Having been following this WebTV technology since the days of their codenamed “Venice Project”, it is interesting to see this WebTV software no longer invite only and finally being relased to the public domain. http://www.joost.com/ Backed by the same guys behind Skype and Kazaa – and employing the majority of sales staff that originally launched Massive – the [...]

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With the advent of more and more publishers looking to adopt InStream format’s and investigating Pre-Roll opportunities alongside Mid and Post-Roll, the question of standardisation is beginning to emerge. But beyond the size of the player which is the most obvious question, I want to pose another question equally as pertinent. Is it about time [...]

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“We know online video is popular amongst consumers – it is now a rarity to visit a site without some form of video and it has become common for users to regularly update their blogs with video content, but what is less widely known are its unique benefits to advertisers. The video marketing handbook (available [...]

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A newsgroup post from 15 years ago by Tim Berners-Lee entitled “WorldWideWeb — Executive Summary” heralded the development of the language, protocols and architecture of the Internet. To think 10 years ago I was sitting trying to figure out how to get my 8mb Mac iiCX connected to a 5 hour free trial on CompuServe [...]

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