As part of that, we’re excited today to bring you an exclusive live interview with Toyota’s President, Jim Lentz, at 5pm Eastern / 2 PM Pacific! This is part of our Digg Dialogg interview show, which we co-produce with Digg directly. The questions have all been asked and voted upon by Digg users, and include everything from “What car do you drive”, to questions about a possible cover-up of some of the problems.

You can watch the show live here at 5 PM Eastern / 2 PM Pacific. The player is embedded below. Or simply head off to Digg.com and watch it there as well!

Can’t watch the live stream? We’ll have it archived and available for on-demand viewing within a few hours, and you can watch that at the You really ought to subscribe to that show, by the way, as we have another amazing interview scheduled for this weekend (but you’ll have to wait a few days to see who it is)!

Oh, and the live fun just keeps on growing and growing. Our amazingly popular CO-OP show goes live every Tuesday, starting this week as well, at 7 PM Eastern / 4 PM Pacific. It’s guaranteed to be great fun for gamers and non-gamers alike!

The live stream will be begin at 5 PM Eastern / 2 PM Pacific:

“We’re coming off a tremendous year in 2009, with impressive gains in viewership, advertising and distribution”, said Revision3 CEO Jim Louderback, “What’s even more amazing is that we achieved this success during what’s now being called ‘The Great Recession’. I’m proud of how our entire team worked together to deliver such an amazing performance, and am even more excited about our outlook for 2010 – which will be huge!”

Revision3 also made great strides in broadening both the depth and breadth of its programming, by adding 10 new shows during 2009 to its lineup while increasing viewership of its current show roster. Two of its shows, Tekzilla and Scam School, saw a significant increase in viewership during 2009. Scam School’s viewership increased nearly 200% while Tekzilla showed continued growth with a 30% increase in audience year over year.

Tekzilla, the tech review, help and interview show hosted by Patrick Norton & Veronica Belmont saw steady continued growth, while Brian Brushwood’s highly entertaining Scam School, which delivers a weekly dose of street tricks and bar pranks saw steady growth driven in part by both live performances at SXSW and other venues. Both shows surpassed the 1 million monthly views threshold and joined Diggnation as three of the top video programs available on the Internet. In 2010, the Internet breakthrough hit Diggnation, hosted by Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht, will celebrate five years of covering the top stories on Digg.com each week.

“I’m extremely proud of the performance of all our shows including the existing line up as well as the new titles we launched this year. It’s clear our audience is embracing the new while staying dedicated to the shows they’ve always loved,” said Ryan Vance, Vice President of Programming & Production, “In addition, it’s exciting to see our new viewers are coming to Revision3 every day and finding a deep well of content to get passionate about.”

Other 2009 milestones include:
• Viewership Performance – Revision3’s programs were viewed nearly 70M times during 2009, with viewer engagement up to nearly 1.5 billion minutes.

• New Shows – With 10 show launches in 2009, Revision3 added to its dominant portfolio in the video games, movie, and technology categories, along with building a strong lineup of comedy shows. New shows included:
o Video Games: CO-OP, Bytejacker
o Technology : HD Nation, AppJudgment
o Culture & Film: Film Riot, Digg Dialogg
o Comedy: Web Zeroes, LandlineTV, INST MSGS, ROFL

• Expanded Distribution Network – Adding to its already robust distribution network, Revision3 further expanded its distribution to everything from big-screen HDTVs to cellphones by inking deals with leading networks and “over the top” set top box services. Significant new partners include TIVO, Roku, Boxee, the PopBox and Clearleap.

• Advertising Performance - Revision3’s unique sponsorship model continues to drive unprecedented engagement and results for advertisers with some clients reporting over 500% ROI. From integrated in-show sponsorships, to dynamic video campaigns to sponsored live events and custom content, Revision3 works closely with each sponsor to deliver on campaign objectives.

• Advertising Clients – Returning sponsors Go Daddy, Squarespace, Netflix, Anheuser-Busch, HP, Microsoft, EA, Citrix and Virgin America were joined by the likes of Coors, Nokia, Ford, Klondike, Patron and Adidas bringing the company’s roster of clients to over 100 advertisers.

“We saw major brands from a variety of categories embracing Revision3 in 2009. With our unique sponsorship model, we’re able to integrate products and brands into the content of our shows. This Social Influence Marketing model leverages the hosts of the shows to deliver marketing messages creating a unique opportunity for brands to connect with our engaged audience.” said Chief Revenue Officer, Brad Murphy, “This connection empowers the viewers to become brand ambassadors as they use social media to share these conversations with their online networks, effectively broadening the reach of the campaign beyond the audience of the show.”

Revision3 plans to continue momentum into 2010 with continued excellence in programming, expansion of distribution and innovation in technology with plans to expand its mobile and social presence. All Revision3 programs can be seen at www.revision3.com.

