Just went to the wrong page on Hulu and they managed to both entertain me and make money off me - they’re selling overlay ads on video on their 404 error page. Above: Hulu’s 404 Error video Corey Adds: Not one to pick on one of the best in the biz, and hell, it is only a 404 page - and a funny one at that - but the mismatched ads isn’t something that advertisers ...

Well, I’m calling it - user-generated content is officially dead. Hulu is here, ABC is raking in the views with their player, the studios are still adapting but beginning to develop business models, and semi-professional content creators now have the tools to compete with mainstream content. The line is clear, people want to watch professional content, it holds value. Anything else has no value, economically at least. So there. Now that professional content has reasserted ...

Move Networks today announced they will upgrade their analytics and reporting tool ahead of the 2008-2009 television season. Move Monetize 2.0 will include: •Improved Viewership Reports o Create reports showing details on partner site, screener and ad campaign viewership. o View information on the number of unique viewers watching an Internet television program for time periods ranging from minutes to years. o Capture information on drop-out points, rewind activity and click-throughs •Improved Program Reports o ...

ABC and Move Networks released their May streaming numbers today, reporting 37 million videos served during the month, a total of 815 million minutes. 400 million streame have been served since ABC launched their full episode player in 2006. Meanwhile, a commenter over on Lost Remote claiming to be from an ABC affiliate makes it clear that local stations are less than thrilled with ABC’s portal strategy: Dear ABC.com staff, Affiliates love the video player. ...

Veoh has been saying since its inception that the heart of their service lies in their behavioral targeting ability, this is remember, a company backed by former big media execs who see video primarily as medium for delivering ads to consumers. Today at long last they released their targeting platform in beta. The news comes after Veoh rolled out a number of additional features in recent weeks including a new player, a new discovery tool ...