One month ago, we kicked off a contest to give away an “App Dream Package” to a lucky entrepreneur looking to maximize online video courtesy of Widget Realm. Why? Practicing what we preach. Here on RISE I often talk about the benefits of online video and creating awesome video content. But for you to show your talent you need the right tools. So we teamed up with Widget Realm who is the leader in creating some amazing tools for content creators.

The winner receives:

-A Desktop App (a downloadable video player for your audience to put on their Desktop)

-A TV App (in partnership with Yahoo! Connected TV which takes your online content and streams to a variety of TV’s … Read More »

Apps are all the rage nowadays:

There are apps for, well, pretty much everything:

-Apps for your phone.

-Apps for your TV.

-Apps for your car (Ford).

-Apps for your toilet (maybe not…but you get the point).

Apps are amazing business tools ESPECIALLY if you are creating video:

1. Your own app takes your content and gets it onto multiple platforms. The potential for more eyeballs is always a good thing.

2. TV apps essentially mean you can have your own international TV content overnight through Yahoo!’s Connected TV Platform (currently comes installed in Sony, Vizio, LG and Samsung TV’s). Here is a clip on TV apps and some thoughts on why tweeting from your TV and TV apps is … Read More »

Yahoo! has been making waves lately with the changing of upper management and dealing cards with Microsoft, but their biggest play may be Yahoo! TV Widgets also known as Yahoo! Connected TV.
I think it is a fundamental  game-changer for the future of television and content. Also, it will be something that content-producing AND consuming entrepreneurs are going to want to keep an eye on.

There have been many ill-fated attempts to bring the Internet TV. These have failed for numerous reasons including bad partnerships, poor distribution and most importantly crappy user-interfaces that felt like a browser on your TV.

In nutshell, Yahoo TV Widgets allows you to connect your TV to WiFi and bring up customizable widgets on your … Read More »