online video

Online video usually refers to videos that are hosted on the Internet. The majority of videos found on the Internet are hosted at large video portals such as YouTube, Dailymotion or Hulu.

Some, but not all of those sites, limit their access to users from specific locations in the world. Hulu for instance limits access to its videos to people from the United States.

But even global sites like YouTube provide content owners with options to limit their videos to a specific target audience.

Most online videos are offered as flash movies that require Adobe Flash to be installed on the user's computer system. The introduction of HTML5 with its video playback capabilities might reduce the dominance of Flash in the online video sector.

Many users are looking for ways to download online videos to be able to view them on their local computer systems. Search engines are filled with articles on how to download YouTube videos or videos from other websites.

You'll find bloggers talking about online videos at sites like Blorge and Ghacks Technology News.

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Original Technorati articles tagged “online video”

• in Advertising
  Branded Video Conversion Rates 91% Higher in Q4 of 2012
  Combined tablet and mobile video viewing increased 100% (from 4% to 8%)
  by cirina / on Feb 27, 2013
• in Business
  Glocal Launches Local News Video Aggregator
  Glocal launches out of beta. Looks to be the Hulu for local online video content.
  by gsimon / on Oct 30, 2012
• in Technology
  Vobile Launches TVSync API for Connected TV Apps
  Vobile announces TVSync Open API Platform for Building Connected TV Applications.
  by gsimon / on Aug 16, 2012

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “online video”

 

• BREAKING: Web Series Reaches 100 Views

  
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  YouTube Comedy Week is coming to an end and we have seen the good, bad, and the funny. While what we find humorous is subjective, there is one thing we can all agree on after this last week: online video creators know how to laugh at themselves. The video Web Series Reaches 100 Views created by popular comedy site, ...
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• Fight over TV streaming heats up as broadcasters file new lawsuit in Washington DC

  
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  Major broadcasters filed a new lawsuit this week as part of an ongoing efforts to shut down services like Aereo that stream over-the-air TV to computer and mobile devices. In a complaint filed Thursday, the broadcasters — ABC, Fox, NBC, Allbritton Communications and Telemundo — asked the U.S. District Court for ...
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• Fight over TV streaming heats up as broadcasters file new lawsuit in Washington DC

  
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  Major broadcasters filed a new lawsuit this week as part of an ongoing efforts to shut down services like Aereo that stream over-the-air TV to computer and mobile devices. In a complaint filed Thursday, the broadcasters — ABC, Fox, NBC, Allbritton Communications and Telemundo — asked the U.S. District Court for ...
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• Morgan Stanley: YouTube Will Generate $20 Billion In Revenue By 2020

  
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• Movie APIs for Building Multiscreen Apps

  
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  The death of watching movies in theatres has been predicted ever since TV came along and attendance fell. The industry has responded by producing some great content, first in color, then widescreen and 3D, that is best enjoyed on the big screen. Now online video viewing is on the rise. According to a recent post in ...
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• YouTube tells Microsoft to remove ad-free Windows Phone video app

  
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  YouTube has warned Microsoft that it needs to remove a video app from its Windows Phone store that blocks Google’s ads. In a letter to Microsoft, YouTube claims the app blocks adverts and allows users to download videos, and has given them a week to remove it from the store. In a letter obtained by ...
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• Amazon adds new NBC titles to Prime Instant Video

  
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  Amazon adds new NBC titles to Prime Instant Video Amazon has expanded its licensing agreement with NBC Universal to provide a larger catalog of back seasons though Prime Instant Video, the video-on-demand service provided free of charge to Amazon Prime subscribers. New additions include the NBC series Grimm , ...
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• Nintendo to profit from ads on user generated YouTube videos

  
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  Nintendo is get a share of the YouTube ad revenues from user generated videos featuring its games, sparking complaints from some of its fans. Under the new scheme, clips posted to YouTube will now display advertising, with income going directly to the Japanese gaming giant. Some fans have reacted angrily, ...
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• Schimb de Mame Video ( 19 Mai 2013 ) Online Intreg

  
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• DirecTV Consider to Acquire Hulu

  
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• DirectTV Consider to Acquire Hulu

  
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• Ray William Johnson May Become A TV Star, Inks Deal With FX

  
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  Blip isn’t the only entertainment entity outside of YouTube with which Ray William Johnson is making deals . The 31-year-old with the Third Most-Subscribed YouTube Channel of All-Time just signed the papers that may make him a television star. Lesley Goldberg at the Hollywood Reporter broke the news FX ...
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