Well the study didn’t claim online video viewers have ADHD, but it might as well. Research released by Podzinger this morning shows that consumers play only 15% of their video. Their attention span is one minute (vs. 3 for audio). Few download anymore. And we’ll tolerate 10-15 second prerolls more than the 30 second monsters….
Imagine for a moment you’ve just waited for 3 days in the rain. You’re about to buy a PS3 and some guy comes out dressed like a pimp. He’s holding a brand new PS3, but he drops it to the ground. The guy next to him slams it with a sledge hammer. See the video…
MadV— the masked street magician who does tricks to hip-hop music — is back after a 6-month hiatus with “One World.” The video invites YouTubers to respond with something written on their hands. MadV was on several video sites (and once dominated the “most popular” section of Revver for weeks), and then vanished because of…
The news continues to develop about TiVo’s move to online video. Reports DailyTech: The new version of TiVo Desktop will be called TiVo Desktop Plus 2.4. Users will also be able to watch web-video content on their TVs as well as save them onto their TiVo DVR unit for later playback. The new software will…
Like two weak players forming an alliance before an immunity challenge, EMI and GoTiot (I hadn’t heard of it either) are banding together. EMI owns Capitol and Virgin. Here’s the story on Spin.com. The story reports that EMI “signed a deal to distribute its videos to consumers for free via Gotuit.com, the two companies announced…
Here’s the video clip of that UCLA student (Mostafa Tabatabainejad) that got zapped/tased a few times because he didn’t have an I.D. The interesting thing is the crowd watching this blatant abuse of power mostly hung out asking for I.D. numbers. For more details, check out this NBC11 report from San Fran. Mostafa Tabatabainejad. The…
A Revver.com ad took me to this octopus eating video that promotes the “Tell Me You Got That” video. It’s a bit long, but very funny (largely based on the guy who delivers the catch phrase with perfect tone). There don’t appear to be any other “Tell Me You Got That” videos on Revver or…
JibJab launched Weird Al’s latest video, “Do I Creep You Out.” It appears to be Weird Al (missing his trademark hair and mustache) stalking a Starbucks employee. Weird Al is back, folks. As you may recall reading here, Weird Al began uploading his own videos on Revver. The Revver folks thought it was someone violating…
Fliptrack, a privately held company in Mountain View, California, today launched a free online service for creating photo-music mash-ups. Users can upload photos and place them into a visual timeline. Even better, the application automatically synchronizes them to the beat or lyrics. Once complete, Fliptrack converts the creation into a flash-video for viewing as a…
Something terribly frightening occured to me this morning. I’ve always enjoyed taunting YouTube with prank calls, pizza deliveries and rants. I criticized the GooTube acquisition, and have generally visited YouTube like a parent chaperoning a high school dance. Most video creators start with a desire to entertain and are only now (1 year later) trying…