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Online Video Numbers Hold Steady for April, Except at AOL

comScore released the Video Metrix a bit late this month and I've been quite busy of late so I missed it. Well I got a nudge from Mark about it and so here we are. If you've been following the saga you know that there ...

12 Ways Brands & Businesses Can Utilize Online Video

I've been thinking a lot lately about how quickly video is expanding online in terms of capabilities and implementation. I consult with a lot of small businesses, and when talk turns to online video, many of them are instantly skeptical. They're not sure it's a ...

Welcome to Personalized, Geographically Targeted Video Advertising

While there's plenty of evidence that brands are embracing online video as a new and powerful medium for advertising, the overwhelming majority of video ads are still created for television--that is to say, they're created as a one-size-fits all solution. A brand makes a commercial, ...

Online Video Weekly News Reel - The Big Move Edition

Some of you may know that I live in the Czech Republic, but I'm an American by birth. After six years living in Europe I have decided to return to America. This has caused much happiness and an equal amount of sadness. But as a ...

Majority of Agencies Plan to Shift Ad Dollars from TV to Online Video Advertising

We have long discussed the possibility that TV ad dollars will eventually shift to more interactive and engaging online video advertising and it seems that this might be the year we see a major move. In the Brightroll Video Advertising Report for Q1 2011, respondents ...

Tubemogul Revamps Look, Opens Self-Serve Video Ad Platform

Remember when I said real-time video ad buying was the future. It seems that Tubemogul agrees as they've just opened a self-serve, real-time video Ad purchasing system. Damn, I love it when a plan comes together. Now they're not the only one, but they're the ...

Video Ad Spending to Increase 22% in 2011 says IAB Survey

The IAB (Interactive Advertising Bureau) recently released some survey results that they did at the end of 2010, An Inside Look at Demand Side Perceptions of Digital Video Advertising which was conducted, analyzed and prepared by Advertiser Perceptions. The survey hit up people who are ...

Innovid Puts Social Network Interactivity in Pre-Roll Video Ads

Innovid earlier this week announced their new interactive pre-roll video ads called, iRoll. That name makes me want to roll my i's. But hey, I suppose it's more an i for interactive than hitching on the trend of calling everything iSomething, at least I hope ...

Choice is Basis for New Social Video Ad Seeding Network: Viewable Media

I am a proponent of choice. Give me a choice of something or another and I'm a happy camper. Give me a choice in which ad to watch and when? Well, I might actually tolerate sitting through the ads and not get up and run ...

SpotXchange Nabs IAB Certification for Video Advertising

You Otto know by now, SpotXchange is on the rise. To help prove that point, they were among one of the first ad networks to nail down an IAB Quality Assurance Guidelines (QAG) certification. It's a self-certification process and training program that lets clients know ...

The Weekly Online Video News Reel - April Fools Edition

If you fell for the ReelSEO April Fool's Day prank I just have one thing to say: Haha! Suckers! If not, we'll try harder next year. That was a sort of spur of the moment one but I've got a great idea for next year. ...

Mid-Week Online Video News Reel March 30th

It's Wednesday once again and time for me to clear out the email inbox and catch you up on some stuff that I have been tracking in the industry. Plus, it helps me keep my inbox at a manageable size and get everyone a little ...

Is Online Video Dying? Comscore's Video Metrix Says Fizzle in Feb

This doesn't make much sense to me, but it seems like less people in the US (170M vs. 171M) started more video sessions (5B vs. 4.8B) in February than in January, and then watched for less time (816 vs 870 minutes) each. So it seems ...

Brightroll to Fight Online Video Advertising Click fraud with Adometry

Brightroll has expressed their love for us in emails. When it's something so important like fighting click fraud, everyone needs to be informed. Adometry is offering CPC Ad Analytics technology which provides immediate relief from click fraud headaches for ad networks and their advertisers, with ...

How Targeted Online Video Advertising Impacts Audience Engagement

We're back with Part 2 of our look at eMarketer's exhaustive study, "7 Trends For Video Advertising Engagement." In Part 1, we looked at the recent changes in how advertisers measure engagement as well as some of the reasons for those shifts, such as an ...