On January 1, 2015, IVA will no longer support the legacy API’s listed below. After that date it will no longer be possible to get data from them. Base URLs: Any API’s under the following paths will be shutdown. http://api.internetvideoarchive.com/Video/~ http://api.internetvideoarchive.com/Game/~ http//api.internetvideoarchive.com/Music/~ For example, these are some of the more...
Read MoreComScore has just released a white paper which advocates new thinking on the part of advertisers and content owners when it comes to the shift away from traditional TV to digital viewing online. Andrew Lipsman, the author of the white paper, advocates for a more...
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Wowie zowie! Adobe released its Q1 2014 U.S. Digital Video Benchmark Report this week and the big screaming data point is the year-over-year growth of TV Everywhere: 246% over 2013. Much of the growth can be attributed to the growth in TV channels that are now offering...
Read MoreGlobal internet traffic will reach 1.6 zettabytes by 2018 according to Cisco. What?! You've never heard of a zettabyte? We havent either, but according to Cisco one zettabyte equals a trillion gigabytes. So, even if we can't get our heads around exactly how big a...
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This just in: Sandvine data shows there are more people watching other people play video games online than there are people watching "Game of Thrones" and "Veep" on HBO Go. That's the kind of interesting stat that the IVA Number Nerds love to dig into. In this...
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Facebook announced that they will be rolling out new metrics for both paid and organic videos that are uploaded to brand pages. Currently Facebook provides page owners with the number of views a video gets. The new metrics will add unique views and average duration...
Read MoreVA's Number Nerds have a lot of respect for our tech team and for the time they spend making sure we are always up to date on the latest improvements in delivering video. Sometimes it's better speed, or less buffering, or higher resolution, or automatically...
Read MoreThe IVA Number Nerds wait with breathless anticipation each month for the latest reports on how much online video is watched by Americans according to comScore. The double digit increases make us swoon, especially when they are accompanied by such descriptors as 'astonishing' or 'eye-popping'...
Read MoreDesigning for Mobile Use Designing for mobile phones and tablets presents challenges because space is at a premium. The good news is that as mobile becomes ever more popular, consumers no longer expect a brand to look the same way on their phone as they do...
Read MoreThe Council for Research Excellence released a new study this week which shows that TV promos are still the most effective driver of the decision to view new shows. Or as the IVA Number Nerds would put it: TV Previews Rock! The study ,"Talking Social TV 2",...
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