#jamie wilkinson

[vhxtv]

Our cofounder Jamie talked to Situation Interactive about the importance of the creator/fan relationship and why we’re excited about the future of video. 

[kenyatta]

jamiew, ellie and I at the tumblr party in 2008 + the three of us again in 2014.

[vhxtv]

Jamie W. on "Hollywood 2.0"

"You might’ve made the most amazing film in the world but you have zero followers on Twitter. What are you going to be doing to get the word out?"

"In the old system, that meant you needed to take it to festivals, and  get permission from a lot of people to get this out to audiences. But, in the new paradigm of the Web, there are so many people who can help you promote that it just becomes a question of: How do I get in touch with them? How do I get this in front of them? How do I send them a Screener, or send them a Free Copy, so they can check this out and fall in love with it, and then help me get the word out?"  –Jamie Wilkinson re: direct internet distribution on Peter Katz's podcast, Hollywood 2.0

On that note: Learn more about sending free, secure digital screeners

[levianyx]

Simple rule to live by: Not your body? NOT YOUR BUSINESS.

Jamie Wilkinson

[vhxtv]

VHX on Net Neutrality

In the wake of the FCC's decision on net neutrality, VHX CEO Jamie talked to the folks over at Engine about why net neutrality matters, and how it might affect small businesses like VHX. Check it out:

[kenyatta]

Watching @jamiedubs on old #knowyourmeme

[smallgirls]

VHX.tv founders reflect on rapid pace of technology & future of online video

Yesterday we debuted the second intallment of Unpakt’s “Innovators on the Move” series, catching entrepreneurs reflecting on the professional and physical moves they make as their companies grow.

In this video, Unpakt follows the Emmy-award winning duo behind online video platform VHX.tv as they hire their first team and move into their first offices. Co-founders Casey Pugh and Jamie Wilkinson (who previously helped build sites like Vimeo and produced internet favorite ‘Star Wars Uncut’) reflect on the rapid pace of technology and the doors that online video distribution can open for their users.

As per Jamie’s advice, “smart people in a post industrial landscape… you don’t make them come to you, you go to where they are,” we travel to both his home in SF and to their NY headquarters. As an online tool that allows the user to seamlessly move anywhere across the country, Unpakt celebrates these co-founders ability to stay nimble and run their startup coast to coast.

[triciawang]

Kenyatta Cheese talks about @knowyourmeme's early history

Dailydot has a very awesome interview with Kenyatta Cheese about why he, Elspeth Roundtree, and Jamie Wilkinson founded Know Your Meme.

And the article includes an update on what Don Caldwell, Brad Kim and Amanda Brennan are doing to continue the community the founders and early users built. 

Cheese and fellow cofounders, Jamie Wilkinson, Elspeth Rountree, and Rocketboom CEO Andrew Baron had watched as Web culture creeped into the mainstream, especially at places like Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim. But “none of it was being credited to the sites and cultures and communities where they originated,” Cheese says.

In December of that year, Rocketboom’s host Joanne Colan was unable to finish the current season. The company’s small staff suddenly had more time on their hands. The result was a flurry of explainer videos—10 over a period of just two weeks—that began with One Take and ended in “Crank That Soulja Boy.” The characters in the videos donned lab coats because, according to Cheese, “it was a great way to show authority without having to prove anything.”