video

YouTube Said to Seek a Producer of Web Video

Stevie Converse — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 08:08:57 -0500

Full article: New York Times
Claire Cain Miller and Brian Stelter
Google's YouTube is in talks to buy Next New Networks, a Web video production company, according to two people briefed on the discussions. The acquisition would be YouTube’s first major foray into producing original content, and demonstrates how intently it is focused on offering professional videos rather than just short clips by amateurs.

NPR Gets $3 Million Grant For Hyper-Local News Initiative

Stevie Converse — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:58:16 -0400

Full article: Tech Crunch
Leena Rao
NPR has received $3 million in funding to launch a new journalism project that will focus on providing in-depth, hyper-local coverage on community-specific issues on an online platform.

Believe in the Future

Stevie Converse — Thu, 21 May 2009 07:16:04 -0400

Full article: Vuze
Like every other distribution platform before it (radio, TV, VHS, e-commerce), online media distribution is being adopted by users much faster than by content owners and advertisers, thereby leading to a short-term net destruction in value. How does a studio executive begin to navigate these turbulent waters?

Thomson Reuters Plans Video-on-Demand Service

Stevie Converse — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 09:15:28 -0500

Full article: New York Times
Richard Perez-Pena
Thomson Reuters has an ambitious new video-on-demand service for its financial services clients, with thousands of searchable videos and transcripts on a range of topics. The Web-based service has no television outlet and no programming schedule -- each piece is viewed only on demand -- and it will not be open to the general public.

AT&T, Verizon Make Different Calls

Stevie Converse — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:30:48 -0500

Full article: Wall Street Journal
Amol Sharma
As the recession speeds the decline of the traditional phone business, AT&T and Verizon are pursuing different strategies as they try to outflank one another. AT&T is staking its growth largely on the wireless market by aggressively marketing high-end devices such as the iPhone, while Verizon is pushing premium television services to homeowners.

Cisco's Bid to Remake the Net for the Video Age

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 09:54:41 -0500

Full article: Business Week
Peter Burrows
Cisco wants to put its stamp on the next epoch of the Net’s development, with a concept it calls the "MediaNet." The idea is to meld together a range of technologies and services that will make the Net far better at handling video and other rich media.

Online Videos -- and Our Attention Spans -- Get Longer

Holiday Shapiro — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:13:19 -0400

Full article: New York Times
Saul Hansell
Internet users are spending more time watching video, both longer programs and sequences of segments they assemble themselves.

CBS Radio Unveils Online Video Strategy

Stevie Converse — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:53:05 -0400

Full article: TV Newsday
Mark K. Miller
CBS Radio announced a strategy designed to augment its current delivery methods. Providing all of its stations with a new video platform will the stations technology and guidance to create individual and personalized branded video players.

Whichever Screen, People Are Watching

Holiday Shapiro — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:45:08 -0400

Full article: New York Times
Brian Stelter
A new Nielsen report shows an emerging shift toward a more video-centric use of the Internet, but not at the expense of television viewing. The data reaffirms that online video viewing is no longer a novelty.

ISPs Prepare for Video Revolution

Stevie Converse — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:10:25 -0400

Full article: CNet
Marguerite Reardon
Internet service providers need to figure out how to keep up with the video-driven bandwidth demand on their networks. Peer-to-peer technology provider BitTorrent says it can help.