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The Mad Search for the Most Popular Videos

ByNalts

I’ve noticed that my most popular posts are not my deepest thoughts about the future of online video, or about how amateurs can make money. Nope, if I want blogger popularity I simply write about what video is hot that week. Indulge me, dear readers, in an experiment. In this post I will write about…

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Who Will Help Me Find Good Videos?

ByNalts

Since most online video sites are now swelling beyond their capacity, I’d say there’s an interim (and maybe permanent) market for editors that are willing to sift the good from the garbage. It’s not easy, but it adds value. And anyone can do it. Even a 15-year-old kid from New Jersey. As the big video…

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Fun Stats on Online Video… Watch Out YouTube!

ByNalts

Mary Hoddler (Napsterization) collected some interesting stats during Friday's SuperNova event. Check them out here.   Courtesy of Heather Green from Business Week Online. What she forgot to mention was that Chapter11TV just received 2nd round funding of $6.5 million from venture-capital firm Sequoia Capital (the firm behind YouTube.com). Watch out YouTube!

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What Happens with Linear (Scheduled) Television Programming

ByNalts

In this 4-minute video from CNet, Jeremy Allaire (Brightcove founder and president) discusses the future of videos on the Internet. CNET's Neha Tiwari interviewed Allaire at Supernova 2006. Scheduled television content isn't dead, according to Brightcove who is working on services for smaller firms to syndicate content. P.S. Getting that video to serve will require you…

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Google Video: Advertisers Bid for Space on Select Videos

ByNalts

Well, I couldn't have seen this coming if I had a Deep Throat at Google… In a  test, Google Video will serve ads for about 2,000 videos from 8 providers. Advertisers will select the videos on which to advertise their products through a combination of banner ads and 15-second video ads (at the end of…

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The “Consumer’s Report” of Online Video Sites

ByNalts

Courtesy of Deirdre Straughan, here's a site that tests a lot of video players in one spot. Some of them load automatically, so you'll have to scroll down and pause. You'll be greeted by some cool music. Thanks, Deirdre, for bringing this to our attention and doing the testing that the rest of us are…

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An Incentive to Post Comments

ByNalts

To encourage reader comments, I'm offering links to related sites from this blog — which gets as high as 300 people per day. All you have to do is comment frequently, and if your site is related I'll throw in a link on the right column. I'll also do a post covering your site if…

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Another Way to Get Ad Revenue on Your Videos

ByNalts

Revver until now has cornered the market on pay-for-content. Two firms have offered similar models, though. And a new entrant has arrived. 1) Jeukersz (aka www.MillionDollarVideoJukeBox.com) 2) Motion.tv 3) Now Blip.tv is getting into the revenue-sharing space according to this article from CNet. Here's what CNet says, and if you register you can read more…

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How Will Amateurs Make Money from Online Videos in 2007?

ByNalts

Right now there are only two ways for an amateur to make money on short online videos, but this will soon change. Provide a website or network exclusive rights and get a one-time payment. We've seen certain amateur content creators already stop producing content for YouTube because they've been presumably approached by "content scouts." Remember…

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Help Starving Video Blogger Win Prize

ByNalts

Okay, the competition for the Kiss Kiss Bang Bang contest is better than I expected. Which means I need to blog a desperate plea for votes. If you have a second, please give the following three short videos "5 stars." You don't even have to suffer through them or click the ads. And if I…