Topic - Online Video & media
Social Media: Sharing, Theft and the Fine Line
I’ve recently had problems with some of my content being republished (here at ReelSEO and R2 relations) without any request for permission, links back to the site or editing of the content. As far as I’m concerned that constitutes plagiarism as they are taking credit for the content, copyright infringement as they are republishing without a license to do so and just downright theft. So where is the line when it comes to online content and more specifically, online video?
Online Video Tops All but Facebook in Social Media Marketing Usage
Yes, that’s a bold statement, but it’s according to new findings be Equation Research in their 2009 Marketing Industry Trends report which was just recently released. Online video laid some smack down on most other forms of social media marketing in regards to usage.
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Defining ROI for Online Video: A Fluid & Frank Discussion
Mark Portu, CEO of The FeedRoom, looks back at the first 10 years of online video and offers practical advice on achieving ROI
Over the years, we’ve seen Web video evolve from a relatively nascent, one-way mass medium into a popular and far-reaching platform for delivering engaging, online user experiences. Not unlike the Web itself, online video has truly transformed the way that content creators and audiences engage, share, learn and collaborate. No longer viewed as “emerging” technology, tools for creating, managing, distributing and measuring video content have matured to the point that we enter our second decade in a business climate where online video is not only widely accepted, but also expected.
NCC Extends Advertiser Options Through Mixpo Technology
Mixpo is working to extend the reach of cable TV ad campaigns by taking them online and turning them into interactive ads. It seems that advertising is converging faster than television and the Internet are, or is it? Mixpo just signed a deal with NCC that includes regional as well as national campaigns being extended to their [NCC's] websites.
YouTube Brand Channels – The Missing Link
As an independent consultant, I am involved in a number of projects for setting up either partner or brand channels on YouTube. The most frequently asked question I get from brand or content owners is: “How does a YouTube brand channel help me in getting more traffic on my site?“
Although one can argue on the necessity of that requirement in a distributed world, so far, the way Google sells brand channels does not help much in answering that question.
ScreenFlow 2.0 Stream from Mac, Publish to YouTube
Much like Procaster does for a hoard of live streaming, video-blogging, PC users, ScreenFlow 2.0 now gives the gift of video screen capture to the mass of Macheads in the world. The newest version of the screen capturing software gives easy access to YouTube publishing, advanced editing and more.
Google Developing More Dynamic Video Ads with Rockabox
Rummaging around the old Internet I found out that Google is teaming up with Tangozebra founder James booth to boost viewer engagement with video ads. His new company is called Rockabox and it’s helping Google’s DoubleClick to create what’s called Rockabox Shutters format.
eTailers Improve ROI with Video Says Adobe Scene7 White Paper
A new white paper has been released by Adobe Scene7, the rich-media enterprise solution, detailing how eTailers are using Video to better ROi. I got my hands on it and have the juicy details below (albeit in brief of course) along with my thoughts.
Online Ad Effectiveness Rivals TV? Yep!
I just wrote (yesterday) that we need some sort of study of online video ads versus TV ads. Oddly, here’s a study that did almost exactly that. They didn’t focus on video advertising online, unfortunately, but they’re near the mark.
Livestream APIs and Brightcove Integration
Livestream, formerly Mogulus, have released a set of open APIs for the service expanding the ability to integrate it into your online video strategy. Plus the service is also now able to integrate its live streaming with the Brightcove video player.
Google Gets ON2 Video Compression
Google is in the buying mood again it seems as they recently gobbled up ON2 Technologies who create high-quality video compression technology. What’s that mean for the video web? One can never be certain, can one? But we’ll tell you what WE think.
Adobe Gets Serious with Open Source – Opens up that MF
Throw on your disco clothes and get down with Strobe, Adobe’s Open Source Media Framework Initiative (OSMF) which they recently released. What’s it all mean for you? Well, that’s what ReelSEO is here to tell you.
