Topic - Online Video & Joost
Video Ad Networks – Where Should You Place Your Video Ads?
2009 was a massive year for the online video advertising industry as a whole. But some ad networks did far better than others. I’ve compiled the statistics for the last third of 2009 and have some ideas on where you should place your video advertisements online if you want to maximize their visibility.
Update: comScore contacted us and stated that:
The figures for BBE were actually overstated in our system for December 2009.
The charts have been updated.
Joost Reinvents Service as Brandable Video Platform
Joost was what the creators of Skype went on to after it was sold. They’ve recently announced a new focus for the company, mainly they want to be a white box video platform and they’re working toward that goal now.
The new Joost will seek to allow media companies to create a branded video sharing presence for themselves. It seems that Joost wasn’t doing so well as a consumer-facing product, competing directly with YouTube, and so they’ve moved their aim at bigger potential clients. Meanwhile Hulu has taken the lead for high quality broadcast TV video online.
Joost Streams Online Video to Your iPhone – New Joost iPhone App Launched
Joost, the Flash-based, global web video service, today announced the launch of a Joost application for the iPhone and iPod touch. The new free application is available through Apple’s App Store (http://www.apple.com/iphone/appstore/) and enables iPhone and iPod touch users to enjoy thousands of hours of anime, comedy, drama, movies, music, documentaries, sci-fi and sports over their Wi-Fi connections.
Joost Gets Funnier with CollegeHumor Online Videos
CollegeHumor (www.collegehumor.com), the definitive source for irreverent student humor and leading online source of original comedy videos, today announced that it will bring its high-quality CHTV original videos to Joost(TM) (www.joost.com), the world’s first broadcast-quality Internet television service.
2008 & Future Online Video Value Chain Predictions
Every Thursday at AltSearchEngines, they feature posts from Guest Authors from from the search engines themselves. Today, AltSearchEngines posted the following future predictions from Tom Wilde, CEO of EveryZing, the multimedia search and merchandising platform.
