Machinima Prime General Manager Ian Moffit Talks The New Age Of Web TV [INTERVIEW]
With YouTube ever expanding into an entertainment goliath, web shows are quickly becoming the new standard for young creators looking to put out their artistic endeavors. With this, however, web content on YouTube has suffered an oversaturation of scripted content, much of it not very good at all. While YouTube has had its share of [...]
Machinima Prime Debuts Its First-Ever Original Sci-Fi Drama ‘Omega’ [VIDEO]
Machinima Prime premiered its first-ever original sci-fi drama series “Omega” today, which focuses on a small group of military and civilian survivors live in a post-apocalyptic planet Earth. The series, directed by Jared Pelletier, takes place somewhere in a battle-scarred countryside five years after humans had their first encounter with aliens. The narrator says in [...]
Machinima Becomes First YouTube Network To Buy Airtime on Traditional Television
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Machinima purchased commercial time on Easter Sunday to promote their “Mortal Kombat” web series. This makes Machinima the first YouTube network to buy air time on traditional TV. Machinima’s new web series is a follow up to “Mortal Kombat: Legacy,” one of their most-viewed shows with over 60 million [...]
Kevin Pereira | Video Game Show Host & Producer
When I first heard about Kevin Pereira’s upcoming series for Machinima Prime, “Player vs. Pain,” I imagined the series to be filmed in some dark, hideous dungeon where players go head to head in a battle of S&M endurance and mastering the controller. It turns out that “Player vs. Pain” is, in fact, a gauntlet [...]
Machinima Will Be The First Network To Offer Paid YouTube Subscriptions [Rumor]
Machinima will be the first multi-channel network to roll out paid content in conjunction with YouTube’s pay-to-view subscription service, an anonymous source with knowledge of the plans told NMR. The source explained that the proposed subscription format would include a window period in which pay subscribers would have access to new shows and bonus [...]
Kevin Pereira to Launch Machinima Series ‘Player vs. Pain’ — Mixes Video Games With S&M Torture
Former “Attack of the Show” co-host Kevin Pereira is mixing video games with S&M in his latest YouTube series with Machinima Prime, “Player vs. Pain.” The video game competition program, which will make its debut March 28, is produced by Super Creative, a production company owned by Pereira. The show, hosted by Michelle Nunes, will [...]
Get Your ‘Portal 2′ Fix With Episode One Of Machinima’s ‘Aperture R&D’
A few weeks ago, we brought you news of a brand new Machinima series based in the widely successful “Portal 2” video game universe. Well, it turns out Machinima and production company Wayside Creations are quick on the turn around if nothing. Episode one of “Aperture R&D” is here and, much like Wayside’s previous [...]
‘Alien’ Director Ridley Scott And Machinima Team Up For 12 Short Sci-Fi Films
YouTube network Machinima and acclaimed director Ridley Scott announced a partnership this afternoon. Scott and his production company, Ridley Scott Associates, in conjunction with Machinima will produce 12 short sci-fi films. The partnership, as spoken about by Machinima CEO Allen DeBevoise in a press release, is expected to be a “unique incubation model.” Scott [...]
Machinima Unveils New Web Series Based In The ‘Portal’ Universe, ‘Aperture R&D’
Coming soon from the same folks who brought you YouTube’s “Fallout: Nuka Break,” a brand new Machinima series based on the “Portal” video game franchise (please imagine I said that in the movie trailer guy’s voice). “Aperture R&D” is a comedy series that follows the lab techs of the tragically ill-fated Aperture Labs. For [...]
Top 10 Most Subscribed YouTube Channels’ Actual Reach [NMR & Channelmeter Exclusive]
Tay Zonday wrote in an NMR guest post last week that “there is no reliable connection between a YouTube channel’s total number of subscribers and its video views.” He argued that the number of subscribers a channel has does not show how active those subscribers are or if they even log in to YouTube at [...]
