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Blip Studios & The Movement Towards Original Video Content Programming: Interview with Steve Woolf

Back in June, Blip.tv launched Blip Studios, getting into the original video content game and positioning themselves to work with brands, talent, and independent producers, where before, they only served as a video hosting and destination site.  With the new launch, they promoted VP of ...

YouTube Celebrity Video Marketing on an Independent Film Budget

The YouTube marketing game can be hard to play. It's still a fairly new way to market and everyone seems to have a different opinion on how it's done. News of videos raking in 1 million+ views has every company dreaming of ways to get ...

Web Video Production Advice for Aspiring Filmmakers - Interview With Demand Media

We caught up with Jay Holzer a few weeks back and he was gracious enough to chat with us for a bit about online video.  He is the Senior Director of Video Production at Demand Media, the publisher of websites like eHow, Cracked, LiveStrong, and ...

AOL Gets Serious About The Power of Online Video Content

I just saw this press release (even though I was done working for the day mostly) about AOL and the creation of AOL Video. I thought, well, that's timely (in that I saw it, not that they've waited so long to get it done).  You ...

Market Yourself As A Consumer Watchdog With Online Video

ReelSEO's Grant Crowell interviews Dan Nessel, Marketing and Research director for PowerSupplements.com, on the special content and marketing opportunity with producing and promoting video online to serve as a consumer advocate and watchdog for one's own industry.

Time for An SMB Video Portal?

One of the big stories from latest comScore Video Metrix press release is the emergence of the TV-show video portal, Hulu. According to Andrew Lipsman, comScore's Director of Industry Analysis, Hulu's rise in the charts speakes to a broader trend of marketing growth with professional-level ...

Dailymotion Ranked As World’s Largest Independent Web Video Site

Dailymotion continues to be the most popular independent web video site globally, with over 38 million unique visitors worldwide, according to global Internet information provider comScore Media Metrix Data (October 2008). In addition, Dailymotion's year to date monthly average of over 36 million unique visitors ...

Will It Blend (for 50 Bucks)? The 'budget Myth' About A Popular Viral Video Campaign

One of the myths with viral video marketing perpetuated by both search marketing pundits and mainstream media is an example they give about a wildly successful viral video campaign, claiming it was done with only chump change, so anyone else with just their own creative ...

Dailymotion Subtitle Capabilities In Multiple Languages

DailyMotion call themselves the world's largest independent video entertainment website (so does Metacafe). However, we have found out that they have just added the ability to put subtitles right into any videos you upload which might propel them into that position. The new feature allows ...

Metacafe Is The Leading Destination for Independent Online Video Content

Metacafe solidified its position as the world's leading independent online video site with 37.1 million unique monthly viewers worldwide and 7.4 million unique monthly viewers in the U.S. during the month of August, as reported in the recently released comScore Media Metrix data. Worldwide, traffic ...

Suffering From Independent Filmmaking Disease?

Do you have symptoms of Indie Filmmaking disease? The American Independent Filmmaking Disease Association reports ten diagnostic criteria for determining the extent of Independent Filmmaking addiction. Here are 3 of those symptoms to help you determine if you have an abusive relationship with independent filmmaking. ...

IFC To Launch Web-Only Video Series Episodes

Again, our predictions for online video in 2008 included a prediction that we would begin to see more and more shows launched exclusively online . Here is the first announcement that follows that prediction: IFC will launch its first Web-only short-form video series, called "Lunchbox," ...

Video - Revver $35 CPM On Select Videos

Revver, the Los Angeles-based video sharing/advertising network, is providing independent content creators up as much as $35 per thousand views of certain videos with strong advertising sponsorship appeal. Some videos get just $3.