Hi Vid Peeps,

So have you ever wanted better lighting for your pictures and videos? Probably. What can you do if you have bad indoor lighting and no natural lighting…?

Well, Sarah Cooley from RandomSarah.com decided to go the DIY(Do It Yourself) 3-point lighting route. You can check out what she bought and see the difference in the lighting in her video.

Now you can look like a Web Video PRO! ; P

God Bless,
Yoon

Hi Peeps,

Just watch this quick video to see what you can do…

Let me know your thoughts…

God Bless,
Yoon

Hi Peeps,

I’ve been on Stickam for quite a while now(I consider myself one of Stickam’s Original Users…) and am pleased to announce that you will be able to do Live Streaming Broadcasts(I know this part isn’t a new thing, Stickam.com & others like Justin.tv and uStream.tv already do this) BUT with Monetization in mind..! It’s about time one of these services started doing something live this.

Unless you were given an Invite-Only Beta pass then you’ll just have to either WAIT or just go to the PayPerLive Beta Invite Request Page and fill out the short form to use PayPerLive. PayPerLive.com currently re-directs to the above link.

Here’s a quick vid overview of what PayPerLive is and why you may really want to use it:

Keep in mind that Stickam is reportedly going to be taking 25% as their cut of your Live Streaming Event. But hey, you get to keep 75%… ; P

God Bless,
Yoon

Hi Video Peeps,

Here’s a video review for the Flip Mino digital camcorder… sadly, there was something missing in the UPS’d package…

So go out and get one and do video fast… maybe not as quick as live casting via Qik, or live broadcasting with ustream tv, but the next closest thing… ; P

God Bless,
Yoon Ho Um, Web Video PRO

Hi Video Peeps,

Would you like to be able to add content directly to your online videos? How about adding subtitles? Now what if your video viewer could change the subtitles to the language of their choice? That would be pretty cool, eh? How about including some sort of ticker-type text?

Now to make vids even more fun… imagine being able to add text bubbles to any part of the video? Imagine your peeps adding their own text bubbles…? Way cool right? Uh-huh.

Hmm… now how would you feel about being able to include images directly into your videos? AND making them clickable right inside the video? WOW. I’d agree with that! ; P And how about if you could add your Skype # right there where a potential customer could call you right there just by clicking on your Skype Button from the video?

Watch this video to see how cool and useful interactive content will be for your videos! An interview between Co-founder/CEO of PLYmedia Ben Enosh
and FastCompany’s very own Robert Scoble

I think that EVERYONE(this means you ; P) would agree that PLYmedia.com is that way to go! Add interactive content to your internet videos and become a web video pro today! This is the next generation of web video available to you today!

Let me know where I can find your PLYable(I just made this up… instead of pliable, turned int into PLYable, maybe you picked up on it ; P) vids okay?

God Bless,
Yoon

Hi Video Peeps,

WOW. Check out how you can manipulate videos while watching them… really cool. Here’s a embedded text document and a video showing how to use DimP - A Direct Manipulation Video Player. Coolness.

Video Browsing by Direct Manipulation - Get more Free Whitepapers

So what do you think peeps? Pretty sweet for video users eh? Uh-huh.

God Bless,
Yoon

Hi Peeps,

Just noticed a New Try the New YouTube Player Beta! link while watching a video by September…

Here is the new one…

The older one…

Did you notice the difference at all…?

So do you like the new Beta Player…?

Thanks &
God Bless,
Yoon

Hi Peeps,

Ever wanted to create your own tv show and have it one the Internet? sure there’s YouTube and other sites you can upload your videos to… BUT is there a way for you to broadcast yourself LIVE on the Internet in REAL time? Watch the following video to find the answer…

And yes, I was granted beta testing some months ago but never mentioned it until I was @ Jeff Mills Blog(dude is launching OutSourcing Compendium <== click for your free .pdf) and was reminded of Mogulus! It’s pretty freakin’ cool, eh? It’s so cool that we can interact in real time too…!

Let me know when you have your account set up and are ready to go live.

God Bless,
Yoon

Hi Peeps,

If you’re a publisher looking to monetize your site using Adsense Video Ads
then you need to read this message from the Inside Adsense Team…

We know that publishers are quickly adding video to their sites and
looking for ways to earn additional revenue. If this sounds like you,
look no further than AdSense for video, our solution for qualifying
publishers. You may remember that we announced AdSense for video as a
pilot last May.

Since then, we’ve tested a variety of ad formats with the interest of
users, publishers and advertisers in mind. As a result, we’ve decided
that AdSense for video will use the InVideo ads adopted on our own
property, YouTube, which enable advertisers to make a single buy at
scale. Also competing in the auction - and unique to AdSense for video
and AdSense video units - are text overlay ads which are contextually
targeted to signals in your videos and on the page where the video
lives. The InVideo ads are paid on a CPM basis, while the text overlay
ads are paid on a CPC basis. You can see ad demos at
click here to View Adsense Video Ads . While we’ll
continue to test a variety of ad formats, we believe that overlays are
the best way to balance user experience with the needs of our
publishers.

AdSense for video is now available to publishers who, at a minimum,
serve one million video streams each month and are based in the U.S.
with English language sites. In the near future, we do plan to expand
the program to more publishers of various sizes and locations.

You may be wondering how this offering differs from the other video
advertising solutions that AdSense (and YouTube) have rolled out in
the last year. To give you an overview, we’ve launched a site at
Click here for Google Adsense Videos.[Yoon's note:] this is the correct link, the original message did not have to correct link .

