What Ever Happened to CurrentTV

ByNalts

googlecurrent.jpgRemember the Al Gore channel, CurrentTV? It's still got a website, but I sure haven't heard much about it lately. Also check out Google Current…

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Wall Street Journal Covers New “Pay for Content” Video Sites

ByNalts

Highlights from a recent Wall Street Journal article on the pay-for-content online video sites… New Web Sites Pay for Clips By JESSICA E. VASCELLARO July 12, 2006 In his spare time, Patrick Sell, a 31-year-old marketing analyst, enjoys shooting short videos of well-dressed women strolling along New York City streets, then posting them on the…

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Networks Pretend They Can Rival YouTube

ByNalts

In meetings for more than a year, Fox, Viacom, NBC and CBS have pretended that they can coordinate to create a network-friendly online video site. Competitors partering. The enemy of my enemy is my friend. During some meetings, Viacom executives have been known to pour fake tea in plastic tea cups. When some participants don’t…

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Top 10 Online-Video Predictions for 2007

ByNalts

I pulled out my crystal ball this morning, and I’m predicting the most significant online-video highlights of 2007. I’ll be citing these selectively at the end of 2007 (only those in which I was right). Okay I didn’t use a crystal ball. This video tells a better story about the process I used to arrive…

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“YouRube” Gives Attention Without Compensation

ByNalts

Says John Paczkowski of “Good Morning Silicon Valley:: YouTube says it’s protected from such legal attacks under a federal law that shields online services from liability for copyright violations its customers may commit, that argument loses potency if the service profits from infringements. One could argue that YouTube is doing just that by running ads…

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Will Advertisers Shift from TV to Web?

ByNalts

Advertisers will likely start investing more of their media budgets online when they see the results of a new Nielsen study. Nielsen Media Research, the firm that calculates national television ratings, will investigate how many people actually watch TV commercials (source: Today’s Wall Street Journal). In November, Nielsen will begin for the first time to…