So far this week from the IFA show in Berlin we have heard from Sony who is offering Music Unlimited (I am certain video will follow), and 3D video and tablet computers have dominated the scene.

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Samsung Hooks Up with BlinkBox for UK Video-on-Demand on Internet TVs

YouTube recently announced that they would be testing a video rental service via their site. As a “Beta Test,” they’ve partnered with Sundance Film Festival and have five films available. It seems they will be available for rent until the end of the month

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YouTube Movie Rentals in the Works

International expansion is going to be vital to the growth of the cable and network TV business over the next several years.  At the NATPE conference in Las Vegas, I interviewed Discovery Communications CEO David Zaslav.  David talked about the opportunities in markets like India, Russia and Romania and explained why TV companies should focus resources there. Also in this week’s episode, I spoke with the digital head at top-rated cable network USA about how to best extend a TV show onto the Web.

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The Future of Television is International – Report from NATPE

AOL has purchased video production company StudioNow Inc for $36.5 million. We wrote about StudioNow back in the Fall of 2008 , when they had just signed a deal to develop videos for CitySearch.  This merger/purchase is newsworthy because of the technology that StudioNow had created–as well as for what it might mean for AOL’s ability to delve deeper into video

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AOL Snatches Up Online Video Provider StudioNow For $36.5M

The viral landscape is a very fluid, breathing sort of thing. That’s why we publish this column on a (mostly) weekly basis… because there are always fresh examples of viral success.  Let’s take a look at what’s gone viral this week in the world of online video, and attempt to pinpoint some of the core reasons for that success

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Viral Video Marketing Round Up – Lessons From This Week’s Viral Video Successes – 1/22/2010

So YouTube has made some changes .

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YouTube’s Video Landing Pages and Player Get Huge Makeover

YouTube recently stated that they want to help push HTML 5 to the forefront and have begun a more robust experiment to use it on their site. You have to opt-in to beta program in order to see the HTML 5 pages and there are some serious limitations to what it can do right now. In a recent blog post, YouTube has stated that the number one request from user (hard to believe) was that YouTube do more with HTML 5

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YouTube Embraces HTML 5 Video, Experimentally

At the risk of pigeonholing myself as “ the guy who writes about online video Super Bowl contests ,” I’d like to take a moment and tell you about Career Builder’s plans for this year’s big game. Career Builder has a nice, solid history of success with their Super Bowl spots —you might remember last year’s entry with the Koala bear getting punched , or the previous year’s spots featuring all-out office warfare in a real jungle .  They’ve been advertising on the NFL’s biggest game for six years

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CareerBuilder Jumps Into the Web Video Super Bowl Commercial Contest Game

At the risk of pigeonholing myself as “ the guy who writes about online video Super Bowl contests ,” I’d like to take a moment and tell you about Career Builder’s plans for this year’s big game. Career Builder has a nice, solid history of success with their Super Bowl spots —you might remember last year’s entry with the Koala bear getting punched , or the previous year’s spots featuring all-out office warfare in a real jungle .  They’ve been advertising on the NFL’s biggest game for six years.

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CareerBuilder Jumps Into the Web Video Super Bowl Commercial Contest Game

Listen to my podcast interview with intellectual property attorney Mark J. Rosenberg , as we explore the question: Can you feature someone in a video advertisement simply because you have video footage (or can access video footage) of them using or talking about your product, service, or brand? Also, what is the most legally safe way to feature a video of a public figure and use that for your own business purposes

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Legal Video Marketing News: Are Public Figures Fair Game?