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VIDMETRIX has launched its own multi-site video uploader. The tool will allow video publishers to automatically distribute their content to seven video-sharing sites: YouTube, MySpace, Metacafe, Google, Yahoo, Revver, and Veoh. Tubemogul, which announced a multi-site uploader last week, is adding 3 new distribution sites to its service today, bringing its total reach to 9 Continue Reading →

DIGG has dumped GOOGLE for advertising services, and signed a three-year deal with Microsoft. The deal will utilize Microsoft adCenter to deliver contextually relevant text ads. Digg.com is one of the top social-news sites, drawing almost 10 million visitors in June. FOX and MYSPACE will team up to produce The Storyteller Challenge, an online user-generated Continue Reading →

ABC is now streaming high-definition online video. On Tuesday the network launched a beta high-def player on ABC.com, offering one episode each of Lost, Desperate Housewives, Grey’s Anatomy, and Ugly Betty. ABC.com is the first network site to reach the high-def milestone. TUBEMOGUL has launched Load & Track, a free universal video uploading and tracking Continue Reading →

AOL VIDEO and YAHOO VIDEO have both pulled ahead of MySpace for unique visitors on video-sharing sites. YOUTUBE still leads the pack, with 51 million visitors in June. GOOGLE VIDEO remains in second place, with 18 million uniques. THE WRITERS GUILD of AMERICA flatly rejected a plan from Hollywood producers to completely overhaul existing compensation Continue Reading →

 TUBEMOGUL, a video analytics company, has conducted a fascinating study of video sites to determine how viewers are counted. YouTube, Yahoo Video, and Metacafe were found to have strict counting requirements – generally requiring long views, and often ignoring multiple views from the same computer. AOL, MySpace, and Revver were found to have much Continue Reading →