Online Video Topic - " technology "
Digitalsmiths Lets You Search Inside Video
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June 30, 2009 |
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Digitalsmiths claims to have a so-called ’skin detection algorithm’ that will allow users of the video search engine to search for dialogue, nude scenes and more… How peculiar.
Surf for Videos Using Twitter – Video Search Twitter Bot
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June 24, 2009 |
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VideoSurf, and innovative video search engine that utilizes computer vision technology (facial recognition) to assist with video indexing , has developed a quick and effective way to search for videos directly within Twitter. By combining the Twitter API, bit.ly API, and VideoSurf API, they have created a mashup that makes it simple to search for videos without ever leaving the twitter stream.
C-Level Execs Turn to Web Video for Business Information
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June 19, 2009 |
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Forbes Insights, in association with Google, announced the release of a new study today called, “The Rise of the Digital C-Suite: How Executives Locate and Filter Business Information.” The study is of 354 C-level and top executives at major US companies with annual sales in excess of $1B and is designed to shed insight into how these executives discover and share business information. As one would expect, the findings show that clearly the internet is the major source of information above that or network contacts, trade publications, etc…
Textual information is still king, but online video is growing in importance. Almost 1/4th (24%) of those C-level respondents (vs. 16% non-C-suite) indicated a preference for retrieving business information via video. So, do you want to graduate from a mere top level executive to a C-suite executive? Its simple, watch more online video 
Open Video – What is Open Source Video all about?
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June 19, 2009 |
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As 2009 unfolds, three things about online video become clear:
1.) With over 17 Billion monthly videos watched in the US alone (according to comScore) and steady month-over-month growth, video is here to stay.
2.) Video exhibits classic long-tail distribution — while YouTube remains the dominant player, video is rapidly moving from destination-sites to the rest of the web, and from Media and Entertainment into the enterprise, with millions of sites streaming video as the new mode of communication.
3.) The conversation is shifting from the technological aspects to the value aspects: not how to build a player or convert between formats but, rather, how to foster audience engagement, drive business values, increase collaboration, and monetize these billions of streams.
Watch a Video, Save the Planet
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June 18, 2009 |
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Every once in awhile something crosses my desk (which is currently in Dubrovnik, Croatia) that doesn’t deal with metrics, controversy or anything heavy. This, is one of those times. I got an email from Heidi at Ripple Effect Communication on something she thought I might be interested. She was right, I’m interested.
You Want to Host Your Own Live Online Video Show?
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June 17, 2009 |
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Who doesn’t have dreams of creating their own video show and pushing it out to the masses, getting it picked up by a major media outlet and having it turn into their 15 minutes of fame? Heck, even I do!
Creative Media Agencies and Video SEO – CIMA Interview
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June 17, 2009 |
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This Thursday June 18th I’m covering the Chicago Interactive Marketing Association’s (CIMA) event titled “Creative, Technology, Media, and Analytics.” I recently interviewed several of the scheduled panelists, about their research and opinions on the business direction they see online video taking, agencies’ and marketers’ opportunities and challenges with greater client acceptance of online video into their campaign budgets, and clients’ growing interest and importance of SEO in video campaigns. Listen to the podcast interview below with panelist Elisabeth Bleser of Incognito Digital for extended pre-event coverage.
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Flash Video Obsolete with HTML 5? Open Video Standards
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June 11, 2009 |
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HTML 5 <video> tag – It’s the end of the world as we know it and Flash feels fine? No, probably not. with the prophesied coming of HTML 5 and the video tag, Flash could be on the very short end of a very long stick and the new messiah for online video could take the world by storm. In fact, without some severely significant reasons to continue using it I daresay that it could go the way of the Dodo in regards to online video. I mean seriously. Within a year or so we simply won’t need it (though Microsoft will probably either drag their feet or screw up the IE adoption of HTML 5 so maybe that’s 2-3 years).
Now, let’s not just automatically write off the old bird shall we? I mean it’s got a lot of things going for it, it’s the old flame we want to keep ignited, not just a Flash in the pan. We’ve been through a lot with her and well, some of us love her. Simply put, she’s everywhere. Everyone is using it, almost everyone has the plugin installed, and nearly every internet user has some idea of what it is so even if they don’t have it installed they’re more than happy to install it.
Video Impact, Ad Tracking and More – Interview Tod Sacerdoti of BrightRoll
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June 4, 2009 |
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Brightroll, the video advertising network, recently announced their Video Impact program to track online video campaign impact on retail sales. When the announcement was made I was somewhat skeptical of the validity of the data as they chose Nielsen as the tracking firm. As a result of my skepticism Tod Sacerdoti, CEO of Brightroll, thought that a chat was in order.
Online Video Fastest Growing Media Ever?
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June 1, 2009 |
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Oh ho hoo! Comic book guy from the Simpsons would be so proud of that statement. He would most likely smirk and say Fastest. Media. Ever. (Maybe I need a rant warning here)
Well apparently Trendstream has taken a page from his comic book collection and done the same thing in a recent report stating that online video is the fastest-growing media platform in the history of media. It’s even moving so fast that it’s beat out papyrus and the printing press I guess.
