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YouTube Almost Hit 100 Videos Per Viewer Last Month

comScore has released their March 2010 Video Metrix numbers and one of the most fascinating things is that YouTube viewers are watching, on average, 96 videos in the month. That would be 3.2 videos per day, every day. Also, over 180 million U.S. web surfers ...

YuMe Steps Into Silverlight Video Ad Delivery

YuMe announced they have now got a first Silverlight-friendly video ad network. That means users can implement the new ACE technology in Silverlight players and generate revenue on the content finally.

Hulu Dances As Viewers Watch 2.4 Hours In February

Dance Hulu dance (and bring your content overseas already, sheesh!) comScore is reporting that for the month of February Hulu viewers watched a hearty 2.4 hours each. But what's that mean for the rest of the industry?

Apple IAds HTML 5-based Interactivity

Apple announced they are getting into the mobile ads business with iAds. This was coupled with the Apple iPhone OS 4.0 announcement. They'll offer developers a 60% revenue split and Steve Jobs stated it's all HTML 5-based technology. Nifty!

Despite A Dip, US Online Video Views Are Up 120% for 2010

comScore starts off another year of online video tracking and so do we.  Many have reported on the decline in video views for January 2010 when compared to December 2009.  However, even with the decline of 2.5%, when you look at the numbers year over ...

SES New York 2010 - The Year Video Takes Center Stage?

If you haven't already signed up for SES 2010 New York (that's "Search Engine Strategies 2010 New York" for the abbreviation-impaired), it's not too late.  The conference and expo hall start on March 23, with partnered training beginning on the 22nd.

Video Ad Networks - Where Should You Place Your Video Ads?

2009 was a massive year for the online video advertising industry as a whole. But some ad networks did far better than others. I've compiled the statistics for the last third of 2009 and have some ideas on where you should place your video advertisements ...

Over 1 Billion Videos A Day In December (2009) Says ComScore

According to the comScore Video Metrix report, there were over 33 Billion videos streamed in December 2009. That's more than a Bilion a day. Who came out on the top for the month?

TubeMogul Reports Many Video Viewers Can't Stand Pre-Roll

Ever wonder how many people wait through pre-roll advertisements vs. abandoning the video altogether?  TubeMogul took it upon themselves to see just how many people are watching those coveted and lucrative spots and you might be surprised by their findings.

Online Video Hits A Record - 31 Billion Views In US

That's what ComScore is saying anyway. They say it's the first time the industry has topped that number and so it's a big deal. Their November 2009 comScore Video Metrix service showed that over 170 million U.S. Internet users watched online video during the month ...

Video Monetization Via Pay Per View - Ooyala Interview

ReelSEO's Grant Crowell conducts a video interview with Bismark Lepe, Founder and President of Products for the online video platform Ooyala, about how their solution also allows content providers to make money from their “premium” video content via their subscription models and pay-per-stream models – aka, “video for sale.”

The State of The Video Advertising Industry Q3 2009

Tod Sacerdoti from Brightroll recently dropped some stats pertaining to how they see the market shaping up and performing through the third quarter of the year. Some were quite interesting so I thought I would share them with you.

2010 In-Stream Video Advertising Predictions - Interview With Google

Grant Crowell interviews Ari Paparo, Group Product Manager of Advertising Product for Google, about his forecast shared at the Chicago Interactive Marketing Association's 7th Semiannual Interactive Marketing Survey, that in-stream video advertising will be “huge” in 2010, thanks to growing adoption by media sales agencies of Internet Advertising Bureau's (IAB's) development of video ad standards. Will this open up video ad serving to more businesses on the smaller scale?

August Video Watching Online Tops Everything Previous

Another month has come and gone and comScore tells it was the best ever. Better than the previous best month which was the month before the best month ever even though it too was, at the time, the best month ever. Confused? Don't be, just ...

What Google Could Do With Brightcove

Rumors are surfacing from a Mark Glaser Tweet last week that said Google is in talks with Brightcove to buy them for $500M to $700M. While everyone else is speculating on the purchase, I'm speculating on what Google could do with the video service.