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Future filmmakers feted at Student Academy Awards
The world's future filmmakers got a preview of the kind of Hollywood glamour and glory that could be theirs someday as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented its 40th annual Student Academy Awards.
Sixteen college students from around the globe were honored at the Saturday night ceremony, held at the academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills and hosted by onetime Student Academy Award winner Bob Saget. Presenters included writer-director Kimberly Peirce and actors Clark Gregg, Jason Schwartzman and Quvenzhane (kwuh-VEHN'-juh-nay) Wallis.
This year's student honors included two each from the University of Southern California, Ringling College of Art and Design in Florida and the School of Visual Arts in New York.
Past Student Academy Award winners have gone on to receive eight Oscars and 46 Oscar nominations. Could Saturday night's winners be far behind? Remember these names:
GOLD MEDAL WINNERS
? Brian Schwarz, University of Texas at Austin, Narrative category for "Ol' Daddy."
? Lindsey St. Pierre and Ashley Graham, Ringling College of Art and Design, Florida, Animation category for "Dia de los Muertos."
? David Aristizabal, University of Southern California, Documentary category for "A Second Chance."
? Rafael Cortina, Occidental College, California, Alterative category for "Bottled Up."
? Kristina Yee, National Film and Television School, United Kingdom, Foreign Film category for "Miss Todd."
SILVER MEDAL WINNERS
? Jonathan Langager, University of Southern California, Narrative category for "Josephine and the Roach."
? Eusong Lee, California Institute of the Arts, Animation category for "Will."
? Rachel Loube, School of Visual Arts, New York, Documentary category for "Every Tuesday: A Portrait of The New Yorker Cartoonists."
? Perry Janes, University of Michigan, Alternative category for "Zug."
? Talkhon Hamzavi, Zurich University of the Arts, Switzerland, Foreign Film category for "Parvaneh."
BRONZE MEDAL WINNERS
? Mauro Mueller, Columbia University, New York, Narrative category for "Un Mundo para Raul (A World for Ra?l)."
? Kevin Herron, Ringling College of Art and Design, Florida, Animation category for "Peck Pocketed."
? Daniel Koehler, Elon University, North Carolina, Documentary category for "Win or Lose."
? John Mattiuzzi, School of Visual Arts, New York, Alternative category for "The Compositor."
? Wouter Bouvijn, RITS School of Arts, Erasmus University College, Belgium, Foreign Film category for "Tweesprong (Crossroads)."
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Keen On? Peter Hirshberg: Why Smart Entrepreneurs Should Care About Smart Cities
Last week, representatives of many of the world's leading cities - including London, Boston, Mexico City, Barcelona and Christchurch - came to San Francisco to learn from Silicon Valley entrepreneurs about how to make their cities smarter. One of the people behind this LLGA Cities Summit was the Silicon Valley entrepreneur Peter Hirshberg, formerly the chairman of Technorati and now one of the world's leading pioneers of smart cities.Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/Fo5H2RfjiSI/
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Legally Streaming NFL Games for $100 Is Your Deal of the Day
If you've cut the cable cord, you've probably found that live sports are the hardest type of content to replace. Normally you have to be a DirectTV subscriber to stream NFL games on your laptop or phone, but there's a very interesting Madden 25 bundle currently on Amazon that'll get you access.
Amazon is selling preorders for the special edition of Madden 25?think Madden 2014?for $100, which is $40 more than the standard game. But supposedly the first 50,000 copies of both the Xbox and PS3 game have a unique code that'll get you access to NFL Sunday Ticket streaming?which brings you all 17 weeks of NFL games barring blackouts?on your laptop or mobile device. From EA's FAQ:
Is a DIRECTV subscription necessary in order to view NFL Sunday Ticket via computer, mobile or tablet?
No, it is not necessary to have a DIRECTV subscription. Each Anniversary Edition aspecial code for eligible gamers giving them the opportunity to unlock a special, 2013 regular season (17 weeks) trial of NFL Sunday Ticket on computer, tablet and mobile devices.
