• AdRants points out a “viral” video meant to promote the DVD of Farce of the Penguins that is just plain wrong.
  • PR Watch has some major problems with some rather over-the-top cigarette product placement in the Emilio Estevez flick Bobby.
  • The iMediaConnection panel reviews the online aspects of the campaign for Touristas, including the travel advisories and profiles created for the movie.
  • Also at iMedia, Jeff Janer goes into how streaming video can be used by entertainment marketers.
  • Sony is planning on providing movies to download directly to their PSP device. As CinemaBlend says, this is something that no one was really asking for since watching a movie on a PSP or other small gadget doesn’t exactly give you that theater experience.
  • Cory at Lost Remote says Comcast is planning an experiment allowing customers to watch a movie on demand on the same day it’s available on DVD. This is kind of huge and could lead to the complete collapse of the release window as we now know it.
  • Chris (the other one) at Cinematical passes on a list of the Worst Trailers of 2006.