Technology research and consulting firm Yankee Group today unveiled U.S. survey results that suggest that Internet video will be a standout in 2009, amidst other faltering media options. According to Yankee Group, consumers are spending 11 percent more time online than watching TV, and Internet video is emerging as “the key platform for the delivery […]

Google has announced YouTube For Televison – its initiative to bring Internet TV to your living room – is now available on Sony PS3 & Nintendo Wii game consoles: Currently in beta, the TV Website offers a dynamic, lean-back, 10-foot television viewing experience through a streamlined interface that enables you to discover, watch and share […]

Adult use of social networking sites has more than quadrupled in the past four years – from 8% in 2005 to 35% now – according to a report by Pew Internet. Highlights of the research report: While media coverage and policy attention focus heavily on how children and young adults use social network sites, adults […]

Micro Persuasion’s Steve Rubel says, even in the day of new media, text is still king on the Internet.  He offers five reasons why: It’s scannable – according to Jakob Nielsen users have time to read at most 28% of the words during an average site visit and 20% is more likely Three letters: SEO […]

The Linux Foundation (LF) is now accepting 60-second video entries for its I’m Linux contest, which spoofs recent Apple and Microsoft commercials. Prizes include a trip to Tokyo to participate in the Linux Foundation Japan Linux Symposium.  Here’s the scoop: If you’ve been alive and aware of mass media over the last twelve months, you’ve […]

Kaltura has updated its All in One Video Pack plugin for WordPress.  Kaltura’s plugin is designed to offer all the functions you might need for video and rich-media, including the ability to upload/record/import videos directly to your post, edit and remix content with an online video editor, enable video responses, manage and track your video content, […]

YouTube announced today a new project, in collaboration with the US Congress, to bring government videos to the video sharing site: Two new channels were announced: The Senate Hub The House Hub “These YouTube channels have the potential to make Congress more transparent and accessible than ever before,” sccording to YouTube’s Steve Grove, “but only […]

Would you like to know a simple way to make your Internet videos rank higher than 80% of all the videos published? Research firm Forrester has taken a look at the state of search engine optimization of Internet videos, and have found that less than 20% of marketers insert keywords into the filenames of the […]

Wine Library TV’s Gary Vaynerchuk has a great story to tell about getting your site hacked and dealing with bad publicity in real time. Do you think a large corporation can react like this – in “new media time”? via TechCrunch

comScore today released November 2008 data from the comScore Video Metrix service showing that U.S. Internet users viewed 12.7 billion online videos during the month, representing an increase of 34 percent versus year ago. 77% of all Americans on the Internet watch online video, an average of 273 minutes per person for the month. Other notable findings: 97 […]