Why "Instagram For Video" Apps Will Go Big
The latest trend in smartphone apps is social video. That’s because ever since Facebook acquired Instagram for $1 Billion, attention has focused on video sharing apps
Read More →Showyou Launches Web View, TV Pales in Comparison
Now that Showyou has made the remote control obsolete, it has set its sights on the other place we watch video: the desktop. Today, its magical video
Read More →Europe’s Film Heritage Now Available Online
Although we often invoke “Hollywood” when we talk about the movie industry, many of the world’s greatest films and much of the world’s film history comes from outside that Los Angeles district. A nod here goes to the Lumière Brothers, of course, two …
Read More →The Internet Archive’s Video Library Goes HTML5
The Internet Archive’s entire collection of digital videos will now be available in HTML5 as well as Flash, the organization announced today.
The Internet Archive will be using Kaltura’s open source video platform in order to deliver the 500,000 some …
Read More →Does More Internet Streaming and Web Video Mean Less Traditional TV Viewership?
Despite all the hullabaloo about the ascendancy of Web video and predictions about the demise of cable, Americans still watch a lot of television. Those are the findings, at least, from the latest study by Nielsen. And even with all the various ways …
Read More →ShowYou’s New Features Aim to Make It the Instapaper of Video
The video-sharing app ShowYou is continuing to roll out improvements to its platform, with couple of new features today including the ability to view it on more screens – thanks to a new browser version of the app.
The Web version is similar to the …
Read More →Crowdsourcing Project Will Help Identify and Recover Lost Films
Do you know this man? The folks at Lost Films hope that you do and that you can identify the name of the film from which the still was taken. Archivists know it’s a German film, and they believe it was made in the 1930s. And they’re asking for any…
Read More →Plizy Aims to Be Pandora for Video on Your iPad
As people begin to consume more and more video content via their mobile devices, expect to hear about more and more startups tackling the space. The latest is Plizy which releases its iPad app today, aiming to provide users with personalized video rec…
Read More →Netflix Letter to Shareholders Shows It Couldn’t Care Less About DVDs
Streaming video and DVD subscription service Netflix announced its first quarter earnings for 2011 today. In its letter to shareholders (.pdf), the company showed off its continued growth, with 3.6 million new subscribers worldwide and $719 million in …
Read More →YouTube Now Saves All Videos in Open Format WebM
YouTube is announcing this afternoon that all videos uploaded to the site are now saved in WebM format, as well as other supported formats including Adobe Flash. 30% of the YouTube archives, making up 99% of the views, is now available in WebM as well…
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