Selling Video Online: The Pros & Cons Of Choosing Digital Media
In part 3 of our series on selling video, we're going to look at digital media (you can catch up on our introduction to the series here or Part 2, Pros & Cons of Physical Media, here). While there are still plenty of valid reasons for selling video via physical media, many companies are choosing ...
Evolve or Die! How Businesses Can Transform Using Social Video
I interviewed social media expert Brian Solis, the author of Engage and the End of Business as Usual: Rewire The Way You Work To Succeed In The Customer Revolution. We talk about the crucial role online video must play in the transformation of businesses into genuine social enterprises, what’s holding them back, and what it ...
ivi TV Continues Its Fight For The Future Of Internet TV
One of the biggest stories of 2011 is what the future of television will look like as service providers, consumer electronics manufacturers and content aggregators all jockey for the prime position in your living room. One company seeking to help consumers "cut the cord" is Seattle-based ivi, an online cable company, and it's been embroiled ...
Watch It Button Will Revolutionize How You Watch Movies
Plexus Entertainment has looked at the Internet and has said, "If there was only a way people could read a review or watch a trailer for a movie and then click a simple button to be notified when and where that movie becomes available on all the formats I want." Welcome to the Beta, my ...
Expect Usage-Based Billing On Web From Cable Providers Soon
I actually wondered if this was something cable providers were chewing on in regards to the increased popularity of Netflix and Hulu. Bloomberg reports that companies like Time Warner Cable, Inc, are considering charging customers for the amount of data they consume. The extra charges would likely make people consider whether they want to spend ...
Online Video Revenue Tripled In 2011
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 put itself everywhere a screen exists and is throwing money ...
Movie Clips Takes YouTube Annotations To The Next Level
Movie Clips has sounded like a good idea since the day I first heard of them. Everyone has their favorite movies, scenes, and lines of dialogue, and often these moments come up in day-to-day conversation. Having a handy video clip makes it easier to watch, share, or discuss with friends and family. But the latest ...
YouTube Looking To Jump From 200,000 To 7 Million YouTube Advertisers
YouTube has 200,000 advertisers per quarter, but with the new original channels beginning in January of next year, they're looking to attract 6 or 7 million YouTube advertisers as they launch around 100 total in 2012. According to this Beet.TV interview with Lucas Watson, YouTube's VP for Global Sales, the ability to advertise around premium ...
Three Key Reasons Why YouTube Has Changed Politics Utterly
YouTube has changed politics utterly and irretrievably in the United States. There are many reasons for this, but a few are a bit more responsible than the others. Let's take a look at three key reasons why the political game in America has been forever altered by the rise and popularity of YouTube. Allen’s Listening ...
Canon C300 Vs RED Scarlet-X
A few nights ago, both Canon and RED announced cameras in the heart of filmmaking land, only 10 blocks apart from each other. Judging from the specs you could easily say that RED blows Canon right out of the water. 4k resolution at 1-25fps, 2k at 60fps and HDR-x technology at a pricepoint that's comparable ...
Adobe Abandons Flash For Mobile Devices
Citing the growth and almost exclusive use of HTML5 on mobile devices, Adobe has decided to discontinue new versions of Flash on mobile devices in the future. After the release of Flash 11.1 for Android and Blackberry PlayBook, Adobe will now focus on HTML5 applications and Adobe AIR for mobile, offering only updates and bug ...
Google TV Gets Adult Video Channel From Vivid Entertainment
Let's all be mature adults about this topic, okay? After all, I think there are some interesting implications for the video industry as a result of this news. What news, you ask? The news that Google TV is getting a dedicated adult video channel from adult video production company Vivid Entertainment, giving existing Vivid subscribers ...
YouTube Documentary Life In A Day On YouTube For Free
I've written quite a lot about Life In A Day over the course of the past year. If you're somehow not familiar with it by name, Life In A Day is the documentary shot by YouTube users, directed and edited by Kevin MacDonald, and produced by Hollywood director Ridley Scott. It played at Sundance, and ...
Justin Bieber Goes To Prison!...Is One Possible Headline If Bill S.978 Gets Passed
Let's face it. We all expect Justin Bieber to go to prison for some reason down the road, because almost every child who experiences success at such an early age tends to find trouble. Former child stars single-handedly created the E! Network back in the 90s, at least that's my perception. The online world braces ...
Netflix Stock Drops 40% In One Day On Heels Of 800,000 Subscriber Loss
Yesterday, Netflix let the world know that they'd lost almost a million subscribers. Today, the shareholders reacted to that news the way that shareholders tend to react to terrible earnings news: they sold the stock. Netflix stock dropped a whopping 37% by only 9:39am Eastern Time this morning, in what Bloomberg says is the single ...
