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IOC Disapproves China Protest Video On YouTube
August 19th, 2008
Tibetans all over the world have been protesting Chinese policies and demanding autonomy for themselves. As part of these protests, a candle light vigil was held in Manhattan, last Thursday night, near the Chinese Consulate, during which images of Chinese atrocities were projected. Amongst these images, was the famous Olympic logo. The Olympic rings were then shown turning into handcuffs. These images, were video recorded and put up on YouTube. Read the rest of this entry »
Google Media Server Now Connects With TV
July 9th, 2008
Google recently announced the availability of a new gadget called the ‘Google Media Server’ or ‘Google Media Player’. The device will enable customers to watch content stored in the computer memory on their television set. Read the rest of this entry »
YouTube Insight Provides Viewer Analytics
March 31st, 2008
It is a well known fact that advertisers and publishers are always keen to know details about the performance of their content and the effect it has on viewers. In order to satiate their publishers’ appetites for viewer statistics, YouTube has introduced a new tool called Insight, which is available free of cost to YouTube account holders. Read the rest of this entry »
Video Ads Live On The Google Search Results Page
March 26th, 2008
Last month we reported that Google was testing video ads on the search results pages. Today the campaign has gone live on a wide scale with all US users now being shown video ads within the regular Google search results page. Read the rest of this entry »
Flickr To Get Video - Soon
March 19th, 2008
Yahoo!, the parent company of Flickr has been promising for ages that they will add video on Flickr. Now it seems like they are serious about their promise and it could be a matter of just a few weeks before this actually happens. Flickr video could be launched as early as April 2008. Read the rest of this entry »
Warner Music, YouTube Scramble To Pull Madonna Track
March 3rd, 2008
Madonna’s latest single, “4 Minutes (to save the world)”, a duet with Justin Timberlake, was leaked onto the Internet by a French DJ yesterday and has left Warner Music scrambling to arrest the leak in order to prevent millions of fans from hearing the track before it is officially released. Read the rest of this entry »
Free Mobile Sites And Mobile Video Feeds From Mippin
February 28th, 2008
Publishers will soon be able to convert their content to mobile quickly, easily and for free, thanks to Mippin, the latest service from UK-based mobile developers Refresh Mobile. Read the rest of this entry »
Google Confirms Video Advertising Format Will Be InVideo
February 22nd, 2008
Google started testing video advertising on YouTube in August 2007 and announce AdSense for video as a pilot in May. The programme has been rolled out gradually and is now officially available to AdSense publishers in the USA that meet certain minimum requirements. Read the rest of this entry »
Video Ads Being Tested On Google Search Results Pages
February 19th, 2008
Google are trying to find ways to capitalise on the growing accpetance of multiple media formats in a single search results page and to bring back attention to sponsored links, which may have been lost partly due to the increased use of universal search. Read the rest of this entry »
Mobile Video Search Is Here, Courtesy Of JuiceCaster
January 11th, 2008
Juice Wireless Inc. has just launched a brand new service via their JuiceCaster mobile social networking platform that allows users to search for user-posted videos from a handheld device. The new service is called Mobile Video Search (MVS). Read the rest of this entry »
Video Identification For YouTube Launched
October 16th, 2007
In response to increased pressure and lawsuits filed against them for copyright infringement, Google had announced that they were developing video recognition technology to help content publishers clamp down on illegal upload and use of copyrighted material. Read the rest of this entry »
Live Search Updates But Still Lags Behind
September 27th, 2007
Microsoft Live Search has just launched a major update, their biggest update since their debut in January 2005. The reformed search engine is supposed to be faster, more relevant and easier to use. Instead it looks like not much has changed and the need for Microsoft to catch up with Google, Yahoo! and even Ask is painfully obvious. Read the rest of this entry »
Online Video Consumption Patterns
September 12th, 2007
Advertising.com have released the results of research conducted during the first half of this year to gather information about online video usage and consumer response to video advertising. 36% of the 500 users surveyed said that their online video usage in 2007 increased since 2006 while 47% said it has remained the same. Over 62% reported viewing streaming video content at least once a week. Read the rest of this entry »
Yahoo! Integrates Video In Search Results
September 4th, 2007
Searches for music videos and artists on Yahoo.com now bring up a special OneBox that allows users to hear music and play videos from Yahoo! Music within the search results page itself. Read the rest of this entry »
Digg Promotes Video On Site
August 29th, 2007
The universal search results phenomenon has reached beyond the realm of search engines and extended to the most popular Web 2.0 sites as well. Facebook has allowed integration of video into user profiles for a while now. Digg launched a new homepage design that brings videos back to the home page, alongside regular news stories. Read the rest of this entry »
InVideo Ads Showing On YouTube
August 24th, 2007
A post on the YouTube official blog has announced the arrival of in-video advertising, in beta, in the US market. This is something that has been long expected by the SEM and overall marketing community. Initial user reaction has nevertheless been extremely negative. Read the rest of this entry »
