Just when it appeared that the online video industry was moving toward a video standard, with H.264 video playback in HTML5 – more chaos ensued with Google’s announcement of its plans to phase out support for H.264 in its Chrome browser , in favor of open source formats like its own WebM or Theora.

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Google Chrome To Drop H264 – How Will This Affect You?

Experian Hitwise has released a year-end report detailing the most-searched keyword phrases and most-visited websites of 2010.  Among the most interesting reveals is the declaration that Facebook overtook Google as the most-visited website.

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Facebook and YouTube Rise To The Top Most Search Keywords For 2010

Yep, another weekend has arrived and I’ve pulled my head out of Star Trek Online, video game news and some other things to give you something to read while you have your Sunday morning coffee.

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The Sunday News Reel – Week of 25-31 October, 2010

DailyMotion is working on implementing better ways for their users to discover video content on DailyMotion. Apparently, what they had just wasn’t working (which might explain their serious lack of stringency in what is acceptable as a view, having just scraped the bottom of the barrel in the latest TubeMogul research on the matter)

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DailyMotion Expands Video Discovery, Localization And Player Features

I am going to refrain from using all manner of cliche here and simply say, Blip is ready to take its whole site to the next level. Damn, that’s a cliche too, isn’t it? Hey everyone, Blip.tv says they’re going to go full HTMl5 as soon as they can! Just last week at the Open

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Blip HTML5 Player 5 Times Faster, Full Switchover Soon

Chris is taking the weekend off to catch up on some technical things (really he’s just fiddling with computer hardware, playing video games and catching up on sleep) so I’m here to cover for him.

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The Sunday News Reel: Video Related News In Review – Sept 26 – Oct 3, 2010

Thanks to shows like Mad Men, and to a lesser extent Bewitched, many people think being a creative director at a creative agency involves sitting around all day thinking up incredibly entertaining ideas and pitching them to 3 martini lunch-soaked clients in a swirling haze of cigar smoke and laughter. Or, they think that being

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What Works Best For Web Video Marketing? Entertainment Vs Message

Learning how to do things can be challenging and complicated, but with the rise of online and mobile video, it’s become easier to learn by watching instructional video content. The old adage, “a picture is worth a thousand words,” holds true for videos, which can teach us specific skills and techniques that plain text just

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Howcast Knows How To Build A Next-Generation Media Company

This past year, YouTube announced its more than 2 billion hits per day, a clear indication that online video viewership is increasing at an exponential rate.

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How To Overcome The Pitfalls Of Interactive, Clickable Video

Online video is changing all the time, as are the tastes of the online video-viewing public.

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Viral Video Lessons Round Up – Dogs, Dogs, & Other Animals