The Associated Press has picked Hulu as its Website of the Year: In the Wild West that is online video, Hulu.com has proven to be a trailblazing answer to how professional content can thrive on the Web. “This is period of great experimentation in regard to media, in regard to online video,” said Hulu chief […]
YouTube has announced two developments: the expansion of their HD player and a test of three new landing pages. Here are the details of the announcement: HD on YouTube Starting today, if you click the “watch in HD” option below any HD-enabled video, the video will automatically play in widescreen – so you can find out […]
P2P distribution for new media seemed like a good idea to a lot of people a few years ago. The idea was that you’d be able to distribute your content over P2P networks and avoid paying a lot of money for bandwidth. Unfortunately for content producers, P2P distribution for new media doesn’t offer any benefits […]
Hide the iPhone! Unplug the WiFi hub! A new survey by Intel has found that 46% of women would rather go without sex for two weeks than give up the Internet for that long. Just when we thought we were getting our sexy back, too. Here are the bare facts: 46% of women would rather go […]
The NFL has launched a new service that could turn out to be a milestone in the development of Internet media, Game Rewind. Game Rewind is a $19.99/season Internet video service that lets you watch every NFL game in HD quality, with no commercials. Game Rewind provides DVR functionality and lets you watch up to four games […]
The San Francisco Chronicle has published their take on the year’s top 10 Web viral videos. They don’t explain their criteria – but it’s an interesting list: Tina Fey As Sarah Palin: Not only was Fey’s impression of the Alaskan governor arguably the seminal pop culture event of the year, it also represented a turning […]
The New York Times takes a look today at some of the people that are making real money on YouTube: Cory Williams, 27, a YouTube producer in California, agrees. Mr. Williams, known as smpfilms on YouTube, has been dreaming up online videos since 2005, and he said his big break came in September 2007 with a music […]
comScore released its latest stats today on online media use. Here are comScore’s top ten video destinations, ranked by numbers (in thousand) of videos viewed: Google Sites – 5,373,783 Fox Interactive Media -Â 519,926 Yahoo! Sites -Â 363,426 Viacom Digital -Â 305,258 Microsoft Sites -Â 286,464 Hulu -Â 235,096 Turner Network -Â 228,024 Disney Online -Â 126,611 AOL LLC -Â 122,580 ESPN -Â 104,724 […]
TechVideoBlog has measured the HD qualities of the various video services now offering HD video sharing, and it looks like YouTube and Facebook are now the leaders. Here are the specs they measured, along with links to example videos: Youtube HD: 1280×720 – 2mbit/s H264 – full framerate – 44hz stereo 254kbit/s AAC audio Facebook […]
We’ve mentioned President-elect Barack Obama‘s use of YouTube previously – but it’s worth noting again that he’s using YouTube in a revolutionary way. In his latest video, he outlines his plan for the immediate future of the United States, focusing on 5 key points: ENERGY: “[W]e will launch a massive effort to make public buildings […]
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