Video-On-Demand
Google Launches AdSense In-Stream Video Test
Google has announced it is testing in-stream ads in video through its AdSense program in a closed trial with an undisclosed group of publishers.
The new ads will play on publishers’ own flash video players and revenue will be split between the publisher and Google. Publishers will select which videos to display with ads and where [...]
$1.5B market for IP video by 2012
A new report found that 12% of online consumers have purchased video content delivered via the Internet.
71% of such video viewers watched on their PCs, 16% watched on their TVs from a burned DVD, and 8% watched using a gaming console.
Video game consoles are expected to drive total revenue for public Internet video delivery due to [...]
Study Says No Future in iTunes-Like Paid Video Services
A new study projects that online sales of movie and TV show downloads will triple to $279 million in 2007 from $98 million last year.
However, the study forecasts that growth in sales may slow next year, and that the paid download video market may prove a “dead end” as more free programming is made available [...]
ABC, ESPN, Cox Announce VOD Advertising, Programming Platform
ABC Television, ESPN and Cox Communications announced they are developing a digital platform that will combine VOD delivery and interactive, on-demand advertising with ABC programming. Cox will delivery dynamic ad insertion via its On Demand platform.
The trial, to begin this fall in Cox’s Orange County cable TV system, includes syndicating ABC’s broadband video player to [...]
Online Video Stays Short, Audience Opening to Longer Video
While the online video space has been dominated by short clips — long-form video has yet to be seriously tested online.
A new study confirms that the majority of consumers have yet to download or stream full-length TV shows or movies online — and that those who can persuade consumers to do so may be highly [...]
Xbox Live Debuts Hi-Def “South Park” Downloads
Comedy Central is offering Xbox 360 owners the first episode from South Park for download in high definition free of charge on Xbox Live Marketplace for two weeks. Xbox Live Marketplace currently features “South Park”seasons 5-9 and the critically-acclaimed feature film “South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut” and “Chappelle’s Show”. “South Park” episodes [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )YouTube Competitor Veoh Launches Peer-to-Peer Internet TV Service
Michael Eisner-backed Veoh Networks announced the commercial launch of a file-sharing Internet television service to compete with YouTube. The site opens with over 100,000 videos by amateurs and professionals after a year and a half of public testing.
Veoh promises to compensate publishers based on the audience their videos attract, like Break.com, Revver and online [...]
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