The Association for Downloadable Media, an industry group focusing on podcasting and new media, today unveiled proposed advertising standards for use with downloadable media. The proposed ad units are offered with an eye toward making negotiations smoother between content creators and advertisers. The proposed standards were presented Wednesday morning in an ADM forum at the […]

EQAL, the faux reality show startup of LonelyGirl15 creators Miles Beckett and Greg Goodfried, has raised $5 million in capital to help it produce new shows and international versions of its show: Per Becket & Goodfried: We’ve spent the last year and a half working hard at producing lonelygirl15, launching KateModern, and figuring out a […]

I’m a big fan of Apple TV – but it’s going to be a hard sell unless Apple gets more studios on board and builds up a library of long-tail content. Apple TV & iTunes currently offer less than 1,000 movies  – or about 89,900 less than Netflix: The version of the iTunes Store reachable […]

Today through Thursday, I’m in San Francisco to attend ad:tech, one of a series of conventions focused on advertising and digital marketing. I will be covering the event for Podcasting News, trying to get a sense of what’s happening in downloadable media from the sponsor and advertiser’s point of view. I’m also here to make […]

Online video site Viddler has announced a new plugin for WordPress 2.5 (currently in beta testing) that lets you browse for and embed videos directly from WordPress. Here’s what’s new in this version: Dashboard widget You can now watch, and help promote, our daily featured videos right from within the WordPress administration dashboard. There is […]

If you want to rip DVDs to use on your iPod or iPhone, the free OS X app Instant HandBrake makes it a no-brainer. Instant Handbrake is a stripped down version of HandBrake, a general video ripping tool. Stripping away the extra options makes the app a lot less confusing for casual users. Here’s how […]

comScore has updated its Video Metrics offerings, adding the UK, France, Germany and Canada to its current US offering. Of the five countries currently reported by comScore Video Metrix, online video had the highest reach in Canada, where 19 million viewers viewed a video online in December, representing 89 percent of the total online population […]

Veronica Belmont, former host of Mahalo Daily, has ‘fessed up about her next gig: Most of you guessed that one of my new projects was over at Revision3 as the new co-host of Tekzilla with Patrick Norton. And yes, you are correct! In fact, I was over there yesterday shooting for Friday’s episode. As I’ve […]

Wizzard Media is working together with Adobe to distribute video content from their network through the new Adobe® Media Player. Launched today, the Adobe Media Player is the first application built on Adobe AIR software, a cross operating system application platform that extends rich Internet applications (RIAs) to the desktop. The first installment of video […]

Adobe today announced the immediate availability of Adobe Media Player 1.0 software, a app built on Adobe AIR that could significantly change the world of Internet media. Adobe Media Player is a cross-platform media player that is being distributed by Adobe, but that can also be distributed as a “branded” player by publishers. Major television […]