Since 2018, creator group RDCWorld has organized an annual event series called Dream Con, which takes place in the group’s home state of Texas. The 2023 edition of Dream Con established several milestones for the yearly gathering: It was the first DreamCon to take place in Austin, and it drew the largest crowd in the convention’s history, with more than 20,000 attendees flocking to the Austin Convention Center.
Dream Con exists on several axes. On the surface, it’s a creator convention that provides a Texan complement to VidCon. For the members of RDCWorld, the three-day event is an opportunity to rub shoulders with like-minded creators and entertainment industry notables.
But at its core, Dream Con is a space for Black nerds — or “Blerds” — who love anime, video games, and sports. It’s a chance to hang with other members of that community and meet the people who are sharing Blerd...
Dream Con exists on several axes. On the surface, it’s a creator convention that provides a Texan complement to VidCon. For the members of RDCWorld, the three-day event is an opportunity to rub shoulders with like-minded creators and entertainment industry notables.
But at its core, Dream Con is a space for Black nerds — or “Blerds” — who love anime, video games, and sports. It’s a chance to hang with other members of that community and meet the people who are sharing Blerd...
- 9/25/2023
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
The top creators in YouTube's gaming and anime categories had better practice their five Ds, because at Dream Con, those stars will do a lot of dodging, ducking, dipping, diving, and dodging. The Texan convention will be the location of the latest House of Highlights Showdown, in which notable names like Jidion, Kai Cenat, and King Vader will compete for a 100,000 prize.
The participating creators will be split into three teams. RDCWorld1 organizes Dream Con and won the last House of Highlights dodgeball tournament, so its team will get a direct bye into the final. Once there, the comedy troupe will face off against the winner of the semifinal match, which will feature members of the creator collective Amp (including Cenat) on one side and a "Dream Team" of Dream Con attendees (including Jidion and King Vader) on the other.
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The participating creators will be split into three teams. RDCWorld1 organizes Dream Con and won the last House of Highlights dodgeball tournament, so its team will get a direct bye into the final. Once there, the comedy troupe will face off against the winner of the semifinal match, which will feature members of the creator collective Amp (including Cenat) on one side and a "Dream Team" of Dream Con attendees (including Jidion and King Vader) on the other.
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- 7/14/2022
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
Facebook wants to amp up its Watch programming offer by serving as a matchmaker of sorts between new media publishers and digital creators.
The social network tells Tubefilter that it has launched a video incubator program for Facebook Watch that will fund collaborations between new media companies like BuzzFeed, Shots Studios, and Tastemade, and digital stars such as Hannah Hart, Rudy Mancuso, and Angela Kinsey -- respectively. Programming will cover a variety of content verticals -- though rather than being categorized as Watch originals, Facebook will only be funding and licensing the shows, after which they could out elsewhere.
A total of 12 publishers will be participating at launch, with each producing multiple series, notes Digiday, which previously reported on the program.
Other publishers who are working with Facebook on the incubator include All Def Digital (who will develop a show alongside former Vine comedian King Vader), Attn, Conde Nast (who...
The social network tells Tubefilter that it has launched a video incubator program for Facebook Watch that will fund collaborations between new media companies like BuzzFeed, Shots Studios, and Tastemade, and digital stars such as Hannah Hart, Rudy Mancuso, and Angela Kinsey -- respectively. Programming will cover a variety of content verticals -- though rather than being categorized as Watch originals, Facebook will only be funding and licensing the shows, after which they could out elsewhere.
A total of 12 publishers will be participating at launch, with each producing multiple series, notes Digiday, which previously reported on the program.
Other publishers who are working with Facebook on the incubator include All Def Digital (who will develop a show alongside former Vine comedian King Vader), Attn, Conde Nast (who...
- 3/13/2019
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
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