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Google Testing TV Search
11th March 2010
The Wall Street Journal has reported that Google is testing a new TV search service in conjunction with Dish Network. More »
YouTube Revenue Estimated $1 Billion
8th March 2010
Google’s studied secrecy about the revenue generated by their video site, YouTube, only fuels further curiosity and speculation on the subject. The latest to offer an opinion and some estimated figures on the topic is Mark Mahaney of the Citigroup. More »
Hulu Launches Video Scene Search
29th December 2009
Online video service Hulu, which allows viewers to watch TV series and movies online, has recently launched a new feature called Captions Search. More »
(Funny) Automatic Captions On YouTube
24th November 2009
YouTube has just introduced the ability to provide automatic captions on all user videos. More »
Video Ads In Paper Magazines
21st September 2009
The latest innovation to hit the marketing industry is the introduction of video ads in traditional paper magazines.
Believe it or not, this is already happening! More »
YouTube Explores Movie Rental Market
9th September 2009
BusinessWeek has reported that Google’s popular video sharing site, YouTube, is in talks with various Hollywood Studios to rent out movies to their users. More »
Chris Brown Video Makes YouTube Profit
4th August 2009
YouTube has finally earned a successful case study for monetisation, thanks to a popular musician and an young couple’s wedding video. More »
Did Twitter Really Destroy Bruno?
16th July 2009
The success or failure of a movie is traditionally judged by its box office collections over the very first weekend of its release. However in the case of the movie Bruno, some believe its success is determined by the nature of tweets about the movie. More »
Hotmail Integrates Bing With Quick Add
14th July 2009
When Bing was launched, Microsoft had stated that further developments were in progress, and users could expect new features in due course. True to their word, they have added a new feature recently. More »
YouTube Testing Pre-Roll Ads
2nd June 2009
YouTube has now decided to launch their pre-roll ad service outside the U.S.A. As a first step towards achieving that goal, they have started trialling pre-roll ads on YouTube in the U.K. More »
RealTime Notifications And New Channel Layouts On YouTube
27th April 2009
Since sites like Facebook and FriendFeed have already enabled real time interaction for users on their site, YouTube is starting to do the same. A new feature called YouTube RealTime is now being tested on a limited basis. More »
Google Discontinues AdSense Video Ads
7th April 2009
Following another round of product and performance reviews, Google has decided to shut down their video ads feature, just over a year after it was introduced. More »
YouTube Blocks Music Videos In The UK
11th March 2009
YouTube has failed to reach an agreement, with the Performing Rights Society (PRS) for Music, to renew their license to show music videos in the U.K. As a result of this they have blocked videos in the U.K. More »
Are Employees Responsible For Content On Their Websites?
5th February 2009
Four Google executives are facing criminal charges of defamation and privacy violation in Italy due to a video that was displayed on YouTube. More »
YouTube Wooing Big Media Companies
27th January 2009
In what could be a win-win situation for all concerned, Google is planning to allow big media companies to start selling ads along with their content that appears on YouTube. More »
YouTube Allows Video Downloads
21st January 2009
For the first time since its inception, YouTube has decided to allow users to download content from their site. More »
Google Downsizes
16th January 2009
There is some bad news for the IT industry in general, and for Google employees in particular. It looks as though the recession is beginning to catch up with the search giant. More »
Sponsored Videos On YouTube
14th November 2008
Google is still trying to figure out the best way to monetise YouTube. Their latest attempt towards this end is the launch of a Sponsored Video advertising service on YouTube. More »
Mobile Video Returns To 3 UK
12th November 2008
Mobile video is certainly not new to mobile operator, 3. They used to offer a mobile video service to their subscribers in partnership with Rhythm New Media. However, with the closure of Rhythm’s UK services earlier in the year, 3 UK had to close this service. More »
Yahoo! Video Jumps In Popularity
4th November 2008
Finally, the Yahoo! Team has something to smile about. According to the results of the latest survey conducted by Nielsen Online’s Video Census, Yahoo!’s market share of web video has increased substantially, in the month of September 2008. Their viewership has increased by a whopping 56%, and was around 264 million video streams for that month, compared to 169 million in the month of August. More »
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