CBS has been pretty awesome in the streaming video racket for awhile now.  They offer streams of The Masters and the NCAA Tournament, all in the face of the risk that somehow, they’d lose TV ad dollars from the potential lost audience watching the events online.  However, CBS seems to take the opinion, a right one I believe, that most people want to watch these events on the big screen.  Your online video watchers are those who don’t have access to a big screen.  You are adding to your audience, not losing them.  And hey, there’s such a thing as online advertisement, too.  Now, streaming sports has a Super Bowl-sized event in store: this weekend’s LSU-Alabama showdown in Tuscaloosa.  SEC.  Ranked 1 & 2.  That is all. Record Numbers Could Watch the LSU-Alabama Game Online CBS has offered live streaming of SEC games of the week for a few years now.  But even last year’s SEC Championship, between Auburn and South Carolina, didn’t reach numbers that this matchup is likely to draw.  According to this article , CBS has been “hovering under six figures” with their live-streaming of SEC games.  Where CBS stands to gain more viewers are people who use the CBS Sports Mobile app for iPad and iPhone.  People who might be at work, or traveling, or sneaking around during their daughter’s birthday party.  And LSU versus Alabama is certainly a game some people are going to hate to miss for any reason.  Hence, mobile devices rule

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Watch The LSU-Alabama Game Online & Help CBS Break A Live Streaming Record

I’ve recently received a bunch of really cool gear here at the home office and need to talk about it.

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My Video Lifestyle – No Cord Cutting But Wireless, 3D, HD, Fast, Flexible & Complex

I interviewed Ooyala co-Founder and President of Products’ Bismark Lepe, on today’s release of their new Facebook video analytics solution, allowing publishers to track Facebook users engaging with their online video across audience segmentations in real time.

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Ooyala Custom Video Analytics: Real-Time Facebook Behavioral Data

Internet TV Leader Empowers European Media Owners, Publishers and Advertisers to Leverage the Explosive Growth in Online Video Brightcove, Inc., the leading Internet TV service, today announced the launch of its new UK operations and the opening of an office in central London to manage the company’s growing business in the region. The Brightcove Internet TV service is already in use by the world’s leading media owners, publishers and advertisers, and the company’s expansion into Europe opens up new opportunities in the region to grow audiences and develop new revenues using video content online

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What’s the next major shift for video in the enterprise?

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The Past, Present, and Future of Enterprise Video

vzaar , the video hosting platform continues to wrap up partnerships with some of the web’s leading creative agencies. Today the company announced a new relationship with Volusion, one of the leading providers of ecommerce and shopping cart software, to power ecommerce video solutions for all of Volusion’s online merchant clients.  Volusion – Ecommerce Solutions Volusion offers an all-in-one ecommerce software & hosting solution for e-retailers of all sizes

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Volusion Partners With vzaar To Provide Ecommerce Video Solutions

There are a lot of great benefits a business can get from posting their video to YouTube, including sharing options, statistics, and access to the audience at the largest video site in the world. But YouTube doesn’t work for everyone, particularly businesses that are concerned about maintaining consistent branding and complete control.

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Get Your Own Free Videosite With vidmeup Video Hosting

While Vimeo is a great deal smaller than YouTube (and really, who isn’t?), there is a growing and thriving community of users there. But one group that has long been shut out of the Vimeo experience is businesses and brands.  This week, the company announced the creation of a new type of member account – Vimeo Pro

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Vimeo Courting Businesses With New Vimeo Pro Accounts

There’s no hiding the fact that the Online Video Platform ( OVP ) space is crowded, even more so than the Content Delivery Network (CDN) space was three years ago when the CDNs marched fearlessly down the inevitable path of commoditization. Today there are over 90 streaming video platforms fighting for customers and trying to secure a place in the future of online video.

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As the Online Video Platform Market Crowds, Smart Companies Adapt

Last night my wife called me in from the other room to show me a YouTube video she found hilarious. I think it was cat-related, but honestly don’t remember. What I do remember is that the bar at the bottom of the video–where the play button is–wasn’t the typical light grey I am used to… instead, it was black

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YouTube Testing New Video Player With Black Progress Bar