Internet TV

YouTube Intros Video Analytics Tool

Mar 27th, 2008 | By | Category: General, Internet TV, Streaming Video

YouTube has introduced a new analytics tool to provide YouTube publishers on how their videos are being viewed. Today we’re releasing YouTube Insight, a free tool that enables anyone with a YouTube account to view detailed statistics about the videos that they upload to the site. For example, uploaders can see how often their videos […]



PrimeTimeRewind.TV Launches

Mar 19th, 2008 | By | Category: Internet TV, Streaming Video, Video

Entrepreneur, podcaster and blogger Jeff Pulver has announced that his latest venture, PrimeTimeRewind.tv, is now live. The site is intended to be a sort of TV Guide for Internet television, with a social media twist. “We would like to put you one-click away from watching your show,” according to Pulver. “Prime Time Rewind also allows […]



iPhone Users 30 Times More Likely To Watch YouTube Videos

Mar 19th, 2008 | By | Category: Internet TV, iPhone, iPods & Portable Media Players

Based on the latest stats from M:Metrics, the iPhone is delivering on its hype, radically changing what people are doing with the mobile Web. Check out some of these figures: The iPhone is already the most popular device for accessing news and information on the mobile Web, with 85 percent of iPhone users accessing news […]



TiVo Adds Podcasting Support; Still Too Complicated

Mar 18th, 2008 | By | Category: Digital Video Downloads, General, Internet TV, Podcasting Hardware, Podcasting Services

TiVo today introduced version 2.6 of TiVo Desktop for Windows, adding deeper support for Web videos and podcasts. Features include: You can now transfer all your downloaded Web Video from your PC to your TiVo DVR so you can watch them on your TV. Automatic conversions of your TiVoToGo transfers to support portable devices that […]



Gap Between Advertisers & Audience Growing

Mar 17th, 2008 | By | Category: Internet TV, Making Money with Podcasts

We’ve noted before that bad advertising is holding back the development of Internet television. Advertisers aren’t sure where to advertise on the Internet, how to advertise in new media or how to measure their success, and they’re spending their money on old media as a result, even though they know traditional advertising is becoming less […]



YouTube Captures One Third Of Internet Video Audience

Mar 14th, 2008 | By | Category: Internet TV, Streaming Video, Video

One-third of all Internet videos watched in the US were on YouTube, according to the latest research from comScore. January 2008 data shows that YouTube.com accounted for one-third of the 9.8 billion videos viewed online in the U.S. during the month. The total number of videos viewed in January was down slightly from the more […]



Internet Video Viewing To Grow 43% This Year

Mar 14th, 2008 | By | Category: Internet TV, Podcasting Research, Podcasting Statistics

Internet video viewing will grow massively this year, according to research from Accustream. Professional and “user-generated video” (UGV) views are expected to grow by 43.4% in 2008, following a 57.6% increase in 2007. Other highlights of the research: Partner Channels on YouTube, for example, accounted for a 10.6% share of total video views in 2006 […]



YouTube Turning Itself Into An Internet Video Platform

Mar 12th, 2008 | By | Category: Internet TV, Podcasting Services, Streaming Video, Video

YouTube today announced new features that turn YouTube into a platform for Internet video development: We now provide a complete set of (CRUD) capabilities for uploading, managing, searching, and playing back user videos and metadata from the YouTube “cloud,” managed by us. We do all of the hard work of transcoding and hosting and streaming […]



NAB Podcasting Summit

Mar 11th, 2008 | By | Category: Internet TV

If you’re going to the NAB Show, you may want to check out the schedule for their Podcasting Summit. The Summit offers a 1-day boot camp, plus two days of additional training covering everything from planning to production through encoding, distribution and legal issues.



Hulu Launches Free Internet Television Service

Mar 11th, 2008 | By | Category: Internet TV, Streaming Video, Video

Internet video site Hulu launches today, offering full-length episodes of more than 250 TV series, including Lost and The Simpsons, along with older hits like Buffy the Vampire Slayer. In addition, Hulu will feature content from the Warner Bros Television Group, Lionsgate and from sports leagues. According to the company, it has already attracted over […]