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YouTube Captions Underwhelms

ByNalts

In one of its most underwhelming functionality changes in the past decade, YouTube now offers captions. Qui donne une merde? You’ll need to look for it by clicking the arrow button and selecting “captions” but it probably won’t exist in your language. That’s because the creator has to use special software and can only translate…

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Google Blinks, and Blinkx Tops Video Content

ByNalts

Video Search engine blinkx.tv has surpassed Yahoo and Google, reaching 4,000,000 hours of searchable video content to become the web's largest video search engine. Spidering free content from the web, blinkx partners with content publishers in order to access repositories and archives that cover the broadest spectrum of interest. blinkx's over 80 content partners include…

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Politics and Viral: McCain and Obama Music Video Parodies

ByNalts

This is the year where viral video will, no doubt, shape the election. And while this blog cannot possibly keep up on the political satire that’s overtaking YouTube, this one felt worth a mention. Barack Obama’s speech inspired this music video featuring Black Eyed Peas. It’s called “Yes We Can.” That spawned Election08 (comedians in…

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WATCH The Future of Web-TV Emerge Before Your Eyes

ByNalts

It took hours, but I’ve compiled the definitive Twitter list of those hungry for web-tv and online video. In once click, you can follow reporters, CEOs, new-media gurus, events, groups, authors, techies, potentially some annoying vendors, select creators, speakers, experts… and, well, even me. It is, dear reader and confident, “The Coalition of the Willing”…

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AdAge Celebrates YouTube Sellouts

ByNalts

AdAge called out the biggest YouTube sellouts— those known for sponsored videos for top brands. Naturally my headline would have read “YouTube’s Most Prolific Sponsored Artists” had I been included in the list. For those of you whose nipples don’t get pointy when you hear words like “advertising, marketing, Mad Men, spot, creative brief, storyboards,…

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Virally Funny VW “Fast” Campaign

ByNalts

Jim Meskiman (comedian and voice of JibJab) sent the following e-mail out today. This campaign rivals the Sasquatch Link’s Beef Jerkey campaign It’s just plain refreshing to watch advertising that’s entertaining. And as our television habits shift and we take control of our advertising consumption, it’s the viral video pieces that will break into our…