According to Nielsen online video viewing in the United States is now over three hours a month to 169 minutes a month on average. Those numbers are significant, but the bigger part of the analysis to me is “Since the number of minutes per user is increasing at a faster [...]

When it comes to web video length , I’ve always said the shorter the better with a sweet spot being around 60 to 90 seconds. Video 2 Zero has taken an interesting look at  how long people will watch web video analyzing audience attention span coming to the conclusion that [...]

I got a new Blackberry Bold and it is compatible with the qik live video streaming service so you can check out my latest live video on my qik page or follow me on twitter and check in live whenever you see the live streaming note. The video quality is [...]

NYTimes.com general manager, Vivian Schiller, reports that their slide show section has taken off accounting for 10 percent of their overall August traffic. Note to self: Add video AND slide shows to the site. Which one do you think will be easier to produce?

The Lost Remote TV blog discussed two new online advertising technologies that I want to point out to you. First, YouTube is finally going to start putting ads in the video using video overlay ads. The new semi-transparent ads will cover the lower fifth of the screen and disappear after [...]

The Pew Internet and the American Life Project released a report yesterday on Technology and media usage. The report revealed that 59 percent of adults online have watched video and 19 percent of adults online watch video on a typical day. That’s a huge market for online video and why [...]

Brian Storm of mediaStorm, MSNBC fame is now conducting an online seminar for Apple explaining how to create a rich media podcast with Final Cut Pro.

“I guess when Viacom and CBS split up, CBS got the IQ.” – Jeff Jarvis commenting on Viacom’s vs. CBS’s response to Youtube. Basically, CBS is asking YouTube to take down all unauthorized video and replacing it with an official copy of whatever video that was taken down to help [...]

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration revealed the details of it’s digital TV converter box subsidy that will allow every US household two apply for two $40 coupons to defray the cost of the converter box. The boxes are expected to cost between $50 and $70 a piece. The goal [...]

This year all the TV networks are promoting their websites and advertising the fact that you can visit their sites and watch their shows online. I’ve really ignored this facet of online video because I really don’t have the time to go watch an hour long TV shows on the [...]