The Weekly Online Video News Round Up - The Future Of Online Video Edition

There's a lot of speculation on the future of online video in this week's round up, on everything from cable to Hollywood to advertising to TV. We also recap all the rest of the week's biggest stories in the world of online video, including news articles, opinion pieces, tips, and more. So if you're as busy as we are, and you missed a few of this week's big online video developments, you've come to the right place to get caught up.

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Reel Stories You Might Have Missed

• Great marketing advice for retailers straight from YouTube. (ReelSEO)
• Social video marketing tips from Domino's social rockstar. (ReelSEO)
• First Hulu wants to sell, then they don't want to sell. Make up your minds already, will you?(ReelSEO)
• Netflix keeps adding more and more great new content licensing deals. (ReelSEO)
• The AOL Editors Room sounds pretty sweet. (ReelSEO)
• Ooyala is getting more social. (ReelSEO)
• Ultraviolet is finally here, and in the future... it could be really awesome. (ReelSEO)
• Is Comcast launching their own IPTV service? (ReelSEO)
• The Reel Web dealt with Steve Jobs' impact on the video industry. (ReelSEO)
• Hollywood is experimenting with streaming movies and could be signaling what the future of digital film distribution looks like. (ReelSEO)
• No more Qwikster, which has been killed off by Netflix before it ever launched. (ReelSEO)
• What do the latest stats on web series viewing suggest about the future of both web series and cable television? (ReelSEO)

Online Video News

• Despite recent content moves, Netflix stock is still pretty much at an all time low. (Video Nuze)
• Verizon is raising FiOS rates. (Streaming Media)
• And yet... some are still projecting very bright futures for Netflix. (Fierce Online Video)
• Is Apple prepping their own cloud-based movie streaming service? (Los Angeles Times)
• Who are the winners and losers in the latest YouTube algorithm change? (Will Video For Food/Nalts)
• Streaming Media's list of the 100 companies that matter most in online video. (Streaming Media)
• Brightroll is expanding into Germany. (Market Wire)
• At the last minute, Universal dropped their wacky plans to stream Tower Heist to home users the same day it opened in theaters. (Fierce Online Video)

Online Video Editorials & Opinions

• Enough about HTML5 already! (Streaming Media)
• The future of TV according to one venture capitalist. (ReelSEO)
• Can Netflix sell U.S. users on foreign programming? (The Hollywood Reporter)
• Why better video usability standards are needed. (ReelSEO)
• Should you go 3D or not? (Streaming Media)
• How to use YouTube Annotations. (ReelSEO)

Gadgets, Tools, Tips, & Software

• How to use royalty-free music to enhance your videos. (ReelSEO)
• The WD TV Live. (Streaming Media)
• Metadata is a pretty important facet of YouTube marketing. (ReelSEO)
• Introducing the Roku LT. (ReelSEO)
• Tips for creating a video blog post. (ReelSEO)

The Lighter Side Of Online Video

• Rock band Incubus has a pretty cool multimedia event/concert coming up. (Streaming Media)
• The best viral videos from the past week. (ReelSEO)
• What's life like inside YouTube? A new web series will show you. (Social Times)
• YouTube's "related videos" got a makeover. (ReelSEO)
• There's about to be a new member in the "billion views club" on YouTube. (Social Times)
• Would you pay to watch an extended Jake & Amir episode from College Humor? (ReelSEO)
• Dragon Age Redemption has arrived. (ReelSEO)