So there's a lot of debate as to whether this is a hoax or not, but you decide for yourself. It convinced me. Here, friends, is one of the most viral clips of the past month or so. Jimmy Kimmel Getting Bitten by a Snake. For higher resolution but slower performance, check out the same…
What's the tolerance for ads before online videos? I kinda like the Office Pirates model of one 15-second ad before every third video. Obviously we'd all like to watch our videos without ads, but then we'd have to pay for them or the companies would go the route of www.Chapter11TV.com. On the continuum, iFilm is…
This post's headline is from eMarketer, which did a story covering the Comscore Networks report about growth in online videos. Not a lot of new information, but some perty charts. And if you're lucky you might find an ad from a new Pointroll video banner.
A new site is helping video bloggers (vloggers) get funding for their projects. Below is a the description from the site, and here's a writeup by DVGuru on the initiative: "Have Money Will Vlog." Traditional artists can apply for grants to make their work. Have Money Will Vlog supports videobloggers trying to do the amazing….
As web videos and television videos lose their distinction, we're obviously going to see some online videos that are series. Here's the first I've uncovered. It's called "Soup of the Day" and highlights the life of Brandon Craig, a 28-year-old freelance photographer that is dating three attractive women. To understand the series, you need to…
We like our dancing videos online. In the past 6 months more than 5 million people have watched Napolean Dynamite's Dance Scene on YouTube. That makes it one of the top 10 most watched videos on the web. But nothing tops "The Evolution of Dance" by Justin Laipply. In one month, he's been seen nearly…
This is pretty interesting stuff… a summary of the week's news about advertising and gadgets. It's like this guy was creating a news summary based on my interests. I love the fragmentation of media!
At last Hitwise does a public ranking of the online video sites. I use Hitwise in my day job (the company track about 25 million Americans web habits by buying ISP data). However I can't release any of the rankings. Now it's public! Some highlights & observations: YouTube is obviously number one- with 42% market…
I read recently that some fast-food companies are consolidating their order taking into call centers. So the next time you're in a drive thru it's possible that the person taking your order is in another state or country. Then they wire the order to your local fast-food joint. This is supposed to reduce errors, but…
Remember when FLASHY banners were hot? I used to have a pack of post-its that I'd tape over the banner so I could read without distraction. Time to buy 3M stock. About.com recently announced it will use Brightcove to stream online videos on its site. Here's what you can expect: "Nearly all of these video…