Sessions at SXSW Interactive 2011 about Online Video and Branding on Saturday 12th March

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• Banking on Big Brands/Celebs for the Web

  by Amber Lawson, David Tochterman, Kevin Pollak and Paul Kontonis

  2010 was a pivotal year for Web TV, with more influential brands and celebrities recognizing the creative opportunities that the platform offers. Celebrities like Kevin Pollak and Will Arnett went online to create original professionally produced content to strengthen relationships with fans. Additionally, major brands including Wrigleys and Mountain Dew joined this medium due to the opportunity to exponentially increase its brand reach to a vast global audience.
  With entertainment and advertising luminaries testing the waters of the digital space, this panel examines the most effective ways in which content creators can capture the attention of brands and create content that will not only resonate with its target audience, but be organically integrated so audiences do not feel as though they are watching ads. It will include how digital studios, like Babelgum, provide a unique platform for brands/celebs looking to team up and engage in quality content and matching creators and celebrities with these forward-thinking brands.
  Babelgum is an integrated web and mobile video content platform, available on-demand to a global audience. Its international comedy business develops, produces, packages, programs, markets and distributes original series across its IPTV, fixed and mobile platforms. Babelgum Comedy collaborates with celebrity talent and creators to provide professionally-produced, brand-friendly content and is strategically programmed and curated by Amber J. Lawson.

  LEVEL: Intermediate

  • Branding
  • Celebrity
  • Online Video

  At 11:00am to 12:00pm, Saturday 12th March

  In Ballroom F, Austin Convention Center