Video Platforms & Solutions

Information about online video hosting platforms and video streaming platforms (OVP) and online video companies. Coverage of the business of online video, video platform startups, and other internet video platforms. Ongoing industry coverage of the video hosing providers, video CMS platforms, video advertising platforms, internet sharing platforms and other video platforms dedicated to publishing and monetizing web video.

How to Use Video to Improve Conversions, Reduce Returns & Increase Profits

When you prepared your marketing budget for the current fiscal year, no doubt it was shaped by your objectives to drive traffic and convert those visits to sales.  These traffic driving activities can be costly if you are not converting so it’s essential that your website is engaging. In order to ensure strong returns on ...

Is YouTube's Piracy Problem Holding Up Movie Rental Deals With Studios?

The latest rumors coming out of The Wrap suggest that YouTube's new movie rental service (one of the worst-kept secrets of the web) is being held up by two or three Hollywood studios that have yet to ink a deal with the video giant. The studios in question are Fox, Paramount, & Disney. Their reasons ...

YouTube to Launch Major New Movies-On-Demand Service?

There are rumors swirling that YouTube is about to roll out a new movie streaming service sometime this week. Media outlets such as Engadget and PaidContent are quoting The Wrap, which claims to have insider sources---anonymous, of course---suggesting that the video giant has finally wrapped up deals with all the major Hollywood studios, and could begin ...

After User Backlash, Google Video Gets Temporary Reprieve

Last week Google announced that they were shutting down Google Video and that users had until April 29th (this coming Friday) to download their content if they wanted to keep it. I think I joked to Mark at the time, that, "if there are any Google Video users left, they might want to know about ...

Is Apple Building Their Own YouTube Competitor (iVideo)?

Steve Rosenbaum, the CEO of Magnify.net and the author of Curation Nation, has an interesting editorial piece over at The Huffington Post today where he suggests an intriguing new service might be in the works at Apple: a YouTube killer. He cites several pieces of evidence and recent Apple news that he uses to draw ...

Google Video To Close, All Videos To Be Removed By Mid-May

In a move that should surprise no one, Google Video hosting is sailing off into the sunset. In a way, it was inevitable. Ever since Google purchased YouTube back in 2006, they haven't really had much need or reason to give attention to Google Video--and users never quite took to it the way the search ...

Who is JW? A Documentary of an Online Video Superhero

Jeroen "JW" Wijering is an online video pioneer, Chief Digital Architect of LongTail Video and the creator of the Internet's most popular and ubiquitous media players, the JW Players, which have generated millions of downloads since their launch in 2005.

Vimeo Finally Launches iPhone App & It's Totally Worth The Wait

Vimeo has been working on an iPhone app for a long time, determined to make it as good as possible. And from the sound of it, they've succeeded, which means the wait has been worth it. Today Vimeo has released a free iPhone app that allows users to watch Vimeo clips on their phone. More ...

Vid.ly Universal Video URL Service Goes Public Beta

A while back I wrote about the new vid.ly service from Encoding.com. Well they have been working on it for some time now and today it's ready to throw open its doors and welcome in the public for the rest of the beta period. Vid.ly, a new automatic transcoding, universal URL service from Encoding.com is ...

JW Player 5.5 Gets HTML5 Javascript Plugin Support, HTML5-Specific Configuration

Longtail Video announced that JW Player 5.5 is available and features a whole new set of features specifically for HTML5 including a new JavaScript plugin model, and mode-specific configuration options. That now means you should be able to embed once and cover a wide range of devices and be ready for the future, when HTML5 ...

Sorenson 360 v3: Video Sitemaps, WebM, and Facebook Tools

Sorenson Media today announced a series of robust new features within the Sorenson 360 online video platform "version 3", which they say will provide their customers with increased flexibility and customizability to improve delivery of dynamic video content across the Web, along with integrating new Video SEO and social media tools.

The Pros and Cons of YouTube Video for Your Website

YouTube is most popular free technology platform and user-generated content site for hosting, sharing, and marketing video today. But is YouTube the right solution for a company’s website video? Let’s weigh the pros and cons based on the needs of companies serious about having a professional video platform to promote their business. How YouTube Became ...

Leanin Sees Interest Rise With Awesome In-Video Facebook Social Integration

LeanIn, which I have mentioned a few times in recent weeks, is seeing a rise in adoption of its service. What is LeanIn you ask? LeanIn is a revolutionary new way for viewers of TV and online video to interact with and discover content that is relevant to them. It incorporates all of the latest ...

Why a Professional Web Site Video Experience is Crucial for Business Marketing

After you spent the time and money on producing quality video for your Website, you need to also consider what’s the best way to have that video have the best presentation and user experience possible? In this post I outline those companies and business models which I think have an especially large stake in taking ...

Another Video One Bites the Dust, VBrick Acquires Fliqz

News of more consolidation within the online video platform space came earlier this week with the announcement that Emeryville, CA-based Fliqz has been acquired by enterprise IP video pioneer VBrick. In a press release issued on Tuesday, Wallingford, Conn.-based VBrick announced that it has acquired the assets of Fliqz, and will merge Fliqz's SaaS-based online ...