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Disney Flock Swarms IPad

Well it was inevitable right? Every time a new gadget is unveiled everyone must flock to it. This time Disney is pulling no punches and wants to be the dominant media force on the platform. Check out all the work they've put into their presence ...

Professional Web Video Content Up Almost 20% In 2009

AccuStream Research says that there was nearly a 20% jump in "professionally produced, hosted or syndicated online media and entertainment video views". So either we're all going pro or the pros have come to see the value in it.

Univision/YouTube Partnership Is A Bigger Deal Than You Think

Did you see the headline earlier this week that YouTube had struck a deal with Spanish Television Network, Univision?  If you're a typical American, you might have passed right over it.  Maybe you noted it mentally, but figured it wasn't terribly important to you since ...

YouTube Direct Connects Users and Media Organizations

We all have video cameras or video-capable mobile phones and that means new ways to see what's happening in the world. Not only for you but for others as well. We get a eyewitness views of the events as they unfold and now, we can ...

July Biggest Month Ever for Online Video, Hulu Tops Time Warner Cable

July was a big month all around for online video (according to comScore) but perhaps it was the biggest month yet for Hulu who, according to various research, surpassed Time Warner in viewership during the month. Could this be the turning point for the cable ...

Nielsen Ratings Shake Up - Hulu and Blinkx

After months of not a lot of movement going on at the top of the Nielsen reports for video traffic we suddenly get some major shake up and a new contender. The top ten saw some major moves from top to bottom last month which ...

Hulu Traffic Growth Slows, Dramatically

Ok so, Hulu, who recently had a row with Nielsen over traffic numbers, is suddenly not the high flyer that it once was. I'm sure it's nothing serious and might even just be a bump in the road partly due to a lot of series ...

Hulu Does Not Want You To Watch Their Stuff

Hulu does not want you to watch their stuff. At least that's how it feels sometimes doesn't it? If you live outside of the US you simply cannot watch their content. Well, you could by using a proxy service which caused some lag and slow ...

Hulu Is A Mouseketeer

In case you haven't managed to read any of half a dozen places today. Disney has invested in Hulu. No big surprise really, someone was bound to do it sooner or later. Hulu, that wunderkind of premium video sharing spaces, is now a three-way love ...

Neilson Study Shows More Video Ads On ABC.com "OK" With Users

The more ads the merrier on ABC.com, according to new research Disney-ABC TV Group commissioned from Nielsen Media Research. While many online video providers boast of limiting commercials to enhance the viewing experience, the Disney-Nielsen study found that doubling the ad load in a full-length ...

75% of US Internet Users Watched Online Video In May

comScore, a leader in measuring the digital world, today released May 2008 data from the comScore Video Metrix service, reporting that U.S. Internet users viewed more than 12 billion online videos during the month, representing an increase of 45 percent versus year ago. Fox Interactive ...

CBS To Launch Embed Options In New Video Player

If you read ReelSEO with any regularity, you will know that in order to get your videos optimized for search, and to drive discoverability to your online videos, one "must-do" tip is to allow for sharing options and embeddable videos so that others can link ...

Truveo To Launch Video Search On CBS Radio Station WebSites

CBS RADIO and Truveo Partner to Bring Millions of Online Videos to Local Radio Station Websites - Marketwatch CBS RADIO's vast portfolio of websites will gain access to a host of new searchable video content through a partnership with AOL's Truveo, the leader in the ...

TV Guide Announces Online Video Awards Winners

TV Guide, which canceled its online video awards ceremony and television special out of respect for the Writers Guild of America strike (a story broke on NewTeeVee), has named its award winners in a fanfare-free press release. Voters cast some 1.75 million ballots and the ...

blinkx -18 Billion Hours Indexed, 280% More Searches

I just came across a press release from blinkx today titled, "blinkx Advances Lead in Video Search, Surpasses New Milestone With Over 18 Million Hours of Content and More Than 220 Media Partnerships." It appears at least that this could have been released just prior ...