Get used to prerolls and video-enabled display ads. The UK’s office of the IAB (Internet Advertising Bureau) predicts online-video ads to become the most popular format (source). Today the bureau reports: “Video ads and rich media content are set to overtake more traditional forms of online advertising such as display and banner ads in Australia,…
Check out Tim Schmoyer’s new show with ReelSEO (Mark Robertson) on the subject of online video. I’m biased because I really, really like Tim and Mark… but you’ve got to admit the format is tasty. Rapid-fire delivery of important topics, like YouTube’s changes, TV networks online, and even Blip.tv! And he’s got BLOOPERS! Tim plus…
The latest version of Yahoo Video arguably out-YouTubes YouTube itself. There are just two problems with Yahoo Video, using this Butterfinger Comedy section as an example. First, I’m not a fan of auto-roll videos (especially the jabba the hut neck dude, which hits too close to home). Second, YouTube is still better at customizing videos…
I want to buy one of those cat posters, but couldn’t find one. So I made one from a Flickr creative commons photo (credit). Hang on baby…
Digvijay Singh is an Indian politician who’s litigating against YouTube, Facebook and other sites… issuing “DIRs” according to Times of India. And that’s not a “finite impulse response,” stalkerofnalts. Reports the Times: If the originators of hate mail can be identified Singh would be perfectly within his rights to move cases of defamation, perhaps even…
Finally an interactive, immersive online video ad that doesn’t skimp on the comedy or selling. Patrick Warburton takes us on ‘GOOD REASONS,” an interactive entertainment experience that highlights Honda and takes the viewer on a guided web surf. While the interactivity is limited during the 9 modules, Warburton’s script is clever… he’s seen tapping a…
So you’re a parent making an amateur video, and you don’t have a crew. You want to get the best out of the kids, but you know they’ve got the patience and attention of a fruit fly (a trait they inherited from someone). Here are some tips. In the sample videos, both promotions, my children were generally…