Dumbworld: A Sacramento Based Blog on Entertainment, Media and Art

Web video isn’t only about robot vacuuming riding cats or film trailers anymore. 

We are still in the early stages of this shift from static text and graphics to a more dynamic, visually compelling medium, but we are approaching a tipping point. Video is no longer an afterthought or an add-on for Web-savvy businesses — but the primary content featured on their Web sites.

Mediapost.com suggests that the future is closer than you think.  When:

The Solutions Research Group predicts that total hours spent with video-based entertainment will average eight hours per day by early 2013 — the equivalent of an entire night’s sleep — and a majority of those hours will belong to online video.

Can you afford to not have web video for your business?

It is not like both Microsoft and Apple have millions of dollars to get their message out- so to not be biased and follow up on this post, I must post the Apple ad below. Both ads get the Dumbworld seal of approval.  Mr. Apple or Mr. Microsoft: please feel free to pay handsomely for this service.

Your Kind Servant,

Blak Rik Rubin

from techcrunch

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWk8ouioXgE]

I’m a PC– and Hey! I wear glasses too.

 OK– I’m also an apple.

update: Come to think of it- when I am an apple– I get a lot more chicks.

Sincerely,

Blak Rik Rubin

[vodpod id=ExternalVideo.681978&w=425&h=350&fv=]  

Above is one of them (starring Major League Baseball player Derrek Lee) — the password is “dumbworld”  The commercials are each one in a series, called “Capitol Proformance Allstars.”  Each one stars a different professional baseball player that trains with Capitol Proformance.  The baseball players are Derrek Lee, Nick Johnson, Brad Kilby, and Sean Shoffit.

You can go here to see the rest.

MetroHub Network provides advertising in Midtown Sacramento, Downtown Sacramento, Elk Grove, Rocklin, and other communities, continuously displaying high impact advertising for local businesses and charitable organizations.

the money quote: “The economics of distributing films in theatres — with the extraordinary costs of theatre rental, newspaper advertising, and related distribution expenses — simply make theatres outmoded.” from Digital Cinema Report