A few years ago, we published a list of companies who ruled the Internet each year, from 1994-2007. Then, we forgot to update it for 2008-2010. On this week’s HipMojo show, we run down the list and picked a company for 2008, 2009, and 2010… and then open it up for you to suggest companies for 2011. Vote for the company of the Year below in the Comments, feel free to vote for the company you work for, but explain WHY, what was the one thing or many things that made the company stand out from the noise? continue reading...
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Yesterday I shared a video from Beet.tv in which 5Min’s CEO Ran Harnevo talked about the merits of evergreen videos.
Today, I wanted to highlight an important balancing act that Break.com’s Keith Richman touches on: content creation vs. distribution: continue reading...
In November 2007, we published a piece called Online Video Distribution: The Race for #3 is On…
Hulu wasn’t even around, so #1 was YouTube and #2 was MySpace TV. Then came the usual suspects: Metacafe, DailyMotion, Break and Veoh. continue reading...
Break buys HBO’s made-for-web unit.
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Everyone is freaking out over the fact that YouTube is trying to monetize but 4% of its massive inventory.
Truth is, I thought that number was lower. But whatever the number, it’s a good thing. continue reading...
Hearing about Metacafe’s founders leaving and Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt admitting that it does not know how to make money off YouTube, I realized how random success is, in business in general and online video in particular.
I like to think that as a content producer, we have a business model that makes sense, and the signs are that indeed, it does make sense. But to be perfectly truthful, I wonder if this was exactly what I envisioned in January 2006 when we launched WatchMojo.com and while the broad strategy is the same, I’d be lying if I said everything has gone according to plan. continue reading...
Over the past two years, not a week went by where you didn’t see a video platform raise money. The result was a mini-bubble: countless players all vied to compete with YouTube’s utter dominance in the space but largely failed to gain any traction. This week, Vidavee was dumped by investors for $6.6M after raising over $8M, some peg that figure at about $12M.
Well, this year it’s the mobile video platforms that are getting all of the attention, and frankly, I am not sure why. This is not a knock at any one single competitor in the space: I could not even tell you what makes one different from another. continue reading...
Daily Motion is escalating the battle for #3 in their space (after YouTube and MySpace TV).
Online video advertising is growing, quickly. continue reading...
Break.com - one of the many sites vying for #3 in the video file sharing social network space - just decided to veer into new territory by taking on Heavy.com, a broadband media company, by launching an ad network targeting men 18-34.
TechCrunch reports that CEO is expecting rates of $10-30 CPM. Break.com has a sales force of 15, expect all of the players in the space (Metacafe, DailyMotion, Veoh etc.) to ramp up sales teams as online video advertising crosses $1B in expenditures in 2008 - and potentially surpass search ads by 2018. continue reading...
