Happy BirthDay Hulu. I’m Glad You Guys Didn’t Suck. (TechCrunch)
Online tv/film site Hulu launched a year ago today, and boy did we have to eat crow. We provided nearly constant criticism of the site since it was announced in March 2007 ( no name , billion dollar valuation , name translation issues , trademark absurdity , etc. ). But despite a slightly bumpy launch, ...
TMZ Drops Brightcove for Digitalsmiths
It’s hard to measure total reach for white-label video providers, but at least in terms of marketplace perception, Brightcove leads the pack. Be it thePlatform, Ooyala, Fliqz — it’s a long list — no enterprise video player comes through our door without mentioning Brightcove as a competitor. And the video platform dogfight gets nastier by ...
More Video SEO Reputation Management – Traps, Tools, and Tips
ReelSEO's Grant Crowell interviews another panelist from the recent SMX East conference on search and reputation management, Seregeti Communications' Director of Search, Simon Heseltine. Simon offers some special tips on utlizing social media sites and local search.
Internet Video Consumption In Germany - Research From ComScore
comScore released data from the comScore Video Metrix service, indicating that 25.9 million German Internet users viewed more than 3 billion videos online in August 2008. comScore Video Metrix, which was the first video tracking service introduced in the U.S. more than two years ago, has become a leading service for online video measurement and ...
Video Podcast Advertising In ITunes - New From Blip.tv
Tracked Prerolls, Postrolls and Overlays in iTunes for the First Time. Online television network blip.tv announced today that it is now offering dynamically served, fully interactive, third-party tracked advertising for video podcasts in iTunes. The advertisements are verified using DoubleClick's industry standard DART platform and support click-through with DoubleClick DART click tracking. The system is ...
Blip.tv Figures Out How To Serve Ads In ITunes Videos
For most people, watching Web video is predominantly a streamed experience on your computer. But an important and substantial portion of Web video is still downloaded to be watched later, or transferred to a different screen (usually an iPod, but sometimes a flat-screen TV). The problem with downloads is that they don't fit neatly into ...
The Importance of Quality Metadata In Monetizing Internet Video
Gotuit, a leading provider of video optimization technologies, today announced that it is making available its latest white paper, “The Currency of Internet Video: The Importance of Quality Metadata in Monetizing Internet Video”. A must read for any digital media executive, the paper analyzes the crucial role of metadata in unleashing the full value of ...
Everybody’s Watching Online Video, According To Ipsos (TVWeek)
The popularity of online video is moving beyond the early adopters and growing significantly among women and older consumers, reports a study from Ipsos Media released Monday. The study found that about 54% of female Internet users ages 12 and up have streamed a video online in the past 30 days, up from 45% a ...
TheFeedRoom Enterprise Video Platform 4.0 Released
On the heels of the recent relaunch of NYTimes.com video with Brightcove, The FeedRoom has announced its new FeedRoom 4.0 Enterprise video platform (EVP). Below is the announcement from the FeedRoom. The FeedRoom, a leading provider of online video solutions for media companies, corporations and government agencies, today announced the release of FeedRoom 4.0 Enterprise ...
Internet Video for Kids - New Family Version of Blinkx Video Remote
blinkx, the world’s largest video search engine, today announced the availability of a kid-friendly version of blinkx Remote, a free Web site for watching TV on the Internet. Parents now have easier access to full-length children’s television shows online than ever before. From Bugs Bunny to Lazy Town, parents can access everything from current hits ...
Brightcove Snags AOL Video Deal
On the heels of announcing an expanded relationship with the New York Times website last week, Brightcove is adding all of AOL to its video-distribution client list. Like the New York Times, AOL is an investor in Brightcove. But the deal is a coup for Brightcove 3 , the latest version of its online video ...
UPDATED: Revision3 Makes Layoffs, As Does Smashface
Update 1: Revision3 has made layoffs, canceled some of its original shows, and discontinued its two new distribution agreements. The online video studio will no longer make Pixel Perfect, PopSiren, and Internet Superstar (the latter two were newer shows made by full-time Revision3 employees Sarah Lane and Martin Sargent), saying the shows didn’t find an ...
Web Video: Not Just for Kids, Going Mainstream
Ipsos MediaCT released data from its MOTION study that found that since late last year, the percentage of female Internet users 12 and older who have streamed an online video in the past 30 days has grown from 45 percent to 54 percent. This higher percentage is almost equal to that of men who recently ...
20th Century Fox's AUSTRALIA and Metacafe Launch The Thirty-Second Film Contest
Twentieth Century Fox's upcoming romantic adventure AUSTRALIA and Metacafe are joining forces to launch "The Thirty-Second Film Contest" on October 24. The contest challenges aspiring film editors to use materials from the film as well as their own creative "spin" - including visual effects, music, and voice-over - to put together a thirty-second spot for ...
Video Start-up Revision3 Joins The Layoff Club (CNET)
It's not yet clear how many people the production company, which was founded by Digg's Kevin Rose and Jay Adelson, is letting go. Continue Reading From Source
