Topic - Online Video & Blip.tv
List of Online Video Platform APIs
As most of you know, an online video platform provides companies with video hosting and delivery services among various other features and functionality that can vary (analytics, ad networks, HD support, etc…). Many of these online video platforms (and there are just too many right now in my opinion but that is another post entirely) offer an API (Application Programming Interface.) An API exposes the features and functions of a platform thus enabling others to seamlessly integrate core video functionality within their own applications.
Blip.tv Adds More Knobs to Dashboard, Expands Distribution Channels
Blip.TV recently decided that they didn’t have enough knobs, switches, levers, buttons and what nots on their dashboard. So they decided to upgrade it and throw in some new things for you to play with. Additionally, since they were doing some work anyway, they decided to expand their distribution options as well. Lucky for you, we have the 411 on what’s all new and improved. Also lucky for you, it doesn’t read like a user’s manual for a new automobile, because that just wouldn’t be any fun at all.
Online Video Viewing Trends
Metacafe recently commissioned a study to find out who in America is watching online video, how much and what kinds. The results were just released and might be surprising.
Upload Videos To Multiple Video Sharing Sites
So, you’ve got some videos made and you want to get them out there as fast and efficiently as possible. That means you probably want some tools to upload them to multiple video sites automatically right? Right! Here’s some of the coolest tools we found that will help you do just that, and in a hurry.
Now, I didn’t say they’d be free and instead of separating them out pay/free I’m just going to give you a good long list of them. I haven’t played with all of them so I can’t vouch for how cool, fast or stable they are. This is more like an informative piece that you can use as a starting point for research on how to get your videos published online with the quickness.
A New Era in Video Metrics has Arrived – Tubemogul 2.0
Welcome to TubeMogul 2.0. All new metrics! All new features! All new version number! All new price! Well ok, same old price really, free.
Tubemogul partners and the online video industry in general can rejoice! The dawn of a new era in video ad metrics has arrived. The new free metrics tools promise to delve into the depths of video metrics and pull forth more useful statistics as well as a higher level of accuracy throughout more than a dozen partner site.
The Evolution & Equalization of Web Video & Television
Mike Hudack, The CEO of Blip.tv, was interviewed yesterday by Jolie O’Dell (nice) on ReadWriteWeb about how online video and television are evolving together. Revenue models, show length and format, distribution, and consumption are all called into question as the web targets increasingly narrow and engaged niche audiences.
How to Produce “Business-Quality” Online Video on a Small Business Budget
Can businesses today really create sustainable revenue and long-term profit around regularly publishing professional-quality online video, and keep their production costs well below the standards of broadcast-quality? Yes, if they’re willing to be what I call “videoratis” - a video professional and publicist skilled at more than one job that relates to their business and their online community.
Government Agencies Sign with YouTube, Flickr, Vimeo, and Blip
U.S. government agencies can now officially use YouTube , Flickr , Vimeo , and blip.tv , using special service agreements that comply with federal terms and conditions. Today, the General Services Administration (GSA) announced that, after nine months of negotiations, the government has signed agreements with these companies that will allow federal agencies to officially post content to these sites. The GSA is also negotiating special terms and conditions with MySpace and Facebook, and it has already determined that Twitter’s service agreement is in line with federal requirements.
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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 designed to be compliant with the IAB Digital Video Advertising Standards.
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 advertising model that rules most other Web video. …
ClipBlast Showcases Video Content From Blip.tv
ClipBlast!, the premier Web-wide video navigation and distribution platform, today announced that it is now indexing all video content from blip.tv – including the online TV network’s featured and emerging video producers and all of blip.tv’s shows.
Ooyala Video Scheduling – New Flight Time Feature
You may have noticed that I use Ooyala to power the videos on my site for the past several months. It is fast becoming one of my favorite video platforms next to blip.tv, brightcove, and a few others (granted that I have not tried every service available these days – soo many companies).
