From the news release:

blinkx, the world’s largest video search engine, today launched an evolution of its broadband television offering: blinkx BBTV will now be available without download, straight from your browser. Leveraging blinkx’s patented speech and visual recognition technology, BBTV simultaneously delivers a high-quality television experience over the Internet, and links it to the universe of information on the Web, adding dimension and context to the viewer’s experience. Now, BBTV is available in the browser, without any software download, integrating video into the fiber of the Web for true, full-screen Online Television. To try blinkx BBTV direct from your browser, visit http://www.blinkx.com/channelbrowser?quality=bbtv

Source: News Release

From the news release:

Following closely on the heels of its widely praised iPhone application, Truveo, the leading video search engine, today announced that it has launched a public beta of its new mobile video search site. Truveo Mobile Video Search makes it easy for users to find and view videos from across the Web on popular mobile phones.

Direct to Public Beta

Source: News Release

Coming Soon!
From the article:

Imprezzeo, a new picture search engine which returns results based on analysis of the images, is set to launch with backing from Independent News and Media PLC (INM).

Eschewing the traditional keyword-associated searching, which Imprezzeo’s founders believe can all too frequently lead to the wrong results being shown in relation to requests, this new search engine will use emerging applications to examine the pictures themselves.

Source: Netimperative

Chris Sherman has a glowing review of VideoSurf.

VideoSurf is one of the most innovative, radically different approaches to video search (or any kind of search for that matter) that I’ve ever seen. Even better: It delivers highly relevant search results—something most video search services fall sadly short on for many types of searches.

Note: VideoSurf is a private beta release at the present time, you’ll need to apply for a login/password.

Source: Search Engine Land

From the news release:

According to The NPD Group, a leading market research company, online activities once mainly popular with teens and young adults, are now enjoying active participation by baby boomers, too. Recent consumer surveys of U.S. consumers show that 61 percent of baby boomer Internet users (age 44 to 61) had visited sites that offer streaming or downloadable video (e.g., YouTube and TV network Web sites), while 41 percent had visited social networks (e.g., Linked-In, Facebook, and MySpace).

From the eWeek article:

Erstwhile YouTube alternative Metacafe launches a new Wikipedia-like tool called Wikicafe, which lets users make video search more effective through open metadata tagging. Users can go in and edit information about the videos and add links and other content. The tool typifies Web 2.0 messaging and collaboration.

Source: eWeek

From the article:

Sometimes there’s nothing worse than having a song stuck in your head. It’s particularly frustrating if you picked up a melody somewhere, but don’t even know the artist or title. The internet may ease your pain. Specialized online services are helping identify those nameless favourites.

There are a variety of ways to name that tune. The Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology records the user singing the tune and tries to identify it against a database of melodies, an approach known as ‘Query by Humming.’ The technology was developed at the Fraunhofer Institute in Ilmenau.

Source: M&C

From the article:

Video search engines such as Blinkx and EveryZing are among those racing search giant Google to try to solve the problem. Both use speech-to-text and other technologies to make video clips easier to search and view. There’s a lot at stake. The video advertising market is projected to grow to $4.3 billion by 2011, up from $410 million in 2006, says research firm eMarketer.

Source: Stargazette.com

From a DJ article:

YouTube plans to launch an area for independent filmmakers to show their work and generate revenue for the films’ producers.

In the past, YouTube limited the length of clips to 10 minutes to keep bandwidth costs down. The Silicon Alley Insider blog reported YouTube will examine selling advertising on longer clips. The maximum file size for films will be one gigabyte, which is nearly enough space for a full-length film.

Source: Dow Jones

Presentation by Jane Johnson Otto, Grace Agnew at Library of Congress recorded on May 12 2008 and runs 67 minutes.

From the summary:

MIC (Moving Image Collections) is a management, preservation, and educational tool incorporating a consortial database, directories, a METS/MODS cataloging/mapping utility, and informational resources in a portal structure customizing information for various constituencies. MIC is co-sponsored by the Association of Moving Image Archivists and was designed in collaboration with the community as a preservation tool. Unique in its commitment to collaborative preservation of digital and analog resources, MIC answers the Library’s congressional charge to lead a national planning effort for the long-term preservation of content. MIC’s extensible architecture, built in partnership with Rutgers University Libraries, is broadly applicable to any digital collections initiative and has generated interest within the Library and beyond for its standards-based tools and rights management capabilities. The speakers will discuss future directions for MIC, and examine ways in which it addresses Library Services strategic plan objectives. MIC will also be discussed in relation to the report of the LC Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control.

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The service has been available to end users for several months as a closed beta.

From the article:
Hulu, the online video joint venture of News Corp [Fox] and General Electric’s NBC Universal, will make its public debut on Wednesday with programming from Time Warner Inc’s Warner Bros Television Group, Lionsgate and from sports leagues.

At launch, Hulu will offer full-length episodes of more than 250 TV series from current hits such as “The Simpsons” as well as older shows like “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” It also will offer 100 movies including “The Big Lebowski” and “Mulholland Drive.”

Access to the service and content is free.

Direct to Hulu

Source: Reuters

blinkx Survey of TV and Online Video Habits Reveals Surprising User Behavior

blinkx, the world’s largest video search engine, today announced the results of a new survey on television and online video viewing habits conducted on its behalf by Harris Interactive. The survey, designed to shed light into the interplay between television viewing and Internet usage, revealed some startling results.

Survey Highlights

A summary of some other highlights from the survey include:

+ 78% of adults who watch television use the web while doing so

+ 35% report doing so often or always

+ 62% of double-dippers surf for content related to what they’re watching

+ 40% of them look for products/services that appeared in or were advertised during the program they’re watching

+ 39% of them look for upcoming/related events

When it comes to watching video or television content online, twice as many online adults typically watch full-length television shows, movies, or sporting events, as compared to user-generated content (25% vs. 13%, respectively).

When it comes to finding Internet video content, consumer behavior is almost equally divided between search engines and users going directly to content owner Web sites.

Source: blinkx

+ Prabhakar Raghavan Elected to National Academy of Engineering
Raghavan is the head of Yahoo Research. Congrats to him on this honor.

+ Yahoo Video Gets An Upgrade (via SEL)
Note: If you use the YouTube video uploader too you can upload video files up to 1GB. See this FAQ entry. Google Video has no size limits. Otherwise, YouTube offers 100MB while Yahoo Video now offers 150MB.
See Also: Video Sharing Sites (over 60 Listed)

+ Google Tests Video Ads on Search Results Pages (via NY Times)