About Revision3
Revision3 is the first media company that gets it. Born from the Internet, Revision3 is the home of Internet Television, creating and producing shows for a new audience: passionate, committed fans who want to watch shows about technology, modern culture, video games, entertainment, music and comedy that entertain, educate and help to expand their life experiences.

The company was founded in 2005 by technology visionaries Kevin Rose, Jay Adelson and David Prager because they couldn’t find anything they wanted to watch on traditional television. The company is now led by Internet TV pioneer Jim Louderback. Revision3’s programs can be found everywhere from Revision3.com to a wide range of platforms, including iTunes, YouTube, Dailymotion, Metacafe, TIVO, Roku, Blip.TV and many others. Shows can be watched on any device, from a cell phone to an Apple iPod to a computer or a TV.

CONTACT: Ron Richards, 415-734-3525 – rrichards@revision3.com

The contest is for anyone who has their own website or business. All you have to do is sign up for a .biz domain (if you don’t already have one) at www.godaddy.biz and then go to My.biz to enter to win. It takes about 2 minutes to enter….and just think about what you can do with $25k for your business.

This is the biggest prize we’ve ever given away and the contest is only running for another 2 weeks! The deadline is February 12th so hurry up and enter! We’ll see you in Austin!

Here’s Kevin and Alex on a recent Diggnation episode talking about the contest and what you can win:

To celebrate the upcoming milestone of 100 episode, Brian Brushwood is here in the San Francisco Bay Area for a week of Scam School related fun and episode tapings and we want YOU to come hang out and maybe even get on an episode of the show and later this week help us celebrate 100 episode with some Karaoke!

Here’s the rundown on this weeks’ Scam School Events:

Scam School Taping:
Tuesday, January 26th, 6 pm - 10 pm
Jay & Bee Bar
2736 20th Street
(between Hampshire St & York St)
San Francisco, CA 94110

Scam School Taping:
Wednesday, January 27th, 6 pm - 10 pm
Il Pirata
2007 16th St
(between Potrero Ave & Utah St)
San Francisco, CA 94103

100th episode celebration!
Thursday, January 28th, 6 PM - 9 PM
Encore Karaoke
1550 California Street
2nd floor
(between Larkin St & Polk St)
San Francisco, CA 94109

We hope you can make it out to congratulate Brian, Eileen Rivera (Scam School’s excellent producer) and the rest of the Scam School crew on 100 episodes and partake in some of the fun! See you there!

Mr. Conan “CoCo” O’Brien,

I’m taking this opportunity to officially offer you a brand-new show of your choosing here at Revision3.  Rest assured, you’ll be able to bring your set, band and even Andy (especially Andy) with you as you transition to our cutting-edge online TV network.  We have room for the Masturbating Bear, FedEx Pope and even Mini Jay Leno here on the internet.

Have you seen the internet lately?  It’s huge!

Now I know what you’re thinking: “This is absolutely the offer I’ve been waiting for.”  I’m sure you’re also thinking: “but I have a traditional TV network show right now, and offers from others, why would I leave the traditional networks?”  One word, Conan: the future.  (OK, that’s two words).  I know you don’t have a big footprint in online media at the moment, but take our word for it: Internet television is the future.  The space has seen a 35% average increase in advertising spending in 2009.  (Just think how many cigars that would buy for Triumph The Comic Insult Dog).

Here’s another benefit the internet can offer: no official air time. That’s right. NO AIR TIME.  This is the world of non-linear entertainment: some may watch your show at 11:35, some at 12:05, some at 10:00…and who cares….you finished shooting the show at 6:30 and are asleep by then anyhow!

I know you’re also weighing countless job offers from extended cable networks and hardcore porn channels.  Just know we serve more videos than your average porn site (not true) and have more viewers than your average extended cable network (true).

To sum up, Conan, you have the keys to the kingdom here at Revision3. You want to change our studio around?  Done.  Want to move any of our existing shows to 10pm Please do.  Want to give Andy his own show so he can finally truly control the universe?  Done.  You name the game, we’ll make it happen.

Other benefits:
- A fantastic creative and supportive working environment
- No network censors
- Top notch adsales team monetizing your show
- Complimentary broadband
- “Competitive” salary (you’re going to have more money than Oprah from NBC, so what do you care?!)
- Managed social media strategy, building a dedicated audience around your show
- Decent benefits

Call me any time, day or night.  As one “really tall guy” to another, I promise never to pull a Jeff Zucker on you. Here’s hoping Revision3, internet television, can be the new home to countless string dances in the future!

Ryan Vance
VP Programming/Production

It would be putting it lightly to say that Bert is an expert in digital artistry, specifically Photoshop. You can read plenty more about Bert here, including the fact that he is a member of the Photoshop Hall of Fame.

I approached Bert because I thought it would be a fantastic idea to expand on the types of segments that he did on The Screen Savers by turning the concept into an entire web television series. A few months later, and PixelPerfect with Bert Monroy was born!