There's a ton of fine print, mostly because this promotion is meant to garner more subscribers for DirectTV, which may not be a subscription you want. One detail that should be noted is that this Sunday Ticket "trial" won't work on the PS3. But after parsing through the FAQs, fine print, and tweets, Kotaku's always excellent Owen Good concluded that yes, Virginia, this deal does net you NFL Sunday Ticket streaming for $100
And if you already have DirectTV, you'll get NFL Sunday Ticket Max for free, which usually costs $300 if you didn't get it as part of a promotion.
Sure, your mileage may vary. But I'm in. [Amazon]
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The latest inventions in internet technology influence most of business and daily activities. Internet security, internet data management, web search, data grids, cloud computing, and web-based applications play vital roles, especially in business and industry, as more transactions go online and mobile. Issues related to ubiquitous computing are becoming critical. Internet technology and data engineering should reinforce efficiency and effectiveness of business processes. These technologies should help people make better and more accurate decisions by presenting necessary information and possible consequences for the decisions. Intelligent information systems should help us better understand and manage information with ubiquitous data repository and cloud computing. This book is a compilation of some recent research findings in Internet Technology and Data Engineering. This book provides state-of-the-art accounts in computational algorithms/tools, database management and database technologies, intelligent information systems, data engineering applications, internet security, internet data management, web search, data grids, cloud computing, web-based application, and other related topics.
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013
India, China Could Soon Demand More Oil Than U.S. And Europe
The United States has emerged as the star performer on the global oil scene, according to the latest oil outlook from the International Energy Agency. Oil production from the United States grew at a record pace last year for a non-OPEC nations. Meanwhile, emerging economies have become the big oil buyers.
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IRS kept shifting targets in tax-exempt groups scrutiny: report
By Kevin Drawbaugh and Kim Dixon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When tax agents started singling out non-profit groups for extra scrutiny in 2010, they looked at first only for key words such as 'Tea Party,' but later they focused on criticisms by groups of "how the country is being run," according to investigative findings reviewed by Reuters on Sunday.
Over two years, IRS field office agents repeatedly changed their criteria while sifting through thousands of applications from groups seeking tax-exempt status to select ones for possible closer examination, the findings showed.
At one point, the agents chose to screen applications from groups focused on making "America a better place to live."
Exactly who at the IRS made the decisions to start applying extra scrutiny was not clear from the findings, which were contained in portions of an investigative report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA).
Expected to be made public this week, the report was obtained in part by Reuters over the weekend as a full-blown scandal involving the IRS scrutiny widened, embarrassing the agency and distracting the Obama administration.
In one part of the report, TIGTA officials observed that the application screening effort showed "confusion about how to process the applications, delays in the processing of the applications, and a lack of management oversight and guidance."
After brewing for months, the IRS effort exploded into wider view on Friday when Lois Lerner, director of exempt organizations for the IRS, apologized for what she called the "inappropriate" targeting of conservative groups for closer scrutiny, something the agency had long denied.
At a legal conference in Washington, while taking questions from the audience, Lerner said the agency was sorry.
She said the screening practice was confined to an IRS office in Cincinnati; that it was "absolutely not" influenced by the Obama administration; and that none of the targeted groups was denied tax-free status.
It is clear from the TIGTA findings that Lerner was informed in June 2011 that the extra scrutiny was occurring. Key words in the names of groups - including 'Tea Party,' "Patriot' and '9/12' - were being used to choose applications, TIGTA found.
"Issues" criteria were also used, TIGTA found. Scrutiny was being given to references to "Government spending, Government debt, or taxes; Education of the public via advocacy/lobbying to 'make America a better place to live;' and Statements in the case file (that) criticize how the country is being run."
Under these early criteria, more than 100 tax-exempt applications had been identified, according to TIGTA.
Briefed on the practice, Lerner ordered changes.
CONSTANTLY SHIFTING CRITERIA
By July 2011, the IRS was no longer targeting just groups with certain key words in their names. Rather, the screening criteria had changed to "organizations involved with political, lobbying, or advocacy."
But then it changed again in January 2012 to cover "political action type organizations involved in limiting/expanding government, educating on the constitution and bill of rights, social economic reform/movement," according to the findings contained in a Treasury Department watchdog report.
In March 2012, after Tea Party groups complained about delays in processing of their applications, then-IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman was called to testify by a congressional committee. He denied that the IRS was targeting tax-exempt groups based on their politics.
