YouTube wants to double down on mobile music videos

YouTube wants to double down on mobile music videos
GigaOM
YouTube wants to give mobile phone users a chance to find music video content by artist, discography and genre, with the goal of bringing music content to hundreds of millions of its users. These plans could be an answer to Vevo's mobile music initiatives.

GigaOM

Dish Said to Be in Talks With Viacom About Internet TV
Businessweek
One hurdle to an Internet-only service, according to programmers: Nielsen doesn't measure online video the same way it does with television. That makes it harder to track how many people are watching and sell advertising based on that audience. Nielsen ...

Kim Dotcom Teases Megabox; BB10 Hands On; TV Tops PC for Online Video
PC Magazine
Meanwhile, a report from the NPD Group found more people now watch online video content from their television set than their computer. About 45 percent of consumers most often use their TV to view streaming video from the net, up from 33 percent last ...

Canadian online video viewing up 58% over 2011: report
Financial Post
Spending for online video advertising is expected to increase by 43% in 2012 over the previous year, a figure that would top $74-million, according to data collected by San Francisco-based digital advertising firm BrightRoll. Of the estimated 25 ...

Financial Post

NPD: People prefer watching online video on televisions over computers
Digital Trends
When asked about the transition of online video into the home theater, NPD Group senior VP of industry analysis Russ Crupnick stated “The growth in connected TVs is another sign that online video is maturing. Streaming video has moved from the dorm...

Digital Trends

Eyes Have It: Big Screen Is Best for Online Video
TechNewsWorld
Netflix Watch Instantly is the prime example of web-to-TV video, said NPD, noting that 40 percent of viewers watching online video on TV used connected TVs to stream video from Netflix. Another 12 percent watched content from Hulu Plus. As the number ...

TalkPoint Announces October Conference Schedule to Present Webcasting ...
Broadcast Newsroom
TalkPoint Announces October Conference Schedule to Present Webcasting Technology and Online Video Best Practices. September 27, 2012 --. New York, NY (PRWEB) September 27, 2012. TalkPoint, the leader in global communications technology, ...

Television tops for US online video viewing: NPD
AFP
SAN FRANCISCO — Online video fans in the United States prefer big screen televisions to computers when it comes to viewing, according to a report released Tuesday by NPD Group. The spread of Internet-connected televisions, gaming consoles with ...

YuMe Study: Who's Buying Online Video Ads, Who They're Targeting
StreamingMedia.com
Online video advertising company YuMe has released its 2012 Q2 Video Advertising Metrics report, offering a clear look at who is buying online video ads and whom they're trying to reach. Consumer packaged goods (CPG) is the prime buyer for online video ...

Could a video game teach us how to rock?
The Daily Telegraph
IT'S a classic story. Someone goes to a rock concert, where they realise they missed their calling as a rockstar. So they go out and buy a guitar, only to realise that they have absolutely no idea how to play it. And because of the difficult road that ...

Online video streaming: Televisions overtake PCs for the first time
By Brad Reed
Tech companies' vision of transforming the television set into yet another device that streams content from the Internet may finally be becoming a real.
BGR: The Three Biggest Letters In Tech

TVs overtake PCs for home online video viewing | Advanced ...
By Editor
The home installation of millions of Internet-connected TVs is changing the way that consumers access and view streaming video, according to market research company The NPD Group. Findings from the firm's Digital Video Outlook indicate ...
Advanced Television

Boxee's Online Video Cloudee App Goes Public | News & Opinion ...
Boxee today took the private beta tags off Cloudee, its iPhone app that let users share personal videos from the cloud.
www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2410228,00.asp

You Can Control Netflix On PS3 With Apple and Android Devices!
MTV.com (blog)
Microsoft's Xbox 360 Companion App has some pretty interesting features, including the ability to control video playback through console apps like Netflix. Now, it looks like Netflix and Sony are hitting back as a recent update gives users the ability ...

