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Video Chat on Facebook with New Bibbil App

I have to admit, it's not the most intuitive name, bibbil. It sounds like a Hobbit that might be related to Bilbo in fact and that doesn't inspire thoughts of gamified video chat in my mind, but hey, what's in a name, right? Anyway, Bibbil ...

Ustream Offers Ad-Free Premium Membership Subscription

If you hate ads and love live streams from Ustream, you can now avoid the first and have all of the second you want with their new premium service, which will cost $3.99. Now your birds, dogs, cats and other live events won't be laced ...

YouTube Opens Door To Creator Institute Sessions With Live Streaming Broadcasts

Did you apply for the YouTube Creator Institute but not get in? The program, which consists of real-live college courses at USC School of Cinematic Arts and Columbia College Chicago taught by video professionals and media experts, had a limited number of spots available--far fewer than ...

Google Drops New Video Services at I/O: Android Movie Rentals & YouTube Live Captions

The tech-blogging community has its hands full with all the big announcements Google made at their I/O event this week. There's a new version of Android rolling out to the Motorola Xoom, there's a new cloud-based music storage system, and there are new happenings with ...

Welcome to Show Business: Are You Sure Your Webcast Plays By the Rules?

Producing webcasts or online video series for marketing purposes can be a dream come true for creative types who love working with like-minded people. If you want to use professional talent or popular music within these webcasts, however, it can quickly turn into a nightmare ...

Al Jazeera’s Streaming Video News Defines Social Democracy

Al Jazeera's, "The Stream," represents the smartest mix of video, social media and broadcast news interactivity to date. Will this become the model for the "new" newsroom? I have seen the future of online Democracy - and it has come from Al Jazeera. Now, I ...

YouTube To Celebrate The Space Shuttle With Live Stream From Space

I just wrote yesterday about how rapidly live streaming video online was gaining in popularity and uses, and now YouTube has announced the most unique live streaming event yet: an interview with Space Shuttle Endeavor astronauts... from space... conducted in celebration of NASA's Space Shuttle ...

Live Streaming Video Is Growing By Leaps & Bounds

Online video is incredibly popular, and owes a good deal of that popularity to its on-demand nature---users can watch what they want, when they want. However, there's a growing market for the exact opposite type of video content: live streaming. Live streaming video is maturing ...

Watch The British Royal Wedding Streaming Live On YouTube

Do you have royal wedding fever? I only ask because all the magazines at the grocery checkout lane suggest that America is pretty fascinated with the upcoming wedding of Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton. Americans and people all over the world are interested in ...

The Week's Best Viral Videos & Marketing Lessons - Explosive Amateur Footage

If I showed you the list of potential videos for this week's round up, you guys would certainly begin to worry about me. I have a problem. I can't stop finding, collecting, and watching online videos. Thankfully, my responsibilities here at ReelSEO allow me to ...

The Online Video Weekly News Reel - Opening Week Edition

Opening week in the MLB has wrapped up and I have to say, MLB.tv is doing a fantastic job so far. I bought a one-month to cover the gap between the beginning of the season and my return to America. Why am I telling you? ...

YouTube Officially Announces Live Streaming Video Service

After months (and years?) of speculation from all kinds of bloggers and media members, we finally have an official answer to the question of whether YouTube will ever get into the live-streaming video game: they will. YouTube today announced YouTube Live, which "will integrate live ...

When Live Streaming Video Goes Viral: A Bald Eagle Case Study

The Truman Show is one of my favorite movies. It examined the possible future where every moment of a man's life might be broadcast on television for the world to see (EdTV, a similarly-premised movie, came out the same year). A few years ago, Justin.tv ...

Time Warner Hits Bump in iPad App Delivery, Pulls Some Channels

Time Warner Cable has an iPad app. Through that app you are able to stream channels that you would have in your cable package if you were one of their 15 million subscribers. However, they took some flak from major studios when they did that ...

Reel Quick Clips: Online Video News Mid-Week Round up

Look, it's Wednesday and I remembered to do the mid-week round up, at mid-week. I know that might not be a major achievement to some of you, but when you're as busy as I am, everything that gets done on time is an achievement. So ...