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Archive for the ‘Contests’ Category

May 2nd, 2008

Playboy Seeks Playmate on YouTube

It’s not only in Hollywood or the glamour girls in New York. Beautiful girls are on your college campus, they are in your office, they live next door to you. — Hugh Hefner.
Anyone who’s spent any amount of time on YouTube knows that the site is full of babes. That’s why Playboy Playmate editor Holly […]

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April 1st, 2008

YouTube Contest to Choose Martian Settlers

Want to be among the first humans on Mars? Then get inside online video! Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin announce a partnership with Virgin to select the first settlers on Mars through 30-second YouTube video responses.
Tags: April Fools, Comedy, Contests, Google, Larry Page, Mars, Richard Branson, Sergey Brin, Virgin, Virgle, YouTubeShare This

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March 28th, 2008

The Pickup Artist Holds Online Video Casting Call

VH1’s The Pickup Artist, a reality show where dating coach Erik Von Markovik aka “Mystery” trains a bunch of frustrated chumps to be successful with women, faced criticism in its first season for taking on Hollywood-type contestants who weren’t such chumps to begin with. Some of them were out-of-work actors and comedians; the runner-up was […]

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March 20th, 2008

Indy Widget Contest Problematic

The first trailer for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was organically superdistributed well enough, but apparently that’s not enough for Paramount.
Paramount is counting on the small, portable applications that can be posted on blogs and social networks to maximize the exposure for its trailers. The first “Skull” trailer, released in March, […]

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February 14th, 2008

HomeCamera Contest

For all its insane fines and sheer artificiality, Singapore is a fun little city to visit. I may be biased, because one of my gorgeous ex-girlfriends lives there, but you really should see the Lion City for yourself. That’s why you should join this HomeCamera contest. Nalts explains.
Tags: HomeCamera, Nalts, SingaporeShare This

By Mike Abundo -- 1 comment

February 12th, 2008

Channel Federator 2 Second Love Fest!

In love and online video, short and sweet rule. That’s why Channel Federator presents 44 user-created cartoons about love. Choose the Valentine winner of a Nintendo DS in the comments for this video.
Tags: ChannelFederator, Contests, ValentinesShare This

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February 12th, 2008

Online Video to Compete with TV in Primetime Emmys

Anyone who says online video cannot compete with TV in terms of quality is a fool. As far as the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is concerned, online video and TV compete on the same level.
The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is announcing Monday it will consider broadband content for all existing prime-time […]

By Mike Abundo -- 0 comments

February 2nd, 2008

Renaldo Lapuz Remix Contest!

By now, you probably know about Filipino oddball Renaldo Lapuz singing his original ditty We’re Brothers Forever for Simon Cowell at his American Idol audition. The brotherhood continues as Renaldo holds a remix contest.
Keep making these wonderful remixes and sending them to us! We will post all the finalists on the website and let the […]

By Mike Abundo -- 1 comment

January 17th, 2008

Propose on YouTube for Valentine’s Day!

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, 1-800-Flowers.com challenges people to do one of two things on YouTube: tell a love story, or propose. Naturally, the prize for the latter is over double the prize for the former.
People do a lot of stupid things on YouTube, but this could take it to a whole new level.
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January 15th, 2008

The Greenlight Awards

Got a hit Web series? Got an idea for a hit Web series? Then check out The Greenlight Awards.
ON Networks (ON) in partnership with South by Southwest Film Conference and Festival (SXSW) will recognize the best in digital entertainment with The Greenlight Awards, a competition aimed at discovering the next great, original and episodic Digital […]

By Mike Abundo -- 1 comment

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