Sans a brief hiatus for a couple of months in 2008, new episodes of Pixel Perfect have been released every week for 160 weeks. My math isn’t the greatest, but I think we’re talkin’ about 50 hours of PixelPerfect with Bert Monroy.

All good things usually come to an end, however. Bert has decided to spend the coming months focusing his energy on personal projects including his latest work of fine art entitled “Times Square” and his work for Lynda.com.

We wish Bert all the very best and hope he’ll come back to make guest appearances on shows like Tekzilla from time to time to share his wisdom on Hyper-realist art and Photoshop.

See Bert’s goodbye below from the last episode of PixelPerfect with Bert Monroy:

- David Prager

Of course Revision3 is your place for coverage of the latest and greatest tech, and just like last year, we’ve headed to Las Vegas to bring you all the great product reviews and previews and updates from the show floor. Tekzilla, HD Nation and Hak5 will be there in full force as the CES main event gets underway. We don’t want you to miss a single moment of the action so we’re going to be releasing videos throughout the rest of the week from Wednesday, January 6 to Saturday, January 9. Tune into revision3.com/ces to watch all the videos! And don’t forget to check out Tekzilla, HD Nation and Hak5 next week as they come back with full episodes of their CES coverage.

Our CES coverage is being brought to you by Roku, the easiest way to watch Revision3 shows, Netflix movies, and more on your TV. Go to revision3.com/roku to try one risk free for 30 days.

And a big thank you to our friends at NBC Universal, whom we’ve teamed up again this year at CES to shoot from their booth. Be sure to check out all their CES happenings a nbcuatces.com

We hope everyone at CES has a great time, and for those of you who can’t be in Vegas, we hope you enjoy our coverage of the massive amounts of tech products out there. Be sure to tell your friends, tweet about it and spread the word that the best CES coverage is here at Revision3!

The fine folks over at NATPE sent us some info to share with you:
The National Association of Television Program Executives, NATPE, is hosting their annual Market & Conference in Las Vegas this January 2010 before they pack up and ship out to Miami. Viva “Last” Vegas is the motto to live by for this year’s conference, and NATPE is seizing every opportunity to make it a great experience.

NATPE 2010 will feature an updated, bustling marketplace floor, a jam-packed three-day schedule and exciting special programs and features.

The Celebrity Chef Kitchen is back this year with culinary masters Charlie Palmer, Paul Bartolotta, Richard Blais, and Brian Malarky (just to name a few) cooking up some fun on the marketplace floor.

The confirmed speaker and session moderator list is looking pretty exciting with some major industry giants. Monday, January 25, (delete Day One out of the three,) boasts entertainment mega-players such as David Zaslav, CEO & President of Discovery Communications, the entire cast of ABC’s Modern Family, Bill Lawrence, Creator/Executive Producer, Scrubs and Cougar Town and Michael Eisner, former Chairman & CEO of Walt Disney Company and founder of Torrante company. To top it off, the 7th Annual Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Awards take place Monday evening honoring Jeff Gaspin, Irwin Gotlieb, Judge Judith Sheindlin, and David E. Kelley. And that’s just Day One!

What about Days Two & Three, you ask? Check out the schedule.

NATPE 2010 is guaranteed to be a hit with this line-up, so if you’re looking to rub elbows with some industry geniuses, talk some biz, and learn a lot, register now to ensure your spot at the conference. Here are some helpful links:

Learn More: www.natpemarket.com

Get there, stay there, SAVE there: http://natpenews.com/vegas/

Follow NATPE on Twitter: @NATPE and tweet about us! #N10

Follow NATPE on Facebook

See you at NATPE 2010—Viva “Last” Vegas!

Several of our new shows in 2009 were nominated:
- Film Riot is nominated for “Best Produced”
- ROFL is nominated in the category of “Comedy”
- CO-OP is in the running for the “Gaming” category

Film Riot is also joined by some of our classic shows: Diggnation, Scam School and Tekzilla, as nominees for the very competitive category of “Best Video Podcast.” We’re honored to represent 40% of the nominees in that category!

We want to thank all of you, our loyal Revision3 audience in your support of our shows and for nominating them to be considered for these awards. We love the Podcast Awards because it’s completely audience submitted and voted on. In previous years, Diggnation and The Totally Rad Show have won, and we’d love to add some more wins in 2009.

So you know what to do! Head over to the Podcast Awards website and show your love! You can vote once a day, every day, until the voting period closes on November 30th. Winners will be announced during a live Podcast Awards Ceremony in mid-December - exact date is currently TBA. For updates along the way, you can follow @podcastawards on Twitter, or Podcast Connect, Inc. coordinator, Todd Cochrane at @geeknews.

So with our deepest gratitude, you guys rock! Your loyalty and support keeps us going. Thanks and let’s get some great Revision3 shows some wins!

Check out the first episode below.

The INST MSGS team is also looking for your suggestions about what they should do next, so be sure to interact with them on the show’s forums, or over on Twitter or Facebook.

We’ve got more show launches coming this year so stay tuned!