LiveUniverse Buys Revver for More than a Song (about $5M)

"Troubled video site Revver was bought by Brad Greenspan’s LiveUniverse last night for a price “many multiples more” than the $500,000 to $1.5 million reported recently, according to a source close to the deal. Update: We now know that the price was just under $5...

Daily Visits to Video-Sharing Sites Doubled in 2007

Proving industry analysts' predictions to be absolutely correct, there has been a massive boom in the online video industry that shows no signs of slowing down.Audiences are bigger, more diverse, and more willing to engage online video content than ever before and, even...

Is LiveUniverse Buying Revver?

According to Conteninople:"A credible source says LiveUniverse is buying the video sharing site Revver in a stock swap. The deal will be announced next week. Los Angeles-based LiveUniverse is run by MySpace founder Brad Greenspan. Though its flagship site is the somewhat...

Virus writers target web videos

When you click on a video and a pop up comes up saying you need to download a codec to view, don't trust it." Security firms are reporting more and more instances of booby-trapped Windows codecs - file compressors - required to play some video formats. Some of the codecs let...

YouTube to Share Revenue with Creators

YouTube CEO Chad Hurley said today his company (now owned by Google) “is going to move in [the] direction” of rewarding video creators for their content, as part of a panel discussion at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos.Attendee Jeff Jarvis taped the statements...

Verizon Wireless revs up mobile video

"Verizon Wireless wants people to watch television on their phones, and it's wheeling and dealing to make that happen.The telecommunications giant announced Wednesday that starting in early December it will offer content from the video-sharing Web site Revver, a YouTube...

Video Revenue: Revver, Blip.tv, or Brightcove?

"Sure, Google's coming out with a new program (probably) that will let you get money from ads. And yes, you could also just sell DVDs via Lulu.  But in the meantime, there are three video hosting companies that have advertising: Revver, Blip.tv, and Brightcove. Revver...

Will Web 2.0 dollars trickle down?

"The great untold story behind the Web 2.0 phenomenon is the flow of money. At this point, the money is flowing from the venture capitalists and the acquirers directly to the entrepreneurs who created the companies. There's nothing illogical about that, per se, but when you...

Brightcove to Launch Online Video Marketplace

"Brightcove, an Internet TV company backed by Barry Diller's IAC/InterActiveCorp and Time Warner Inc.'s America Online, today plans to launch an online video marketplace that will enable owners of movies, television programs and other videos to cut distribution deals with...

Microsoft's Video Site 'Soapbox' Disappointing

""CNet reviews Microsoft's new video site, Soapbox. Though browsing and uploading is easy, CNet isn't very enthusiastic about the beta, mostly blaming this on the fact that Soapbox has nothing more to offer than other video sites. From the article: 'It's a slightly better...