Roundup: Americans watch 12 billion online videos, Tesla breaks production logjam and more
Here’s the latest action:
Americans watched 12 billion online videos in May — That’s up 45 percent compared to the same period in 2007. While Google’s sites — especially YouTube — remained dominant, accounting for 34.8 percent of videos watched, Fox Interactive Media (owner of MySpace) climbed to 6.4 percent, up 1.3 percent from the month before.
Tesla breaks production “logjam” — Chief executive Ze’ev Drori acknowledges that the electric car maker has been putting the old adage that… Continue Reading
Online video continues to explode, Google’s grip tightens
comScore has just released its April analysis of online video consumption in the United States and once again, the market is expanding and Google’s dominance continues to grow right along with it.
The numbers below make this clear:
In March, Americans watched 9.8 billion videos, down from a high of 10.1 billion in December of 2007. (coverage) Google’s properties, YouTube and Google Video (almost entirely YouTube), accounted for approximately 3.63 billion, or 34.3%, of those views, with… Continue Reading
Fox Interactive streamlines ad operations
Fox Interactive Media, the parent company of MySpace, Fox.com, AskMen, IGN and a host of other websites, has hired a firm called Operative to help it streamline its ad operations.
MySpace ad only turned a profit of $10 million in a year, we reported in August, despite receiving 4.3 billion page views per day. More recently, Silicon Alley Insider speculates FIM may have missed its $1 billion revenue target, putting it under pressure to increase ad… Continue Reading
Fox Interactive confirms purchase of Photobucket and Flektor
Fox Interactive Media confirmed it is acquiring photo sharing site Photobucket and another slide-show creator site Flektor, as earlier reported.
See statement here.