Not everyone believes that Hulu will file for its much-anticipated IPO next year. As one of his top five predictions for 2011, Metacafe CEO Erick Hachenburg suggests Hulu might not go public after all, but could be acquired by Comcast instead. Read More »
Metacafe is announcing the acquisition of Action Sports, Inc., the defunct web video company whose properties include Go211.com. Fans of Go211′s snow, skate, surf and biking videos will be able to find that content as part of the upcoming Metacafe Sports section. Read More »
More Internet users are tuning in to online video regularly, with half of all viewers watching video online each week, according to a survey conducted by Frank N. Magid Associates. That’s up from 43 percent of users who watched online video weekly the previous year. Read More »
Today on the Net: as traffic at Facebook has grown, so too has the number of unique visitors viewing video on the site; Vevo passes Hulu for unique users in April; and Metacafe raises $5 million in debt to help fund its expansion into new verticals. Read More »
Metacafe has introduced the first of many new verticals that it is building dedicated sites for. Hoping to cash in on consumer interest in Hollywood blockbusters, the new Metacafe Movies site will leverage its existing video library while also providing exclusive premium content to its users. Read More »
Microsoft is pulling back on Soapbox, the UGC site the company launched in 2006, creating another video victim lost in the wake of YouTube’s success. Our initial reaction when reading this news was, “Oh yeah, Soapbox, forgot all about that,” which basically sums up its also-ran… Read More »
Joost Gets 12 New Content Partners; web TV service to get content from Marvel Enterprises, Speed Racer Entertainment, and TOEI Animation, among others. (release) In other content partner news — Metacafe Adds TV Hub; section will be feature clips from television programming from CBS, TBS,… Read More »
Microsoft Mediaroom Brings Virtualization to IPTV; company says the technology can deliver a six-fold reduction in the number of physical servers needed to run a full IPTV service, reaching 30,000 subscriber homes per market using less than 10 servers. (release) Samsung, Bebo and Endemol Find their… Read More »
Independent creators hoping to make a buck off their videos have one less outlet to do so. Metacafe announced yesterday that it will terminate its Producer Rewards Program June 30. In a corporate blog post, Metacafe said: While we have worked to maintain the Producer Rewards program… Read More »
TiVo to Launch Local Commercial Ratings; will provide second-by-second data for programs and ads, service will roll out in as many as 10 markets, depending on client demand. (MediaWeek) Susan Boyle: Approaching 100 Million Views in Total; Visible Measures reports that there are 650 video placements… Read More »
Metacafe has changed the payment conditions of its Producer Rewards program, lowering the the amount paid to video creators by more than half. Read More »
Video sharing site Metacafe is partnering with Microcinema to launch the MetaFest online-offline film festival. Interested filmmakers can submit their works (ten minutes or less) through Metacafe between now and September 10, 2008. The grand prize winner will receive $5,000 cash, and there will be… Read More »
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User-generated advertising contests are a dime a dozen these day, but this one caught our eye for having an especially pricey grand prize: $100,000 and a private consultation with the online video gods of The Lonely Island and Saturday Night Live (Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer… Read More »
The Metacafe founders, who were no longer involved in day-to-day operations of the company, have reportedly cashed out their shares in the company, each taking home a $2.5 million payday. This information comes from the Israeli paper TheMarker, as written up by TechCrunch. Co-founders… Read More »
Some How-To Videos are Making Money; instructional videos on stuff like turning a flashlight into a laser earned Kip Kedersha $102,000 from Metacafe last year. (The New York Times) Hollywood Divided Over Net Neutrality; WGA president testifies before Congress to keep the Internet open, but studios… Read More »
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