MTV.com (blog)

Netflix Wants to Be Everywhere but China
DailyFinance
Netflix (NAS: NFLX) has been quite the globetrotter these days. By the time it launches its streaming service in four Scandinavian countries later this year Netflix will be available in 51 different countries. That's not too shabby for a company that ...

Why Netflix should fear its inferior competitor, Amazon Prime
VentureBeat
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings isn't one to pull punches when talking about competition from other streaming video services. Such was the case when Hastings was recently asked about Amazon Prime Instant video service. “In the U.S., our content budget is ...

VentureBeat

The Work of TV's Greatest Swearer Now on Hulu in 'The Thick of It'
Daily Beast
First hired as a 'swearing consultant' for the BBC cult favorite The Thick of It, Ian Martin has graduated to full-fledged staff writer for Armando Iannucci's political satire—and his work can be seen in all its colorful glory on Hulu. Martin talks to ...

Daily Beast

Livestream: Interview with Wendy Wilton
Brattleboro Reformer
Livestream: Interview with Wendy Wilton. Reformer Staffreformer.com. Posted: 09/27/2012 12:05:33 PM EDT. September 27, 2012 4:7 PM GMTUpdated: 09/27/2012 12:07:15 PM EDT. Advertisement. Copyright 2012 Brattleboro Reformer. All rights reserved.

Pizza Hut To Release Exclusive Christina Aguilera PSA On Hulu To Help Raise ...
Pizza Marketing Quarterly (PMQ)
To increase awareness for the effort, Pizza Hut will debut a 45-second, full-length World Hunger Relief PSA from multi-Grammy Award winner and pop superstar Christina Aguilera exclusively onHulu and the Hulu Plus subscription service beginning Oct. 1 ...

Watch this Netflix pick of the week before it vanishes
Globe and Mail
So Netflix went ahead and ate the movie I was originally going to make this week's top pick. This is the fifth or sixth time I've added something to my to-watch list, only to find it gone at a later date. Anyway, this week's Netflix highlight was at ...

Globe and Mail

Got Netflix? Give these a chance
Yakima Herald-Republic
With so many options and so little information on the movies, you can find yourself with a giant queue full of movies that don't feel right for the night, which is too bad since Netflix Instant is the most convenient way to watch a movie these days ...

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings on Amazon Prime Instant: “A confusing ...
By Janko Roettgers
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings had some choice words about Amazon's Prime Instant video streaming service when quizzed about his competitors by the Wall Street Journal: “It's really about low-cost shipping, but why is video in there? It's kind of ...
GigaOM

Netflix for iOS has second screen remote control for PS3 | TUAW ...
By Mike Schramm
There's a sweet feature that's hidden in Netflix's mobile apps for iOS and Android, in the form of a remote for Netflix on Sony's PlayStation 3, ... more stories · My cheap, simple livestreaming rig: iPhone, Ustream, Zagg and Clingo · MacTech ...
TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Abramorama To Release Tony Bennett Docu, Netflix To Stream ...
By DOMINIC PATTEN
The Zen Of Bennett, which debuted at this year's Tribeca Film Festival, is coming to the big screen and the little screen. Benedetto Films has signed a deal with Abramorama to handle the theatrical release of the documentary about the singer's ...
Deadline.com

'Secret' update adds Netflix remote controls to your smartphone ...
By Earnest Cavalli
Too lazy to use a PlayStation 3 controller? Now thanks to an unheralded update, you can control the console's Netflix app via your phone.

Top Publishers Join Forces to Create the 'Netflix for Magazines ...
"We are often likened to being the Hulu for magazines since we're owned by the 5 big publishers in the world; News Corp (NWS), Meredith (MDP), Hearst, Time Inc., and Conde Nast," Guenther says. Even so, he emphasizes that his is a ...
Yahoo! Finance: Breakout

President Obama in Virginia Beach, Virginia on Livestream
Watch Obama Biden 2012's President Obama in Virginia Beach, Virginia on Livestream.com. President Obama will deliver remarks at a grassroots event in ...
new.livestream.com/barackobama/ofalive

Google Exec Detained in Brazil Over Controversial YouTube Video
PC Magazine
A Google executive was detained in Brazil after the firm refused to remove a YouTube video that attacked a mayoral candidate, according to various reports. As noted by The Guardian, Fabio Jose Silva Coelho was released after agreeing to cooperate with ...

