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In the history of video games, the eighth generation is the next iteration of video game consoles expected to follow the current seventh generation: Microsoft’s Xbox 360, Sony’s PlayStation 3, and Nintendo’s Wii. This includes handheld game units released in a similar timeframe. The Nintendo 3DS was released on March 27, 2011 and Sony’s PlayStation Vita was released on February 22, 2012 in North America.
Nintendo has announced its home console successor, the Wii ...

Viral Video Marketing Round Up – Lessons From This Week’s Viral Video Successes – 1/30/2010

It's time for another Viral Round Up.  This week we had a lot of great videos to choose from.  Let's take a look at some of the videos that went viral in the last seven days, and try to break down what make them successful. ...

Brightroll Launches Behavior Ad Targeting

Good old Tod Sacerdoti (not as in old but as in good old Tod) and the folks at Brightroll are at it again. This time they've improved on an area where many people say is holding online video advertising back and in which it is ...

HD Online - Watch Upload and Share High-Definition Videos

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With the ever expanding acceptance of high definition video it's no wonder that making a list of sites that support it is an ongoing task. So this time around it's my turn to update you on all the latest and greatest places where you can ...

Video Vs Social Media, OR Why I Don’t Trust The Pew Study

You know, if I'm not careful, I'm going to rapidly turn into The Blogger Who Only Talks About Nalts.  Of course, if he'd stop writing so many insightful articles related to the online video space, then maybe I'd be forced to go out and find ...

Paid Video To Overtake Free Video On The Web In 2009?

According to a recent Strategy Analytics webinar, paid video will overtake free video online this year. Digital media analyst Martin Olausson believes that it will top it by about $800 million before the year ends.

Microsoft Focusing On Future of Online Video

Microsoft held their second annual digital showcase last week in New York. On display were several forward-looking concept pieces including online video. "We've made an investment in premium content centered around video," said Senior Director of eastern U.S. sales at Microsoft Advertising Rick Song, when ...

The First Ever "Tweetable" Video Ad - 12seconds Launches The 12'o'mercial

Add a new online video unit to the ranks of pre-rolls, post-rolls and overlays: the 12-second Twitter spot. Video-sharing site 12seconds has launched the "12omercial," a tweetable, embeddable sponsored video ad, with electronics giant *LG* and software startup Xobni as its first paid advertisers. The ...

OmniVideo - The Future of Moving Images - Interview With James McQuivey of Forrester - Part 1

This first part of our interview with James McQuivey includes background on James as well as some insight into his thoughts on the future of online video consumption

Are Gaming Consoles The Future for Online Video Delivery?

According to a new report from TDG, a leading voice regarding the diffusion of broadband video, game consoles such as Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PS3 are evolving into multimedia gateways with legitimate non-gaming media arsenals. Armed with the growing video libraries of Xbox LIVE ...

Interest In Mobile Video Content Has Increased 55% Over 2007

IBM's second global online survey of consumer digital media and entertainment habits revealed that consumers are adopting digital content services -- such as social networking and videos -- on mobile phones and personal computers at an accelerated pace, and it is impacting traditional consumption habits. ...

GridNetworks Launches GridCast TV, A Service for Content Owners To Deliver Internet Video To The TV

Video delivery platform provider GridNetworks today launched GridCast TV, a new service that enables content distributors and owners to stream video directly over the Internet to viewers' TVs. The Internet has given viewers the ability to watch what they want, when they want. GridCast TV ...

What Is Real High-Definition Video? - Online HD Video Overview

High-Definition is the "new" way to watch video, but how do you know if what you're downloading is truly high-definition or not? Well, first we need to look at what HD actually is.

"Advergaming" In The Presidential Race - The Emerging Video SEO Opportunity

For nearly the entire length of the Presidential campaign  neither candidate was doing any notable online video marketing tactics outside of their own YouTube channel. That changed in the past couple of weeks, when "virtual billboards" for Barak Obama starting appearing in popular Xbox 360 games ...

Pinnacle Video Contest Winners Announced

Pinnacle has announced the winners of the "Ultimate Pinnacle Studio Experience" online video contest. The contest was supported by Microsoft and attracted more than a hundred participants. Prizes include Pinnacle Systems and Microsoft products valued at nearly $1,300. Winning video content producers were selected by ...

Video Quality Comparison and Reference Table

Video quality reference table (arranged in order of best to worst): Source/service Codec Resolution Bit-rate Blu-ray H.264 or MPEG2 1920×1080 1080i/p 40 HD DVD H.264 or VC-1 1920×1080 1080i/p 28 ATSC HDTV MPEG2 1920×1080 1080i/p 19.39 Digital cable MPEG2 1920×1080 1080i/p ~ 16 Verizon FiOS ...

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