lonelygirl15 Creator, EQAL, and CSI Franchise Creator Zuiker Join Forces

EQAL, the master minds behind two of the most successful interactive drama series, lonelygirl15 and KateModern are joining forces with 'CSI' franchise creator, Anthony Zuiker.

The two will form a partnership to launch a multiplatform 'Digi-novel' series. The hope is that it will expand traditional reading into a full multimedia experience.

Readers will be able to move seamlessly from books to fil to the web.

Their first series, Dark Chronicles, will launch in July.

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Time Warner's "TV Everywhere"

Jeff Bewkes, Time Warner CEO, revealed this week to AdAge magazine that his company is currently working on a system that will allow multichannel cable subscribers to watch their favorite programming everywhere (tv, mobile, pc).

They see online content viewing as a natural extension to cable and its business model.

They are currently working on a verification system that would not use IP address. They are also thinking about offering a subscription only to online viewing.

Soon we will all be able to see our cable cahannels programming on the web (Specially HBO that has been very reluctant to put content available on the we)

More info: http://adage.com/mediaworks/article?article_id=134961

http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-time-warner-ceo-plans-tv-everywhere-but-not-for-everyone/

The Supreme Court & YouTube

The Supreme Court has begun using YouTube as a means of evidence. The NY Times article that chronicles this says that if the justices can actually see videos chronicling the incidents at hand, they may not so easily go along with (or against) what jurors and lower-court judges ruled.

A law professor at Suffolk University, however, said that using videos as evidence is very dangerous. They are not cold hard facts such as DNA, but they are images taken from one perspective that could still be up for interpretation.

One lawyer argued that "video evidence is inherently more compelling than recorded testimony." He wasn't implying that it was better evidence, merely that it works the brain in a different way.

While this all makes sense, it certainly isn't new that a court of law would use a video as evidence. YouTube, however, is apparently the new way of doing it!!!

Streaming Sports

As it becomes easier to stream live sporting events over the internet, ESPN360 and CBSSports.com are proving to be innovative this College Basketball season. After MLB.TV proved successful in it's initial deal with Microsoft and it's software Silverlight, ESPN360 and CBSSports.com have both inked deals with Microsoft to use their software to stream hundreds of college basketball conference tournament games as well as March Madness itself.

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http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-microsofts-silverlight-gets-the-start-for-march-madness-can-it-convert

http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-cbssportscom-streaming-college-football-online-mobile-silverlight-tryou

http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-march-madness-on-demand-stats-47-million-unique-video-player-users-49-m