AOL has launched a new AOL Video division, which the company says will aggregate its online video library assets under one "strategic umbrella." The company also says it delivers on the entire video value chain from creation through syndication to distribution, consumer experience and monetization. YouTube has a new competitor. AOL’s video streams increased from [...] Read more »
The YouTube Ad of the Year is…
In the inaugural YouTube Ad of the Year awards, Sussex Safer Roads’ ‘Embrace Life’ took top honours. The spot beat out other strong contenders including Old Spice’s ‘The Man Your Man Could Smell Like’ and ‘O2 Gorillaz’ by VCCP. As part of winning the award, it received the prize of a YouTube homepage takeover worth [...] Read more »
An Inside “Look” at Showtime’s New Voyeuristic Series
Approximately 30 million surveillance cameras in the U.S. capture people’s lives on tape every day. In fact, it’s legal to keep such cameras inside dressing rooms in 37 states. And the ongoing popularity of sites like YouTube and Twitter has… Read more »
YouTube Goes After Higher Quality Content and Footage
YouTube has said that it will be sponsoring higher quality content and supporting ultra-high quality digital video. These two announcements come just days after the launch of the beta version of YouTube Leanback, the next phase in the company’s… Read more »
Can YouTube Make the Jump to Your TV With Leanback?
YouTube is not only expanding its reach on mobile devices, but it has its eye on your living room, too. Today, the company is launching the beta version of YouTube Leanback, the company’s biggest attempt yet to… Read more »
161 of the Best Videos on YouTube
We spend a lot of time here at Mashable finding the very best videos that the Internet has to offer. It’s a tough job wading though hundreds of thousands of videos, but we’re committed to finding the ones we think… Read more »
YouTube, HP and Guggenheim: Send Us Your Most Creative Video
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, Hewlett-Packard and YouTube today launched YouTube Play, an international contest to find the world’s most creative new video. … Read more »
VISA FIFA YouTube Channel Aims to Create Longest “Gooool!” Cheer
With the World Cup kick-off just about one week away, football (or soccer, as it’s known stateside) fans are already going wild in anticipation. Today Visa… Read more »
Is Google Discriminating Against “Cougars?”
A website called CougarLife, a dating network targeted toward “women in their prime,” has called Google out for sexism because the search engine has classified CougarLife ads as not safe for families. But CougarLife’s CEO says Google doesn’t make the same distinction for “sugar daddy”-type dating sites, whose ads can be seen by anyone. A [...] Read more »
Apple Didn’t Kill Flash, HTML5 Did
The battle over Flash and its role (or lack thereof) on the iPhone really came to a head today when Apple CEO Steve Jobs published an open letter expressing why his company won’t support Flash on the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen spoke with the Wall Street Journal to deliver his [...] Read more »
