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Online video-sharing Web site Veoh announced Wednesday that it was laying off 20 percent of its workforce, or about 20 employees, in the face of a softening ad market.  A Veoh representative blamed the uncertain economic climate for the cuts, but insisted that company revenue was growing at a healthy clip.  Spokeswoman Gaude Paez said […]

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May 2008 data from the comScore Video Metrix service showed that U.S. Internet users viewed more than 12 billion online videos during the month, representing an increase of 45 percent versus a year ago.
In May, Google Sites once again ranked as the top U.S. video property with 4.2 billion videos viewed (representing a 35 percent share […]

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Veoh Networks announced the launch of a new behavioral targeting system that combines video consumption, searching, browsing and community activity data from Veoh’s more than 28 million viewers to deliver branded ads and content to viewers across multiple lifestyle and interest categories.
“With more than a billion video views every quarter, Veoh is in the unique […]

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Many market forecasts have attempted to size the U.S. online video market, which consists of ads that are tied to a growing subset of online music, sports and entertainment clips. These forecasts project the market will grow to between US$4 billion and US$7 billion by 2012.  A TKG forecast released yesterday specifically breaks out the […]

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In February 2008, Internet users viewed 10 billion videos, a 66 percent increase over February 2007, according to comScore. Online video ads are expected to pull in $1.3 billion nationally this year, according to eMarketer.
The race is on to make money from hosting video on the net - if companies can’t make a profit storing […]

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The best thing about this article has to be the link to the verry funny Weezer video that gives cameos to dozens of viral video stars in 3 minutes.  However, the point of the story is that YouTube’s Insight program gives marketers demographic info on who is watching, so they can craft marketing campaigns accordingly.
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[ July 31, 2008; 11:00 pm; ]

Submit your video to win a $500 gift card to Cosmetique Med Spa! All you have to do is create a short video explaining why you need laser hair removal services.  Are you embarrassed by unsightly back hair? Want to get rid of that moustache? Do you think your leg hair is unruly? Here’s what […]

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[ July 25, 2008; 11:00 pm; ] FilmTally is sponsoring an open source editing contest with over $500 in cash prizes. We have 4 hours of HD footage of an up and coming band called Rigby which will be used to make this video. We will mail this footage (in data cd form) to any editor interested in creating a music video. You can add […]

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Can you find the VidOpp logo ingeniously hidden in this video?

Thanks to Beau at http://www.b.eaudacio.us for this one.
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[ May 26, 2008; 11:00 pm; ] OMG! Moments happen to everyone …  and we want to hear yours! your craziest, coolest, most embarrassing, whatever moments! Enter for your chance to become one of seven winners to win the Ultimate OMG! Moment – a chance to hang with Ashley Tisdale in Hollywood! To enter, all you have to do is sign up […]

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