Internet users viewed a record 16.8 billion online videos in April, representing an increase of 16 percent…..since March!
Business news source Bloomberg reports that, according to sources “with knowledge of the discussions,” streaming video powerhouse Hulu.com, is in talks with record labels to offer music videos on the site. Major music companies Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment and EMI Group are rumored to be in discussion with the [...]
Today, a report from Credit Suisse speculated that Google’s YouTube video sharing site could be on track to lose approximately $470 million in 2009.
Google bought YouTube in late 2006 for what was, at the time, a staggering $1.76 billion, mostly in stock. YouTube snags the lion’s share (41%) of U.S. online video watching, according to [...]
From the Whispers and Rumours Department, ClickZ is saying that a mid-April YouTube redesign will prominently feature premium and long-form content — and will segregate the professional videos from the vast storehouse of user-generated content.
ClickZ’s Zachary Rodgers writes:
“According to two sources familiar with Google’s plans for YouTube, the new design will do away with the [...]
Ad Age has an interesting article today that looks at how big media companies are putting more and more pressure on Google to give them priority treatment - above bloggers, microbloggers, podcasters and other indie media creators - in search results:
Many publishers resent the criteria Google uses to pick top results, starting with the original [...]
Digital measurement service comScore today released January 2009 data from the comScore Video Metrix service, showing that U.S. Internet users viewed 14.8 billion online videos during that month. These figures represent an increase of 4 percent over December 2008. YouTube led the growth charge, accounting for 91 percent of the incremental January-versus-December gain in the [...]
Google video site YouTube today announced a number of new options for content creators and consumers who want to “take their videos offline.” The site has entered into working arrangements with several “partners” to allow sharing their videos “universally” and away from an Internet connection.
Citing an interest among some of their content creators to share [...]
Google today launched an official blog about the social web. Mendel Chuang, Product Marketing Manager for Google Friend Connect, writes:
“We think the web is better when it’s social. …[W]e are developing tools to make ‘any app, any site, any friends’ a reality….
“We will write about social initiatives within Google, such as Google Friend Connect, as [...]
Todd Mundt, longtime public radio guy (and a favorite former Iowan) who writes as The Mediavore, is featured today in a CNN Money article about Americans’ changing media consumption habits.
Mundt’s changing media consumption habits are reflective of similar changes taking place throughout many U.S. households. Many families are economizing on entertainment costs, as they eliminate [...]
Internet traffic measurement company comScore today released data from their December 2008 “comScore Video Metrix” service, indicating a huge jump in Internet video-viewing among US Internet users. A record 14.3 billion online videos were viewed during the month, representing an increase of 13 percent over November’s viewing stats.
YouTube led the Internet video portals, accounting for [...]