The IRS said on Saturday that senior IRS executives were not aware of the screening process. The documents reviewed by Reuters do not show that Shulman had any role.
In May 2012, the criteria for scrutiny were revised again to cover a variety of tax-exempt groups "with indicators of significant amounts of political campaign intervention (raising questions as to exempt purpose and/or excess private benefit)," according to a TIGTA timeline included in the findings.
THOUSANDS OF APPLICATIONS
Each year the IRS reviews as many as 60,000 applications from groups ranging from charities to labor unions that want to be classified as tax-exempt. "Social welfare" groups dedicated to the general good can be tax-exempt under tax law 501(c)4.
These groups do not have to disclose the identities of their donors and they can spend money on advertising for general issues, but they may not endorse specific candidates or parties.
The U.S. Supreme Court's January 2010 "Citizens United" ruling unleashed a torrent of new political spending and 501(c)4 groups became a popular conduit for some of it, on both ends of the political spectrum, but especially for conservatives.
The number of applications sent to the IRS by groups seeking 501(c)4 status rose to 3,400 in 2012 from 1,500 in 2010. As money poured into 501(c)4 groups, campaign finance activists began to raise questions and demanded a crackdown by the IRS.
(Reporting by Kevin Drawbaugh, Kim Dixon and Patrick Temple-West; Editing by Eric Walsh)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/irs-kept-shifting-targets-tax-exempt-groups-scrutiny-041423528.html
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Saturday, May 11, 2013
Coolest Small Businesses In New Orleans - Business Insider
New Orleans is a hugely popular tourist destination for its food, music, history and Mardi Gras.
The city's economy took a big hit after Hurricane Katrina devastated the cityscape in 2005. But since then New Orleans has rebuilt and reinvented itself.
From startups to restaurants and bars, several very cool small businesses have sprouted up in the Big Easy.
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Saturday, March 9, 2013
afreena: Golden Bay $5 million recreation facility proposed... | Stuff ...
A $5 million multi purpose, shared sports and recreation facility for everyone from babies to the elderly is being proposed for Golden Bay.
Bay residents are proposing a "one stop multi use complex" to be developed at the existing Golden Bay Recreation Ground, commonly known as the Golden Bay A&P showgrounds.
Golden Bay Shared Recreation Facility Incorporated Society chairman Dean Lund said they envisaged the complex being of use to a wide range of people from football players to bridge enthusiasts and people practising yoga.
"The sports fields are effectively there already. There will be a new hockey area there, while the soccer field will be upgraded and a new one added. We're in negotiation with the A&P Association to construct three netball courts and a car park on their block of land adjacent to the Recreation Park," he said.
Mr Lund said the proposed building would include a gymnasium for indoor netball, basketball, volleyball, and other sports. Two squash courts, a multi-purpose room (for yoga, boxing, and martial arts) changing rooms, showers and toilets, meeting rooms, a function/social area and a commercial kitchen and bar were also planned.
"We've also had expressions of interest from Search and Rescue. We think it would be a natural place for Civil Defence - being an elevated site - they'd have all the networks in place. It would also be good for weddings, funerals and hosting large events such as sports tournaments," he said.
Mr Lund, Jenny Pomeroy and Peter Blasdale presented a feasibility report to the Golden Bay Community Board last month. They hope the proposal will be recommended to the Tasman District Council.
Carolyn McLennan, chairwoman of the Golden Bay Community Board said the board was considering it.
"We will discuss at our next meeting whether or not we can provide a letter of support. They did a good presentation, we were all very impressed. Their planning has come a long way," she said.
Mr Lund said the TDC was aware that Golden Bay needed a new facility, but the process had to be "community driven".
"TDC identified that Moutere had a hall, also Murchison, Motueka and St Arnaud had halls," said Mr Lund.
"The feasibility report that Sport Tasman have provided, backed up by Sport New Zealand, clearly shows the need and the community support and the operational viability for the centre," said Mr Lund.
While the TDC has budgeted for $3.7 million to be available for the complex in its long-term plan, a further $1.5m would need to be raised by the group.
"We see a significant portion of that coming from funding agencies - for example Lotteries and the Canterbury Community Trust. And we expect that a considerable amount of community input will come in the form of ?in kind' work such as labour, landscaping, use of machinery and equipment in the site preparation and construction," said Mr Lund.
