Verizon Working On Video Content Delivery System
And you all thought that Verizon was just aiming to cover its own customers and network with content? Well, apparently we were all wrong. It seems that they've dropped a pretty large penny, $370M worth of them in fact, in working out a streaming video content delivery system and video ad platform that will reach ...
Introducing Dailymotion Cloud Video Delivery Business
Dailymotion is expanding outside of the curated content business and into the cloud-based online video serving business and why not? After all, everyone else is doing it too no? Alright, not everyone.
Vid.ly Grows Up, Goes Pro - The Universal Video URL Slam Dunk
When I hop on a conference call and say "Go Team [INSERT BRAND] Woo!" you can be pretty sure that I dig your product. So Jeff Malkin and the team over at Vid.ly should be well aware of that fact now since I both opened and closed the conference call with that. Why? Because they ...
Is Hulu Worth Purchasing & Who Are The Suitors? You Make the Call
I will give you all the information available at present. You decide if it is a sweet deal or a sour lemon. Deal? Alright, if you've just come out of a binge-induced coma and don't know what the heck I'm talking about, Hulu has dropped their IPO thoughts and moved on to thinking about selling ...
2010 IPTV Worldwide Report: 34.6% Growth, 45.4M Subscribers
Broadband Forum put out its 2010 numbers last week along with Point Topic and it looks like it was a pretty strong year all around. A good amount of growth, 34.6% in the year in IPTV subscriptions coupled with further penetration in the broadband adoption area gave the year a rosy look.
Cisco Buying ExtendMedia, Three Screen Content Platform + Networking
Cisco knows the future of the Internet. They should, they build a lot of its infrastructure with super fast networking appliances. So it should be no surprise that they know the future of the Internet is video and are making moves to be there in full force. In fact, this is a brilliant move for ...
ReelSEO Behind-the-Scenes: MDialog’s HTML5 Streaming and Dynamic Ad Insertion Service
mDialog recently announced their ability to deliver both streaming video as well as advertising to the Apple platforms (iPad and iPhone specifically). So I sat down with them for a long chat about how they are doing that and to check it out for myself.
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.
11 Predictions for The Online Video Industry In 2010
Everyone is giving their predictions for the Internet marketing and online video space in 2010 and I thought I'd better jump on the bandwagon with my 2 cents... Granted, I certainly have some more insightful predictions that I could provide but I figured it's New Year's Eve and we should all be relaxing... So, here ...
Akamai Exec Claims Broadcast Model Crumbling
In a recent article over at Seeking Alpha, Akamai CEO Paul Sagan claimed that broadcast and network TV operators are in for a 'Big Bang.' But we all are ahead of the curve because we knew that already right?
BitGravity - A Cool, Quick Embeddable Player + Major Content Delivery Network
Need to embed a video in a site super-duper fast? Why not try the 3 form version of Bitgravity Player 6. Give it a video URL, width and height and you're all set. But is it truly that easy?
stream5 Rakes In New Capital To Push Forward
Online video is proving itself a strong place to invest it seems. European online video tech company stream5 recently secured a new round of investment capital. Two new investors have joined on and have brought with them a 'seven-figure sum' we're told to keep the company creating new technologies.
On Video Cloud 9 - Video and Cloud-based Computing
Video can sometimes require a large amount of resources. So it's no wonder that with the ever-increasing popularity of cloud-based computing that someone realized it might be a good way to go with online video. This past week, FierceOnlineVideo published a good post that looks at how "cloud computing," can be applied to support online ...
Sorenson Announces New Video Platform Geared To SMBs
Sorenson360 is officially available to the masses today. This new Internet video delivery network is set to make publishing of high-quality video a snap and affordable to boot (so they say). They're aiming the service at small to medium-sized businesses and are working to differentiate it from the rest of the pack. Key features in ...
Bits On The Run Updates Video CMS Services and Site
Bits on the Run has been doing some work to update their service. After about a year it seems like they've got over 10,000 users now and a goodly amount of video to serve up. In order to serve that video up around the planet without problems they've teamed up with BitGravity CDN (content delivery ...
