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Just Wow: YouTube Had 344M Global Uniques in Oct. 
(unknown author) via NewTeeVee on Mon, 01 Dec. 2008
Shared by Rizzn
YouTube is going to be *the* online video portal.
Not that you didn’t already know that YouTube commands an audience all over the world, but here are the numbers that prove it.
ComScore hasn’t given out U.S. video measurements since July (the delay is apparently because it’s in the process of
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Want to Watch the Britney Spears Documentary Online? Not So Fast 
Liz Gannes via NewTeeVee on Mon, 01 Dec. 2008
You know it’s the attention that keeps building Britney Spears up and tearing her back down, but you just can’t turn away. Now the pop star is trying to climb back up the charts, so she’s inviting you back in once again. Spears produced a documentary about herself (an auto-documentary?) on the Britney-friendly cable network MTV (which is rather pretentiously calling it a “film”).
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Don’t Forget to ElfYourself 
Liz Gannes via NewTeeVee on Sun, 30 Nov. 2008
It’s true, eCards are soooo ’90s, but that’s only because most of them look terrible, aren’t specific or personalized enough, and/or cost money.
But OfficeMax’sElfYourself campaign? TIMELESS.
Send your own
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Joost Launches iPhone App 
Chris Albrecht via NewTeeVee on Sat, 29 Nov. 2008
Joost launched an iPhone app over the holiday break, making its P2P web TV service mobile. With the app, users can watch Joost’s content library of more than 46,000 videos on the go for free. The service streams video over Wi-Fi connections and not over th
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Criterion Collection Does Web Video 
Liz Gannes via NewTeeVee on Fri, 28 Nov. 2008
What does the highly esteemed Criterion Collection, distributor of film buff collectors’ editions, do in a digital age? Very few of its chosen “important classic and contemporary films” are available in any online format. If you want to buy a movie online, chances are it’s going to be Zoolander
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ABC: Original Online Shows Not Our Thing 
Liz Gannes via NewTeeVee on Fri, 28 Nov. 2008
Give an Ugly Betty fan more Ugly Betty, and attracting viewers to your online video is like shooting fish in a barrel. Millions of views, at your service. But “purely original” web content hasn’t worked nearly as well for ABC as leveraging TV programs like Betty with webisodes, said Alexis Rapo, who runs ABC.com,
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Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Gets Rickrolled 
Liz Shannon Miller via NewTeeVee on Thu, 27 Nov. 2008
Is this the first nation-wide Rickroll? Never let it be said again that the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is out of touch — this morning the Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends float surprised, well, the entire nation with Never Gonna Give You Up and the ACTUAL Rick Astley, for the first time (as far as I know)
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Netflix HD Streams Head to Blu-ray Players 
Chris Albrecht via NewTeeVee on Wed, 26 Nov. 2008
Netflix is broadening the availability of its HD streams to Samsung and LG Blu-ray DVD players early next month. The addition of LG BD300 and the Samsung BD-P2500 bolsters the ranks of Netflix HD-enabled devices like TiVo, Xbox and by the end of this year,
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Five Years Of The Pirate Bay: The Most Memorable Moments 
Janko Roettgers via NewTeeVee on Wed, 26 Nov. 2008
The Pirate Bay is celebrating its fifth birthday this week, complete with a special anniversary logo a
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Revenue, Schmevenue; Let’s Talk International Video Consumption 
Liz Gannes via NewTeeVee on Wed, 26 Nov. 2008
Dude, eMarketer, you’ve gotta make up your mind. Yesterday you’re all doom and gloom about online video revenue, and today you announce, “The Future of Online Video Looks Bright.” What gives?
Well, turns out this new report is more a compilation of research about video consumption f
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Vid-Biz: Sling.com, Hulu, Apple 
Chris Albrecht via NewTeeVee on Wed, 26 Nov. 2008
Sling Launches Video Portal; hardware maker’s Sling.com features content from Warner Bros., Sony, MGM, CBS and more. (See our previous coverage.)
Hulu Users Prefer Front-Loading Ads; 88 percent choose to watch a two-minute ad prior to the program in exchange for no ads dur
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StatShot: BitTorrent Loves Batman 
Chris Albrecht via NewTeeVee on Wed, 26 Nov. 2008
The Dark Knight continues to cast its vengeful shadow over BitTorrent, according to TorrentFreak, staying on as the most popular pirated movie. Other than that — there was only one new addition to the top 10 list: Elegy, a smaller film starring Ben Kingsley that came out earlier this year.
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TiVo Subscriber Numbers Keep Tanking 
Chris Albrecht via NewTeeVee on Wed, 26 Nov. 2008
TiVo released its third quarter results today, and while the company reported a profit (thank you, EchoStar for that $105 million patent violation payment) the DVR maker lost 163,000 subscribers, dragging its total number of subscribers down to 3.46 million — the lowest it’s been since the spring of 2005.
TV by the Numbers has been tracking TiV
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Video Ad Spending Growth to Drop Dramatically 
Chris Albrecht via NewTeeVee on Tue, 25 Nov. 2008
Online video advertising is a shiny new toy in the marketer’s box of tricks. As such, people think its use will only increase and it will be more recession proof than traditional or other forms of online advertising. But eMarketer released a report today saying that growth in online video ad spending will drop dramatically in
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Vid-Biz: Magnify.net, AT&T, Jathia 
Chris Albrecht via NewTeeVee on Tue, 25 Nov. 2008
Magnify.net Raises $750K; Innovation Ventures led this Series A1 round for the video publishing company. (Silicon Alley Insider)
AT&T’s Viral Series Not So Viral; Lost in America stars iJustine, but is not attracting lots of eyeballs. (
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Obama’s Video Strategy: A Peek Behind the Curtain 
Liz Shannon Miller via NewTeeVee on Tue, 25 Nov. 2008
During the 2008 presidential election, the Barack Obama campaign set up dedicated new media teams in many states, but there were only eight with dedicated video
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ZunaVision Elegantly Inserts Ads Anywhere 
(unknown author) via NewTeeVee on Mon, 24 Nov. 2008
Shared by Graham Smith
Huh. A freaking legal nightmare as the article suggests, but sweet technology. Also, lovin' the Stanford tag. OMG, Stanford has a WEBSITE I can VISIT?!
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Luke 11:17, Bruce Lee Plays Ping-pong: NTV Station Today 
Liz Shannon Miller via NewTeeVee on Mon, 24 Nov. 2008
Yep, today we have yet another viral ad appropriating the image of a dead famous person to sell a product. I love the visual look of this Bruce Lee piece, though — the blurry black and white makes this game of ping-pong almost look like a dream.
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