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 [...]
As a follow-up to my post last Friday, where I covered news of video sharing site Veoh slashing their workforce by 36%, comes news about YouTube, the 800 pound gorilla in the market (Google owned YouTube is responsible for approximately 41% of all video streams on the Internet). While Google has admitted that YouTube has [...]
I’ve long warned entrepreneurs about the dangers of relying on video sharing sites for their marketing efforts. Very few…if any…video sharing sites have managed to turn a profit to date. And with more money going out than coming in, it’s just a matter of math (and time) before changes occur. Changes that can make your [...]
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 [...]
Deep pocketed Google announced today that they will be closing their Google Video service. Users will be unable to upload their video’s to Google Video within in the next couple months…however…existing videos already on the service will remain in place. This follows identical measures taken by AOL Video in December 2008. In the case of [...]
