Video Articles

Tomorrow, Wednesday June 16th, I will be speaking at an event put together by the Dallas Fort Worth Search Engine Marketing Association along with Lane Shackleton, Product Specialist at YouTube. That’s right, Im speaking along side of YouTube.  Cool, huh? Together, we will be presenting and discussing some of the latest opportunities to capitalize on YouTube’s massive audience with video [...]

No longer must you scurry back to your video editing lair to plug-in, transfer and upload your iPhone videos to Vzaar. As of last week, they have an iPhone App that will let you do it on the fly. Vzaar, the video hosting platform late last week released their first iPhone application that will [...]

In the last year, the nation’s largest TV providers added more than 1.7 million new video customers, suggesting that cord cutting is not a trend, according to fresh research from Leichtman Research Group. The research firm analyzed official data from cable, satellite and telco operators and found that while the nation’s ten largest cable operators [...]

YouTube has many ambitions.  They want people to watch hours of video instead of minutes in a day.  They want to bring more fine art to the world of online video.  And now they want to be your new favorite news anchor, and I think they’re going to succeed. Yesterday YouTube announced on their blog a [...]

Jean-Baptiste Kempf of VideoLAN will explore the past, present, and future of the VLC media player this October at the Open Video Conference.

The VLC player, by the non-profit VideoLAN project, is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files. It’s also some of the best software around.  With nearly half a billion (!) downloads, it’s among the most ubiquitous and indispensable open source projects in history. VLC will play anything you throw at it, and it is continually embracing the cutting edge.

Version 1.0.0 of VLC media player was released on July 7, 2009, culminating 13 years of development (in fact, Jean-Baptiste announced the release of 1.0 at last year’s Open Video Conference!). At this year’s OVC, he will talk about the genesis of VideoLAN, the difficulties in creating award-winning software in a non-profit setting, and the future of the project—which includes an ambitious video editing suite.

Join Jean-Baptise in others in exploring the future of online video, this Fall in New York City. Visit http://openvideoconference.org for more.

YouTube wants you to think of their videos as little works of art with a new initiative called YouTube Play.  That’s a tall order considering how many non-artistic videos show up on the site—not to mention the completely subjective definition of the word “art.”  But nonetheless, the video portal has teamed up with the Guggenheim [...]

Eirik Solheim of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) will return to the Open Video Conference this year.

The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) is the biggest broadcaster in Norway with 16 local offices, three national TV stations, 12 national radio stations and major web sites. It’s been leading the way with a number of open video experiments, including CC licensing and BitTorrent distribution.

Eirik works in the development department of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. He is leading projects involving internet services, interactive TV, social media and broadband strategies. He’s consulted with Accenture and has worked hands-on digital production as a sound designer, editor, steadicam operator and photographer. He’s also a prize-winning blogger at eirikso.com.

Last year, Eirik blew us away with a hilarious lightning talk about YouTube and cultural difference based on his experience with NRK. This year, he’ll be expanding on those themes as one of several public media luminaries who will discuss strategies for “being the best provider of your content.”

Check out http://openvideoconference.org for more on Open Video Conference 2010.

The other day, when I was editing Jeremy’s weekly viral video roundup post, it occurred to me that it would be nice to display a thumbnail image for the post, taken from one of the videos in his review.  I thought I’d write a short post to show you how to easily pull thumbnail images for a YouTube [...]

ReelSEO’s Grant Crowell reports on the marketing strategy behind the self-made online music video by e-commerce video solutions provider, with their video titled “Video Filled the Shopping Cart.” (a takeoff on MTV’s first-ever video broadcast of “Video Killed the Radio Star” by the Buggles.)

Another week has flown by, and it’s Friday again.  Which for me means that I get to research and share some of the  week’s most popular viral videos with you—and, if I’m honest, that almost never feels like work.  So let’s take a look at what captured the attention of the masses this week and [...]

According to a recent report by eMarketer, those who watch television shows streamed via Internet, go to Hulu, those who want films, go to NetFlix. Personally, it’s no surprise. But what might be a surprise is the age of those viewers. eMarketer said that video viewers are going longtail and that internet video viewing is growing. [...]

We’ve written before a time or two about how Google was testing “Caffeine,” a new indexing system for their engine.  And now they’re done testing.  The Google search engine as you knew it is done… it is now officially powered by Caffeine… for everyone.  The Google index as you know it is done, replaced by [...]

When Christophor wrote last week about the latest comScore numbers on online video, the first thing I did was dig through the data for something odd.  It’s an instinct for me.  I’m always trying to find the odd number out… the thing that doesn’t make sense… the “one of these things” that’s “not like the [...]

To call HTML5 Video a hype would be an understatement. Every week, major tech companies announce improved support or new breakthroughs. Literally hundreds of new blogposts a day pop up on Google’s blog search. In this debate, no company is as vocal as Apple. The company’s latest move is the release of an [...]

ReelSEO’s Grant Crowell interviews senior eMarketer analyst Jeffrey Grau, author of the recently report, Video E-Commerce, Innovative Models Drive Sales. Jeffrey shares with Grant on how Video SEO also plays a big factor in driving e-commerce for retailers, and the importance to understanding key variables before deciding on a video e-commerce, or “vee-commerce” strategy of one’s own.

ReelSEO’s Grant Crowell interviews Robyn Okrant, author of, about how serialization can be a successful online video strategy for building an enthusiastic audience with great word-of-mouth marketing.

Did your online ad run where it was supposed to? That’s the question a lot of advertisers want to know as they spend more money online and in Web video specifically – upwards of 35% more dollars this year alone. Which means we’re now seeing a number of technology players offering online ad verification — [...]

Video is still riding an incredible wave of popularity.  Users have an insatiable appetite for it, and businesses are discovering new ways every day to use video to help them grow their brand and customer base.  What’s more… video seems to be increasing conversions for many online retailers.  That means that video can move past [...]

A new report, Supporting the iPad and HTML5, by StreamingMedia.com contributing editor Jan Ozer says that less than 50% of respondents are preparing to switch over to the HTML 5 video tag in the “near future”. Far less than those pushing the hype-making juggernaut would have you believe. Now that’s not to say that [...]

We’re delighted to have the help of the smart people at American University’s Center for Social Media for the Open Video Conference. The Center organizes the important Making Your Media Matter conference and authors critical research to further the theory of fair use.

In addition, the Center hosts screenings, symposia, and film festivals related to social engagement. Particular focus is placed on fair use, human rights and film,  and the future of public media. Check out www.centerforsocialmedia.org for more information.

We’re looking forward to collaborating with the Center for Social Media on OVC 2010!