The audience for news on television may be shrinking, but that doesn’t mean that news video is losing its appeal; MSNBC.com is reporting that last month had its highest video viewership yet (158 million views), and the Associated Press has found a new audience on YouTube, with 645 million views since launch. Brightcove and Beet.TV held a …
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YouTube Revamps Homepage To Make Users Happier – It Hopes
YouTube has a new look that, the company hopes, will keep users happy while making the site more aimed at you – yes, you in particular. In a refreshingly hype-free blog post, the reason behind the changes was made clear:
After countless user studies and community surveys, one thing came in loud and clear: the homepage in its current
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Google Docs Launches Video Sharing and Playback
Google Docs, the convenient tool for reading and writing documents and creating spreadsheets online, announced this week that it’s adding video sharing and playback to its ever-growing list of capabilities.
This means that videos can now be embedded and played in documents themselves. Videos can be up to 1GB in size, and the file …
The Year’s Most Popular Web-Searches Explain 2010 To Us All
As we close the door on 2010, you might find yourself wondering, “What was that year all about?” Well, finally you can find out, thanks to Hitwise listing the most searched-for terms on the internet over the last fifty-two weeks. For example, Facebook owned the year. Not only was “facebook” the most searched-for term of the year (with …
YouTube Plays Santa To 500 Filmmakers
Google is putting $500,000 where its mouth is, giving YouTube content partners early Christmas presents to enable them to buy new video equipment. The company is offering 500 of its favorite content providers $1000 each in credit to B&H Photo – the favorite camera equipment store of Google co-founder Sergey Brin – as a thank you for …
Is YouTube Trying to Buy Up Popular Online TV Networks?
The New York Times is reporting that YouTube may be attempting to acquire Next New Networks, a company that owns 25 episodic video networks operating within the all-encompassing Next New Networks brand.
Some of the videos to emerge from under Next New Networks’ banner have gone on to become incredibly popular. Two of them—Bed …
Viral Videos For Dummies: YouTube Gets Scientific
YouTube is getting into the forecast business.
With new analytics hub YouTube Trends, user-generated is getting a long awaited ranking system. Intended a zeigeist of viral videos, Trends will essentially function as a blog that highlights YouTube uploads with viral potential – not unlike the hundreds of feeds doing just that on a …
Viacom Brings Back Up In Fight Against YouTube
Is YouTube to blame for copyright infringement by its users? Not according to the courts, which ruled in June that Viacom could not go after the site for what its users had posted, but as Viacom files an appeal to that decision, it’s bringing plenty of friends along to back up its case. The Hollywood Reporter has a list of organizations …
Google To Purchase Miramax For YouTube Streaming?
Google TV may find itself losing programming, but if the New York Post is to be believed, the online giant is close to a deal that will give it the digital rights to the entire Miramax back catalogue.
Google’s purchase is far from a done deal. For one thing, Google is negotiating with Farmyard Holdings, which doesn’t actually own …
First Impressions of the New Apple TV
The Apple TV was never something I found interesting. I didn’t really see the point of shelling out over $200 for something that Apple repeatedly said was just a ‘hobby’. I’ve only had a few hours with the new Apple TV and I must admit that it’s piqued my interest.
Google Now Peddling Pizza Or Something
Umm…what? We’re not entirely sure what Google is trying to get at with this Google Mobile ad, but listening to someone say “pizza” for over 10 minutes has to be one of the most annoying things of all time. Watch for yourself and click on the following at the designated splits for a little reprieve:
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Remember Antoine Dodson, Bed Intruder Singer? Now He’s Richer Than You
Antoine Dodson, star of the best viral video of the year (and possibly of all time), has turned his YouTube clip into big bucks. He’s bought a new house for his whole family and hopes to return to school, he tells Us Magazine. Ideally, he wants to open up his own salon or hotel.
To recap:
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