Yahoo To Launch A ‘YouTube For Sports’?
Posted on July 14th, 2010 | 0 Comments‘YouTube For Sports‘ – This is plain speculation for the moment. But something of that kind appears to be brewing at the Yahoo Labs. The company has applied for a trademark on the term “Sportstream“. So what’s a SportStream? The application explains – “Entertainment services, namely, the provision of continuing video segments featuring sports and [...]
Watch YouTube in 3D On Sony PlayStation 3
Posted on July 13th, 2010 | 0 CommentsSony is expected to launch a new firmware update to their PlayStation 3 gaming console that will bring support to 3D Blu-ray. According to a presentation delivered by Sony Executive from Europe, Mike Hawking, this upgrade is expected to be delivered to customers by September. But there are more updates in the pipeline. According to [...]
YouTube To Offer More Monetization Opportunity To Video Publishers Soon?
Posted on April 5th, 2010 | 0 CommentsMore analytics services and monetization opportunities for Youtube’s content creators may be on the way. PC World has reported Google’s recent acquisition of San Francisco based startup, Episodic that could indicate a future in this direction. Episodic claims to be a platform for “broadcasting, measuring and monetizing live and on-demand video content to the web or [...]
YouTube “Highlights View” To Showcase Top Rated Comments
Posted on March 26th, 2010 | 0 CommentsYouTube may be one of the most popular websites in the world today, but the comments on the site may sometimes be the most juvenile you will ever come across. Google apparently wants to wipe that criticism away. According to reports, YouTube will now offer a “highlights view” that will showcase the top rated comments [...]
AOL To Make Videos Search Engine Friendly
Posted on March 22nd, 2010 | 0 CommentsOnline videos have been a challenge on so many fronts – Not only do they consume more bandwidth (and cost more to maintain), they do not monetize well and are not search engine friendly. While there have been reports of companies such as Google working on scanning online videos to understand the context (and thus [...]
Advertise On Youtube With Self-Serve Overlay Ads
Posted on March 17th, 2010 | 0 CommentsIn January of this year, we had written about a Google patent application that described a way for small biz advertisers to easily create overlay ads on Youtube. Two months on, the rumor’s turned real with Youtube announcing that the website will now offer an easy way for advertisers to serve ads to their demographics. [...]
Dish TV Listings-Search Service Being Developed By Google
Posted on March 9th, 2010 | 0 CommentsGoogle is reported to be working with Dish Networks, the second largest satellite TV provider in the US to launch a TV search service that will integrate Google search engine prowess with TV listings from Dish. The technology is apparently being based upon Android OS and Google is expected to introduce search results from Youtube [...]
5.1 Surround Sound Coming To Netflix?
Posted on February 9th, 2010 | 0 CommentsGet ready for better experience on the live streamed Netflix movies from later this year. CNET is quoting sources as revealing that a higher 5.1 surround sound and closed captioning features could be offered on Netflix’s HD livestreams from later this year. However, another rumor surrounding the introduction of 1080p HD streaming went bust as [...]