Video sharing news, tips and information. Coverage of video sharing websites and social video sharing sites. Internet video sharing tips and news for YouTube as well as news about other existing and upcoming video platforms that are designed specifically for uploading and sharing internet video.
We all have video cameras or video-capable mobile phones and that means new ways to see what’s happening in the world. Not only for you but for others as well. We get a eyewitness views of the events as they unfold and now, we can do it through YouTube.
Recently I wrote about a new video discovery service, called Jinni, which I’m still using and enjoying. Now comes a similar and somewhat related new service called PopScreen. PopScreen is a video bookmarking service, not unlike Delicious. But it’s a bit more than that too, combining some elements of discovery and sharing that make it robust and unique.
Vimeo and Doritos are teaming up again this year for the Crash the Super Bowl contest. This time the stakes are even higher with a cool $5 million on the line for the top three spots. Last year two brothers took home the $1 Million prize for the best ad based on Doritos. This year they’ve been hired on at Vimeo to help you win your piece of the prize money. With the top three spots on the ad meter making the cut for cash and prizes it’s bound to be the biggest of the Dorito Crash contests.
YouTube is giving us all some more insight into what’s going on with our videos. They just boosted their analytics tools (YouTube Insight) with three new features including stats on mobile users, subscribers and my favorite – discovery over time.
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 find, watch, upload and share HD video online.
The words ‘viral video’ have become synonymous, mostly incorrectly, with increasing brand awareness, online marketing and online video advertising. Yes, viral video can do all of that, but there might be a better way for you and your company to get the word out instead of the shotgun approach of a viral video.
It seems the deeper you look into Social Media, the more it resonates as the natural evolution of the Internet’s ability to facilitate effective communication and to mimic our everyday lives. While scores of people would still consider themselves neophytes in the online space, many of us have settled into a routine with our Internet experience and no longer see it as something new, pretty, and shiny. It has gone from a novelty all the way to a mainlined utility, like the coffee maker or microwave oven.
Proving that their storage cards can stand up to the pressure of performing when dealing with video, Sandisk has unveiled their “60-second Mobile Phone Video Summer Contest”.
Damn it is hard to keep up with all the changes that Youtube has been launching. This is one that Im certain you will all be thrilled to hear about, because it means more HD.
Got a news source that is already included in Google News? Want to partner with YouTube as a video news supplier? Then you might just be in luck if you’re one of the 25,000 lucky news agencies that have been invited to do so. If not, well then just read on.
In case you thought YouTube Channels 1.0 were shite, they’ve now given us version 2.0 (beta). But really, what’s in a name and version number?
Ok so YouTube is getting ready to release a new version of YouTube channels and they’re quite pleased with themselves overall. Thousands are already using the new Channels 2.0 but they’re continuing to add on to them and this week they’ve added a whole new slew of things including… channel ADS. If you are a Youtube Partner, you will be able to pile on a ‘full range of ads’ on your YouTube Channel. It’s about time!
For those of you that may have missed it, a few weeks back, Conan O’Brien, on his Tonight Show sketch called “In the Year 3000,” predicted that in the future, YouTube, Twitter and Facebook would merge and create “one super time-wasting site called ‘YouTwitFace’.” 1 week later, the folks at Youtube made this prediction a reality with the launch of new functionality that allows users to automatcially “share” new video uploads across FB and Twitter.
