Variety reports that YouTube will update it site as early as next week to integrate advertising with its vast library of videos. Content creators who upload their videos to the site will be offered the option of having short ads shown at the beginning or end, with the resulting revenues split 50-50. In order to […]

Podcast Hotel, the latest in a series of West Coast podcast events, is slated for April 20-21 in San Francisco at the Swedish American Hall. Billed as “two days of discussion around the intersection of technology, indie music and indie film,” Podcast Hotel features lectures, concerts and discussions on digital media issues such as distribution, […]

YouTube plans to start banning videos posted to the site that may contain copyrighted content, according to CEO Eric Schmidt. The new system, which Schmidt called Claim Your Content, will automatically identify copyright material so that it can be removed, Schmidt said. Schmidt made his comments at the National Association of Broadcasters conference. “We are […]

Comedian Will Ferrell and partner Adam McKay have launched a new site that’s trying to be the YouTube of comedy, FunnyorDie.com. Like other video sites, users can upload comedy videos to be voted on by other viewers. Videos can also be embedded into blog posts and other sites (see sample below). Votes determine whether the […]

Scoble voices a complaint that is becoming common among Apple TV owners: I‚Äôve been watching a TON of Internet videos with my son the past few days. I haven‚Äôt found one that really looks awesome yet that can compare with the Discovery Channel‚Äôs HD content, for instance. Today I spent a few hours at Adobe […]

Apple has updated its podcasting specs and is sending out emails to video podcasters with tips on how to make them look great on Apple TV. The tips include: Encode at 640√ó480 or 640√ó360. This will look much better than 320√ó240 on HDTV, and will still port to the iPod. While 720p looks great, they […]

According to a post at the Photobucket blog, MySpace has made changes to prevent Photobucket users from posting their videos and remixes to MySpace pages: This action by MySpace means that all of the videos and remixes you created will no longer show up on your MySpace profile, blog and comments section. More specifically, if […]

Podcamp, a free unconference about podcasting, is coming to New York this weekend. The New York PodCamp Conference will be held April 7th at the New Yorker Hotel, at 481 8th Avenue at 34th St. The event is organized by attendees, and will focus on topics like the future of podcasting and video podcasting. Organizers […]

Pioneering video podcast Rocketboom is considering charging for it content, because it doesn’t have the size of audiences that large advertisers are looking for. “It’s frustrating that we haven’t worked it out by now,” said Rocketboom creator, Andrew Baron. “Even though we have a relatively large audience, advertisers are just not happy to do ‘small […]

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is fighting to protect the free speech rights of MoveOn.org Civic Action and Brave New Films after their parody of The Colbert Report was removed from YouTube because of a copyright complaint from media giant Viacom. Viacom recently asked YouTube to remove 100,000 video clips from Viacom-owned properties, including MTV […]