Among the questions we’ve asked our panel of experts was this one: Which video companies won’t last 2008? Selections from their responses are below. You’ll notice that everyone seems to think somebody‘s going to fail next year, but their chosen sacrifices just happen to be the opposite … Read More »
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Among the questions we’ve asked our panel of experts was this one: Keeping in mind Viacom v. YouTube and potential related legislation, do you expect U.S. copyright policies to change in 2008 and if so, how? Selections from their responses are below. We’d love to hear your … Read More »
Wal-Mart discontinued its video download service on December 21 with little fanfare. Users will be able to keep their purchased movies and television episodes but, as before the shutdown, can’t transfer them to other computers. Reuters was first to report on the news today, nearly … Read More »
Among the questions we’ve asked our panel of experts was this one: Which online video ad format will become dominant in 2008? Selections from their responses are below. We’d love to hear your take on the question or on our panelists’ predictions in the comments. For more … Read More »
Among the questions we’ve asked our panel of experts was this one: Will mobile video still suck in 2008? Selections from their responses are below. We’d love to hear your take on the question or on our panelists’ predictions in the comments. For more information on the … Read More »
Among the questions we’ve asked our panel of experts was this one: Will online video make it into the living room in 2008? Their selected responses are below. We’d love to hear your take on the question or on our panelists’ predictions in the comments. For more … Read More »
You spend all year reading about what we think, so when it came time to look ahead to 2008, we thought it would be nice to hand over the mic. To get the conversation started, we’ve asked a short set of questions about the near-term future … Read More »
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Apple will sell rentals of new 20th Century Fox movies in its iTunes Store, according to unnamed sources of the Financial Times. The deal between Apple and the studio, which is to be announced at Macworld next month, will also reportedly allow for rippable digital … Read More »
Hubbub over Disclosures and Production Values; rant about new media by Cheryl Colan at Hummingcrow draws passionate responses that nearly turn ugly. (original post; Steve Woolf and Zadi Diaz respond; more on the thread on the Yahoo Videoblogging list) Nalts Goes Apeshit over … Read More »
The New York Times just can’t make up its mind on quarterlife. In the course of one week, it’s had four different takes on the web-to-TV series. And yes, we understand the Old Gray Lady has a stable full of staff members with diverse opinions aplenty, … Read More »
DivX, the company that’s gotten its codec compatible with well over 100 million video devices around the world, hasn’t had similar success on the web. So new CEO Kevin Hell is looking past online video to the living room. We spoke with Hell last week … Read More »
Portfolio has a long, awkward profile of Funny or Die, the original comedy site known for Will Ferrell’s involvement, in its January issue. (OK I’m just jealous the writer got to interview Zach Galifianakis and Ed Helms.) Besides rehashing the story of The … Read More »
Today we have the third, yes third parody video we’ve seen this month that rewrites the lyrics of Billy Joel’s We Didn’t Start the Fire to jest about an unrelated topic like technology, news, and now, the stock market. Couldn’t you have at least given Piano … Read More »
Hulu has come a long way from its genesis as a “YouTube killer,” pie-in-the-sky idea earlier this year. But the video site — which features mostly NBC and FOX TV shows in full-length, streamable glory — is still only available to a limited group … Read More »
Hulu has come a long way from its genesis as a “YouTube killer” pie-in-the-sky idea earlier this year. It survived Om’s “NewCo Wreck Watch” to earn a mea culpa and a “brilliant” assessment from our acerbic founder. But the video site — which … Read More »
kyte.tv today announced a $15 million Series B round, part of which we scooped last week and most of which we’ve been reporting on as the company gathered it over the course of the year. Telefonica, Nokia Growth Ventures, DoCoMo, Swisscom, Holtzbrinck Ventures, Draper Fisher … Read More »
2007 was a down year for the online video revolution. Nope, we don’t believe it either, but look at the year-end assessments released today by two influential publications, and you’ll find two compelling attempts to devalue our nascent little industry. Time Magazine, attempting to … Read More »
JibJab‘s third-annual year in review video is out today, recapping the events of 2007 in song and cartoon, all with the company’s typical panache. One small problem, at least for those of us in this little tech bubble, is the video’s choice of soundtrack. … Read More »
Online video service provider Roo Group lost four directors and gained a CEO this week, picking up additional controversy along the way. According to an SEC filing separate from the one disclosing the resignations, the directors — the only members of … Read More »
P2P platform Vuze, nee Azureus, has raised $20 million in a round led by New Enterprise Associates, which was joined by existing investors Redpoint Ventures, Greycroft Partners, BV Capital and Jarl Mohn. As well, NEA venture partner Mike Ramsay, the co-founder and former CEO of … Read More »
If you’re going to bare your soul via a live video stream, what better way to do it than by using your ever-present cell phone to both shoot and send? That is, as long as your camera doesn’t suck and your bandwidth doesn’t blow. … Read More »
Over the weekend we wrote of the death of Alive in Baghdad correspondent Ali Shafeya Al-Moussawi, who was killed at home in Sadr City, Iraq on Friday after sustaining 31 shots to the head and chest. Please see AiB‘s blog and our original … Read More »