To apply for AdSense for video beta, please visit the AdSense for
video page on the Google Video Advertising Solutions site:
Click here for Adsense Video Beta . You can
also learn about the various ways to earn revenue from video content
by watching this video.

[Yoon's Note: see video below]

If you’re like me you check out links that are contained within videos that you watch…
Well the link you see with the opening image http://www.google.com/videoads/ does
not actually exist… watch this…

Original Post by Ryan Hayward and Lilly Wolfson - AdSense Product Marketing/
Publisher Support on Thursday, February 21, 2008 at 5:28:00 AM

Edited by yours truly.

Thanks &
God Bless,
Yoon

Hi Video Peeps,

So Yahoo! has had a pretty busy month so far.

New things with Yahoo! Video, Y! Live(think stickam or justin.tv) and their recent acquisition of Maven Networks Inc.

Yahoo! Video now offers a 16:9 cinematastic(sounds pretty cool ,eh?) player,
they’ve increased the max file size to 150 megabytes, so you can upload longer, higher quality videos <==sweet!
So you can do more than just embed individual videos on your blog or site, now you can create your own embeddable playlists!
And it's great that you can add comments and delete them(delete those nasty comments that some total losers make and erase your lame ones too)

Want more info on Yahoo! Video? Click on this link to read the Yahoo! Video bBog...

Okay. So you’ve been to Stickam. I was probably one of the first users of Stickam(think 2-3 years ago peeps). They’ve added lots of extra stuff there since those early years(am I an Internet Video Trailblazer or what? Probably. I used YouTube WAY before all those wannabe and “real” Internet Marketing Gurus). Um, I just went there and they have changed Big Time. Wow… Now some of you may be familiar with Justin.tv? Yahoo! is doing something similar to these sites by creating Y! Live. Check it out.

now onto Press Release news from Associated Press(hosted on Google which seems somewhat funny to me) about Yahoo! Buying Maven Networks Inc…

Yahoo Acquires Video Service for $160M

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE – 2 days ago

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Undeterred by the threat of a hostile takeover, slumping Internet pioneer Yahoo Inc. completed an acquisition of its own Tuesday by buying online video service Maven Networks Inc. for $160 million.

The deal marks Yahoo’s latest attempt to expand its online advertising network and snap out of a two-year financial funk that has culminated in unsolicited takeover offer from Microsoft Corp.

Yahoo’s board rejected the bid Monday, prompting Microsoft to raise the possibility of taking its offer — originally valued at $44.6 billion or $31 per share — directly to shareholders.

Sunnyvale-based Yahoo thinks it’s worth more, an opinion echoed by its second largest shareholder in a letter released Tuesday.

“We think (Microsoft) will have to enhance its offer if it wants to complete a deal,” wrote Bill Miller, a respected fund manager for Legg Mason Inc., which owns more than 80 million Yahoo shares.

Like many other industry analysts, Miller predicted Yahoo ultimately will end up in Microsoft’s clutches.

“We think it will be hard for (Yahoo) to come up with alternatives that deliver more value than (Microsoft) will ultimately be willing to pay,” he wrote.

Miller also wrote that he has already met with Steve Ballmer, Microsoft’s chief executive, and spoken to Jerry Yang, Yahoo’s CEO and co-founder, to share his views.

Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft so far has indicated it’s not budging from its original offer, calling the proposal “full and fair.” Analysts believe the tense mating dance will last at least a few more weeks.

In the meantime, Yahoo continues to work on a long-promised turnaround.

The talks to buy Cambridge, Mass.-based Maven began before Microsoft announced its bid Feb. 1, said Tim Cadogan, Yahoo’s senior vice president of marketing products.

Maven helps television and movie studios find Web sites to show their videos and manage the accompanying advertisements. The six-year-old startup works with a wide range of media outlets, including CBS Sports, Gannett Co., News Corp., Hearst Corp. and Sony Pictures.

Online video advertising is steadily climbing as more people watch news and entertainment online. The amount spent on Internet video ads annually is expected to triple during the next three years to $4.3 billion in 2011, estimated research firm eMarketer Inc.

“We think video is going to become the third leg of the advertising stool,” said Cadogan. Ads tied to search requests is currently the Internet’s biggest moneymaker, followed by so-called display ads featuring photos, illustrations and other images.

Yahoo has been discussing a search advertising partnership with the market leader, Google Inc., as a way to boost its profits and thwart Microsoft’s bid. But a deal between Google and Yahoo would face significant antitrust hurdles because it would meld the two largest search advertising networks, causing more analysts to conclude an alliance is unlikely.

As in search, Yahoo is trying to catch up to rival Google in Internet video.

As of December, Yahoo held a 3.4 percent share of the U.S. online video market, lagging far behind Google, whose ownership of industry leader YouTube.com gave it nearly one-third of the market, according to comScore Inc.

Yahoo plans to retain Maven’s roughly 70 employees even as it completes plans to lay off 1,000 workers in other divisions as part of a plan announced two days before Microsoft’s bid.

Employees affected by the job cuts reportedly began receiving layoff notices Tuesday. Yahoo spokeswoman Diana Wong declined to comment.

Based on a previous mid-February timeline established by management, Yahoo is expected to release additional details about the layoffs late this week or early next week.

Yahoo shares fell 1 percent, or 30 cents, to $29.57 Tuesday while Microsoft shares rose 13 cents to close at $28.34.

Well there you have it kiddies… Yahoo! is still trying to capture your virtual hearts and hoping you’ll jump on the Yahoo! Video and Y! Live Bandwagons… really maybe you need to take a closer look @ Yahoo! and Videos… stop just thinking “YouTube”.

God Bless,
Yoon