Posted April 1, 2013, 10:30 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in The Web
Following up from a brief teaser in a Q&A session at SXSW three weeks ago, YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley has formally announced his new online video venture, dubbed MixBit. The site itself hasn’t launched yet, but the timing for the…
While most of us deal with "dozens" or even "hundreds" on a daily basis, YouTube deals with numbers in the billions. It appears the eight year-old video service has hit its latest milestone of one billion unique users each month.
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Posted March 20, 2013, 11:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News
Yahoo is reportedly in talks to purchase a controlling stake in online video website Dailymotion. The Internet pioneer could be prepared to buy up to 75 percent of the company as part of an ownership structure according to people familiar…
Posted March 11, 2013, 3:30 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Industry News, The Web
Six years after selling YouTube to Google in a deal valued at $1.65 billion, co-founder Chad Hurley is ready to jump back in the online video business with something that’s flexible enough “for people to work together and create content.”…
Posted February 22, 2013, 1:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, The Web
Nielsen will soon expand its TV ratings system to include online viewers, it told clients yesterday. Armed with its broadened definition of what constitutes a "TV household", Nielsen hopes to more accurately reflect modern day media consumption and advancements in technology…
Posted September 26, 2012, 8:30 AM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web
YouTube has announced the latest addition to its very own video editor: automated caption translation for over 300 supported languages. The Caption Translation Manager utilizes Google's Translate and Translator Toolkit in order to work its magic. Alternatively, video authors can…
Posted January 13, 2012, 7:30 AM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in The Web
Hulu has closed another fruitful year, expanding 60% from 2010 to approximately $420 million in revenue, according to CEO Jason Kilar. Despite a "soft advertising market" in the second half of 2011, the site's ad business grew aggressively. The company…
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