Okay… if Viacom is buying Atom Films/Addicting Clips for $200 million (Loaded Pun) I want to sell them CubeBreak.com. CubeBreak traffic has beat Atom in certain periods- with as many as 10K visitors in one day. Okay that happened just once. But it generally averages about 60K visitors a month. So what’s that worth? I’ll…
Google Video is rolling out some new features, including “instant gratification” uploading, and the ability to add comments, tags and ratings. Buried quietly in the “terms and conditions” (which you default accept if you don’t opt out in 5 days) is some language that suggests Google Video is preparing to give amateurs the ability to…
A nice report by “The Upside to Video Uploads” by Business Week. While this segment will undergo consolidation and specialization, a mini dot-com implosion is simply not on the horizon—and especially not for the reasons being cited by some pundits. Predictions about this collapse have focused on two issues: the lack of a business model…
Another online video article by WSJ: “Google to Distribute MTV Clips: Deal for Ad-Backed Videos Could Bolster Revenue, Broaden Viacom’s Reach” by Matthew Karnitschnig. How’d you like to have that last name and have to spell it to people 4 times in a row every single day? The Highlights Google will distribute video programming from…
Here’s an interesting CBS story on viral videos and how marketers are approaching them smartly… and not so smartly. Very well produced piece. Of course I’m biased. My “Annoying Bird” made a cameo (see top middle of the frame- in green).
AOL Video debuts with what “Video on the Web” calls a “Hail Mary Play.” AOL is in DEEP trouble. It’s hemmoraging customers at the rate of 2,000,000 a year. If they keep that up, pretty soon there won’t be an AOL. So what are they gonna do? They’re tapping their video content… Remember it’s AOL-Time…
One of the things that hasn’t sorted itself out in the online video space is the value to an advertiser of the online video view. This depends on many things: What audience is watching the video? It’s hard to slice demographics yet since most sites don’t require that information when you register. A lot of…
This blog was originally founded as a way to help amateur “online video creators” make cash. It’s drifted into a review of the online video industry, advertising implications, and even a source for current popular online viral videos. For this post let’s get back to our roots. Through the sweat, blood and tears of MarquisdeJolie…
If you want a quick crash course on the abscure talent that have become famous from online video, blogs, podcasts and the like… check out this nice WSJ article by John Jurgensen. It’s titled “Moguls of New Media.” Highlights from the piece Christine Dolce, whose MySpace page boasts nearly one million friends — making her…