Internet information provider comScore released March 2009 data for online video consumption. Their report indicates that U.S. Internet users viewed 14.5 billion online videos during the month, a jump of 11 percent over February 2009. In March, comScore’s report says, 77.8 percent of the total U.S. Internet audience viewed online video. Google Sites, (parent of […]

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 video […]

The public television network PBS is taking some of its viewers’ favorite programs and making them available via its newly-launched video portal, PBS.org/video.  Today’s debut of the streaming site marks the first time that programming from a variety of series producers has been available in from one location. The new video site features a broad […]

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 […]

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 […]

Independent video-sharing site Dailymotion today announced a distribution agreement with online video service Hulu. The agreement with Hulu will give Dailymotion’s audience access to an additional 40,000 “premium” videos from Hulu’s extensive online video library, including full-length episodes from major television studios, full-length feature films from major film studios, as well as news and other […]

The New York Times jokes that CBS is “taking the iPhone where no iPhone has gone before.”  The announcement must be the inspiration for a million bad Star Trek jokes, but today, CBS Interactive released an iPhone application for its TV.com site. The new application lets users view full episodes of TV series, ranging from […]

Podcast network Wizzard Media announced that it has signed an agreement with Attention Span Media LLC to distribute the studio’s “Sock Tube Presents” movie parody show. “Sock Tube Presents” is a series of movie parodies starring tube sock puppets. (The current feature is a sock puppet rendition of “Slumdog Millionaire.”) Kara Swisher of the Wall […]

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 […]

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 […]