The Starcount Social Star Awards are on May 23 and they're getting serious: YouTube stars help Jesse Heiman become a YouTube great through the "most epic montage ever montaged." You know it's on when the montage happens. Don't think for one moment it isn't on with a montage.
Chris Hadfield's "Space Oddity" highlights Fun Video Friday. But we have a ton more in store: ducks stop a police chase, Epic Meal Time reaches into their horror bag again with a Bacon Arachnid, and Abercrombie & Fitch get their just desserts.
User-generated content meets rich ad units with a new partnership between Moontoast and VideoGenie for integration on Facebook. These videos can be uploaded straight to the Facebook News Feed and to a brand's news feed, get picked up, and possibly become a viral video sensation.
There seem to be a lot of bullet points to cover when it comes to creating a viral video.
If Youtube wanted to solicit any valuable information they would break down where the views are directed towards. As youtube continues to blossom, I feel less interested in what the company can provide to me as a hosting service for my explanatory videos.
YouTube Trends has added a map that will allow you to see what videos are conquering which regions of the country, complete with nifty clickable thumbnails.
China's Baidu is purchasing video portal PPS and merging it with their iQiyi platform to create the largest video company according to mobile users and watch time. The merger takes place not so long after Youku and Tudou merged to become an online video behemoth.
Marketing music videos are different than they used to be back when MTV first launched on cable back in 1981.
The long-rumored YouTube paid subscription channels may be coming as early as this week, according to various reports. We've been hearing about the possible paid channels for several months now, so this is as good a time as any.
YouTube is making minor improvements to uploading. You will now get an e-mail notification when your video has finished uploading. Also, YouTube is going to play the waiting game with public videos and only publish when you're ready so you can put in all your SEO before it goes live