Michael D. Turley Creates Grenade Launcher Hoax YouTube Video With ...
Huffington Post
After interviewing people who called 911 and later seeing the video posted on YouTube, police arrested Turley. "It surprised us that he actually put that video on YouTube," Holmes said. The police response took just over three minutes from the first ...

Cindy Lee Garcia Lawsuit: 'Innocence Of Muslims' Actress Sues YouTube ...
Huffington Post
The lawsuit filed by Cindy Lee Garcia names the popular online video site YouTube and its parent company Google Inc. as defendants, along with the Egyptian-American Coptic Christian from California believed to be behind the making of the film. Last ...

Moscow Threatens YouTube Over Anti-Islam Video
Voice of America
Russia's communications minister is threatening to ban YouTube in the country if the popular Internet site doesn't remove a video mocking Islam. Although Moscow courts have yet to grant prosecutors' request, critics say banning sites is just another ...

Voice of America

YouTube Shares Ad Revenue With Musicians, But Does It Add Up?
NPR (blog)
When I watch the Summer video, an ad pops up at the bottom for Hive — whose slogan is "Modern design for the home." Google, which owns YouTube, has clearly figured out that I like modern furniture based on my other browsing habits. But it is not ...

Google Says Anti-Muslim Video Will Stay Up as It's Within Rules
Businessweek
Google Inc. (GOOG) Chairman Eric Schmidt reiterated that a video uploaded to YouTube depicting the Prophet Muhammad in ways that offended some Muslims won't be removed after the company blocked viewing of the clip in countries including India, ...

'We Are Hungry' YouTube video: 'We Are Young' parody criticizing Obama ...
WPTV
Students from Wallace County High School in Sharon Springs, Kansas, made the parody video, which can be found at youtube.com/watch?v=2IB7NDUSBOo , and they make it clear that they are not regularly filled on that amount of calories.

WPTV

Armless woman's videos goes viral
CNN
Alert icon. Sign in or sign up now! Alert icon. Share with playlist starting from current video start of playlist. Loading... Published on Sep 27, 2012 by CNN. In an attempt to find a job, an armless woman posts YouTube videos of her day-to-day activities.

Gingrich: Romney has to do better
CNN
Alert icon. Loading... Published on Sep 26, 2012 by CNN. Newt Gingrich says Mitt Romney needs to communicate better and offers some debate advice to his former rival. For more CNN videos, check out our YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/cnn ...

SEE IT: Harrowing helmet-cam video shows US soldier taking fire from Taliban ...
New York Daily News
Nearly 100 combat videos appear on a YouTube channel called Funker530, including the one posted Wednesday showing the soldier's harrowing shootout with Islamist militants. It surfaced on Reddit and other sites on Wednesday. The video opens with the ...

New York Daily News

Download All Your Original YouTube Videos With Google Takeout
By Stan Schroeder
Google has expanded its Takeout service to include all the original videos a user has uploaded toYouTube.
Mashable » Tech

Download your YouTube video history from Google Takeout
By Martin Brinkmann
Google Takeout is an official service that enables Google users to export data from their Google account to their local computer system. Users can either download all account related data at once, or select specific Google services they are ...
gHacks Technology News | Latest...

