About a year ago, CNET ran a comparison to see which video site offered user’s the best quality (Vimeo won). This week, they decided to do a similar comparison…except with HD video. They also changed the rules a bit…last year they took things into consideration like upload times (which can vary by a user’s Internet Full Article…
Mozilla Plans To Create a Standard, Open-Source Web Video Format
One of the big issues with web video is that there is no standard format. Instead, there are several competing formats…and each of these formats have their rights owned by commercial companies. First there is Flash from Adobe. It is the dominant video format on the web. Next comes QuickTime, which is owned by Apple. Full Article…
Video Review: New Veoh Video Compass Browser Plugin
Last week Veoh released a new browser plugin, called the Veoh Video Compass, that allows you to receive relevant video results as you’re searching the web. For example, lets say you’re on Google and you’re searching for “baking pans”. Google will return their normal search results as they always do, however, across the top of Full Article…
Video Content and Editing Style Control Viewer’s Brain Activity
One of the most common misconceptions with web video is that you can sit down in front of a camera, record yourself talking for 5 minutes, upload it to YouTube and you’re business will suddenly flourish. Unfortunately, that couldn’t be further from the truth. We’ll save the traffic portion of the above scenario for another Full Article…
Funeral Homes Begin Webcasting Funeral Services
First it was user-generated content. Then porn. Then large media and entertainment companies joined the game. Next came lawyers, physicians and hospitals. And now funeral homes have joined the web video phenomenon…seemingly completing the circle of life. Yes, now instead of traveling to the funeral service of a deceased, you can watch it via live, Full Article…