Topic - Online Video & hosting
Web Video Hosting Platforms Comparison Tool – VidCompare
I know that many of our readers are fans of using YouTube as a video hosting platform. While I completely agree that almost everyone should leverage YouTube itself for its massive audience, and while there are clearly some benefits to using YouTube, (mainly – it is free) there are reasons why a business may choose a custom video platform solution for their own website (player customization and content rights to name a few).
Encoding.com Heads to RackSpace’s Cloud
In the ‘Get Offa My Cloud’ Department, Encoding.com has decided to head over to RackSpace and use their cloud computing to power its software as a service video encoding.
Vimeo to Launch Support for 1080p Full HD Video
The pipes that form the backbone of the information superhighway are about to get a bit less empty. After a lively forum post on Vimeo about 1080p support, Vimeo has decided that they will begin accepting and hosting 1080p video. What’s that mean for you?
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 we go:
Web Video Hosting is a Maturing Market – Episodic Interview
At Streaming Media West 2009, I spoke with Noam Lovinsky, CEO and Founder of Episodic, which recently launched as an online video platform in a crowded market for both live and on-demand content. The San Francisco, California-based company has been around for two years but has kept relatively quiet in stealth mode building the platform.
Is an Open Source Online Video Platform Right for You?
I Interview with Ron Yekutiel, Chair, Co-Founder & CEO of Kaltura, and he gave his best sales pitch on why he says you should do an open-source online video platform (particularly theirs, of course.;-) But is an open-source video platform solution what you need, or for that matter, is it something that you can actually handle? Read-on…
Internet Video Publishing Advice, Best Practices and Tips
Last month, I had the pleasure of speaking on several panels at PubCon 2009, an industry trade show put on by WebMasterWorld that is programmed specifically for web professionals and website site owners. My favorite, was a session titled, ”Best Practices for Video Creation, Integration and Marketing”
Benjamin Wayne of Fliqz on the Importance of Video SEO
Online video solutions provider Fliqz has just launched a new search engine optimization service for its customers along with a whitepaper all about hosted video SEO. We caught up with Benjamin Wayne, the CEO of Fliqz, at the Online Video Platform Summit and asked him to talk a bit about their new focus on video SEO.
How to Customize YouTube Player Embeds – Tips & Tricks
Last month, I spoke on several panels at the PubCon conference about online video. In one session, titled, “Best Practices for Video Creation, Integration & Marketing,” I focused my presentation on how to best integrate online video in a website. There was a lot of information covered in my presentation, but one of the slides that I noticed people furiously jotting notes about, was my slide with tips for customizing the embed code for YouTube Videos.
Video Hosting Platform Finds Success with Video SEO
Online video hosting platform provider Fliqz has tasted the sweet, sweet taste of video SEO and has launched a free whitepaper (see below) and a new service for it’s customers. Fliqz is calling this new video SEO service “SearchSuccess”, and it’s aimed at helping drive more traffic to the customer’s video landing pages instead of merely generating views and rankings through distribution and syndication strategies.
YouTube Beefs up Partner Video Blocking Ability
It is making the rounds on the webosphere that 
YouTube has implemented two new buttons on the partner interface that pertain to blocking of videos.
What to Consider when Shopping for an Online Video Platform
These days the pickins are abundant in the online video platform space, with over 60 pure-play, on-demand online video platform providers (OVPs) offering businesses top-to-bottom video solutions including content ingestion of any format, encoding to multiple formats, storage, content management, monetization, analytics, and playback in customized video players that match and perpetuate your brand via viral features such as email, embed code, permalinks, and posting to your favorite social site.
