Dorm Life inspires Facebook Craze. Can a web series spawn a new Holiday?

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009 Posted in awards, comedy, media coverage, video | Comments

National Hug Your RA Day! Inspired by Dorm Life. We knew Dorm Life was popular. We knew Dorm Life was influential. But did we know it would start a push for a new national 'holiday'?  Maybe.  And it has - ...

ASM’s Lost Carl’s Jr. Whaaaaat?! Spots Up Now

Friday, August 14th, 2009 Posted in branded entertainment, video | Comments

The long-awaited second installment of ASM's Whaaaaat?! branded entertainment series for Carl's Jr. is now up at http://www.youtube.com/carlsjr, including the first video in the series, "The Hunt." See if you can spot the cameo by ASM cofounders Peter White and Garrett ...

The Day Old Media Died

Thursday, June 11th, 2009 Posted in current events, video | Comments

If you've got a few minutes, check out the first couple of verses of this nearly syllable-for-syllable adaptation of Don McLean's epic "The Day the Music Died."  Some clever, euphonious devil has reworked it as a eulogy for the fat ...

Interview with Tony Cohen, CEO of FremantleMedia

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009 Posted in technology, video | Comments

Kara Swisher of All Things D recently caught up with Tony Cohen of FremantleMedia, the group responsible for bringing American Idol to the US, and owner of dozens more global properties. Hearing what titans of industry have to say about the ...

Semester 2 Is Live!

Monday, March 2nd, 2009 Posted in comedy, video | Comments

Dorm Life Semester 2 went live today. Get excited!

Video Views Surpass Searches, Yet Market Under-Monetized

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 Posted in current events, video | Comments

Wow.  Well, we were given notice about a year ago that such a thing would come to pass, but it finally happened.  Online video views surpassed searches: November 2008 Video Views: 12.7 billion November 2008 Searches: 12.3 billion While the fact that video ...

Short-Form Ads

Monday, February 2nd, 2009 Posted in media coverage, video | Comments

We at ASM were tickled pink about the prospects for Miller High Life's 1 Second Super Bowl Ad.  In practice, however, we were a little disappointed.  Like the folks over at OnlineVideoWatch, a few of us missed the one 1-second ...

2009 Oscar Nominees Parodied!

Thursday, January 29th, 2009 Posted in comedy, current events, video | Comments

Sock Tube Presents is at again, with 5 new parodies of the Academy Awards Best Picture Nominees! There's even some celebrity cameos (Milk? Maury Povich? Blossom? You betcha!), so head over to Sock Tube Presents and get primed for the ...

Dorm Life Season 2 Trailer!

Tuesday, January 27th, 2009 Posted in comedy, development, video | Comments

The Dorm Life Season 2 trailer is out, and it's an understatement to say that we are all very excited! Season 2 will be arriving on March 2, but get a taste of it now via the trailer.

Marketing Decision Makers Eye Online Video

Tuesday, January 27th, 2009 Posted in video | Comments

Permission TV recently conducted a survey of more than 400 senior-level marketing decision makers, uncovering the following nuggets: 66.8% of respondents identified online video as a primary focus of their 2009 digital marketing campaigns, >50% of respondents plan on implementing or extending ...