"We're very, very conscious of the hospital and how hard the community is being pushed for funding at the moment so we're not wanting to put pressure on individuals. There are a lot of funding sources that we can access that the hospital can't because we're sports and recreation and they're health."
- ? Fairfax NZ News
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How a cold, irradiated Siberian city hopes to cash in on meteor tourists
Before last month's meteor strike, Chelyabinsk was best known for a 1957 nuclear waste disaster.? Now officials there are trying to turn the meteor into a tourist attraction.
A local resident shows a fragment thought to be part of a meteorite collected in a snow covered field last month outside the city of Chelyabinsk. Regional officials are currently weighing plans to capitalize on their meteor-related fame, including developing a meteor theme park or water park.
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That message has been received by some residents of Chelyabinsk, an industrial city in the Ural Mountains that's famous for just two things ? both of which were horrifying near-miss catastrophes of potentially biblical proportions.
They say the city should start cashing in on its most recent brush-with-disaster, a huge meteor strike that might easily have obliterated much of western Siberia, as a motif for theme parks and other tourist attractions that could pull the region out of obscurity.
"Space sent us a gift and we need to make use of it," Natalya Gritsay, head of the regional tourism department, told journalists.
"We need our own Eiffel Tower or Statue of Liberty," she added.
Chelyabinsk's first unwanted claim to fame was a nuclear disaster at the nearby Chelyabinsk-40 atomic reprocessing plant in 1957, in which almost 100 tons of high-level radioactive waste erupted into the atmosphere. That accident was eventually contained and then kept strictly secret by Soviet authorities for over 30 years.
The second was last month's ten-ton meteorite that slammed into the atmosphere and exploded in a series of fireballs almost directly above the city, injuring over 1,200 people but killing no one.
That event was filmed from almost every possible angle by hundreds of CCTV and dashboard cameras, and the videos transmitted around the world almost instantaneously via YouTube and other social media.
It spawned vast amounts of commentary, even some brilliant satire and, of course, plenty of wild conspiracy theories.
But it also, finally, put Chelyabinsk on the map. And many local citizens want it to stay there.
Reached by phone in Chelyabinsk Tuesday, Ms. Gritsay said there was no fully worked-out plan yet. But ideas include developing a tourist zone around Lake Chebarkul, where the biggest meteor fragments came down, along with a diving center where tourists could try their hand at searching the lake bottom for pieces of space rock.
"These ideas need investment," she said. "Right now we have plans organize a festival of fireworks near the lake," to commemorate the event.
Local media have reported scores of other suggestions, including one local official's scheme to build a "Meteor Disneyland," with full special effects so that tourists could relive the experience. Other ideas are a "cosmic water park" near Lake Chebarkul, and a giant, pyramid-shaped flaming monument on the lake's surface to mark the spot where the largest fragment hit.
"It's a good idea; it will help them develop their local brand," says Valery Markin, a regional expert at the official Institute of Sociology in Moscow.
"But it's not just about tourism. A big meteor strike is a very rare event, and this one hit at Lake Chebarkul, a traditional recreation zone for the population of Chelyabinsk.... People are already saying that some superior force saved them from total destruction. In earlier times, people might have designated this a 'sacred place,'" he says.
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Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Cookbook review: The Bowler's Meatball Cookbook | Urban Pundit
Recipe Tested: Beef and Chorizo Balls
Suggested prep and cook time: 50 mins
Serves: 6-8
Difficulty: 3/10
Choosing the specific recipe from ?The Bowler?s Meatball Cookbook? was the hardest task in reviewing this book. There is a choice of fish, meat and veggie balls, all of which looked extra tasty, however my dining guests were meat eating fish haters so I chose the Beef and Chorizo Balls with confit garlic mayonnaise, a thoroughly good choice.
