Internet Video

So perhaps internet video isn't doing that much damage to traditional TV viewing after all. Broadcasters' Audience Research Board (BARB), the UK's official TV audience measurement body, said today that the number of TV ads viewed had increased 6 percent in the first half of this year, compared to the same time last year. Moreover, the average amount of television audiences watched from January to June was up 4 percent on last year to 2.34 hours. Television marketing body Thinkbox, which released the BARB...

Three women, who went missing separately about a decade ago, and a six-year-old girl were rescued from a house in Cleveland Monday night. According to reports , the rescue happened after one of the missing women, Amanda Berry, flagged down a neighbor, Charles Ramsey, who then helped her slip through an obstructed front door. Ramsey has become somewhat of a star on the Web. Video from his interview with Cleveland's ABC affiliate, News Channel 5 , has been widely shared on YouTube...

Eduard Khil, a beloved Soviet crooner who won sudden international stardom two years ago when a 1976 video of him singing "trololo" instead of the song's censored words became a global Internet hit, died June 4 at age 77. He had been hospitalized in St. Petersburg since a stroke in April left him with severe brain damage. His death was confirmed by Tatyana Mamedova of Petersburg-Kontsert, which organized Mr. Khil's concerts. Mr. Khil was a top Soviet performer during the 1960s and '70s, but his star...

KABUL — 10 people were killed near Kabul's airport Tuesday when a suicide car bomber rammed into a minivan carrying foreign aviation workers, police said. A Pakistan-based militant group said it carried out the attack to avenge an Internet video that defames the prophet Muhammad. The attack came as al-Qaeda's branch in North Africa called on Muslims to attack U.S. diplomats and step up protests against the video. Demonstrations have abated in Egypt, Tunisia and a number of other Islamic nations, but...

THE PRODUCERS of an Internet video about the African warlord Joseph Kony have already proven one of their main points. Social media, the film's narrator proclaims at the outset, are "changing the way the world works. The game has new rules. " True enough: In the first seven days after its posting on March 7, " Kony 2012 " was viewed more than 112 million times, according to the Visible Measures blog — making it the most explosive viral video phenomenon in history. An extraordinary amount of fresh attention has been focused on the...

They're well-loved members of your family, and now they have the chance to be an Internet video sensation. Think your pooch or kitty has what it takes to win our first Best Pet Tricks Video Contest? Send us live-action home videos that show your pet's hilarious moments, special tricks and amazing talents in 90 seconds or less. To learn more, visit http://www.washingtonpost.com/pet-tricks . Hurry! You have until July 7 to submit your video.

Catch Kevin Wu's latest comedy program on YouTube, and you may think he's nothing more than a young Asian American talking to a camera in his bedroom. But almost each of his shows command at least 2 million views — rivaling the nightly TV audiences of Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. A disproportionate share of YouTube's top personalities are minorities, a striking contrast to the most popular shows on mainstream television, where the stars are largely white. These minority-produced, home-grown shows are drawing massive...

The number of people watching video on their mobile phones in Q4 grew at a faster rate than those viewing it on the internet, according to a new Nielsen survey looking at U.S. consumer video viewing habits across television, the internet and mobile devices. Moreover, as testament to the growing desire of consumers to watch video when and how they want, this 9 percent jump in the number of users viewing mobile video to 11 million, was only matched by the...

The weak economy is hitting Americans where they spend a lot of their free time: at the TV set. They're canceling cable and satellite TV subscriptions in record numbers, according to an Associated Press analysis of the companies' quarterly earnings. The U.S. subscription-TV industry first showed a small net loss of subscribers a year ago. This year, that trickle has turned into a stream. The chief cause appears to be high unemployment and a housing market that has many people living with their...

As we and others have reported, cable operators are exploring the idea of negotiating streaming rights into their carriage agreements with cable networks. If that becomes a reality, what would it mean for consumers? Giving cable companies another service to charge for can't be good for viewers, right? Well, it's not quite that simple. Here are the upsides: ? Consumers could finally get a universal set-top box that converts internet video into high-quality TV viewing . People who...

