Welcome to our weekly edition of what’s hot in social media news. To help you stay up to date with social media, here are some of the news items that caught our attention. What’s New This Week? Facebook Announces Real-Time Analytics for Social Plugins: This gives Facebook page admins “access to real-time analytics to optimize …
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A Netflix Deal For "House of Cards" Would Be a Big Shift In Its Strategy
A report late yesterday by Deadline.com, that Netflix is potentially going to bid $100 million to stream/broadcast the new David Fincher/Kevin Spacey TV series “House of Cards” has been ricocheting around the Internet like a pinball since. Deadline also reported that Netflix is bidding against HBO and AMC and could take the unusual step of …
Netflix Caught up in Another Privacy Suit, Could Set Streaming Video Rental Precedent
Uh oh! Netflix is in hot water again over privacy. While their last one seemed like it was actually a problem, so much so that the company settled the suit, this one seems more far fetched. A Peter Comstock of Virginia has filed what he hopes to become a class-action lawsuit against Netflix over the …
The Week’s Best Viral Videos & Video Marketing Lessons
Major worldwide catastrophes and global news events have a way of swooping in and completely dominating the viral video world, and the situation in Japan is living proof. Videos of the earthquake in action, videos of the tsunami’s devastation, and videos of explosions at the nuclear plant have gone viral in record numbers this week, …
Can I Do That On YouTube? Copyright Law & Posting Video
Websites all over the Internet are inviting you to link and embed your YouTube video on blog sites, “share” it with Facebook friends, or “tweet” it to your Twitter followers. But what are the legal limitations on what you can share and where you can post it? I did a web video recording of an …
Is Online Video Dying? Comscore’s Video Metrix Says Fizzle in Feb
This doesn’t make much sense to me, but it seems like less people in the US (170M vs. 171M) started more video sessions (5B vs. 4.8B) in February than in January, and then watched for less time (816 vs 870 minutes) each. So it seems like viewership is in decline from the all-time high of …
Maybe YouTube Shows Partners Too Much Love?
YouTube yesterday announced a new initiative aimed at giving a handful of select up-and-coming partner channels an extra boost. It’s called YouTube NextUp, and is part of the overall YouTube Next initiative–their new partner-growth division staffed mostly by employees of the recently-acquired Next New Networks. NextUp will eventually see 25 select partners from around the …
Reel Quick Clips: Mid-Week Online Video Industry News
Another week is rapidly slipping past. While I planned on doing this on Wednesday, I didn’t manage it. So here’s a quick look at some online video stories I have been tracking but didn’t really think merited a full blown article: Google TV and CNN Partnership, Samsung to Offer 3DOD – 3D On Demand (video), Google Acquires Green …
New Netflix Competitor, Zediva, Brings Unique Twist To DVD “Rental”
There’s a new Netflix in town, and it’s called Zediva. After a year in beta, the service is now live to the public. DVD rentals are only $1 each in many cases (though some cost more) and Zediva can deliver movies as soon as the title goes on sale to the public–while Netflix typically has …
