Behind the Video

This week Tim and Lon discuss the best stuff they saw at NAB 2014. Tim was at the show and had a chance to take a look at a lot of the latest gear first-hand.

Tim & Lon chat with the brilliantly creative Mark Malkoff. If you don't recognize the name you definitely will remember some of his work - like living in an Ikea store for a week, or flying around the country living on an AirTran jet for 30 days.  He has also produced content for My Damn Channel.

Micki Krimmel of the Creative District joins Lon and Tim to talk about her new startup that helps filmmakers and crew find each other and collaborate! The new site is offering grants to help creators get a project started or finished! That plus the week's news.

Michael Weinberg of Public Knowledge joins us this week to talk about your digital rights. How will issues like net neutrality impact independent creators? Michael talks about all of the things his organization is working on trying to keep the Internet free and open. That plus the week's news!

Ken Gagne, producer of the popular Gamebits YouTube channel, talks about some of the many challenges faced by gaming content creators. Ken talks about monetizing content, keeping his audiences engaged, and his accidental rise to YouTube stardom. All that plus the week's news!

Sandra Payne is an award-winning Writer/Director/Producer and president of the boutique production company, SPwrite Productions. She and Tim will be sponsoring a meet up of web series creators will be taking place on March 9, 2014 at 11 a.m.

Dane Golden of the Tube Talk podcast joins us to talk about the week's news, including how YouTube and multichannel networks can continue to grow revenue for itself and creators. We also talk about how to earn additional revenue on your YouTube channels besides just accepting adwords.

This week Christin Mell of Tello Films joins us to talk about how she's built a subscription service for web series geared to a lesbian audience. The network is growing its subscription base by providing high quality original content that isn't available anywhere else. That plus the week's news!

This week Steve Peters from NoMimes Media joins us. NoMimes produces multichannel content for clients that tells stories through multiple platforms - even text messages! Steve tells us about the challenges and opportunities about telling a story across multiple platforms. That plus the week's news!

This week we're joined by Rob Walch, the VP of Podcaster Relations for Libsyn - a hosting provider for independent creators. We talk to Rob about his two successful podcasts, Podcast411, and Today in iOS, and learn some of the ways to build and keep an audience. That plus the week's content news!