Posts Tagged ‘Web Video’

“I don’t ever think, I’m doing that to increase my ratings,” said Susan Zirinsky, executive producer of the “48 Hours Mystery” broadcast on CBS News. In a recent interview with Social Times, Zirinsky explained how the television series about unsolved murder cases found a second home – and a new voice – on Facebook and Twitter.

AllFacebook Marketing Conference returns to San Francisco on June 28-29! Join us and get a how-to guide for marketing to Facebook’s 800 million users. A full agenda will be announced soon. Keep an eye on our event site for more information. Special early pricing is available for only $249 until this Wednesday, February 15, so register today.

Back in November, Cisco’s VP for Marketing and Emerging Technologies, David Hsieh, predicted that web video would soon account for a huge portion of Internet traffic saying, “Today over half of all Internet traffic is video—51 percent. And based on the current trends, we predict that in the next three years over 90 percent of all Internet traffic will be video.” YouTube’s head of global partnerships, Robert Kyncl, confirms in a speech at CES.

It’s obvious that the popularity of web videos has grown by leaps and bounds in the last few years, but what about the videos themselves? According to a new report from Website Optimization, the size of the average video has grown quite substantially as well—both in video size and in duration.

Web series pioneer Yuri Baranovsky talks about how he broke into the industry, his path to success and what advice he has to offer to others looking to follow in his footsteps.

Netflix has now come up with a solution for its users that face bandwidth data caps from the Internet providers. Netflix users having such caps can now choose between three different video stream qualities that consume 0.3 GB per hour, 0.7 GB per hour, and the best possible option that consumes upto 2.3 GB of [...]

Video is acknowledged as a good way to engage visitors and increase the time they spend on your owned web and social media. When one thinks of online video, though, it’s primary as one-way broadcast or, perhaps, two-way chat managed by the host site. TokBox’s OpenTok enables brands to apply video in a more “social” manner — with interaction among visitors.

Let’s take a look at OpenTok and some of the ways it’s being used. Perhaps there’s a spark of an idea for you.

Good afternoon to Social Times readers across the globe. The weather seems to be shaping up (or at leas it is by me), which means most of you will be heading outdoors after work. However, before you do, be sure to take a look at the articles that made this week’s headlines list.

If you’re in Canada, be sure to take a look at Kelsey Blair’s Canadians Could Be Fined For Tweeting Election Results, But Can a Fine Stop Social Media? Also, if you are thinking about becoming a politician, would you post your house up on Facebook? Take a look at a politician that did in Katie Kindelan’s So This Politician Posted His House On Facebook.

Last June, a mysterious but heavily produced video surfaced on YouTube, capturing the attention of masses of gamers and action movie fans. It was eight minutes of heaven for admirers of the renowned video game franchise Mortal Kombat, as it seemed to be a preview of a rejuvenated story that failed to translate to cinemas years ago. While it was later learned that this was not part of a secret movie, fans have gotten something that may be far more entertaining.

Vimeo for iPhone app test from Todd Ogasawara on Vimeo.

I learned about the new Vimeo for iPhone app shortly before I left to meet with friends at a nearby Starbucks for an informal business meeting.

Vimeo Crafts an Elegant Video Browsing & Editing Experience for iPhone (Mashable)

Vimeo is a free streaming video service somewhat similar to YouTube. Their iPhone app is also free (Vimeo 1.0). The app provides the ability to record a video and upload it to your Vimeo account. It also provides some basic editing features similar to Apple’s $4.99 iMovie for iOS app. Again, note that Vimeo’s app is free. I walked around the corner from Starbucks before my meeting to record 25 seconds of video to test the app, its editor, ability to add a soundtrack and the upload process. I did not test merging video segments together. However, I did add a title and uploaded it to Vimeo at the beginning my informal business meeting. The editing process quite different from iMovie for iOS. I’m not sure I would call either app’s editing process intuitive. But, both are relatively easy to learn and use. The upload process went quickly using Starbuck’s free WiFi access. I should note that I have not been able to successfully upload a video from iMovie for iOS to YouTube yet. So, score “1″ for Vimeo.

The process was simple and quick enough that I was able to show my friends the finished product Vimeo’s website on my iPad 2 . When asked when I did that, I answered: A few minutes ago.

Available in the cloud at no cost, GoLiveCampus.com allows parents, students and teachers to safely search for relevant videos. The site dynamically pulls content from YouTube and social networking sites through a robust safe search. The search removes comments and ads and gives students access only to clean, appropriate videos.