July 4, 2008 A major Hollywood studio and online search engine Google unveiled separate moves this week to put movie and TV-like content on the Web, highlighting the way in which both see the Internet as critical to reaching customers.
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June 25, 2008 The Adobe-Macromedia merger continues to yield unexpected products, with the latest being Macromedia's Flash technology integrated into the latest release of Adobe's PDF reader. Acrobat 9 lets users combine documents, video, audio, and 3D objects into a single file.
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June 18, 2008 What's next for online video sites? The people behind Openfilm think viewers want better content, higher quality video, and more social networking. Take a preview look at the post-YouTube world.
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June 11, 2008 Television executives look ahead to where video on demand (VOD) could go and explain why it isn't there already. The video-on-demand revolution that seemed distant a few years ago has not lived up to everything promised.
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May 28, 2008 Are you getting the results you want with online video? Here are the most frequent mistakes online video creators make, and how to avoid them.
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May 20, 2008 Are you paying too much for your Content Delivery Network? Would you like to know what others are paying before you sign a contract? At today's Streaming Media East conference, attendees learned the facts about CDN costs.
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May 16, 2008 Adobe has made the pre-release version of its Flash Player 10 publicly available, and it promises better video streaming over fluctuating connections. Could an end to slow playback and stuttering videos be within sight?
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May 12, 2008 You know what the Adobe Media Player offers online video creators, but what does it offer end-users? This review looks at AMP as compared to the other free media players and wonders if Adobe is giving users enough of an incentive by focusing exclusively on video.
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April 17, 2008 Online video is growing at a fever pitch, with over 10 billion videos watched in February, 2008, a 66 percent jump from the previous February. Here's where you need to post to get your videos seen by a wide audience.
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April 16, 2008 The NAB Show, which just wrapped up its 2008 conference in Las Vegas, was the place to be for online media professionals. Want to know what's coming to our industry next? Here are some highlights from the event.
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April 10, 2008 No longer in beta, Adobe has launched the Adobe Media Player, which lets viewers automatically download new episodes of favorite Web programs for offline viewing.
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March 28, 2008 When Guinness World Records decided to increase its online video presence, it didn't beef-up its own Web site; it added channels on UGC sites. If you're looking for viewers, free sites are the way to go.
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March 27, 2008 Not only does YouTube offer free video distribution, but it now offers free demographic data, as well.
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March 25, 2008 In a blog posting, outspoken entrepreneur Mark Cuban took on YouTube, saying that the company subsidizes user-generated video bandwidth and guessing at the real reason behind the recent API changes.
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March 19, 2008 Adobe released the Flash Media Rights Management Server today, which lets content providers control both online and offline viewing, and also insert ads into Flash video content viewed offline.
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February 29, 2008 To get your videos watched, you need to understand how people are using online video. While previous studies showed high averages for online video watching, a new report shows the huge divide between heavy and light viewers.
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January 25, 2008 Content creators looking for an audience gained a new ally this week, as the Open Television Network debuted an innovative way to sell videos and more through RSS feeds.
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January 24, 2008 Video isn't just exploding in popularity online, but on mobile devices, as well. How content providers can best reach viewers, however, is rapidly changing. We spoke to an industry expert about four key trends in mobile video.
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January 17, 2008 Where should you post online to get your videos noticed? A new study shows the surprising truth about how many online videos are being watched, as well as what sites get the most viewers.
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December 28, 2007 P2P is the latest buzz word for large-scale video delivery, and it could end up saving you a fortune in distribution costs. Find out how the technology is developing and how you can get involved.
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