I can’t believe I missed this when it first came out. Score one more for YouTube’s recommendation engine. Check out this montage of viral video phenomena set to a parody of Billy Joel’s We Didn’t Start the Fire: Internet Stars are Viral.
I like this video’s international perspective. Unlike other montages I’ve seen, this one also […]
Fantastic thought from the ever-insightful Steve Bryant:
What does it even mean any more to say a talent goes from Web-to-TV, when that talent’s already an established name?
In one TV interview about online video, my words were brutally edited to make “pure” online video stars seem somehow less professional than mediocre Web-to-TV sellouts. Chalk it up […]
The latest comScore numbers show a 3% gain in online video views in February at 10,089,048, despite that month being two days short. Note that comScore just counts streams and progressive downloads. Ten billion doesn’t even count torrents and direct downloads.
Other interesting tidbits:
* 72.8 percent of the total U.S. Internet audience viewed online video.
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Online video is not just for kids, but kids watching online video are on the rise.
42% of consumers age 18 to 34 watch videos online at home at least once a week, up from 28% in 2007, a new study from Leichtman Research Group says. And, of the 1,250 households surveyed, 9% “strongly agree” that […]
Offline video is mostly ephemeral, hence the phrase 15 minutes of fame. Online video, by contrast, promises a longer-lasting 15 megabytes of fame. As Steve Rubel notes, olds are the new news.
Now we’re seeing some data to back up those catchphrases. Lester Craft points out an a study that says almost 20% of total views […]
The most successful content on the Web exists as quanta of information, permalinked and widgetized. Online video is no exception. That’s why a recent eMarketer study shows that shortform content rules online video.
I guess Yahoo’s out of luck.
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YouTube partied in Japan a few months back, and now Japanese vloggers are throwing their own parties.
On Jan. 27, a new keyword climbed to the top of the rankings in Japan to steal first place on the blog search engine Technorati. Dougajin — literally “Video People” — was the name coined by organizers of Japan’s […]
If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you’ll notice that I feature YouTube stars a lot. Kevin Nalts, himself a YouTube star, explains a lot of what they do to hold my attention in his free eBook, How to Become Popular on YouTube Without Any Talent. If you want to become a […]
I showed Christine “Happy Slip” Gambito’s Season One DVD to my parents Christmas Eve. They couldn’t stand it. They’re too used to the conventions of offline video — 30 minute chunks, big casts, no community, et cetera. My doctor uncle couldn’t believe anyone would quit nursing to do this. Apparently, to some people, being an […]
Will offline video celebrities jump into online video before the studios do? Kevin Maney thinks so.
Pundits and bratty little Web billionaires have long been predicting the demise of the entertainment-industrial complex. Finally, at the dawn of 2008, their predictions have proved correct. Basically, we’re talking about a gargantuan realignment, like the fall of Communism, though […]
A look at the fast rising online video industry
Written by Mike Abundo [email] for b5media.
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