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Category Archives: Video
News visits soar after earthquake and tsunami in Japan
March 15, 2011
Many in the US woke to the news of the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan on Friday morning along with tsunami warnings for Hawaii and the west coast. As news and videos of the natural disaster spread, visits to... Continue reading...
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Posted by Heather Dougherty at 06:21 PM
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In Categories News and Media | Video | YouTube
YouTube Launching Movie Rentals
January 21, 2010
An announcement came out yesterday that YouTube is going to begin testing movie rentals starting Friday with movies from the Sundance Film Festival. This move represents a new opportunity for YouTube to generate revenue in addition to advertising with its’... Continue reading...
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Posted by Heather Dougherty at 02:53 PM
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In Categories Apple | Entertainment | Video | YouTube
YouTube Driving Majority of Visits to Vevo
January 06, 2010
Thanks to the ease of file sharing, media companies have been battling piracy to protect content like music, movies, and TV shows online. Last year, Hulu was launched by NBC Universal, News Corp., and The Walt Disney Co. as one... Continue reading...
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Posted by Heather Dougherty at 11:34 AM
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In Categories Hulu | Vevo | Video | YouTube
Top Michael Jackson Song Searches
July 01, 2009
Immediately after Michael Jackson's death, sales surged as fans purchased music and DVDs from the King of Pop in both physical and digital formats. Jackson's music quickly topped the sales charts on retailers like iTunes and Amazon. Last week, the... Continue reading...
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Posted by Heather Dougherty at 09:56 PM
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In Categories Music | Video | YouTube
Top Searches on Hulu.com
April 17, 2009
YouTube has unveiled several partnerships with studios to expand the selection of TV shows and movies available on the website. With YouTube adding premium content onto their website, this move starts to make them compete more directly with websites like... Continue reading...
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Posted by Heather Dougherty at 05:15 PM
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In Categories Entertainment | Hulu | Video | YouTube
YouTube surpasses MySpace as Music Destination
January 30, 2009
Yesterday my colleague Heather wrote a blog post about the top searches on YouTube; which are dominated by music-related searches. Along those same lines, I have been monitoring the top websites receiving traffic from a portfolio of 1300 band &... Continue reading...
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Posted by Heather Dougherty at 04:09 PM
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In Categories Music | Social Networking | Video
Search & Social Networks neck & neck for video referrals
April 16, 2008
Online video is a hot topic these days with new entrants coming online (e.g. PluggedIn) and out of beta (e.g. Hulu) every day. We are seeing users spend a bit more more time with the video websites, spending an average... Continue reading...
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Posted by Heather Dougherty at 03:56 PM
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