Monday, 31 August 2009
19%...
...of internet users visit video-sharing sites on a typical day, according to Pew Research (source: Revolution Magazine, September 2009)
Can Arqiva create a viable ad platform?
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"If Arqiva uses the right technology to serve ads, there is no reason why its service shoud not establish itself as a viable platform for advertisers." Hmmm - wonder what technology he could possible be referring to?
Scan taken from Revolution Magazine
Saturday, 29 August 2009
Blinkx at work on search engine for online video
"If you're like me, when looking for a video online, you reflexively go to YouTube or maybe to Hulu.
But a small San Francisco company called Blinkx is betting that behavior is going to change in coming years. In the same way consumers turned to search engines when the number of text Web pages on the Internet exploded, they will soon rely on new types of search engines to navigate the Internet's rapidly expanding offerings of video, if Blinkx and analysts are right."
But a small San Francisco company called Blinkx is betting that behavior is going to change in coming years. In the same way consumers turned to search engines when the number of text Web pages on the Internet exploded, they will soon rely on new types of search engines to navigate the Internet's rapidly expanding offerings of video, if Blinkx and analysts are right."
from MercuryNews.com
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Comment: obvious thing to do I suppose, since they have an index of 35m+ hours of online video (and presumably that figure is growing all the time).
With any luck this might be the impetus one of the big boys (MS, Yahoo, Google, News Corp etc) needs to launch a takeover bid, so investors can finally see a return on their money...
Obvious question to ask, though: when you go to Blinkx.com and enter a search string, and the system returns relevant videos - isn't that a search engine? So what's this Mercury News story about? Blinkx PR trying to drum up some interest in the company?
Thursday, 27 August 2009
Yahoo Gets With The Program, Finally Lets You Play Videos In Search Results
"There’s always been a tension in search between organizing information for users and getting out of the way so they can get to that information as quickly as possible. With text links, getting people to the correct page as fast as possible usually produces the best experience. But when it comes to video, which is a self-contained form of information, a better search experience is to be able to play the video right in results. Otherwise, in addition to clicking back and forth until you find the video you want, you are also adding the delay of playing the video..."
from TechCrunch
There! Pause It There–The Expression on Randall Stephenson’s Face Is Priceless.
"AT&T and Verizon have run afoul of TiVo’s video patents. Reporting a second-quarter loss and projected results below Wall Street expectations Wednesday, the digital video recorder pioneer said it is suing the two telecoms for infringing on its patents for technology that allows DVRs to simultaneously store and play back programs, pause live television and deliver other features..."
from All Things Digital
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