What you need:
2 tablespoons of olive oil
2 shallots finely chopped
1 large free range egg (beaten)
500g beef chuck steak, minced
200g cooking chorizo, diced
400g white rice cooked (uncooked 100g)
200g Manchego cheese
1 teaspoon of smoked paprika
100g breadcrumbs
Grated zest of 1 lemon
1 teaspoon of salt
3 tablespoons of chopped parsley
Before you start, make sure you have cooked the rice and chopped everything as this will help to save time. Start by cooking the shallots on a low heat for 2 minutes, then add the garlic and stir for another 5 minutes until the onions are translucent. Then, add all of the ingredients into a bowl and mix with your hands until it?s all combined.The Bowler adds a nice little piece of advice to check the flavour; make a small patty and fry it off, then taste it. This way you can decide how much seasoning you want, however I?d say the recipe is spot on.
Next, line two baking trays with non stick baking parchment (works a treat, don?t use foil!) and cook at 220 degrees Celsius or gas mark 7 for 30 minutes and Bob?s your uncle! I served these ones as suggested, with the confit garlic mayonnaise which can be made from scratch (do it before the meatballs though, as the process takes a while) and rocket. ?I then sprinkled some of the Manchego cheese on top and served them with gherkins on ciabatta. It is as scrumptious as it sounds. The book has a lovely section at the back on the sauces and accompaniments, such as the confit garlic mayonnaise I used and Jerusalem artichoke gratin (which I really want to try), so you can make proper meatball banquets.
The recipe is easy, fairly quick and extremely tasty. The chorizo makes the meatballs flavoursome and adds another layer of texture, making them anything but bland. These are fillers though, so don?t be surprised if you can?t finish 4 ? I tried and failed. These would be great for a dinner party as they are quick and can be served on a bun, rather than with the usual pasta (yawn). The meatballs also work brilliantly as next day leftovers, as there were so many I had them for lunch cold with rocket and harissa cous cous and it hit the spot!
Jez Felwick is the Bowler, and he rides around the country in the Lawn Ranger (his grass covered van) serving meatballs to the masses. A regular on the
For more street food suggestions check out some of the things you can find at KERB Kings Cross.?
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Source: http://urbanpundit.view.co.uk/cookbook-review-the-bowlers-meatball-cookbook/
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Sunday, March 3, 2013
Kerry: Egypt needs political, economic viability
CAIRO (AP) ? Egypt's bickering government and opposition need to create "a sense of political and economic viability," giving businesses confidence and setting the stage for a vital international aid deal, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Saturday.
Kerry stressed to business leaders the importance of Egyptians coming together around human rights, freedom and speech and religious tolerance. Equally essential, he said, is uniting "to meet the economic challenge of this particular moment."
Several hundred people protested outside the government offices where Kerry later met with Foreign Minister Amr Kamel. They burned Kerry's pictures and chanted that Washington was siding with President Mohammed Morsi's ruling Muslim Brotherhood.
Kerry arrived in Cairo, the latest stop on his first overseas trip as a member of President Barack Obama's second-term Cabinet, intending to press all sides to come to a basic agreement on Egypt's direction ahead of parliamentary elections that begin next month. A meeting with Morsi was set for Sunday.
Of great concern, too, is the ability of Egypt to undertake the reforms necessary to qualify for a $4.8 billion International Monetary Fund loan package. Steps could include increasing tax collections and curbing energy subsidies.
Agreement with the IMF, contingent on ending the political chaos that has ensued since Morsi's election, would unlock significant U.S. assistance, including portions of Obama's $1 billion pledge last April.
"It is paramount, essential, urgent," Kerry told business leaders, "that the Egyptian economy gets stronger, gets back on its feet and it's very clear that there is a circle of connections in how that can happen.
"To attract capital, to bring money back here, to give business the confidence to move forward, there has to be sense of security, there has to be a sense of political and economic viability."
After meeting with Kamel, Kerry spoke about how Egypt can surmount its challenges and become a strong and stable democracy, with a stable economy.
"I say with both humility and with a great deal of respect that getting there requires a genuine give-and-take among Egypt's political leaders and civil society groups just as we are continuing to struggle with that in our own country," Kerry told reporters.
"There must be a willingness on all sides to make meaningful compromises on the issues that matter most to all of the Egyptian people."
Earlier, Kerry said he would tell Morsi in their meeting that U.S. assistance would depend on Egyptian reforms and the IMF agreement.
"It is clear to us that the IMF arrangement needs to be reached and we need to give the market place some confidence," Kerry said.
