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i used to go nuts when brightcove had their periodic meltdowns since about a third of the video on our site is delivered using their platform, including the players we built on top of their API. maybe it’s because it’s friday and i’m too tired to really care, but brightcove is down in a big, but not blogged about, kind of way (i searched blogsearch.google.com for any breaking news and news.google.com and not a peep).

Video: Campaign strategists, grassroots activists and media organizations of all sizes are aggressively embracing social media tools and techniques to reach a generation raised online. Are their efforts driving voter engagement? Has video’s ease and availability really changed the game? Is social media leveling the journalism playing field? And has the online conversation about campaign ‘08 reached significant scale or is it just hype?

Announcement: From Print To Digital live WebTV series kicks off Friday, May 30 with Steve Weitzner, CEO of Ziff Davis Enterprise.

Video: Dan Rayburn asked me to lead a session at the Streaming Media East conference, which ended last night. Instead of having a bunch of suits on the stage from the technology side of the media industry talking to an audience full of suits from the same industry about stuff they all agree on, I thought it would be more interesting to organize a panel of kids that we can all ask questions and LISTEN to. A focus group of sorts.

Announcement: Through interviews with cutting edge leaders and thinkers from the media industry, Naked Media explores the nexus of content, advertising and technology — all with an eye toward measurable goals in the digital age.

Video: Mark Oslund, Director of Rich Media Storage at Quantum, walks us through the LTO 3A at NAB. The LTO 3A can be plugged into the network via Gigabit ethernet. Each tape holds 400GB of data and can transfer up to 68 Megabytes per second. At $60 per 400GB drive, the LTO 3A provides great value as a storage, back-up and archiving solution.

Video: Do you use copyrighted material in your production? What rights do you need to secure? What are the differences between features, television, and new media? What is “Fair Use” of copyrighted material and how much will it cost?

The next two hours were an epic battle of man versus bubble. Armed with a little plastic bowl and two sponges, I held my ground on the floor as scalding hot foam spewed through the sides of the dishwasher.

Video: Bryan Scary & The Shredding Tears like things big. While they are, first and foremost, a pop band, the Brooklyn-based quintet leaves no stone unturned, mixing elements of psychedelia, classic rock, indie, and prog into their sonic stew.

Rant: Typically, Tim Russert is followed by The McLaughlin Report, aka the Octogenerian show. Actually, scratch that. 60 Minutes is the Octogenarian Show. The McLaughlin Report is the Everyone Yelling At The Same Time show. After watching Meet the Press this morning, it went straight to the Still Hot But Not For Long Which Makes Me Sad (SHBNFLWMMS) Mario Bartiromo. Wait, where’s the McLaughlin Report!?