Internet advertising revenues (U.S.) for the first six months of 2008 were $11.5 billion, a half-year record that represents a 15.2 percent increase over the first half of 2007. The numbers come from the IAB internet Advertising Revenue Report (pdf), covering the first six months and the second quarter of 2008. Search and Display-related advertising continue to [...]

PBS has announced that it will launch a broad selection of full-length PBS television shows for download on Xbox LIVE, the online games and entertainment network for the Xbox 360. Included on Xbox LIVE are: WIRED SCIENCE CARRIER SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN FRONTIERS NOVA Ken Burns' Jazz Ken Burns' America Ken Burns' American Lives "Our commitment is to be wherever consumers are accessing media," said Andrew [...]

  I Want My Three Minutes Back is a new documentary film from Chuck Potter that looks into the world of online video. The film examines the phenomenon of online video through the stories of YouTube video creators, from Tay Zonday and his viral hit "Chocolate Rain", to Judson Laipply's "Evolution Of Dance", the most viewed video on [...]

Eugene zMastaa Agyeman’s ZuneStats is a WordPress plugin that lets you get social, Microsoft Zune style.  ZuneStats displays your Zune Stats in a sidebar widget, including Recently Played Tracks, Most Played Artists Favourite Tracks

Tough times. Tough decisions.also read my blog post http://www.loiclemeur.com/english/2008/10/tough-times-tou.html Seesmic’s Loic Le Meur today announced layoffs at video social network startup Seesmic. “As a company, we have felt the need to get Seesmic ready for what most are anticipating to be a bleak economic outlook for the considerable time going forward,” says Le Meur. “In order [...]

Google today announced that it was shifting gears and testing full-length programming on YouTube.  This is a result of the problem we identified earlier this year: 97% of the YouTube’s content is deadweight, financially, and Hulu is close to overtaking the site, as a result.  Four CBS shows will be available in the full-episode mode on YouYube: Beverly [...]