LongTail Video, who made the JW Player, have acquired Bits on the Run. They can now begin offering a full range of video tools and management as well as an easily embeddable player. LongTail is well-known for the JW player, a Flash video player that can use FLV, H.264/MPEG-4, and even MP3.  It features their build

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Bits on the Run Gets a Long Tail

We all know that YouTube is the number 2 search engine on the Web in terms of query volume.  It sounds impressive, but what does that mean for local businesses trying to reach customers? After all, aren’t most of the 13+ billion clips watched each month on the site Lady Gaga videos

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comScore has released their March 2010 Video Metrix numbers and one of the most fascinating things is that YouTube viewers are watching, on average, 96 videos in the month. That would be 3.2 videos per day, every day.

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YouTube Almost Hit 100 Videos per Viewer Last Month

YouTube has begun rolling out a new version of its video player.  The new look is designed to promote the video content itself and move the player more into a supporting role. In a general sense, the interface and controls have been redesigned and cleaned up.  Specifically… the big change is the time line ticker, which

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YouTube Gives Their Video Player A Makeover, Again

ReelSEO’s Grant Crowell asked Marvel Comics creator icon Stan “The Man” Lee, the keynote speaker for the 2nd day of the National Association of Broadcasters Show in Las Vegas, what does he think about others making videos with Marvel characters and posting them online for their own business or amateur ventures?

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Do Online Video Mashups of Marvel Comics’ Characters Fall Under Fair Use? Stan Lee talks!

ReelSEO’s Grant Crowell talks with attorney Mark Rosenberg about the recent international media attention and public outcry over an animated cartoon posted online by the military wing of the political group Hamas, and why even “psychological warfare” with online video is and should be protected free speech in this country under the First Amendment.

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What the Hamas “Online Video Threat” Can Teach Us About Freedom Of Speech

If you are a Verizon FiOS customer, you just got a nice surprise—YouTube and Internet radio now come straight to your television.  Now instead of sitting on the couch surfing YouTube videos on your laptop, you can sit on the couch and surf YouTube videos on your TV.  Which is a much better experience for

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Verizon FiOS Customers Get YouTube & Internet Radio

Says the 2010 Streaming Media All Star – no wonder I was nominated, right?  Just kidding…  Seriously though, if you want to immerse yourself in the online video industry, you really should go to the Streaming Media East conference in 2 weeks (May 11 &12th) in New York City.  At the least, it is a

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Go To The 2010 Streaming Media East Conference & Expo

PC World has discovered that YouTube rather stealthily opened up their official rental service, which appears to be called “Store.” You may remember some news about them testing a rental service earlier this year.  It seems the testing is over, and the Store is now open to the public. You can now rent episodes of television

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YouTube’s Rental Store Is Now Open To The Public

Sure, the US is seeing something of a sputter in the online video growth curve. In fact it’s sort of flatlined recently, but while that might be the case, our English-speaking counterparts across the big pond are seeing some expansion in their online video viewing thanks to Facebook and TV being put online. comScore Video Metrix

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Online Video Viewing Soars 37% Year Over Year In The UK