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eBillme offers $20,000 for best secret shopper confession on YouTube

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Have you made a secret purchase you’ve hidden from your husband, wife, friends, and family? Maybe it was a guilty pleasure, like a designer handbag or the latest cell phone. Perhaps it was a diamond ring for an anniversary surprise.

Now’s your chance to confess your secret, and win over the judging committee featuring celebrity guest judge, Alison Deyette, television correspondent, style expert, and co-founder of Stylebakery.com, in addition to Natalie MacLean, national wine connoisseur and author of Red, White and Drunk All Over, and eBillme founder, Marwan Forzley, President and CEO, for a chance to win $20,000 in the eBillme Shopping Confessions Video Contest, which kicks off today on ShopandConfess.com, and runs through Nov. 26, 2007.

Simply produce a 30- to 60-second video confessing your secret purchase, and upload it to the official YouTube contest channel. Then register your confession at www.ShopandConfess.com. Every week for four weeks, one winner will receive $1,000 based on his or her video’s popularity on YouTube. On Dec. 13, 2007 one $20,000 grand prize winner will be selected by the panel of judges for the best secret shopping confession.

eBillme’s Shopping Confessions Video Contest begins Oct. 26, 2007, at 9:00 a.m. EDT, and ends Nov. 26, 2007, at 11:59 p.m. EST. The weekly $1,000 prize winners will be announced on Nov. 2, 9, 16, and 23. The $20,000 grand prize winner will be announced on Dec. 13.

Originally posted on October 25, 2007 @ 4:09 pm

NBC moving out of YouTube

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NBC is allegedly pulling out its official channel on YouTube in preparation for the public launch of its video-sharing site, Hulu. However, both companies are quite silent about this ongoing transition.

Hulu is currently in beta phase but will open to public within this month. Its distribution network includes big players like Yahoo!, MSN, MySpace, and AOL.

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It’s not a surprising move especially when you’re positioning your new video-sharing network as a “YouTube killer”. On the other hand, NBC might want to try the business model by NO GOOD TV to get more than 100 million clip views in just 6 months.

Still, others believe this was just a technical glitch and the partnership that started last year remains strong.

Originally posted on October 24, 2007 @ 1:45 am

NO GOOD TV hits more than 100 million clip views in 6 months

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901amThe powerful tandem of uncensored entertainment hub NO GOOD TV and its YouTube channel have combined to catapult the internet sensation past the 100 million clip view mark in six months.

The network is currently the #5 most viewed partner of all time on YouTube. Last July, it has reached 58 million clip views without a single promotion.

Breaking the 100 million clip view mark is the latest in a string of achievements for NO GOOD TV. In the past three months alone, the network has been the subject of a cover story in the Hollywood Reporter and has also enjoyed feature coverage in USA Today, Variety, the Los Angeles Times, the Associated Press, the Boston Herald, TV Week, the Denver Post and the San Francisco Chronicle, among others.

NO GOOD TV’s next major series launch will be Game On…!, representing the network’s entry into the gaming genre and the first uncensored series of its kind. It will feature celebrities in head-to-head battles playing today’s biggest video game titles.

Originally posted on October 22, 2007 @ 11:56 am

Google launches YouTube video ID system to fight against piracy

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youtube.pngAs part of its efforts to end piracy over online videos, Google has released the beta version of YouTube Video Identification.

According to the blog of this search engine giant, it is a tool that will help copyright owners “so that they can more easily identify their content and manage how it is made available on YouTube.:

In YouTube’s video identification page, the goals of this new tool are to get accurate information, give copyright holders a choice, and deliver a great user experience.

However, Google and YouTube made it clear that YouTube Video Identification goes well above and beyond their legal responsibilities.

Google is testing this new system with big media companies like CBS, Disney, Time Warner, and Viacom.

Still, Google CEO Eric Schmidt admits the system is far from perfect and getting 100% accuracy is impossible at this time. What they are after is to achieve at least 80 to 90% for the ID system to have a value.

Originally posted on October 16, 2007 @ 12:32 pm

YouTube premieres Project Direct film competition

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YouTube announced Project Direct, its first international film promotion, sponsored by HP, that aims to discover the top filmmakers within its community.

From Sunday, Oct. 7, through Friday, Nov. 9, filmmakers from Brazil, Canada, France, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States can submit their best original works that showcase their personal style and creativity. Jason Reitman, director of “Thank You For Smoking” and upcoming Fox Searchlight release “Juno,” along with a panel of experts, will narrow the field of entries down to 20 finalists. The YouTube community will then vote on the finalists from Friday, November 23 through Sunday, December 2. The winners will be unveiled on Wednesday, December 5.

The winner chosen by the YouTube community will spend nine days as a guest of Hewlett-Packard at a top international Film Festival where they will attend special events, including a meeting with Fox Searchlight production executives. The winner will also receive a $5,000 debit card and have their video played on the YouTube homepage in seven countries.

Originally posted on October 1, 2007 @ 3:49 pm