The Business Of Online Video

Without Enough Inventory And Targeting Online Video Advertising Will Remain Dead

Dan Rayburn — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:08:56 -0500

With a major snow storm about to hit the Northeast, many folks like myself are probably using the web to check out the latest forecast on Weather.com. The site is a treasure trove for anyone who really wants to check out the storm from all angles and there are already dozens of storm related videos available. As a result, I've...

Streaming Media East Program Done: Now Looking For Speakers

Dan Rayburn — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:05:19 -0500

Yesterday I finished the advance program for the Streaming Media East show, which will take place May 11th-12th in NYC. We will have 110 speakers across more than 30 sessions over two days covering a wide range of business, technology and content subjects. I'm also excited that so many of today's leading bloggers have agreed to moderate and lead sessions...

How Many iPads Need To Be Sold To Make It A Viable Platform For Content?

Dan Rayburn — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:55:48 -0500

When Apple announced their new iPad last week, many said it was a big deal for content owners as it now gives them another platform to try and monetize their content on. But what I didn't see anyone talking about is how many iPads Apple needs to sell before the platform has a big enough install base to make a...

Conference Videos Now Online From Streaming Media West & OVP Summit

Dan Rayburn — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:47:28 -0500

All of the sessions and keynotes from the 2009 Streaming Media West and Online Video Platform shows have now been archived and are available online for free at www.streamingmedia.com/videos If you have never been to that page before, you will be simply be asked to put in your name and email and will only have to do it one time....

Video CDN Pricing Declines Heavily In Q4, Other Pricing Trends Seen

Dan Rayburn — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:18:35 -0500

While many are already talking about CDN video pricing stabilizing in the New Year, so far, I don't see that stabilization taking place. Based on all of the data I saw last quarter, I expect pricing to continue to decline rapidly for the first half of this year. By the summer, pricing should become more stable and by the end...