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The Weekly Online Video News Round Up - Future Edition

The future of online video sometimes feels like it's only a day away, as major advancements and changes take place every week. This week's online video news round up has all kinds of stories about the future: imminent moves from YouTube on subscriptions and a ...

The Original Content Wars Have Begun, But They're Bigger Than Hulu Vs. Netflix

For several years consumers have enjoyed streaming premium content services like Hulu, Amazon Prime, Netflix, and others. But as more and more television and film content moves online, the owners of the copyrights (typically studios or production companies) have started to see the potential in ...

Zooey Deschanel's HelloGiggles Picks Up Web Series, The Single Life

Last year, Dentyne Gum sponsored a scripted online dating web series called The Single Life.  Starring Taryn Southern (The Temp Life), Jeremy Searle, and "host" Leslie Miles (Final Destination 5, J Edgar), the show is a fictionalized how-to in online dating, complete with Blind Date-esque ...

Two New Original Content YouTube Channels Focus On Entertainment News

If you're looking for entertainment news on YouTube this year, you'll have a lot of choices.  The latest two original channels, The Young Hollywood Network and ENTV, will be a constant flow of celebrities, news, and Hollywood gossip.  The two new entertainment channels will now ...

Every Brand Will Be A Studio: Philosophical Musings On The Future Of Video

I think I'm going to write an e-book... call it "Drop Out Of College & Learn Video." I had this revelation after an email chain with ReelSEO writer, Chris Atkinson. See, Chris and I are not only co-workers, but we've been friends for more than ...

Warner Bros Extends New Release Window, Makes Consumers Buy Or Wait Two Months

What the hell?! Warner Bros. just revamped deals with Redbox, Blockbuster and Netflix effectively doubling the wait time for them to get new releases. What it really means is, they're making you wait longer and trying to force you to buy discs earlier, it sounds ...

Could Verizon Buy Netflix? Let The Speculation Begin

First Redbox, and now Netflix.  I don't think there's any doubt that the brass at Verizon wants one of these companies to make an easier transition into video streaming, because the rumors keep coming up.  Despite speculation that buying a company like Netflix, worth over ...

The Weekly Online Video News Round Up - The 'Even More YouTube News' Edition

Just over a week ago, YouTube completely and radically changed their layout and overall site design. But if you thought the big changes and announcements were done for a while, you were wrong, because YouTube spent this week pushing out several more changes like a ...

Machinima Receives A Billion Views In A Month

Machinima, one of the top channels on YouTube, just announced they reached over a billion views in the month of November, which is pretty staggering.  Also impressive is that they got 116 million unique visitors last month.  So what is the secret of their success?  ...

Online Video Revenue Tripled In 2011

I don't know if many of you have heard, but online video is kind of a big deal.  If you are a dedicated reader to this site, you might have seen articles that mention this every so often.  We know that YouTube is trying to ...

How To Make A Video Website From Your YouTube Channel - The Reel Web #13

This week we look at the recent news of the online video world and highlight a lot of statistics that have come up regarding online video usage, views, and consumptions. These statistics show that, if you're thinking about getting into online video, now is the ...

The Weekly Online Video News Round Up - Google Plus Edition

Last week saw an unusual amount of big online video news stories. Google Plus integrated YouTube (finally!), and then rolled out Google Plus Pages for businesses and brands--they're also using Google Plus relationships to power video suggestions on the YouTube home page. YouTube announced a ...

YouTube And Disney Partner To Create Original Content

YouTube definitely isn't goofing around when it comes to these new high-wattage channels.  Today, YouTube and Disney announced that they would combine forces to produce original content, a move that benefits both brands.  Disney needs the extra viewers and revenue, and YouTube needs a boost ...

Yahoo Screen Relaunches In Attempt To Become Major Online Video Destination

Yahoo, who changes their mind far more than, well... wants in on the online video deal, again. It almost seems like they got wind of what AOL was planning and said "Ooh! ooh! Us too!" Their on again, off again love affair with online video ...

Netflix To Partner On New Arrested Development Episodes Ahead Of Feature Film?

You know, for all the damage Netflix has done over the last few months to their reputation--not to mention their stock prices and bottom line--they're still making some positive moves in the area of content. AMC's Breaking Bad (seasons 1-3), which is one of my ...