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The Week In Video: The Internet Is a Bad Mad Thing. Also, Psy

In our weekly look back at the news in online video we cover the plans to go HTML5 from Netflix, how the American Family Association is up in arms over Kmart and how Psy has done something that we are all going to watch eventually, you know it.

Website Link Annotations, Creator Playbook 3.0, Foreign Language Captioning, & More... [Reel Web #68]

On this week's ReelWeb, we cover several YouTube news updates from the past week including yet another update to the Creator Playbook along with a revamped Creator's Hub, new YouTube annotation functionality that lets you link your videos to your own website, and additional foreign language ...

Chill Direct to Sell DRM-Free Content, Discovery Rules Are Still the Same

We spoke to Chill recently at Vidcon.  Chill is a social video-discovery site where people share videos, and as a user you can "follow" someone who shares particularly good videos.  It all comes down to who you trust, as you are more likely to watch ...

Browser Adoption of HTML5 Video Continues to Grow, But Still Not Complete

LongTail Video just released the update to their longstanding State of HTML5 Video which gives everyone a clear cut, easy to read guide to what parts of the HTML5 <video> tag are supported, by what browser and to what extent. At present, 79% of the ...

The War on Adobe Flash is Rekindled in Internet Explorer 10

Oh Microsoft... all those anti-monopoly sanctions quietly end, and you go right back on the attack. This time with Internet Explorer 10 and its Metro version which will not easily support Adobe Flash. I think I smell another anti-competition lawsuit in the making.

Monetize Your Online Video Content With These Paywall Solutions!

I have been working on this article for some time, since I came to realize that there was no information on their site about getting set up, how much it cost or even where to look. There's so much information to plow through and the ...

Why Adobe Really Dropped Their Mobile Flash Support

Many, especially the zealous Apple supporters, would have you believe that Apple killed Flash. In reality, it's HTML5 that might be the ultimate demise of Flash, but it won't be this year and probably not next year either. A recent article at TechCrunch took an ...

LG and Philips Work Toward Universal Smart TV App Platform with Smart TV Alliance

This is particularly of interest to me since I just finished the round up of connected TV advertising services and offerings. LG and Philips have created a Smart TV Alliance and are working toward a universal app platform. For advertisers and publishers alike, this is ...

Brightcove Integrates WideVine DRM, Adds Paywall Solution

It's the NAB Show everyone! No, I'm not there. Yes, I know I should be. Don't remind me. Anyway, Brightcove rolled out a series of announcements and so I rolled them into one big post for you to catch you up on all the new ...