The Yahoo! Video Blog has announced a variety of updates to the Yahoo! Video site. Here‚Äôs what‚Äôs new: Widescreen videos: Yahoo! Video supports a 16:9 cinematastic player that‚Äôs far ahead of what most sites are offering. And the video looks great. More content: Yahoo! Video now aggregates the whole spectrum of video found throughout Yahoo!, […]

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 […]

People working in new media are starting to try out the Apple TV update, and most are giving it rave reviews. We published an in-depth Apple TV review and walkthrough yesterday, and gave Apple TV 2 a “B”. We like the new movie features, but the podcast support is confusing and makes it hard to […]

Video blog/video conversation site Seesmic is announcing tomorrow that it has raised $6 million in funding. The investment is lead by Atomico – an investment group founded by Niklas Zennstr√∂m and Janus Friis. The complete list of investors is: Michael Arrington – Founder, TechCrunch Steve Case – Co-Founder and former CEO and Chairman, AOL Jeff […]

Apple yesterday released the delayed “Take Two” interface for Apple TV. We’ve gone through the update process and tested it out, and here’s our thoughts on the new functionality and interface, with an emphasis on social media. The update process is painless. Navigate to Settings and choose Update Software, and Apple TV will take care […]

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 […]

Over at PBS’s MediaShift, Jennifer Woodard Maderazo offers her take on why she’s leaving print media behind for digital: In new media circles, one of the hottest topics of recent years has been the print-to-digital shift. People pundit about it, shout “print is dead” and wallow in the sadness sparked by nostalgia for a day […]

During the keynote at the National Association of Television Program Executives’ Conference, NBC-Universal President Jeff Zucker said that the network has notice a midday bump in online video viewers, and it wants a piece of the action. “We’re also seeing new forms of media consumption,” said Zucker, “like something our research department calls ‘video snacking’‚Äîa […]

Apple today announced that MacBook Air is now shipping. Apple also announced that the new Apple TV software update, which lets you rent high definition movies directly from your widescreen TV, is not quite finished. Apple now plans to make the free software download available in another week or two. The update to Apple TV […]