Adobe Abandons Flash For Mobile Devices
Citing the growth and almost exclusive use of HTML5 on mobile devices, Adobe has decided to discontinue new versions of Flash on mobile devices in the future. After the release of Flash 11.1 for Android and Blackberry PlayBook, Adobe will now focus on HTML5 applications and Adobe AIR for mobile, offering only updates and bug ...
The Great Canadian Online Video Advertising Boom is Coming
IAB Canada and Brightroll recently put out their video advertising report for October and it seems that things are heating up for our [America] northern neighbors. It makes sense since Canadians top the world in online video consumption (20.2 hours per viewer per month) and roughly 22.3 million Canadians (90% of Internet users there) are ...
CBS Live Stream of LSU-Alabama Game Breaks College Football Record
As expected, CBS saw the college football record broken for an online/mobile audience during Saturday's LSU-Alabama showdown. Over 200,000 watched the game via the website and CBS Sports Mobile, which considering that the network was seeing numbers "hovering just under six figures" means they more than doubled their greatest online audience. The number is significant ...
Watch The LSU-Alabama Game Online & Help CBS Break A Live Streaming Record
CBS has been pretty awesome in the streaming video racket for awhile now. They offer streams of The Masters and the NCAA Tournament, all in the face of the risk that somehow, they'd lose TV ad dollars from the potential lost audience watching the events online. However, CBS seems to take the opinion, a right ...
The Weekly Online Video News Round Up - Lollipop Edition
Allow me to apologize for the very tardy nature of this online video news round up article. I've been dealing with an unexpected illness, and couldn't get it completed until now. We'll be back on our normal schedule for the article next weekend. Well, last week was yet another big week for online video news, ...
Swampy And Where's My Water?, Popular Disney Game App, to Become A Web Series
Walt Disney has created a ton of memorable characters over the years, but nearly all of them have been on the big screen and TV. Recently, Disney's foray into mobile game apps, "Where's My Water?" has become a huge hit on the iPhone and iPad and briefly knocked the venerable "Angry Birds" off their perch ...
Four Shopper Startups To Watch As Retailers Turn To iPads In Stores
One of the most anticipated books of the year in the Walter Isaacson Steve Jobs biography hits bookstores this week, and that's why the New Media Minute is taking a look at some of the most innovative uses brands are making of iPads in retail stores, such as Sears, Burberry and Puma. In addition, the ...
Mobile Video Ad Impressions Up 35% In One Quarter, According To YuMe
YuMe has released its video advertising metrics report for the third quarter of 2011, so I thought we'd take a look at the findings to see if we can put our finger on the latest online video ad trends. While pre-roll ads continue to be the most used format by advertisers, which is no surprise, ...
“Loving Your Customers Back” With Social Video Marketing
I interviewed Ramon DeLeon, manager of six Domino’s Pizza stores in Chicago, and a frequent vlogger and presenter on social media, on the importance of using social video as a natural and powerful tool for enhancing customer relationships.
Web Series Viewership Continues To Rise, While Cable TV Drops
Blip.tv and Dynamic Logic got together for some research into web series viewing habits, and did some number crunching to see when where and how people are consuming original web series offered at Blip.tv. It also gleaned some information on how the viewers feel about the advertising they encounter.
The Weekly Online Video News Round Up - Web TV Content Edition
This was one of the biggest weeks in history for technology-related news, as the world mourned the passing of Steve Jobs. There were also a huge number of stories with a direct impact on the Internet TV wars, as streaming services added new content and brand new streaming services were created and launched. If you ...
Migrating Your Content To Mobile Online Video Platforms: Tips From AOL Video
Mobile video usage is growing fast among consumers and big video sites like AOL Video are implementing mobile solutions as a result. In part two of our interview with AOL Video's SVP Ran Harnevo, he shares tips with the New Media Minute for how video sites can migrate their videos to mobile platforms as well, ...
Yahoo & ABC Team Up To Deliver News With Web Series Like Newsmakers
With so many people getting news from so many sources, the giants of the medium have begun to lose a lot of their audience. So now, you have giant corporations teaming up to combine their respective viewers into one large audience to be more attractive to advertisers. Yahoo News and ABC News are now teaming ...
More Netflix Customers Use DVD Service Than Streaming, But Streaming Customers Watch More Content
Netflix is clearly putting their hopes for the future on their streaming business. After increasing prices, they also announced they would soon spin off the DVD service into it's own business, called Quickster (still hate that name). But Netflix is still pretty far out ahead of their customers on the move to digital streaming. According ...
The Weekly Online Video News Round Up - Google Plus Stampede Edition
Seems like just a handful of major companies dominated the past week in online video. There were numerous stories and opinions about the public launch of Google Plus. Netflix prompted headlines galore with a huge announcement, and questions continued to surround the possible sale and future of streaming site, Hulu.
