Mobile video is on the rise, and that's not a shock.

YouTube is working on adaptive bitrate streaming for mobile and TV, because buffering is awful. Buffering and other kinds of interruption caused $2.16 billion in lost revenue last year for the online video industry, and people tend to leave after a couple of seconds of bad video

Vevo has racked up an absurd number of YouTube views because it is the place where 14 year-olds go to hear the latest Justin Bieber songs. A new venture from the music network will test its viability outside of YouTube waters. Vevo is launching Vevo T , a music channel that will play nonstop music videos on mobile and digital devices

You might think that with a 6-second limitation, brands couldn't possibly make something worthwhile using Vine. The problem is, you would be wrong, dead wrong. Brands are using Vine in a creative manner that allows them to make the most out of the seemingly miniscule 6 seconds that they have.

Ooyala just released their Global Video Index for 2012. No surprise here, video is being watched more and more at crazier and crazier rates, and over a wide range of devices.

How exactly do we share video when it comes to our mobile devices?

We've all heard about how ridiculously fast the mobile video experience has been chugging along, with seemingly everyone having smartphones and other mobile devices at their fingertips. One thing though: the mobile experience is a lot different from the desktop experience. You see, when people ..

Following up on the IAB Mobile Video Diaries piece from last week I wanted to more closer at when mobile users watch video and why they do it. We already looked at the results in terms of what they're watching (music videos, movie trailers) and how they share, etc. But some time ago I wrote a piece about when you should publish content based on what platform you're aiming for and this seems like a small update to that for mobile.

It's strange, but it seems that the majority of mobile phone video viewing is done at home. Counter-intuitive?

In this week's Reel Web, we take a look at several online video related news items including: new mobile video apps released for Vimeo and YouTube, details about YouTube's newest NextUp competition program and its focus on collaboration, the pros vs.