YouTube upgrades file size

Bigger, faster, stronger YouTube

YouTube has responded to market pressure from smaller firms and made significant changes to its upload policy, including increasing the maximum file upload from 100MB to 1GB. Users will now be able to add metadata and title information while the video is being uploaded and upload up to 10 videos simultaneously.Users must opt-in to the service, which is available here.


New hot shots function for You Tube
The Hot Spots tab in Insight plays your video alongside a graph that shows the ups-and-downs of viewership at different moments within the video. We determine "hot" and "cold" spots by comparing your video's abandonment rate at that moment to other videos on YouTube of the same length, and incorporating data about rewinds and fast-forwards. So what does that mean? Well, when the graph goes up, your video is hot: few viewers are leaving, and people may be rewinding on the control bar to see that sequence again. When the graph goes down, your content's gone cold: viewers are moving to another part of the video or leaving the video entirely.

Automotive Online Video Marketing Trends - Car Dealers Embrace Online Video
According to a study released by the Kelsey Group in Q1 2008, 33% of car dealers surveyed currently take advantage of online video on their own websites. In the same study, 59% of dealers surveyed indicated that they they plan to use video on their own websites within the next 12 months.

OMG! Flash on the iPhone!
today, an Adobe exec speaking at a Flash developers’ conference “for the first time publicly confirmed that Adobe is actively developing a Flash Player for Apple’s popular phone,” according to FlashMagazine.com.

AT&T to Reorganize Into Four Units
AT&T is reorganizing into four market-focused divisions—consumer, business, technology operations and diversified businesses

Dell, Paramount Team to Pre-Load "Iron Man" on PCs
PC maker Dell on Tuesday announced a deal with Paramount Digital Entertainment that will see a copy of the movie "Iron Man" pre-installed as an option on newly purchased computers. For an extra $20, consumers can order a special digital edition of "Iron Man" with a bonus featurette that will come pre-loaded on select Inspiron, Dell Studio and XPS laptops and desktops.

Ludacris, ‘What Them Girls Like’
The Senate has passed the Webcaster Settlement Act, which the House passed a few days ago. The bill gives a little bit of life to internet radio stations, like Pandora, which had warned that if internet broadcasters were not allowed to negotiate royalties, the economics of their business wouldn't be feasible.

Gotuit.com : Video Unleashed
Gotuit, a leading provider of video optimization technologies, today announced that it has partnered with Pixsy, the leading B2B provider of private label video and image search, to deliver a greatly enhanced video search and syndication capability . Gotuit customers using the Gotuit Video Metadata Management System (VMMS), now can have mRSS feeds of their Gotuit-powered video library published to and ingested by Pixsy's Media Search Platform to drive greater traffic and monetization.

IP piracy bill passes through US Congress
The U.S. House of Representatives on Sunday passed a bill that would significantly increase penalties for copyright infringement and create a new office of intellectual-property enforcement coordinator in the White House.