Video snacking – watching short, on demand Internet video over your lunch hour. Lunch Is The New Prime Time Nielsen has released new research that identifies “video snacking” as a real trend. Internet video viewing peaks during lunchtime hours on weekdays: Streaming activity at the top network TV Web sites peaks during the weekday lunchtime […]

A new report from Nielsen on Internet video habits reveals gender differences in Internet video viewing: men like it short and sweet (YouTube), while women like to take their time and enjoy longer shows (network sites). Women Watch More Network TV Online; Men Watch More Consumer-Generated Media Video streams at broadcast network TV Web sites […]

According to a new new NYU research report – Does Chatter Matter? – user-generated content, including blogs and social networking sites, should be considered an important tool for promoting music and predicting sales. Researchers looked at the usefulness of user-generated content in predicting sales in the music industry. They tracked the changes in online chatter […]

Podcast host Libsyn reports that they are updating their stats engine to address some ongoing issues with it and add new features: We know stats accuracy is an ongoing issue and that libsyn users have had to exhibit a lot of patience and swallow a lot of frustration as we’ve worked through the problems over […]

U.S. Internet users watched Internet video a record times in December, according to the latest figures from comScore. comScore speculates that some of the increase in viewing of Internet video can be attributed to stale television content as a result of the Writer’s strike. Research Highlights: U.S. Internet users watched more than 10 billion videos […]

The US audience for podcasts will more than double in the next two years, growing from 6.5 million (active weekly downloaders) in 2007 to 14 million in 2009. According to a new report by eMarketer The total US podcast audience reached 18.5 million in 2007; The total audience will increase by 251% to 65 million […]

According to the analysts at Compete, the Podshow podcasting network is one of the top five movers and shakers of 2007. Here’s what PodShow’s Adam Curry has to say about the news: This is a report I‚Äôm extremely proud to post about. According to Compete.com PodShow grew 29144% in 2007, making us the third fastest […]

Daily traffic to video-sharing sites such as YouTube has doubled in the last year and the number of women visiting has doubled, too. According to the latest research by Pew Internet: 48% of internet users said they had ever visited a video-sharing site such as YouTube. A year ago, in December 2006, 33% of internet […]

ReadWriteWeb’s Marshall Kirkpatrick reports that Wizzard Media, the owners of the Libsyn, Switchpod and Blast Podcast networks, will announce tomorrow that it passed the 1 billion download mark in 2007. It’s an impressive number, one that’s sure to generate a lot of buzz for both Wizzard and podcasting. It’s been an interesting ride for Wizzard. […]

Internet media is moving to the mainstream, according to research from Deloitte & Touche: 38% of Americans are watching TV shows online. 36% use their cell phones for entertainment. 54% of Americans use social networking sites, chat rooms or message boards to socialize. 45 percent have a profile on a social networking site. Online ads […]