Online Video

Can Hulu rescue TV (For Nothing)?

Jarvis Coffin | Posted 11.04.2009 | Media


Jarvis Coffin

It's not especially difficult to take $3 billion worth of product and give it away successfully online to the delight of millions of users. The question is how to make money from that give-away.

Video: Beet.TV Links up With NBC on Content Deal...and Owen Thomas Is my Editor!

Andy Plesser | Posted 10.21.2009 | Media


Andy Plesser

I'm pleased to announce that Beet.TV has a syndication agreement with NBC Local Media to provide our videos to NBCBayArea for its growing technology coverage.

Wall Street Journal Expanding Live Web Video News Programming

Andy Plesser | Posted 10.17.2009 | Media


Andy Plesser

Executive online editor for the Wall Street Journal Alan Murray sees high value in the immediacy of news video on the Web.

Video: Yahoo to Expand Original Video Production and Content Acquisition

Andy Plesser | Posted 10.07.2009 | Technology


Andy Plesser

Yahoo has abandoned the quest for the big, broad hit, and is instead focused on reaching particular audiences within news, TV, finance and other areas.

Media Drops the F-Bomb Into Its Headlines

Danny Groner | Posted 09.30.2009 | Media


Danny Groner

By the looks of it, the "F-Bomb" has been lurking for some time now, but it took the Slate incident on SNL to help propel it further. Call me old-fashioned, but what ever happened to the old, reliable, and charged F-Word?

Video: Online Video Set to Explode, Intel Exec Tells the BBC

Andy Plesser | Posted 09.25.2009 | Technology


Andy Plesser

Online video will comprise 90 percent of the world's Internet traffic by 2013, Intel's Justin Rattner tells the BBC.

WATCH: Yahoo!'s Carol Bartz: "Big cornerstone of our strategy is video" (VIDEO)

Andy Plesser | Posted 09.24.2009 | Technology


Andy Plesser

Video is an essential part of Yahoo's business, CEO Carol Bartz told me yesterday at the company's news conference.

Uganda Unveils Online Gorilla Tracking

nytimes.com | Pete Browne | Posted 11.14.2009 | Green


"The project aims to bring attention to the plight of gorillas," said Lillian Nsubuga, a spokeswoman for the Uganda Wildlife Authority, "and any money...

Jimmy Fallon's Valued Online Audience Returns Little Value

Danny Groner | Posted 11.09.2009 | Entertainment


Danny Groner

In the past few months since Fallon debuted, he's led regular and occasional features targeting, among others, an online audience that doesn't stay up for Fallon.

YouTube Shifts Policy, Starts Paying One-Hit-Wonders

Stefan Sirucek | Posted 10.20.2009 | Media


Stefan Sirucek

With YouTube's new policy of paying those with hit videos, that clip of a kid's wacky 5th birthday may help pay for his college tuition. Or his dental work.

Video: TIME.com Has New Online Video Look and Focus

Andy Plesser | Posted 09.18.2009 | Media


Andy Plesser

To get an overview on their new video functionality, we visited TIME.com managing editor Josh Tryangiel for this overview on the redesign.

Video: MTV Finds Most Effective Video Ad Unit Is 5 Second Pre-roll + Overlay

Daisy Whitney | Posted 09.10.2009 | Media


Daisy Whitney

In the study, MTV measured ads and consumer reaction to them across a range of audiences, videos and ads. The network's efforts occur against a backdrop of increased industry research into the best ad formats for online video.

YouTube Looks to Blip.tv for New "Show Creators" (VIDEO)

Andy Plesser | Posted 08.29.2009 | Media


Andy Plesser

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Video: YouTube Getting $200K and More for Branded Channels

Daisy Whitney | Posted 08.21.2009 | Media


Daisy Whitney

It's important for brands to be on YouTube. Video can help drive intent to purchase and thereby sales and it can also often be the final piece of the puzzle that gets a consumer to hit buy.

Amazing but True: Most Online Videos Found Via Blogs, Industry Report

Andy Plesser | Posted 08.10.2009 | Media


Andy Plesser

If you didn't know you wanted to see it, you probably found it through a blog.

Fred's Six-Figure YouTube Salary Helps Grow the Medium

Daisy Whitney | Posted 07.19.2009 | Media


Daisy Whitney

Fred, the guy who lays claim to having YouTube's most subscribed channel, is earning a six-figure income from his online videos, according to Google's Eileen Naughton.

The Jokes Turn Back on Joe Buck Live

Danny Groner | Posted 07.17.2009 | Entertainment


Danny Groner

Artie Lange's appearance on Joe Buck Live last evening has sparked some discussion about his appointed role on a panel discussing sports and celebrity.

WNET's Neal Shapiro: Video Journalism Will Succeed Online with "Truth and Integrity"

Andy Plesser | Posted 07.11.2009 | Media


Andy Plesser

I spoke with Neal Shapiro, the president and CEO of WNET/Thirteen in New York. We covered the changing nature of video journalism and the opportunities for WNET and PBS online.

Dr. YouTube: Rogue Internet Pharmacies Discover the Online Video

Huffington Post | Posted 07.06.2009 | Business


Special to Huffington Post, this story was reported and written by Kristina Peterson, Jacob Pearson, Vytenis Didziulis & Danielle Douglas of the Stabi...

YouTube's Sells Exclusive "Click to Buy" Sponsorship to VISA

Daisy Whitney | Posted 06.17.2009 | Media


Daisy Whitney

As it continues to mine new advertising models, YouTube said VISA has currently bought out the new "click to buy" ad option on YouTube.

Must Watch Video: Guys Feel Pain, Too, in the Dressing Room

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 06.13.2009 | Style


Andrea Chalupa

In this new video by Details magazine, Instead of females bemoaning the harsh lighting and inescapable multiple mirror angles, its the guys' turn to feel the pain.

CBS' TV.com Audience Skyrockets

MediaWeek | Mike Shields | Posted 05.29.2009 | Media


BS' significantly redesigned TV.com has seen its video audience skyrocket, as the former reference site has become a consistent destination for full-e...

The Pope's New YouTube Channel

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics


Matthew Filipowicz

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A Million Views (and Then Some) on Obama's Inauguration

Raafi Rivero | Posted 02.23.2009 | Business


Raafi Rivero

YouTube has become the default TV of the Internet. This is remarkable considering that a) It did not exist during the last presidential campaign and b) so much of the content is by non-professionals.

Hulu On Pace To Catch YouTube In Ad Revenue Next Year

Financial Times | Tim Bradshaw | Posted 12.18.2008 | Media


YouTube is in danger of being upstaged commercially by a smaller upstart backed by News Corporation and NBC Universal as the video-sharing site strugg...