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How to Fix Aspect Ratio on Youtube Videos

youtube widescreenLong, long ago, YouTube was 4:3 only. Then the age of widescreen came and so they changed everything to 16:9. This left many videos in a square peg oblong hole situation (as in the video just doesn’t fit the player window properly). So here are a few ways that you can change the aspect ratio on your YouTube videos and NOT have to re-upload.

Slimming Down in a Fat Market – Ooyala Steps up with New Video Player

ooyala logo Slimming Down in a Fat Market   Ooyala Steps up with New Video PlayerLast week, Ooyala, an online video platform that we’ve covered many times in the past, released a completely overhauled, “Slim” new version of their video player. The new player has been aptly named, “Swift” because it is designed to offer improved playback with a faster loading, reduced size player.  This, in addition to several other advanced features, is a major update for Ooyala customers.

FeedRoom and Clearspring Video Sharing for Social Networks

It seems that this is Video on Social Networking Month and no one told us. Today The FeedRoom and Clearspring announced a partnership to create expanded video content distribution and bookmarking on their 4.0 Enterprise Video Platform.

How Websites Around the Globe Leverage Online Video

video globe How Websites Around the Globe Leverage Online Video

Back in March, we published some research which we believe helps to provide some unique insight into how various companies and vertical markets leverage website video content.

Today, we offer up the following research, which takes a look at website video usage for the top 10 web sites in 10 geographic regions across the globe. The top 10 web sites were identified according to Alexa rankings.

IAB VPaid Guidelines – Video Player–Ad Interface Definition Guidelines

Recently the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) has been working hard to set some guidelines for all sorts of online advertising, including now, video advertising and players.

New Research – How Companies & Sectors Use Website Video

VIDEO-BLOOM-LOGOVideoBloom, a video advertising and distribution solutions platform, has created something they call the Video-Enabled Web Index, or VIEW Index.  Essentially, this index provides detailed insight into the ways and extent to which various vertical markets and high-profile companies are utilizing online video on their websites.

IAB Releases New Video Player-Ad Interface Definitions Guidelines – VPAID

The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) today announced the release for public comment of Video Player-Ad Interface Definitions Guidelines (VPAID). Today’s announcement represents another important step in the IAB’s infrastructure initiative that seeks to build a common language for buying, selling, creating and delivering digital video advertising.

Remove Video Title & Ratings Info in YouTube’s Embedded Player

Youtube logoToday, Youtube introduced another small change to the Youtube emdedded player.  Youtube videos that are embedded within pages will now display a prominent title of the video along with the video ratings information at the top of the embedded player.

JW Player & Long Tail Video Platform Overview – The #1 Open Source Video Player

longtail video logoLongtail Video was co-founded by Jeroen “JW” Wijering and started with his incredibly popular open-source JWplayer embeddable media player that has been downloaded more than 7 million times since 2005. In fact, the JWPlayer was the first player used by online video powerhouse YouTube, purchased from Jeroen for $20 Euros. Over the years the JW player has grown, expanded and increased in versatility and usability. It’s even fully skinnable now so you can make it look exactly how you need it to and has a plug-in and modular architecture.

Evenhere Video Overlays Put the Product in Your Hand

evenhere logo 200x52 Evenhere Video Overlays Put the Product in Your HandSo you’re watching some show or video and see something really cool. Your mind begins to wander and you can’t help but think ‘how and where do I get one of those?’ Well that’s exactly where Evenhere.com comes in. Their service allows you to bookmark and buy products that you see on TV, in magazines, on the web or in a video clip immediately.