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iOS Pulling In New TV Content Through Enhanced TV Studio Apps

Well, Apple isn't really doing much except maybe nudging studios and preaching about the awesomeness of their products, but several big names in TV have made some overtures to get their TV content in front of iOS users, mainly the iPad. Since it seems like a nice sort of platform for that sort of thing, ...

May 2011 Nielsen vs. ComScore Online Video Numbers

It's time once again to take a look at the previous month's online video viewing numbers and statistics. This time, I waited until I got them from both the two major statistics firms, comScore and Nielsen, before writing anything up. It gives a clearer picture when you're able to compare the two. Not at all ...

When Videos Attack: Why Politicians Should Respect the Power of Social Video

Over the last couple of years I’ve become a bit of a political junkie. And like any good junkie, I spend half my time dosing up on Fox, MSNBC, Politico and Huffpo and half my time looking for my next fix. With ever-increasing frequency, I'm seeing one politician after another get bitten and mauled by ...

When Online Videos Become The News - Droid 3, Tattoos, & Soldiers

Every week there are videos that go viral, only to then be picked up by hundreds of news outlets and turned into an actual news story. I’m not talking about a news site simply sharing a video that they’ve noticed is getting popular—everyone does that. No, I’m talking about when a video grows beyond the ...

The Rise Of Online Video Will Break The Internet

Sometimes we get so used to talking about how popular video is, and how fast it's growing online, that we actually lose perspective a bit on exactly how rapidly it's moving. You might even say we've been taking the Internet for granted a bit. Because, if Cisco's predictions are anywhere close to correct, our obsessive ...

Tornado Outbreak Shows The Speed & Power Of Social Video

I spent the better part of my Wednesday evening following media coverage of the tornado outbreak in Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, & Georgia. So far, 127 tornadoes have been confirmed, the death toll is at 54-and-climbing, and the devastation is immense and widespread. Online video was my primary method of following the storms---live news streams, YouTube ...

Nielsen and comScore Continue to Disagree Dramatically in Online Video Numbers

Nielsen and comScore will never see eye-to-eye and that goes doubly for the numbers they report. While comScore said some 174 million Americans viewed online video last month, Nielsen states it's only 144.2 million, or billion if you were to take their chart at face value. But since we know there aren't 144 billion Americans ...

Faith in Social Video Marketing: My Q&A with Rob Bell of “Love Wins”

Last night I had the opportunity to personally meet with neo-evangelist pastor and social video marketer Rob Bell, the author of the New York Times bestseller book, “Love Wins.” Learn from Rob himself on how his own upbringing, passion, and faith greatly shaped his own creativity and dedication to social video, which has both led ...

Reel Quick Clips: Mid-Week Online Video Industry News

Another week is rapidly slipping past. While I planned on doing this on Wednesday, I didn't manage it. So here's a quick look at some online video stories I have been tracking but didn't really think merited a full blown article: Google TV and CNN Partnership, Samsung to Offer 3DOD - 3D On Demand (video), Google Acquires Green ...

We Already Have The World's First iPad 2 Movie

You may remember Majek Pictures--the filmmaking duo of Anna Elizabeth James and Michael Koerbel. They're the ones that made waves last June by shooting and editing a short film, "Apple of My Eye," entirely on the iPhone 4. That film has nearly a million views on Vimeo. Now the duo is making news again, with ...

Did Apple Cheap Out On The iPad 2 Video Cameras? Yes & No

The iPad 2 was only announced five days ago, and won't ship until late this week, but already we're seeing the beginnings of a small backlash against the device's two cameras. The strongest criticism comes from Wired, in an article entitled "Just How Bad Is The iPad 2 Camera?"--which was also published on CNN.com, giving ...

Exclusive Interview With The Creators of The Shaving Helmet Hoax Video

I've been talking about the now-famous head-shaving helmet video for a few weeks now. First I featured it in one of my weekly round-ups of the latest and greatest viral success stories. A few days later, CNN revealed the video as a hoax and spoke with the creators--a viral agency called Thinkmodo. I came behind ...

A Tale of Two Viral Hoax Videos Done Right

Hoax videos are pretty trendy right now. You probably heard about the Jerusalem UFO videos, which many have labeled as the work of well-organized pranksters. Or maybe you heard about the Central Park iPhone marriage proposal that ultimately turned out to be staged. Either way, there's a good chance you've seen a hoax video lately, ...

Surprise, Surprise: YouTube Million Dollar Gift Was All A Hoax

You should probably sit down for this. Get composed, and ready yourself for really unexpected, bad news: The kid that asked for a million dollars on YouTube and then got it? Yeah, total hoax, exactly like I said it was. After staging a check-awarding ceremony and then burning the check, comedian Craig Rowin then posted ...

How TWiTtv Added Live Video & Grew Their Audience 20%

First there was a radio show. Then there was a podcast. Eventually Leo Laporte turned on a webcam and TWiT.TV was born.  Now Leo is trying to grow into a sort of CNN-for-technology. With the rise of online video Leo believes that he can now deliver to the masses content which they can get as ...