Archive for October, 2006

VideoJug is a streaming video site like YouTube and loads of others, but they’ve focused on how-to videos. I just watched a fun video on juggling three balls. (I used to teach people to juggle, so it’s always a treat seeing stuff like this.) Now in addition to the video tutorial, there’s also a text […]

Russell Shaw weighs in on Fox TV’s new ad-supported full-length, high quality videos of eight popuarl TV shows. Odd thing, but I only watch two of these eight, including my fave Bones, but now that it’s online, I might watch Til Death as well. Problem is, the Full Throttle media player plays in a web […]

While one report indicates that YouTube is third in streaming videos served, behind Yahoo and MySpace, the Wall Street Journal says that Google is discussing buyout talks with YouTube. Offering price is around US$1.6B. [via CRN] Russell Shaw talks about why he isn’t surprised, and points to an early article discussing which six companies are […]

PureVideo.com is a search portal for online video content from numerous sites. It searches through the meta information that videos are usually tagged with, but it’s not particularly intelligent. I searched for dead rockstar Marc Bolan, and it found one video, even though I know there are several at YouTube alone. (The video was at […]

Mobile TV Primetime

According to a recent report by Telephia, the “prime time” for mobile TV viewing is in the late afternoon. Cellular News has a breakdown by time slots and demographics. The age demographic may surprise you: 50% of mobile TV users are 25-36, not younger like many people believe. However, as they grow older, I’m guessing […]

Eyespot has an application which lets mobile phone users subscribe to video feeds and edit and share clips. Right. On a mobile phone. Can you say eyestrain? What we really need, to make apps like Eyespot worthwhile, is seven-inch screens with 3D images. Can anyone tell me where the Paris Hilton video feed is?