Google Lets You Download All Your YouTube Videos Together ...
By Chris Crum
Google Lets You Download All Your YouTube Videos Together. Google has just made it a hell of a lot easier to get all of your videos off of YouTube, should you choose to do so. In the past, users have been able to download individual videos ...
Top News - WebProNews

Google executive detained in Brazil for YouTube videos - latimes.com
By Bruce McLeod
SAO PAULO, Brazil -- The head of operations for Google in Brazil has been arrested after the site declined to remove two videos that criticized a local candidate, federal police said. Fabio Jose Silva Coelho was to be released from custody in ...
World Now

Your YouTube original videos now available in Google Takeout ...
By Fitz
Your Takeout menu is growing. Today's entrée: YouTube videos. Previously, you've been able to download individual transcoded videos from your YouTube Video Manager. But starting today, you also have a more efficient way to download ...
Data Liberation

Don't Cut the Cord on Cable Stocks! Says Fund Manager
Yahoo! Finance (blog)
Like so many things technology related, the idea of people dropping their cable service or "cutting the cord" wildly exceeds the reality. According to Portfolio Manager Dan Martino of T. Rowe Price, cable isn't going away anytime soon. Martino says the ...

AEG Digital Media and AEG Network LIVE Partner to Broadcast the Global ...
PYMNTS.com
AEG Digital Media (AEGDM) is partnering up with AEG Network LIVE to deliver the complete online experience platform for the Global Citizen Festival, the largest syndication of a live music charity webcast and broadcast in history, live from Central ...

smartclip Publish Findings On Connected TV Users
4RFV
The research found that with every new purchase of a television set the penetration of smart TVdevices increases. Connected TV is internet enabled, bringing increasing numbers of online services directly into a domestic environment and onto the ...

Zeebox Arrives in U.S., Partners with Comcast, NBCU, HBO, Cinemax
StreamingMedia.com
The Zeebox second-screen viewing companion has already earned a strong following in the U.K., and today it enters the U.S. market with a splash. Zeebox is partnering with Comcast Cable, NBCUniversal, HBO, and Cinemax to create a cross-channel ...

The challenges with Smart TV and what LG is doing about it
PC Advisor
However, for the vast majority of consumers who just want to "watch TV," McGuire says that it will still take a "non-trivial amount of outbound marketing efforts" to educate consumers on the value of aSmart TV with a set of apps. "There actually have ...

Visionary Solutions' PackeTV(R) Mobile Streaming Media Delivery Platform Is ...
Broadcast Newsroom
Visionary Solutions Inc. today announced that the company's new PackeTV(R) Mobile streaming media delivery solution is now shipping. Ideal for a broad range of markets, such as professional A/V, telecommunications, broadcast, corporate, government, ...

Google TV: What We Learned from Version One
StreamingMedia.com
At the recent Streaming Media East conference in New York City, Adrienne McCallister, strategic partner development manager for Google TV, began a panel on the digital living room by explaining what makes Google TV unique. "Google TV has a bit of a ...

OMDC Reviewing Digital Media Tax Credit
mediacaster
The Ontario Media Development Corporation is reviewing the Ontario Interactive Digital Media Tax Credit, and it's seeking input from companies that have or may participate in the funding program. OMDC has engaged Nordicity to conduct an analysis of the ...

Capablue Makes New Connections
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
The investment, which is set to strengthen the Connected TV specialist's business development and international expansion, comes off the back of a number of major contract wins which include UKTV, Chello Zone and Curzon Cinemas. One of the most ...

EA acquires Sweden-based ESN, gets game ... - Digital Media Wire
By Chris Marlowe
Electronic Arts has acquired ESN, a Sweden-based development studio best known for its Battlelog game social platform that serves as a companion to 'Battlefield 3' and the upcoming 'Medal of Honor: Warfighter.' .
Digital Media Wire | connecting...

Facebook Marketing Strategy and 60+ More Events in Digital Media
By Jennifer Shore
Check out the latest events to give you an idea of the possibilities for networking, developing skills and moving your business forward.
Mashable » Startups

Adobe & The Web | Digital Media Blog
Today, we're unveiling a new addition to the Digital Media blog, focused on the Web platform. The new blog, called Adobe & The Web, will touch on thought ...
blogs.adobe.com/digitalmedia/2012/09/adobe-the-web/

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