comScore today released November 2008 data from the comScore Video Metrix service showing that U.S. Internet users viewed 12.7 billion online videos during the month, representing an increase of 34 percent versus year ago. 77% of all Americans on the Internet watch online video, an average of 273 minutes per person for the month. Other notable findings: 97 […]

The Associated Press has picked Hulu as its Website of the Year: In the Wild West that is online video, Hulu.com has proven to be a trailblazing answer to how professional content can thrive on the Web. “This is period of great experimentation in regard to media, in regard to online video,” said Hulu chief […]

TechVideoBlog has measured the HD qualities of the various video services now offering HD video sharing, and it looks like YouTube and Facebook are now the leaders.  Here are the specs they measured, along with links to example videos: Youtube HD: 1280×720 – 2mbit/s H264 – full framerate – 44hz stereo 254kbit/s AAC audio Facebook […]

It looks like everybody’s going HD. Facebook has announced that it will now support HD video: Since we launched video last year, more than 45 million videos have been uploaded to Facebook with approximately 100,000 new videos added each day. Starting today, you’ll be able to upload higher quality videos to Facebook and also embed […]

Openfilm.com, an online video site that focuses on independent films, shorts and animations, has announced a variety of new tools and features to assist independent filmmakers in showcasing their work. Highlights of the update include: viewing recommendations and film reviews; advice for filmmakers on everything from production to surviving Hollywood; video playback and channel pages […]

TV By The Numbers’ Bill Gorman has posted some revealing stats on TiVo subscribers that suggest that the technology is headed for the dead pool.  The above graph charts the change in TiVo subscribers, by month. Starting with February ’06, TiVo subscriber growth stalls and by February ’07, TiVo started bleeding subscribers.  Gorman notes: In the […]

Mainstream Internet video startup Hulu has posted a collection of videos that explain the site’s video sharing features. While you can’t share your personal videos on Hulu, the site at least makes it easy to embed videos in blog posts, share on social medi sites and email. Now, if they’d just make embeddable videos permanently […]

Information technology research firm Gartner reports that “protail” video – their term for the segment between professionally produced content and user-generated content – is becoming one of the fastest-growing segments of the online video marketplace, and is providing advertisers a safe, targeted inventory in which they can place ads.

While Gartner’s choice of terms may be a bit unfortunate, video created by hardcore amateurs is creating an important new audience for advertisers.

Popular children’s program “Sesame Street” is celebrating its 39th year on the air with a move into Internet media, a Reuters article reports. The public television show, which debuted in 1969, is broadcast in 140 countries, and now will also be available on Hulu, YouTube, and via the iTunes Music Store, according to Sesame Workshop […]

Sarah Palin may not have reigned in the budget in Wasilla. Sarah Palin may not have graduated from the first, second, third or fourth college she attended. Sarah Palin may not said no to “Bridge to Nowhere” pork. No matter what you think of Palins accomplishments, though, it’s hard to argue with BusinessWeek’s claim that […]