We’ve had our nitpicks with the CNN-YouTube debates, but you’ve got to admit it’s pretty cool to see regular Joes and Janes ask high-falutin’ politicians unfiltered questions from the comfort of their own homes. And the format is gathering steam, with everyone from the … Read More »
Ali Shafeya Al-Moussawi, a 22-year-old reporter for web news program Alive in Baghdad, was killed at home in Iraq on Friday. During an Iraqi National Guard raid in his neighborhood of Sadr City, Al-Moussawi was shot 31 times in the chest and head and died … Read More »
Early video hosting and sharing site Ourmedia is joining forces with Outhink Media, a video tools company. Ourmedia, which is tightly integrated with the non-profit Internet Archive, had not gotten official 501(c)3 non-profit status, but it was operating on a volunteer basis … Read More »
A blogger made an offhand mention of CNET having bought Revision3 that’s gaining some steam this morning. However, the story is false; CNET did not acquire Revision3. Revision3 CEO Jim Louderback tells us people are confusing a distribution deal between the two companies … Read More »
While Om was off gallivanting in Paris this week for a conference, I subbed in for him as co-host of the GigaOM Show. I got to pick a guest from my video beat at NewTeeVee, so we brought in Stanley Burrell, a.k.a. MC Hammer, to … Read More »
While Om was off gallivanting in Paris this week for a conference, I subbed in for him as co-host of the GigaOM Show. I got to pick a guest from my video beat at NewTeeVee, so we brought in Stanley Burrell, a.k.a. MC Hammer, to … Read More »
TV ads these days are looking more and more like web ads, incorporating better targeting and analytics, and moving towards a model of charging by the impression or even by a specific response taken by a viewer. The influence seems to be flowing in only one … Read More »
When Facebook introduced its platform earlier this year, iLike CEO Ali Partovi told me his company might not have launched its music recommendation service as a web site if a Facebook app had been an option. It sounded crazy at the time, but is becoming much … Read More »
Want to be the proud winner of a Webby Award for online film & video? There’s just one day left. Submit your entry for consideration in a range of categories, including comedy: long form or series, and public service and activism; craft sub-categories include best … Read More »
Helping people find videos to watch online seems like a good idea — especially considering the success of music recommendation services like Last.fm — but nobody’s had a lot of success with it yet. Mesmo.tv, a startup we covered when it launched and … Read More »
Social network Bebo is launching a platform of its own, albeit one nearly identical to Facebook’s. The company is also working with Google’s OpenSocial interoperability initiative, which may mean its allegiances get tested down the road. Read More »
A video parodying the current attitude in Silicon Valley called Here Comes Another Bubble made the rounds this week, racking up more than 650,000 views on YouTube. We featured the video, made by local a cappella group the Richter Scales, in our “What We’re Watching” … Read More »
Kyte.tv, Justin.tv, Zannel, Seesmic and the like had better watch out: A startup we just heard about is doing live video streaming directly from cell phones. The service, called Qik, is a product of Santa Clara, Calif.-based Visivo Communications. We haven’t yet had a chance … Read More »
YouAreTV, a video community site, has put itself up for sale on eBay. The company claims a fairly weak 19,000 monthly uniques, 56,000 page views and 23,000 view views. With no bids yet, YouAre Media is trying to rustle up press coverage by sending … Read More »
YouTube is expanding its revenue-sharing partner program, the company said today. In the past, the dominant video-sharing site had hand-picked independent content creators for its revenue-sharing trials. YouTube said it will now accept partner applications from users in the U.S. and Canada, but did … Read More »
“To all those saying today is different than the last bubble…well, not anymore,” we wrote when we heard about AGLOCO, a pyramid scheme based on (and founded by some of the same people who worked at) AllAdvantage, which flamed out in 2001 after just … Read More »
When looking to watch online video, U.S. Internet users are more likely to browse than utilize recommendations or search engines, according to a new study commissioned by web personalization service ChoiceStream. But they’re not necessarily happy with their methods, and report frustration finding something to … Read More »
Internet television platform Babelgum has lost another top executive — its CTO, Mallku Caballero. (Thanks for the tip, commenter Rumpelstiltskin.) Caballero, who left the company about a month ago, told paidContent:UK: ”Let’s just say that I did not fully adhere to the vision … Read More »
…unless it makes you sad that it’s not summer. But it’s so catchy! The deets from Next New Networks: “‘Watermelon Nights’ is the 11th episode of the Meth Minute 39 cartoon series. Director Dan Meth takes the animation out into the real world with a full-length … Read More »
One of our regular reads in the online videosphere, The Daily Reel, hasn’t added new content in nearly a month. It’s somewhat strange timing considering the company’s first conference — which was held on Oct. 31 and had a great line-up — seemed to … Read More »
Operator11, a Hollywood-based live streaming startup (our coverage), has had repeated outages recently, as TechCrunch’s John Biggs complained this morning. We contacted company president Jason Mitura, who attributed the outage to “growing pains.” A little reminder that web video is not an easy … Read More »
KateModern may just be the best example so far of integrating original content and a social network. Created and owned by the Lonelygirl15 team, it was conceived to be a part of Bebo, the social network that’s especially popular in the UK (see … Read More »
Buzzwire, a Denver-based mobile video and audio startup, closed $8 million in Series B funding last week. The money came from new investor Sequel Venture Partners and existing investors Matrix Partners and Spark Capital, bringing the total the company has raised to $12 million. Buzzwire … Read More »
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