Long overshadowed by YouTube, Yahoo Videos has been relaunched with new features including a larger media player aimed at encouraging greater engagement with the site. The revamped site now aggregates video from all different sections of Yahoo and upgrades tools for playing, sharing and organizing videos. ...Read the whole story
Video-sharing site Revver was acquired by Web entertainment network LiveUniverse on Friday. The move comes after a month of rumors and speculation over Revver's tenuous future. The faltering Revver had reportedly been seeking some $500,000, along with the assumption of $1 million in debt. ...Read the whole story
Google and Microsoft were hit with a lawsuit last week by a company claiming to own a patent on paid search methods. The company, Paid Search Engine Tools of Liberty Township, Ohio, said in its lawsuit that Google's AdWords program, as well as Microsoft's paid search platform, adCenter, violate a 2006 patent for a method of optimizing keword bids. ...Read the whole story
As the writers' strike comes to a close, those of us in the online video entertainment industry are contemplating what we can learn as we ... ...More
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