Doug March 12th, 2009
Hulu’s wonderful. That said, you still can’t exactly gather friends ’round the computer monitor to watch shows and movies. But a new social networking component called Hulu Friends takes at least a small step in a community-related direction, allowing users to create profiles, invite other people to sign up, and review and share different clips. This is sure to make watching old episodes of “The A-Team” even more fun.
Admin March 9th, 2009
Is recession and financial fear pushing folks to stay at home and entertain themselves instead of splashing out on a movie and dinner date? Perhaps. Or maybe it’s the inclement weather. Whatever the reason, online video viewing continued to rise in January.
Doug September 5th, 2008
Online television isn’t exactly omnipresent, but it is at least gaining round. A new press release from The Conference Board and TNS claims that “[n]early one-fifth of American households who use the internet watch television broadcasts online, double the viewership from 2006.” Hulu and The WB are already here; look for big companies and advertisers to continue taking advantage of this trend to the best of their abilities.
Doug August 8th, 2008
Users of Blinkx may want to brace themselves for some advertising; the video search site has announced its intention of acquiring MIVA, which “means business” according to a sparse official site. Since the combination of online video and advertising has yet to prove too profitable, this development could either lead the way to a whole lot of changes on more popular sites or simply annoy a few people and then disappear. Hat tip goes to Nathania Johnson.
Doug July 18th, 2008
The few people that use Hulu like it a lot. New and old shows, in high quality and for free – the site is hard to beat. Unfortunately for those would profit off Hulu, Daisy Whitney reports, “only 15% of online Americans have even heard of Hulu.com.” Hulu appears to draw what advertisers view as an admirable audience – young, wealthier-than-average males – but it’s going to have to do something about that 15 percent stat before much else falls into place.
Doug June 20th, 2008
YouTube’s ready to develop beyond a place where people watch short videos of random individuals kicking each other in the crotch. Within the new Screening Room, quality clips made by real filmmakers (and often lasting more than ten minutes) are being put on display. These aren’t the full-length television episodes and Hollywood movies that can be seen elsewhere, but sites like Hulu still might want to watch out.
Doug May 16th, 2008
If you’ve ever put a video on YouTube and wondered about the people who watched it, Google’s trying to answer at least a few questions with its new YouTube Insight tool. Users will be able to look at data related to geographic regions, time, and any video’s overall category to see what they’re doing right and wrong. “As for now, you can find currently available metrics by clicking under the ‘About this Video’ button under ‘My account > Videos, Favorites, Playlists > Manage my Videos,” a post on the YouTube Blog states.
Doug May 9th, 2008
Earlier today, there were rumors that both Google and News Corp might have been bidding for Blinkx, and the company’s stock shot up as a result. Blinkx officials have since said that they aren’t aware of any offers, however, and so things are returning to normal. Still, Blinkx (and the video-sharing space as a whole) will bear watching over the next few weeks.
Doug May 2nd, 2008
A new YouTube player is arriving (for at least some people), and although it’s not revolutionary, some mildly clever revisions have been made. The most significant may be the option (marked by the words “watch in higher quality” or “watch in standard quality”) to change between different versions of videos. Keyboard shortcuts have also been enabled, and there’s a slight visual update, as well.
Doug April 18th, 2008
Maybe you use Blinkx, DailyMotion, or any of the dozen other popular video-sharing sites (including Google’s own YouTube). But Google Video’s been updated, and a few different layout options – along the ability to show what videos have been popular in the past – makes it a little more unique. Also, even if rolling Google Video into YouTube seems like a logical thing to do, the company’s promised to make separate Google Video updates for at least a little while.
Doug March 14th, 2008
There’s little more than pride at stake, but if you want to have a say in which YouTube content creators get recognized for their work, now’s the time to do it. There are six nominees in each category, and twelve categories in all, so you’ll need to set a fair amount of time aside in order to watch everything. Voting will continue through the end of March 19th, with winners being announced on March 21st.
Tim February 29th, 2008
If, when watching people hit each other in the crotch on YouTube, you’ve ever wished it was happening in real time, your dream may soon come true; in an interview with Sarah Meyers, Steve Chen said that he wants live video on YouTube by the end of the year. Official statements – Chen’s comment was made at what looks like a dark and noisy party – have yet to follow.
Doug February 8th, 2008
Although it hardly got off to an auspicious start – something that starts with a “c” and rhymes with “brash” occurred – Yahoo Live, a new real-time video site, has launched. Yahoo’s marking the thing as an experimental release, and there’s no telling what’ll happen if the Microsoft acquisition goes through, but in the meantime, some moderately interesting performances are taking place, and about 1,300 people are tuned in.
Doug January 18th, 2008
Blinkx sure can bring ‘em in – the video-sharing site has signed deals with a whopping 13 content providers. None of them are exactly major studios, but neither are they tiny, and establishing a deal with 13 of anything is an accomplishment in and of itself. Blinkx now claims to have indexed to about 18 million hours of video and audio content.
Tim February 27th, 2007
YouTube to pay for copyrighted music in videos. Google/Youtube have struck a deal with Wind-Up records to share revenue from ads displayed when videos with their label’s music are played. They have not announced how much revenue would be shared or what technology they will be using to filter copyrighted music in videos.
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