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Clicker Helps You Find iPad-Friendly Videos

As we’ve reported over the past few days, a number of online video sites are jumping on the HTML5 bandwagon so that their content can be viewed on the iPad (which doesn’t support Adobe’s Flash). However, some online video sites have not adjusted their video content to be iPad friendly (a.k.a these sites are still [...]

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Tue, April 6 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments

AOL Launches Charitable Organization Patch.org To Fund Hyperlocal News Sites

We recently learned that AOL is pouring money ($50 million to be exact) into Patch, a hyperlocal news platform that operates local news sites for 41 small towns and communities in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Connecticut and California. Now AOL is launching a charitable offshoot of Patch, called Patch.org, which will support [...]

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Wed, March 24 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments

Hulu Investor Injects $50 Million Into Baidu’s Online Video Venture, Qiyi

Hulu investor Providence Equity Partners is pumping $50 million into a new online video company set up by Chinese Internet search giant Baidu.
The news comes roughly 7 weeks after Baidu confirmed plans to established a new independent company to provide licensed, advertising-supported online video content to Chinese Internet users.
Although it isn’t yet explicitly confirming [...]

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Fri, February 26 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments

Context is King: How Videos Are Found And Consumed Online

Editor’s note: This is the third in a series of posts by guest writer Ashkan Karbasfrooshan. Previously, he wrote about the State of Online Video, and 12 Surprising Things Holding Back Online Video Advertising.  In part 3 today, he examines how videos are found and consumed online. Karbasfrooshan is the founder and CEO of WatchMojo [...]

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Sun, January 31 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments