Hashtags in Real Life Viral Videos

December 6th, 2011 by admin in diligent news

Check out these virals for the new Eye-C app:

#Poked:

#Hotmess

#LostDog

For more info on Eye-C, go to: http://eye-c.com/
or like them on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Taglists


Real Stories at RobbinsBrothers.com

June 10th, 2011 by admin in diligent news
Real Stories at RobbinsBrothers.com

Real Stories at Robbins Brothers

Check out Real Stories on the recently updated RobbinsBrothers.com to see some heart-warming stories of newly engaged couples.

The couples tell how they each got together, fell in love and when they knew it was time to take the next step.  The fiances share their experience finding the perfect ring at Robbins Brothers and finally proposing… nerves and all.


Go get yourself a Boyfriend

November 24th, 2010 by admin in diligent news
Kate Walsh Boyfriend Perfume

Check out Private Practice star Kate Walsh’s new perfume Boyfriend at: yourboyfriend.com.

And here’s the story behind the perfume.

It’s already exceeded expectations at HSN and will soon be available at Sephora.


It’s Award Central Over Here, as we just found out that we won 3 more Telly’s…One more for Tressed to Impress, One for On the Rise: Jadyn Maria and one for Couch Crashers

June 9th, 2010 by admin in Uncategorized

Diligent wins two Silver 2010 Communicator Awards for On the Rise: Jadyn Maria

June 2nd, 2010 by admin in diligent news, web 2.0

Diligent wins two Silver 2010 Communicator Awards for On the Rise: Jadyn Maria!

Another great project that we worked on with Connnective Tissue for Herbal Essences..

Here’s a bit about the Communicator Awards:

With thousands of entries received from across the US and around the world, the Communicator Awards is the largest and most competitive awards program honoring the creative excellence for communications professionals.  Please visit www.communicatorawards.com to view the full winners list.

The Communicator Awards are judged and overseen by the International Academy of the Visual Arts (IAVA), a 550+ member organization of leading professionals from various disciplines of the visual arts dedicated to embracing progress and the evolving nature of traditional and interactive media.  Current IAVA membership represents a “Who’s Who” of acclaimed media, advertising, and marketing firms including:  Condè Nast, Coach, Disney, The Ellen Degeneres Show, Estee Lauder, HBO, Keller Crescent, Monster.com, MTV, Polo Ralph Lauren, Sotheby’s Institute of Art, Tribal DDB, Victoria’s Secret, Wired, Yahoo!, and many others.  See www.iavisarts.org for more information.

“As we continue our mission to honor Creative Excellence for Communications Professionals, we were once again amazed at the high level of work we received for this year’s Communicator Awards. With this year’s entries we found an increased awareness and reflection of the digital world in which we live, and our entrants always seem to find new and creative ways to push the envelope of possibilities across all mediums” noted Linda Day, director of the IAVA.  She added, “We are honored to witness the amazing work being done throughout the industry and want to commend and congratulate this year’s Communicator Award Winners and Entrants for their hard work and dedication.  On behalf of the entire Academy – Job well done.”


Diligent wins Bronze 2010 Telly Award for Online Video

May 18th, 2010 by admin in Uncategorized

We’ve won a Bronze 2010 Telly for our program, Tressed to Impress..

It was a great project that we worked with Connective Tissue on for Herbal Essences…

Here’s a bit about the Telly Awards:

The Telly Awards honor the very best local, regional, and cable television commercials and programs, as well as the finest video and film productions, and work created for the Web.Since 1978, our mission has been to strengthen the visual arts community by inspiring, promoting, and supporting creativity. The 30th Annual Telly Awards received over 13,000 entries from all 50 states and 5 continents.


Ron Eigen to judge branded entertainment competition for Banff+NextMedia

March 30th, 2010 by admin in Uncategorized

Ron Eigen will be on a jury judging a branded entertainment category for this year’s nextMEDIA Banff conference.

About Banff

The Banff World Television Festival is the world’s premiere television content creation event and annual forum for business and creative opportunities for those in television and new media.

The Festival will take place June 13-16, 2010 at the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel in the Canadian Rockies. For the first time, the festival will run concurrently with nextMEDIA Banff, bringing together the television and digital media communities for a truly unique cross-platform event, offering networking, seminars, keynote speeches and pitching opportunities that reflect the growing convergence of television and digital media.

The Festival combines a prestigious international program competition, the Banff World Television Awards, with a comprehensive conference agenda. It is a marketplace of ideas, generating co-production deals, enabling new business relationships and bringing to light future trends of the industry. As well as honouring excellence in international television, the Festival provides a global platform for industry members to network, discuss, debate, and explore current issues and challenges.


Gabriel Landau has been offered membership for the International Academy of Visual Arts

January 8th, 2010 by admin in diligent news, web 2.0

The International Academy of the Visual Arts, an invitation-only body consisting of top-tier professionals from a “Who’s Who” of acclaimed media, communications, advertising, creative and marketing firms. IAVA members include executives from organizations such as Alloy Media + Marketing, Coach, Conde Nast, Disney, The Ellen Degeneres Show, Estee Lauder, Keller Crescent, HBO, Monster.com, MTV, Polo Ralph Lauren, Sotheby’s Institute of Art, Tribal DDB, Victoria’s Secret, Wired, and Yahoo!

MISSION

There are four primary goals of the IAVA:

1) To facilitate the vibrant exchange of new ideas, business models and trend information in the visual arts

2) To sanction and oversee awards and recognition programs to identify and reward excellence in the visual arts

3) To provide a networking opportunity for members of the IAVA for professional advancement

4) To educate members and promote innovative thinking about the constantly changing nature of media, including advertising, print, film, television & interactive

This is very exciting as this will give us an opportunity to help educate and learn about new and exciting technologies and was to showcase visual art.

To learn more go to:

http://www.iavisarts.org/index.php

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On the Rise: Jadyn Maria is airing on Television starting December 7th!

December 9th, 2009 by admin in diligent news, web 2.0

The project we produced for Herbal Essences, On the Rise, is now being aired on SiTV and MTV tres as two minute podbusters! So, if you have those channels, make sure you tune in and let us know what you think of the them!


Go Metro Jethro with the new Jon Reep DVD

November 10th, 2009 by admin in diligent news

Jon Reep Metro Jethro DVDWe recently worked with Jon Reep (Winner of Last Comic Standing and The “Hemi” Guy from those Dodge commercials) to put together some sketches for his new Comedy Central DVD released by Warner Bros and produced by Generate.

One of the sketches deals with the very serious issue of Corn Addiction, which in Jon’s case, leads to an a dramatic Intervention.  Another sketch makes  fun of Jon’s experience meeting with entertainment execs who try to get him to act more “Southern”.

You can pick up the DVD on Jon’s website here.