Information and News on the Internet Television market including its growth and consumer trends

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YouTube Boasts 20 Hours Of Video Uploaded Every Minute | But It Still Wants More UGC

To hear that YouTube is the most popular, most visited, and most content-filled online video site on the Web is hardly...
Dave Parrack
2 min read

Online Video To Cause Internet Brownouts From 2010? | Blame YouTube & BBC iPlayer

The growth in online video, both in popularity and the number of services available, has been great to see. And it’s...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Hulu Turns One, Adds Social Networking Features, Overtakes Yahoo and MySpace

Hulu has turned one, having come out of private beta last March. In that time it has risen the ranks and...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

How Hulu Redefined Online Video

It could be argued that the much admired video-sharing site, Hulu, has redefined the whole business of online video. At least...
Dave Parrack
2 min read

ABC Doubles Online Video Ads | Short-term Moneymaker, Long-term Web Video Killer?

Web Video is growing at a phenomenal rate, but there’s still one major problem to solve before the networks truly embrace...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Netflix Movie Streaming Eats Into DVD – Big Studios Launch Web Site Before TV Channel

The Internet is becoming an increasing presence in terms of delivering high quality, premium content via subscription services. So much so...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

The Pope’s YouTube Channel | Important Figures Realizing The Power Of Online Video

With the news that the Pope is the latest world figure to obtain an official presence on YouTube, is it safe...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

The Death Of User-Generated Video | Web Video Is Evolving To Professional Content

The times they are a-changing, or at least Web video is. User-generated video content is losing its appeal and being replaced...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Hulu Continues To Shine | Profiles Galore & Impressive Stats… All Via Word Of Mouth

Hulu is celebrating its first 12 months in operation, and a successful year it has been. But will that success continue?...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

The Shift To Web TV – Making Networking And Engineering Degrees More Valuable Than Ever

Networking and engineering degrees have always been a good bet when it comes to ensuring a profitable career after college, but...
Dave Parrack
58 sec read

Online Television Goes Mainstream | 20% Of American Households Viewing On The Web

Online television is constantly evolving, and part of that evolution is persuading more people to utilise the Web as a method...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Hulu Vs YouTube | Comparing The Business Models Of UGC And Professional Content

Hulu and YouTube are two of the biggest names in Web video, but while one is struggling to turn traffic in...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Olympic Games Online Proving To Be A Winner | Beijing 2008 Pushing Web/Mobile Video

While traditional TV may still be the choice of most sports fans seeking coverage of Beijing 2008, there are signs that...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

NBC Olympics Coverage | TV Beats The Web Easily In Beijing 2008 Viewer Numbers

This Olympic Games sees the Web competing for viewers with traditional TV for the first time in Olympic history. But will...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Primetime TV On The Web | New Research Suggests 20% Of Episodes Viewed Online

We all know that Web video is increasing at a mammoth rate month on month. But new research suggests that not...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Online Video Viewing Grows Massively | 12 Billion Videos Watched In U.S. During May

The last two years have seen online video reach the masses, and grow massively as a result. That trend has continued...
Dave Parrack
46 sec read

NBC Olympics Live Online Coverage To Be Used As Research Lab For Future Multimedia Events

We have already heard about NBC’s plans to show live video of the 2008 Beijing Olympics on the Web at NBCOlympics,...
Dave Parrack
2 min read

Online Video To Dominate Web By 2012 | Video To PC & Video To TV Traffic On Rise

Online video is already massively popular in its many forms. However, if the latest predictions from Cisco Systems is to be...
Dave Parrack
52 sec read

Online Video Viewers Increasing – Stealing People Away From Traditional Television

Online video is continuing to build up an audience, and new research shows that this switch to the Web as a...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Fancast from Comcast | Bridging The Gap Between The Web & Traditional TV?

Web television is growing at a fast pace, but that incredible growth means that television networks and cable providers will have...
Triston McIntyre
2 min read

YouTube Dominating Online Video Market But Maybe At Expense Of Making Money

In yesterday’s post about Glam Media’s new online video platform GlamTV, I mentioned how the popularity of online video has so...
Dave Parrack
52 sec read

Online Video Viewers To Quadruple Over Next Five Years – Prediction Of One Billion Users

Web video has been growing for a fair number of years now, with broadband sparking an explosion in on-demand video services...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

BBC iPlayer Reaches 75 Million Downloads | Video On Demand Service Still Growing

The BBC iPlayer seems to be continuing its incredible pattern of growth since being relaunched last Christmas. The service has recently...
Dave Parrack
42 sec read

Online Streaming Growth In The UK Reaches Plateau | BBC iPlayer Still Massively Popular

Since the BBC iPlayer relaunched last Christmas, video on demand and streaming video usage has increased substantially in the UK, and...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Online Video Continuing To Grow | 11.5 Billion Video Views During March In US Alone

Online video is continuing to grow, a fact those of us who keep an eye on the goings on in the...
Dave Parrack
46 sec read

TiVo and On Demand Web Video Knocks 6 Million Viewers Off Network Television Sweeps

Each year during May, the television networks present their schedules to advertisers, a ritual which has become known as “Sweeps”. The...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

From Viral YouTube To Full Length DVD Release | ‘305’ – ‘300’ Movie Spoof Goes Big

Anyone left in any doubts as to the value of Web video can argue no longer, as we now have a...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Bebo Drives One Billion Video Views A Month | Social Network Creating Original Programming

We learnt yesterday that social music network Last.fm has started creating original video programming to drive traffic to it. These will...
Dave Parrack
42 sec read

The Incredible Growth Of Mobile TV | Fight To Be Single Standard In US, Europe and Asia

Mobile TV is one of the fastest growing sectors in the new range of television services emerging, with Asia, Europe and...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

GodTube – YouTube For Christians Everywhere | Video Sharing Website Raises $30 Million

Just two days I spoke about StartYourTube, a website which allows you to start your own video sharing service, however niche,...
Dave Parrack
1 min read