Sundance a click away

January 17, 2007 Digital coverage of the Sundance Film Festival has reached new heights this year, with a new YouTube Sundance Channel Video Blog Festival, shorts for sale on iTunes, official blogs from the network and fest sponsors, an avatar community on Second Life, offerings from MySpace and countless independent Web sites covering the fest. Through its first collaboration with the Sundance Channel, YouTube will post daily videos from "Four Eyed Monsters" directors Arin Crumley and Susan Buice, who developed their autobiographical feature after meeting online. Another unique new venture taken by Sundance Channel is creating an "island" on Second Life, a virtual environment where computer users engage with each other as "Sims"-style avatars.

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