YouTube Streaming One Billion Videos A Day
Posted by Mike Slocombe on 11 June 2009 | Tagged as: Google, Services, Video Services
Google fess up to thumping big viewing figures.
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Vplay: VJ on Microsoft Surface: Brilliant (video)
Posted by Simon Perry on 1 June 2009 | Tagged as: Software, UK, Video Displays, Video Services
The VPlay really is a fantastic example of what can be achieved by someone who know his stuff.
Google Video: Turn Out The Lights: New Feature
Posted by Simon Perry on 17 April 2009 | Tagged as: Google, Video Services
Looking at videos on YouTube recently we noticed a light bulb sitting on the top right of the video playing back. As it was the first time we’d used it, we felt duty bound to give it a try.
Channel 4 Say Sorry To Mac Users (video)
Posted by Simon Perry on 9 April 2009 | Tagged as: Broadband, Distribution, UK, Video Services
UK Channel 4 has finally sorted out their video catch-up service. Channel 4 previously only offered 4oD which only ran on PCs running Windows, because it uses Microsoft’s DRM.
MBL Returns To Flash, Dumping Microsoft Silverlight. Why?
Posted by Simon Perry on 7 April 2009 | Tagged as: Distribution, Microsoft, Sports, USA, Video Services
Looks like Microsoft has hit a speed bump in trying to get Silverlight adopted by broadcasters. Some reasons for the Major League Baseball stopping using Silverlight might be coming to light. With 500,000 subscribers, MBL.com is the Web’s most successful subscription service, so well worth taking note of.
YouTube Offers First Video Downloads
Posted by Mike Slocombe on 19 January 2009 | Tagged as: Content, Video Services, YouTube
Video sharing giant quietly offers limited download option.
US Online Video Viewing Soars By Over A Third
Posted by Mike Slocombe on 7 January 2009 | Tagged as: Content, Google, Video Services
YouTube emerge as the dons of online video viewing with a hefty market share
Tudou launches HD service
Posted by Simon Perry on 18 September 2008 | Tagged as: China, Content, HDTV, Video Services
Tudou, the Shangahi-based video sharing site that is reported to stream over 15 billion minutes of video every day — thrashing YouTube’s 3 Bn — has just launched an HD service.
NBC Olympic Online Figures Are Huge
Posted by Simon Perry on 15 August 2008 | Tagged as: Sports, USA, Video Services
When I was in Beijing last year there was a lot of talk of the current Olympic being the first ‘Broadband Olympics.’ It appear that for one US broadcaster, NBC, it’s becoming true. The number of people accessing their Olympic coverage are highly impressive. After a week of the Games, NBC have had 25 million [...]
YouTube NOT Doing Live Video
Posted by Simon Perry on 14 August 2008 | Tagged as: Google, Services, Video Services, YouTube
A couple of months back one of the founders of YouTube, Steve Chen, somewhat excitedly announced on video with pretty blogger, Sarah Meyers, that YouTube would be offering a Live version. There was considerable amount of excitement around this, and a fair amount of terror in the companies that are in the live video space [...]
