Topic - Online Video & subscription service
Hulu Beta Tests Subscriptions Model, Good Idea/ Bad Idea?
It’s been reported that Hulu is currently beta testing a paid subscription service. But what implications does that have for the site, video advertising and the industry in general?
Mobile Video & Mobile TV to Soar Over the Next 5 Years
According to research recently released in a new report from Pyramid Research, titled “Mobile Video Services: A Five-Year Global Market Forecast,” mobile video usage will rise at a compound annual growth rate of 28% over the next 5 years. By 2014, more than 500 million users worldwide will subscribe to mobile video services, equal to 8.5% of all mobile subscription services.
Online Video Advertising Industry Report For Q4 2008
As all of us in the online video arena have experienced, the online video market is one that seems to look better and better each day. Online video marketing has been touted as one of the most effective methods of interactive marketing and is expected to continue its momentum despite the current economic climate and recession.
A few weeks back, the online video ad network, Liverail, published a new, comprehensive report and overview of the online video advertising market throughout the fourth quarter of 2008 titled, “State of the Industry – Q4 2008 Review of Online Video Advertising.”
Amazon Unbox Survey Hints at High-Definition Rentals
Amazon’s Unbox service might finally get some High-Definition video action. The screencap below is from a survey sent out to their customer panel. If you notice, it mentions $4.99 as the proposed rental price; this is the same price that itunes charges. I think it would be wise given some of the negative feedback I have heard about itunes pricing to try an offering that is less expense, but none-the-less. It seems that all online video services will have to move to HD in order to survive. That certainly was one of our online video predictions for this year and we have seen many announcement’s that reflect this transition to HD.
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New Video Monitoring Service Automatically Searches Consumer Video Sharing Sites Each Day for Video Clips about Companies or Brands; Free Trial Offered
