Brent Hoff Exec Producer, Wholphin DVD Patrick Kwiatkowski Founder, Microcinema International Liz Ogilvie Head of Programming, Docurama Films Scott Shooman VP of Acquisitions and Productions, Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group The last format war was won by VHS, and created home video. Now DVDs account for 60% of profit for major studios. DVD has become […]

It was difficult to even find a corner to squeeze into because there was standing-room only for the panel. Panelists came from Firefox, Microsoft, and Opera. Apple was a no-show. One of the panelists actually invented javascript. Creating a great user experience is the key to the browser wars. Opera has nothing that’s proprietary. IE […]

Tim Nolan was speaking at the Pimp My Film’s Website panel. His company, First Born Multimedia, did simply that, pimped out websites for independent filmmakers. He referred to it as a way for them to extend their Web tentacles out into areas of social networking.  The film Marconi Bros. is debuting here at SXSW. The […]

This panel dealt with dealt with creating or becoming Internet stars. With the onslaught of consumer/user generated content the panel proclaimed content as “king.” If the content is good people will find it and it will rise to the top. They also discussed the importance of “branding” the content you produce. Serve your online audience. […]

Panelists: (L-R) Adam Conner, Facebook; Julie Barko Germany, Director, Graduate School of Political Management, George Wash. Univ. (Moderator); Colin Delany, epolitics.com; Tanya Tarr, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees; and Patrick Ruffini, Ruffni Strategies. So this one was a no-brainer, even if you’ve just met me for a few minutes, you know I […]

Peter Semmelhack-Founder/CEO, Bug Labs.Father refuses to use an ATM.Home Depot as a platform, beginning of diy model.Has own version of Long Tail, the Pizza Tail.Idea began after 9/11 when he wanted a gps device in NYC.Difficult to bring a gadget to market feasibly.Gadgets are a hit based business, you have to sell millions if you […]

At the first panel of the day on Monday, during the Q&A portion of the Beyond the Blogosphere panel, audience member takes shot at Sarah Lacy. I’ll expand on the panel later. jac