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A very creative and not very typical advertisement for Audi. Motionographer interviewed the creators behind the ad, which can be seen here.  Video below:

Advertising agency Famous delivers a memorable New Years wish with 300,000 stop motion animated candles for Belgium based-energy corporation, Electrabel. 

This week, Beet.TV interviewed ScanScout co-founder and CEO Waikit Lau about the latest developments in the company's video ad network.

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I mentioned this series of events a few weeks ago by the Center for Communication. They're free to attend, and the line up of presenters and panelist is quite impressive. Sign up here: http://www.cencom.org/

Voicing Your Opinion
Wednesday, April 4
6:30 to 8:00 pm

I'm planning to attend these events next week. They are part of a pretty exceptional event series put together by the Center for Communication, and attendance is complementary if you sign up at www.cencom.org.

Behind the Image: Graphic Design
Wednesday, March 28
6:30 to 8:00 pm

Checking out the Technology/Apple most popular stories page on Digg.com this morning, I saw a link to a story that FreshPilot posted—a blog about new gadgets, gear and style—showing a YouTube ad of this funny old Apple television spot, circa '89.

Just in case there are any of you who, like me, did not catch the Oscars broadcast last night and haven't seen the new iPhone commercial that aired, I thought I'd toss a link up here... also it was a great excuse to put a JPG of The Dude in a post here on Zoom In.

I dedicate this post to those who are depressed, impatient, disappointed or frustrated about the lack of mass-market adoption and real business models of podcasts, videoblogs, internet video and everything else in Web 2.0 that's been prematurely hyped, but which still is an undeniable media industry trend.

For those who regularly read blogs, view videoblogs or tune into weekly podcasts, this newscaster's awkward discovery of the web is pretty funny:

Though the business geek in my cringes to say it, I don't think in-game advertising is worth a dime, at least not in its current form. Google just formalized its deal to buy Adscape following Microsoft's lead with Massive Incorporated. The problem is most of what I see in-game is ineffectual, and honestly, really uninspired.