Tag: YouTube
Brit bloggers love Apple, BBC, Google, and M&S
British bloggers like nothing better than writing about technology and web companies, but also hold a special place for Marks & Spencer, according to a recent month-long study of 100 random bloggers — “Blogs and Brands: A Study of the British Blogosphere”.
In top place, with bloggers babbling about iPods and Macs, came Apple, followed by the BBC in second, Google in third, Facebook in fourth, Nintendo in fifth, M&S and Microsoft in joint sixth, Adobe, Sony, and YouTube in joint seventh, Sky in eighth, Nokia, IKEA, and Tesco in joint ninth, and a whole bunch of others in joint tenth place…
YouTube Hits: Popjunkie TV
Admittedly we here at Shiny Media have a vested interest in Popjunkie TV, with the weekly music episodes filmed in our office, and the presenters Sean and Victoria being longtime friends of our company.
Nonetheless, they’re being billed as the ‘indie Johnny and Denise’, so it’s worth a look, to clue-up on the last week’s worth of musical goodies…
YouTube Insight: watch them watch you
YouTube, in its quest to try and make the population of the world as self-important as possible (ex. China), has released tools to help users find out exactly what type of person is watching their videos.
Second annual YouTube awards produce no surprises whatsoever
YouTube have held their second annual video awards, and all the irritating bastards you’ve now grown to hate won something.
Yahoo Video: struggling to keep things 'Safe For Work'
Only a month since Yahoo Video relaunched, and it seems they’ve been having trouble keeping their content in check: sore-wristed users are using the ‘Health & Beauty category to upload as much porn as they can get away with.
Vzaar video adverts for eBay: bring your stamp collection alive
The Vzaar video service for eBay has had a revamp, and now allows longer videos and an increased monthly transfer limit of 1GB. The brainchild of former eBay employees, Vzaar allows users to insert video into their listings, increasing buyer protection…
Trent Reznor expands on his internet prowess, calls upon UGC for Ghosts music videos
Not a week after releasing his album Ghosts I-IV for free download, Trent Reznor is at it again, giving fans the opportunity to create music videos for the album’s 36 songs.
Via a video on YouTube, Reznor has asked his fans to create videos for the instrumental songs, which will be uploaded to YouTube, and featured in a take-over similar to last week’s Sigur Ros day. Reznor explained “to expand the idea of the “Ghosts” project, we’re inviting anyone and everyone to create visuals to accompany the album’s music. In a few months, we’ll be gathering the entries we feel are particularly exceptional and highlighting them. There are…
Flickr may finally get video capabilities
Veteran* photo sharing site Flickr may finally be investing in video, according to an article from TechCrunch.
Last August, owner Yahoo recommitted to introducing video on Flickr, but only now does this seem like a reality…
Notice your YouTube streams are finally a higher quality? It's official…
It snuck onto the site very quietly last week, but finally, we’re able to watch YouTube videos in a higher quality than those awful disjointed clips we’ve grown accustomed to.
Posted on the YouTube blog last week, they said this of the move – “You may have noticed that we’re now giving you the option of watching some YouTube videos in higher quality. We’re making these streams available on certain videos, based upon the source file uploaded to us, and over time you’ll find a greater percentage of the library is available to view in higher quality. This feature applies to all eligible videos uploaded from the YouTube community, and is not restricted to partner content, so everyone can enjoy this upgrade.”
They then directed their users…
YouTube expands, wants to be… Everywhere
Seems like YouTube is pretty much everywhere as it is — not that we’re complaining, Shiny Media sites use it a fair bit. However, that’s not enough for the Google-owned video site.
YouTube want to be even more open and accessible, making it easier for users to integrate both the video and community elements into other web sites. Imagine, now you can publish both the lousy video and the offensive comments on your very own site…
