NGAGE.
The premise is that they are sending an “averge joe” around the country to challenge “celebrities” [...]

March 24, 2008

MSN Looks, well, Dumb

As AdFreak points out, there is not a whole lot to like in MSN latest web campaign, “No one wants to look dumb.”
The campaign stars a guy who looks kinda like a grad student majoring in poetry. He wears a corduroy jacket and play guitar and sings to people if they fail to log on [...]

March 22, 2008

Dear CBS Sports, Welcome to Fail

The lovely folks over at TechCrunch have assembled a nice gallery of comments left on the CBSSports NCAA Facebook application that has not quite performed up to snuff.  With a whole bunch of problems being reported, users around the country are sounding off.
As TC points out:
“But it is an even more serious issue for CBS [...]

March 14, 2008

BBC and Wii Losing to Pirates

Two separate stories highlight the difficult, and I would argue pointless, attempts by various companies to impose either DRM or other locks that make it impossible for end-users to have complete control over the date or hardware they’ve gotten.
First, DownloadSquad has the story on the BBC:
“The release of BBC’s new iPlayer brought with it the typical suffocating [...]

March 14, 2008

USC Handcuffs its Film Students

There is a fairly distressing post on Silicon Valley Insider about USC’s policy restricting film students from posting their work online:
“You see, as a USC film student, Evan had to sign over ownership of everything he produces as a student to USC. Either that or choose another major. And since USC owns all student films, it bans [...]

March 11, 2008

Babblegum Goes Creator Route

Babblegum, a company that has mostly been a P2P platform, has decided to spread its wings into the world of content creation.  The news has not been met with thunderous applause…
PaidContent: While the latest shift, creating a studio, seems like a logical extension of content acquisition plans, it’s a different ball game altogether and the [...]

March 7, 2008

MobLogic Defies Logic

From the people who brought you WallStrip, the daily Wall Street web show featuring hot girls, has launched a new, more general news show called MobLogic.
What’s the hook this time? Well, for starters, the host is a cute young woman who “gets it,” as evidenced by her admission that this news show “of [...]