New Media Minute’s Daisy Whitney says there’s a “gold rush going on in online video,” and points to some efforts of technology providers to meet growing needs. Time for a little roundup of recent news… Whitney sites eMarketer’s report that online video is set to grow 40% to 3.1 billion. Comscore reports that average online…
comScore reports that 181 million U.S. Internet users watched nearly 40 billion videos of online video content in January. YouTube ranks first with 152 million views, and the rest of the pack (Sony’s VEVO, Yahoo, Viacom, Facebook) attracted about 45 to 52 million viewers (about one third of the Google-owned leader). Some interesting statistics from…
Try to watch this without getting sentimental. Go ahead and try. Hats off to Philips Avent for this adorable video featuring mommy tricks to get babies to sleep. I reluctantly made it through the first 20 seconds for a totally heart-melting collection of sleepy babies. I only wish Sleepy Charlie was included. Another smashing sponsored…
Look out “I Are Cute Kitten.” There’s a new cat in town, and she says No No No No. And according to research it’s the funniest video out there. Google is trying to create an algorithm that ranks a video in terms of humor/comedy. Here’s an article about the subject, and here’s a BBC World…
You’ve seen the Ferris Bueller homage that promoted Honda during the Superbowl. Now watch Michael Broderick “then and now” as he delivers key lines in both the Superbowl ad and the film. Be sure to check out all the advertisement’s “Easter egg” subtle nods to the film.
Time Magazine provided a rather exhaustive review of YouTube’s past, present and future. Check out the full article, titled “The Beast With a Billion Eyes” (a title, no doubt, with Shakespearean roots). Some highlights: This is the first ever coverage of YouTube that failed to mention Shaycarl or Olgakay. The piece cites the age-old quote…
A rabbit can scare sheep? Thanks to Weird Universe for sharing this delightful video of a little bunny rounding up sheep. Seems a German channel posted this just days ago…
I picked up the Feb. 6 Time Magazine (another recent issue of Time provided a nice summary of YouTube recently), and what did I find? A review by Lev Grossman of John Green’s new book titled “The Fault in Our Stars.” It’s nice to see a YouTube weblebrity get some coverage in a national magazine,…
Let’s just get this right out… this post is going to be narcissistic. And I recognize that’s not good for my health (US News Health). Michael Humphrey of Forbes.com continues his series of YouTube personalities with an article about me titled, “Nalts: The Viral Video Whisperer Talks YouTube Dominance, Audience Analysis And Cats.” Sample paragraphs…
In an interesting update on the preroll formats on the world’s largest video site, Gigaom reports that 60% of prerolls are “skippable.” After 5 seconds the viewer can jump past the ad, and advertisers pay nothing. The piece also quoted CEO Larry Page as saying that growth wouldn’t necessarily come at the expense of TV…