The political turmoil has scared away tourists and foreign investors, eroding Egypt's foreign reserves by nearly two-thirds of what it was before the uprising. Those reserves, which stand at less than $14 billion, are needed to pay for subsidies that millions of poor Egyptians rely on for survival.
Kerry met with opposition figures before a round-table discussion with members of the business community. He described the first session as "very, very spirited."
According to the U.S. State Department, Kerry also spoke by telephone with Mohammed ElBaradei, a Nobel laureate who heads the National Salvation Front, an opposition coalition calling for an election boycott.
Kerry met with Amr Moussa, a former minister under ex-President Hosni Mubarak who's now aligned with the Salvation Front. Moussa, an ex-Arab League head, ran for president last summer.
A statement from Moussa's office said the two talked about how the U.S. could support Egypt economically.
Kerry's talks with the league's current leader, Nabil Elaraby, covered the uprising in Syria, where 70,000 people have died in fighting over nearly two years.
The Salvation Front says it could consider participating in elections if parts of a new constitution are changed, police stop using excessive force against protesters and if an inclusive government of the Christian minority, women, and liberals is formed.
They say now is not the time for elections that will further polarize the country while violent clashes continue to take place between protesters and security forces, further shaking the faltering economy.
They accuse Morsi and the Brotherhood of dominating power in Egypt, effectively stepping in to the same role as Mubarak and failing to carry out reforms while also seeking to instill a more religiously conservative system.
Morsi's administration and the Brotherhood say their opponents, who have trailed significantly behind Islamists in all elections since the uprising, are running away from the challenge of the ballot box and are trying to overturn democratic gains.
Egypt has been locked in political crisis for months amid successive waves of protests against Morsi that have turned into deadly clashes and rioting.
As Kerry was meeting with opposition figures, including some who have joined the election boycott, activists in the Nile Delta city of Mansoura say a 35-year-old protester was killed when an armored police vehicle crushed him to death during violent anti-Morsi protests before dawn on Saturday.
A 14-year-old boy was reported to be shot in the head and critically wounded.
In the restive Suez Canal city of Port Said, a police vehicle ran over five people Saturday after protesters marching along a main street refused to allow the car through.
Kerry's visit to Egypt is the sixth leg of a nine-nation trip through Europe and the Middle East.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/kerry-egypt-needs-political-economic-viability-175124307--politics.html
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Sunday, February 24, 2013
Oscars are big night for advertisers
The Academy Awards is nicknamed "prom for Hollywood," but it isn't just the biggest night of the year for Hollywood star-watching ? it's also one of the biggest live TV events of the year, which means an ad goldmine for ABC (owned by Disney).
Perhaps the most apt nickname for the Oscars is "the Super Bowl for women," because it's one of the most important events of the year for advertisers ? arguably the best occasion to reach a captive audience of women. ABC, which broadcasts the event, said it saw the highest demand for Oscar ads in over a decade.
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The average 30-second spot sold for between $1.65 million and $1.8 million, the highest prices since 2008, when ads averaged $1.7 million. That means this year ABC will bring in about $85 million in ad revenue, more than it has in over a decade.
Why are live events more valuable? In a word: Twitter. Chatter on Twitter and Facebook is driving more people to be part of the conversation and watch in real time, which means they're watching ads.
And this year ABC is looking to grow the social conversation with a new interactive app and Facebook ballot, which allows movie fans to watch and comment on the show with their friends.
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Plus, there's hope that new host Seth Macfarlane will draw younger and more male viewers, to balance out the traditionally female audience. Hyundi and JC Penney, which were the biggest ad buyers in last year's telecast are both returning. And we'll see two tech rivals duke it out: Apple and rival Samsung have both bought slots.
So how does ABC's $85 million take compare? Rival CBS has more big one-off events. In addition to the Grammys, where 30-second spots run as much as $900,000, it also has the Country Music Awards. And this year, it was CBS' turn in the Super Bowl rotation between CBS, Fox and NBC, and Super Bowl spots were the most expensive they've ever been ? as much as $3.8 million.
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Fox has the biggest regular live show, "American Idol," and NBC has Sunday Night Football, where ads run north of half a million dollars. With the rise of DVR usage, the networks ?ad advertisers ? are willing to pay more and more to capture viewers' attention for rare real-time viewing.
Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/business/oscars-are-big-night-advertisers-1C8499586
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