Brightcove picked up nearly $60 million in investment money, including some from The New York Times Company. According to MediaPost’s “Online Media Daily,” the company intends to use the money to expand offerings to advertisers, grow internationally, and build out its consumer site, Brightcove.com.
Brightcove, according to this insanely well written article, splits ad revenue 50/50 with creators.
Blip does share ad revenue. The program is still in its infancy. Says BlipTV’s Michael Hudack, “Its paypal, quarterly, paid out after we receive the money from the advertiser or advertising partner. We have one partner up and running today and several more launching over the next few months.” Note that you’re not automatically enrolled….
A man was charged for cruelty to animals after he allegedly posted a video on Myspace.com of himself holding the hind legs of a hog as it was bitten by a dog, according to records released Friday. The man said he posted pictures of himself butchering the hog on his Web page and also posted the…
Our friends at ReelSEO revealed the Pew data showing viewer’s surprising willingness to pay for online-video content. Until recently, I’ve been nervous about the notion of any subscription or pay-per-view model because it’s likely a “deal killer” for most viewers watching amateur creators. Sure I’ll pay to license/buy The Guild or Dr. Horrible, but less so for…
[NOTE- THIS POST IS OLD. FOR THE MOST RECENT VERSION OF THE BOOK, SEE THIS POST] On Friday I’m releasing a free eBook titled “How to Become Popular on YouTube Without Any Talent.” I won’t make any money for each copy downloaded, but I’ll make it up in volume. Below is a draft that still…
Jason Glickman, an Internet advertising veteran with expertise in emerging interactive technologies, was a little late to predict 2007. So the CEO of Tremor Media decided to predict online video for 2008. Read his predictions in MediaPost’s Online Video Insider. Here are his predictions with my commentary: 1. Video goes vertical. Surely vertical sites (specialized…
We spend more time watching online videos than having sex.
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Now if only they’d make the uploader/toolkit simpler to use. I suspect it’s designed to discourage amateurs from uploading content. Maybe I should give it a second look. Anything that asks you to generate your own thumbnails (hello, Current.tv) is asking for a punch in the chops…
Oh you’re so right. That “submit your own thumbnail” is RIDICULOUS. First it’s a pain. Second it’s a great way to facilitate bait & switch (I’ll use a thumbnail of Paris Hilton to attract eyes.
I like Metacafe’s approach of letting you select one. I hate that I have to design my YouTube videos so the center frame is representative. It makes editing a pain and it requires math.
Yeah, I found the uploader discouraging. AND the note that revenue sharing is a FUTURE feature. I found that discouraging, too. Are they sharing NOW? I still won’t upload. Not until they take the rocket science out of the process.
But, the good thing about making your own thumbnail is that you control what it will look like. Metacafe is next best since it will continue to give you more thumbnail choices, if you keep asking for them.
I agree the BrightCove uploader is not designed for the quick viral video, but where it shines is when you are building a channel with many videos. You group videos into a lineup and then group lineups into one of their multi-liineup player templates.
if only i could have 1million, i would be set for life