The Webbys are here

If you're in need of web inspiration, check out the state of the web. My personal favorites: the personal site, video, activism and television categories
@ Webbyawards.com

Story Telling 2.0

Will the Digi-Novel help the print business? Not sure but it's a great idea to change the story-telling paradigm. From the creator of the CSI franchise: Anthony Zuiker's
Read @ deep media

Pepsi on Social Media

Good interview from Bonin Bough at Pepsi on how to integrate social media in market & comm activities
@ Brandweek

Loads of Hopes & Contradictions on the International Digital Landscape

After last week's NYT article I blogged about on the difficulty to monetize video traffic outside of the US, two statements this week are highlighting that non US media is a growing opportunity that US companies should tackle asap.
~ Download a great free white-paper from Global Internet Advisors on America's shrinking presence on the Global Internet and learn that US internet traffic used to be 50% of the global traffic 10 years ago and is now a mere 15% .
~ Read on recent moves from numerous US cable companies to tap into more international tv and digital growth potential.
@ Broadcasting & Cable

On Hulu and Disney

By now everybody knows that ABC took a 28% stake in Hulu against providing them some Long Form content on an exclusive basis for Hulu.com and for third party distribution for the next two years.
Read an overview of the deal @ NYT.

For an interesting insight, read @ VideoNuze: OK, now Hulu has NBC but when will it prove its business model