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France (English /ˈfræns/ FRANSS or /ˈfrɑːns/ FRAHNSS; French: [fʁɑ̃s] ( listen)), officially the French Republic (French: République française French pronunciation: [ʁepyblik fʁɑ̃sɛz]), is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean. It is often referred to as l’Hexagone (“T...

French Online Video Ad Campaign Stirs Outrage - What Were They Thinking?

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One of the biggest challenges for brands is finding a way to get noticed.  Trying to find that message that gets people talking and lines up with your business philosophy can be a tricky thing.  Sometimes getting noticed means punching people in the nose a ...

Advertising is Major Concern for Online Video Consumers Internationally [Study]

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Accenture recently did a study on Video Over Internet Consumers and there were some pretty interesting findings in the report. Today I'm going to look at perceived problems with online video from the consumer standpoint which had some pretty surprising stuff.

US Marketers See Big Opportunity for Online Video Advertising in Europe

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comScore's recently published statistics for online video viewing and video ad exposure in the Europe reveals the biggest growth lies in video ad consumption in the UK  - 80% of online Brits saw an online video in January 2012: and of these 64 percent were ...

Online Video Revenue Tripled In 2011

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I don't know if many of you have heard, but online video is kind of a big deal.  If you are a dedicated reader to this site, you might have seen articles that mention this every so often.  We know that YouTube is trying to ...

Majority Of The World's 42 Million Internet Connected TV Homes Still In America

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So you are feverishly making apps, widgets, channels, and what-nots to get your message out around the globe via Internet connected TVs, well you might want to slow down there, Hoss. Recent research from Strategy Analytics shows there are 42 million homes around the world with ...

2010 IPTV Worldwide Report: 34.6% Growth, 45.4M Subscribers

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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 ...

The Week's Best Viral Videos & Marketing Lessons

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In the world of online video, this will probably go down in history as Rebecca Black week. Whether she wanted to or not, she took over the whole darn Internet with her "Friday" video, the Good Morning America interview, and then Jay Leno on top ...

Reel Quick Clips: Mid-Week Online Video Industry News

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I finally found a name I like for what really amounts to me clearing out my inbox of things that might be of interest, but aren't interesting enough for me to write a whole article on. Welcome to Reel Quick Clips, a mid-week catch up ...

HTML5 Video Codec War Explodes as MPEG-LA Openly Calls for VP8 Patent Claims

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The HTML5 video codec war just exploded! MPEG-LA, who you will remember holds the H.264 patent pool, just invaded Googlonia with a call for patent claims on the VP8 video codec. You will remember that Apple is a member of the H.264 owners, along with ...

Weekly Web Video Industry News Reel - The Egyptian Edition

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Hello Reel Believers, welcome to the end of another week and the beginning of a new one. Time is flying and we're already at the end of January. Next week my Green Bay Packers take on the Pittsburgh Steelers in the Super Bowl! In the ...

Online Video Moves: iAd Goes International, Youngsters Lead WebTV Revolution, Beyonce Banned

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Ha ha suckers! We get iAd here...no wait, why is that cool? More ads is not what I need in my life. Steve Jobs announced that the UK and France will get iAd in December and then Ze Germans will get it in January. Whew, ...

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