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Blip.tv Signs Deals to Syndicate, Track Web Videos

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 28, 2009 - 9:37am.

New York - Online video distributor Blip.tv announced on Tuesday that it has signed new partnerships with YouTube, TiVo, Vimeo, Roku and NBC's New York operations, to monetize and track advertising and viewership across its distribution network.

GSA Signs Deals with Facebook, Other Social Media Firms

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on April 29, 2009 - 7:13am.

Washington - In a move designed to make it far easier for government agencies to share information over the Internet, the General Services Administration (GSA) has signed agreements with a group of social media services including Facebook, MySpace, Blist, Vimeo, Slideshare and AddThis. The deals allow other federal agencies to legally use the Web tools without negotiating their own terms of service.

Warner Music Targets User-Generated Videos on Vimeo

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on April 7, 2009 - 12:59pm.

San Francisco - Warner Music Group (NYSE: WMG) has expanded its campaign to rid user-generated videos of its copyrighted music beyond YouTube (NASD: GOOG) to Vimeo, where the wife of a ZDNet columnist saw her video slideshow of friends drinking removed under a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown notice. The reporter believes the music in the video to be a "fair use" of Warner's content. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) noted that a recent court ruling stipulated that copyright owners must consider fair use before sending DMCA takedown notices, or face charges of misrepresentation under the DMCA.

Buzz Watch: Where the Hell is Matt and Who is That Dancing With Him?

Authored by Jay Baage on June 23, 2008 - 6:37am.

Matt Harding has done it again. This time it was 14 months in the making, included travelling to 42 countries, and a cast of not just one but thousands - and it's in HD (embedded above). The video was made possible by smart marketers at Stride Gum that realized the viral potential of updating and improving his first travelling dance video. Matt is not your ordinary goofball, he is actually a really interesting person with a background in the games industry with a "meaning of life" story to tell. I've embedded a YouTube video of one of his lectures below. And get this people, Matt has never lost a staring contest, take that Jessica Alba.

Vimeo Launches High-Definition Video Sharing

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 17, 2007 - 2:28pm.

New York - Vimeo, a video-sharing site operated by IAC and Connected Ventures, on Wednesday announced the introduction of support for high-definition video, which it claims is an industry first. Vimeo now allows videos to be shared in 720p (1280 x 720 resolution), compared with the 320 x 240 resolution on YouTube and many other video sites.