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[ November 30, 1999 12:00 am to March 2, 2009 8:00 pm. ] On your marks, Get Set, Film!! Chips Not Dead Yet is gearing up for the 2nd annual funnest race in town and this year we are looking to you to show us what your ideal themed wave would look like!  Dress up as your favourite superhero or even run in your underpants! Tell us what […]

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[ August 22, 2008; 8:00 pm; ] We all know someone who is due for a good prank. Well, the Toyota Matrix is here to make it happen. The Matrix is encouraging everyone to get in touch with their dark side, by supplying you with the tools for the ultimate prank at YourOtherYou.com. Enter some info about your target and Toyota will […]

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Video overlay ads of the sort offered by YouTube will command just $184 million in ad spending by 2013, according to new research from JupiterResearch.  That represents a significant rate of growth over the estimated $20 million marketers will spend on overlays this year.
However, it’s tiny compared to the nearly $1.9 billion Jupiter believes they’ll sink […]

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Online video is hot, hot, hot. Even with the rampant success of YouTube, we’ve barely scratched the surface of online video’s potential. A study released by the Pew Internet & American Life Project earlier this year found that traffic to video-sharing sites doubled in 2007.  New York-based Magnify.net is one startup that’s launched into this space. […]

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[ December 1, 2008; 12:00 pm; ] Marillion is giving you the chance to win £5000 AND giving away a brand new song FOR FREE.  Download a special edit of the BRAND NEW song “Whatever is Wrong With You?” now - then use it as the soundtrack to your OWN video.

What kind of video? Well it can be absolutely ANYTHING you want […]

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[ August 17, 2008; 8:00 pm; ] Enter the Worst Summer Job Ever contest sponsored by Best Western and win an end of summer vacation on us.  Create a short video describing your worst summer job ever.

The Contest is open only to individuals, who are legal residents of the fifty United States and Canada who are eighteen years of age or older […]

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Google has piqued the interest of some in Hollywood with new ad-delivery and content-tracking technology that the company is developing, according to three studio executives who spoke to CNET News. Google could one day enable content owners to insert ads into unauthorized video clips wherever they might be posted online.
Ricardo Reyes, a YouTube spokesman, declined […]

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Putting videos on your Web site is one of the most effective ways to communicate with your customers. Most of the solutions have been too expensive for smaller businesses to consider — until now.
For smaller businesses, a Web site is often their primary form of contact and interaction with customers. One of the most […]

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[ September 4, 2008; 12:00 pm; ] Think you can create a pilot for a potential online comedy series? Here’s your chance. Submit your comedy pilot to be reviewed by Crackle and you could win a professional grade Sony HDV camcorder, a VAIO computer, video editing software, and $5000 in cash. 

Entries should be live-action, short-form comedies (about five minutes in length) with […]

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[ August 22, 2008; 8:00 pm; ] Are you an emerging Do-It-Yourself All-Star? Ready to show off your skills to the world? Enter the D.I.Y. All-Star Contest 1st Home Edition. One talented first-time homeowner will win the Grand Prize of $5,000 in merchandise from True Value and an in-home consultation with Steve Watson, our resident D.I.Y. expert and host of HGTV’s “Don’t […]

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