Tips, News and Articles on how to make the most money from the video that you distribute over the internet including which web video sites offer revenue sharing and how to sell your video online.

Making Money & Web Video

56.com Disappears From Internet | Chinese YouTube Possibly Shut Down By Government

It was already known that video sites based in China were subject to strict regulation by the Chinese government, but the...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

YouTube Video Ads Get A Boost | Earning Revenue From YouTube Using Google AdSense

Google has announced two improvements to its AdSense video units which should make it much easier to generate revenue from embedding...
Dave Parrack
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Watch “Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy” Episodes Online With Google | Seth MacFarlane’s New Comedy Series

If you doubted the traction that Web video is currently gaining, then today’s announcement from Google and the creator of hit...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Fred’s YouTube Channel Phenomenon | How A Squeaky-Voice Kid Took Over Web Video

You may or may not have heard of Fred, but it doesn’t really matter, as many people have. In fact, Fred...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Wimbledon Tennis Championships Live Online | All The Action On The Web For A Fee

The annual tennis championships at Wimbledon in London, England yesterday, and for the third year in a row, all the action...
Dave Parrack
55 sec read

YouTube – Money Making Machine Or Financial Black Hole? | The Debate Rages On

The last few weeks have seen a rash of opinions being expressed over the ability of YouTube ever making money. The...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Will NBC Free Olympic Coverage Be Successful? | Media Mogul John Malone Thinks It Is Absurd

We’ve seen from the recent debate over Google’s ability to make YouTube profitable, how hard it is to make money from...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

YouTube Showcases Independent Films | Screening Room Debut – Any Money In It?

It was just yesterday that we talked about a new strategy coming from YouTube which involved longer form video taking the...
Dave Parrack
58 sec read

Should Google Kill YouTube? | Was The $1.65 Billion Buyout A Total Waste Of Money?

A few days ago, Google CEO Eric Schmidt spoke to The New Yorker about the problems in making money on YouTube,...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Making Money On YouTube – Google CEO Eric Schmidt Admits He Doesn’t Know How

There has been a lot of talk recently about how YouTube should be making more money than it currently does to...
Dave Parrack
52 sec read

YouTube Chief Of Monetization Quits | Further Proof Of The Difficulty Of Making Money

Just a few days ago, I posted an article discussing the problems Google are experiencing in making YouTube the money-making machine...
Dave Parrack
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Cheap Cable TV Due To Web Television? | Time Warner Cable CEO Argues The Case

The move by many television networks to get their content on to the Web, in some format, usually for free, means...
Dave Parrack
1 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

Glam Media Offers Revenue Sharing Video Opportunities | GlamTV Platform Advertising

The popularity of Web video is now no longer in question. YouTube is massive, and growing all the time, and services...
Dave Parrack
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HBO Comes To iTunes | Apple Exchanges ‘Sopranos’, ‘Conchords’ For Flexible Pricing

A deal between HBO and Apple to get content on to iTunes has been rumoured for a few days now, but...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

FORA.tv – YouTube For Thinkers Secures $4 Million Funding | Future In Intellectual Video

FORA.tv is a video sharing site which describes itself as YouTube for thinkers. The San Francisco start-up company concentrates on intellectual...
Dave Parrack
50 sec read

Lycos Cinema Receives Social Upgrades | Can It Compete With Hulu, Joost, BBC iPlayer?

Lycos Cinema launched over a year ago, in an effort to compete with YouTube and Joost. It actually has more in...
Dave Parrack
52 sec 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

Apple Losing Money On Same Day Movies | iTunes Initiative Treated As Loss Leader

A few days ago saw Apple announce that new movies would now be available for download from iTunes on the same...
Dave Parrack
58 sec read

Make Your Own YouTube Video Sharing Site | StartYourTube Provides All The Tools

If you are like me, when you heard that Google had bought YouTube for $1.6 billion back in November 2006, you...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

YouTube Monetization Tools On Way | Google CEO Eric Schmidt Promises New Innovations

When Google bought YouTube for $1.65 billion in 2006, my guess would be they planned to make some money out of...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Metacafe Founders Cash Out | Take $2.5 Million A Piece And Leave Video Sharing Site

Metacafe was once the hottest video sharing site, and although it’s growth has seemed to falter over the past year, it...
Dave Parrack
45 sec read

BSkyB Chairman James Murdoch Attacks BBC iPlayer | Traditional Pay TV Vs. Web TV

The BBC iPlayer has surprised everyone, even the BBC itself, with the amount of viewers it has picked up since it’s...
Dave Parrack
43 sec read

ITV Joins Web TV Revolution – Selling Hit Shows On iTunes & Collaborating On Kangaroo

The BBC have already made its intentions to become a leader in the brave new world on online television distribution, thanks...
Dave Parrack
47 sec read

CW Network Pulls Gossip Girl Off Web In An Effort To Get More Viewers Watching On TV

The battle between old TV and new TV continues to be fought, with the protagonists actually the same companies fighting themselves....
Mathew Ingram
1 min read

NBC Universal Makes Plans To Highlight Sponsors Products In Shows Created For Web

At the moment, it seems there’s a high level of confusion about how Web TV can be made to be profitable...
Dave Parrack
55 sec read

Creators Of Lonelygirl15 and KateModern Raise $5 Million In Funding For New Company

Anyone who regularly watches video on the Web, and if you’re reading WebTVWire, it’s a safe assumption that includes you, would...
Dave Parrack
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YouTube Video Integrated In To Google Maps | Allowing Companies To Advertise On The Web

Last year saw YouTube integrated in to Google Earth, allowing surfers to watch videos tagged with the locations they are viewing...
Dave Parrack
43 sec read

TV Networks Look To The Web For Revenue | American Networks Test Web TV Advertising

Web Television is growing, that’s a fact that is indisputable at this moment in time. As broadband speeds increase, that’s only...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Joost To Undergo Major Company Restructuring | Web TV Company Scaling Back Global Plans

Joost was at one point cited as the next big thing, the future of Web television, the application that will take...
Dave Parrack
1 min read