Google Buys Episodic - You Down With O.V.P.? Yeah You Know Me!
It was big news yesterday for Noam Lovinsky, CEO and Co-founder of Episodic, with the announcement that his company has been acquired by Google. Following a day of April Fool's Day jokes, that included Brightcove had acquired Ooyala – this deal is no joke, and was actually being signed yesterday.
Professional Web Video Content Up Almost 20% In 2009
AccuStream Research says that there was nearly a 20% jump in "professionally produced, hosted or syndicated online media and entertainment video views". So either we're all going pro or the pros have come to see the value in it.
YouTube Movie Rentals In The Works
YouTube recently announced that they would be testing a video rental service via their site. As a "Beta Test," they've partnered with Sundance Film Festival and have five films available. It seems they will be available for rent until the end of the month.
11 Predictions for The Online Video Industry In 2010
Everyone is giving their predictions for the Internet marketing and online video space in 2010 and I thought I'd better jump on the bandwagon with my 2 cents... Granted, I certainly have some more insightful predictions that I could provide but I figured it's New Year's Eve and we should all be relaxing... So, here ...
Video SEO Vs. Traditional SEO, Misconceptions and Opinion
A few weeks back, I was asked by Jeff Boudier, VP Business Development for Stupeflix, if I would be willing to answer a few questions about Video SEO for their blog. You can view the whole interview here, but I thought that I would like to provide a few of my thoughts to ReelSEO readers. Id love to know your ...
Internet Video Publishing Advice, Best Practices and Tips
Last month, I had the pleasure of speaking on several panels at PubCon 2009, an industry trade show put on by WebMasterWorld that is programmed specifically for web professionals and website site owners. My favorite, was a session titled, "Best Practices for Video Creation, Integration and Marketing"
EveryZing Moves To RAMP Focus On Content Optimization
Yesterday, EveryZing, a company that we have profiled in the past, has re-branded themselves as RAMP.com. They made a name for themselves by helping companies optimize their video content for search discovery through speech to text recognition technology and they are now moving beyond video
Sorenson Squeeze 6 – Total Video Workflow Solution?
ReelSEO's Grant Crowell interviews Sorenson Media's CEO and President Peter Csathy, on the launch of their Squeeze 6 software, and why they’re billing this update as the “first total video workflow solution" for businesses. (Listen to Grant's podcast with a review of the software.)
What To Consider When Shopping for An Online Video Platform
These days the pickins are abundant in the online video platform space, with over 60 pure-play, on-demand online video platform providers (OVPs) offering businesses top-to-bottom video solutions including content ingestion of any format, encoding to multiple formats, storage, content management, monetization, analytics, and playback in customized video players that match and perpetuate your brand via ...
YouTube Expands Insights With Audience Break Down
YouTube really wants you to have the information you need to be successful and so they are giving away some interesting information in Insights for Audience.
Video Delivery Network – Sorenson 360 (Part 2)
A few weeks back, I had the pleasure of speaking with Eric Quanstrom, VP of Marketing for Sorenson Media about their online video delivery network, Sorenson 360. In part 1 of my interview, I asked Eric about what their company believes are the essentials for any business to have in mind when selecting a video ...
Online Video and Brand Guidelines – Challenges and Tips
In this podcast episode, I discuss my experiences with companies’ brand standards policies, and how video marketers can understand and follow them (as well as protect themselves) when producing, publishing and promoting video online for business.
List of Online Video Platform APIs
As most of you know, an online video platform provides companies with video hosting and delivery services among various other features and functionality that can vary (analytics, ad networks, HD support, etc...). Many of these online video platforms (and there are just too many right now in my opinion but that is another post entirely) offer ...
The M&M Show - Mediaite and Magnify Do Video Together
Magnify.net is a white label video platform, and they're growing. Pulling in big names like The Weather Channel, Bicycling and New York Magazine has shown they certainly have something to offer. Now, they've scored another hit.
Microsoft Wants You To Use Their Stuff To Stream HD
We all know that Flash rules the roost when it comes to online video. We also know that HTML 5 could put a serious dent in that dominance. Now Microsoft is trying to do the same but in the HD streaming category with their upcoming IIS and Silverlight.
