Google announced today that its AdSense for Video program is now open to publishers. Previously, the AdSense program has focused on serving (usually) contextually relevant text-only ads. Google’s video pilot program originally was going to serve up video-in-video advertising. However, as it has evolved, the video part has been replaced by targeted, contextually-relevant CPM banners […]

Podcaster and author Leesa Barnes is organizing a virtual Social Media Telesummit, with sessions taking place February 20 – 29. Dozens of talks are being presented throughout the Summit, by such podcasting and new media figures as Paul Colligan, The Engaging Brand’s Anna Farmery from the UK, Australian government science video podcaster Kylie Johnson, and […]

Howcast Media announced the launch of its new site today, a venue for watching and sharing “instructional how-to” videos. Howcast, founded by veterans of Google and YouTube, also announced a directors’ program for “emerging filmmakers” to pad out video offerings on the site. Howcast paints itself as a hybrid of “user-generated content with the quality […]