Author Archive | Ken McCarthy

How narrowly focused can the subject of an Internet video be?

To answer this question, we need to go back about one hundred years.

One of the biggest challenges when it comes to taking advantage of a new medium is …

How long should an Internet video be?

Two answers:

1. If the content is compelling enough for a viewer and he or she is properly “prepped” for the experience and there is no other source for the same information, there’s …

Here’s a site – silly on the surface – that conveys three important messages:

1. One of the big reasons Internet video is exploding right now is that it’s finally become DEAD SIMPLE to encode and upload video to the …

Vlogers?

Yes, vlogers.

First, there was the blog.  Blog = web log.

Then came the podcast.  A podcast is audio or video content you can download from the Internet and play on your PC or a personal media device like, …

Did you know that the New York Times has its own Internet TV newtork?

Me neither.

How do you keep something like this secret when you own one of the most widely read newspapers in the world?

Anyway, it’s pretty …

Google has been making video available for several weeks now.

The service evolved from free videos to a mix of free and paid: http://video.google.com

The service has its own blog – http://googlevideo.blogspot.com – and its own discussion board: http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Labs-Google-Video

‘Rubber …