The anti-American demonstrations raging in the Middle East and North Africa extend beyond the violence of the day, providing a broad diplomatic challenge to President Obama's attempts to forge relationships with new regimes across the Arab world. The immediate crisis involves a pair of post-revolutionary Arab countries — Egypt and Libya — that Obama has worked to ensure will be supporters of the United States as they endure difficult transitions from autocracies to self-government.

Eduard Khil, a beloved Soviet crooner who won sudden international stardom two years ago when a 1976 video of him singing "trololo" instead of the song's censored words became a global Internet hit, died June 4 at age 77. He had been hospitalized in St. Petersburg since a stroke in April left him with severe brain damage. His death was confirmed by Tatyana Mamedova of Petersburg-Kontsert, which organized Mr. Khil's concerts. Mr. Khil was a top Soviet performer during the 1960s and '70s,...

Catch Kevin Wu's latest comedy program on YouTube, and you may think he's nothing more than a young Asian American talking to a camera in his bedroom. But almost each of his shows command at least 2 million views — rivaling the nightly TV audiences of Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. A disproportionate share of YouTube's top personalities are minorities, a striking contrast to the most popular shows on mainstream television, where the stars are largely white. These minority-produced, home-grown shows are...

THE PRODUCERS of an Internet video about the African warlord Joseph Kony have already proven one of their main points. Social media, the film's narrator proclaims at the outset, are "changing the way the world works. The game has new rules. " True enough: In the first seven days after its posting on March 7, " Kony 2012 " was viewed more than 112 million times, according to the Visible Measures blog — making it the most explosive viral video phenomenon in history. An extraordinary amount of fresh attention has been...

Adapted from a recent online discussion . Hey Carolyn: I seem to be locked into a habit of numbing myself. No drugs or alcohol, but lots of Internet, crosswords, reading, knitting. Things that keep my life, and especially my 5-year-old, at bay. She has noticed this. I say, "I'm sorry, I was distracted. " She has said, "You're always distracted. " I also cry at inappropriate times — over an Internet video, or something in the newspaper — but I don't cry over real things in my...

The weak economy is hitting Americans where they spend a lot of their free time: at the TV set. They're canceling cable and satellite TV subscriptions in record numbers, according to an Associated Press analysis of the companies' quarterly earnings. The U.S. subscription-TV industry first showed a small net loss of subscribers a year ago. This year, that trickle has turned into a stream. The chief cause appears to be high unemployment and a housing market that has many people living with their parents,...

Todd Herman, former Microsoft and MSNBC.com employee and streaming media expert, has been named the Director of New Media for the Republican National Committee. Herman founded and ran SpinSpotter , a startup that provides tools to detect spin in news stories. Here's a snippet of Herman's bio from SpinSpotter's website: Todd wrote the initial strategy and business plan for MSN Video and brought over 100 traditional TV brands into Internet video. AdAge Magazine named him ?

Cisco's pocket-size Flip Video camcorder line achieved widespread popularity by making the process of capturing video and posting it to YouTube incredibly easy. Now, a companion set-top box seeks to make viewing those videos--either your own or those shared over the Internet on Flip's FlipChannel service--on your HDTV almost equally effortless. But while the Cisco FlipShare TV ($149 as of 12/1/09) can capably stream high-definition video from your hard drive, the quality of videos hosted online can...

Republican former Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty officially launched his presidential campaign in Des Moines, Iowa on Monday. As Philip Rucker reported : Republican Tim Pawlenty launched his campaign for president here Monday by saying he would substantially scale back the role of government in society, including cutting or eliminating popular federal programs. The former Minnesota governor said he would gradually raise the retirement age for Social Security, overhaul Medicare,...

Charlie Ergen, chief executive of Dish Network , is a gambling man. Before selling satellite dishes out of a truck with his wife, Candy, 30 years ago, he tried his hand at professional blackjack in Las Vegas. Now the outspoken billionaire appears to be placing one of his biggest bets yet: on Internet video. This month, Dish bought Blockbuster off the auction block for $320 million. The move was as puzzling to industry watchers as it was intriguing. Blockbuster , the...