Last week Toshiba introduced a new Qosmio laptop that contains a secondary video processing chip and special software designed to make fuzzy web video look better. It all gets controlled through a plugin for Internet Explorer that automatically detects Flash video…then cleans up that video during playback. ComputerWorld tested the laptop with videos from YouTube Full Article…
New Media Marketing: It’s About Street Smarts, Not Book Smarts
About 3 weeks ago I did a post about TV pitchman Bill Mays and how the corporate world (think Madison Avenue) is now starting to incorporate direct response principles into their advertising campaigns. Ever since I made that post, about 26% of the traffic coming to this blog was generated by “Billy Mays” related searches. Full Article…
Sony Vegas Pro 9 Takes Aim at Final Cut, Adobe Premiere and Avid
I’ve always been a long-time fan and user of Sony Vegas video editing software. In fact, I use Sony Vegas Pro nearly every day. I also use Final Cut Pro about as often. So I know the advantages and disadvantages of both quite well. To date, Sony Vegas has never garnered the user base enjoyed Full Article…
YOUniversityTV Launches College Resource Video Community
I’ve always said that targeting the education market is one of the best…almost surefire ways…to profit from web video. Now a new wrinkle has been added to this by a site called YOUniversityTV. What do they do? Well, they sent casts and camera crews to over 400 major four-year universities in the United States. Then Full Article…
YouTube Announces Site Redesign To Feature Studio Content
It seems I’ve been on a video sharing site kick lately, but that’s where the news has been coming from. And YouTube is featured once again as yesterday they announced that some changes are in the works. First, they’ve inked deals to feature content from major studios like Sony Pictures, Starz, Lionsgate, MGM, CBS and Full Article…