YouTube’s new channels feature Tony Hawk, Shaun White, action sports

YouTube is continuing to roll out new channels as part of its push to develop into a destination for more original content. The latest addition, four sports channels that should appeal to a pretty desirable demo… males under the age of 30, include skateboarding, snowboarding and surfing action. RIDE (pictured) is one of the new sports-oriented YouTube channels. Here’s what’s new: The Red Bull Channel is bringing 13 new original episodic series that will chronicle the competition and daily lives of action sports athletes including urban mountain biker and YouTube celebrity, Danny MacAskill, skateboarding pro Ryan Sheckler, action sports phenom Travis Pastrana and big wave surfer Jamie O’Brien; RIDE, a 24-hour channel devoted to the skateboarding lifestyle that will feature Tony Hawk, Skatepark of Tampa, Jamie Thomas and Lance Krall among others.

OTT demand driving growing in-home Wi-Fi deployment

New research shows that the increasing demand for over-the-top video is creating a boon for Wi-Fi equipment manufacturers, increasing the number of in-home video WLAN-enabled video devices to approach 600 million in 2015. NPD Group today said home video entertainment devices like digital TVs, Blu-ray players, game consoles and set top boxes are coming to the market Wi-Fi-connected, so the devices can connect to the web and to each other. And, Wi-Fi is growing from being simply about getting content from a network to devices, to sharing content between devices, as Wi-Fi evolves from being a network-centric connectivity standard to one that enables peer-to-peer connectivity, NPD said.

ComScore: Online video viewing time up 59% in December Y-o-Y

More than 182 million Americans watched online video in December, consuming a whopping 43.5 million videos, about 23.2 hours of viewing each. The numbers are significantly above those from a year ago, when 172 million Americans watched 5.2 billion videos for an average 14.6 hours each. Click here to zoom in on this and other charts. As usual, YouTube was at the head of the class

Rumor mill: Late-May target date for Facebook IPO

Facebook’s multibillion IPO looks like its set for late May, AllThingsDigital reports. The report said Facebook will have to file its paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission within the month to make that happen, pointing out that any number of issues could derail–or at least postpone–the process. The SEC generally takes as long as four months to review the filing, but can take longer

Announcing The 4th Annual Content Delivery Summit: Call For Speakers Now Open

I'm happy to announce that I have now opened the call for speakers for the fourth annual Content Delivery Summit,(www.cdnsummit.com), being held in conjunction with the Streaming Media East show, taking place on Monday May 14th, at the Hilton hotel in NYC. (#cdnsummit) This year we'll be covering a wide range of topics pertaining to the Business and Technology of…

Hulu to release original political comedy in February

Following in the steps of competitor Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX), Hulu is launching its own original scripted program based in the world of politics. The content service said it would debut the political comedy– Battleground– next month, during the Republican primary. The show is described as cutting edge and purports to take an insider’s look at a Democratic candidate’s run for a Wisconsin Senate seat.

List Of Online Video Conferences, Tradeshows and Events

I often get asked by others what online video conferences and events take place in the industry and I thought it would be helpful for me to share a list of the events I track. While this list is by no means complete, I tried to keep it to events where video is the core focus. If you think an…

LG rumored to be in line for Google TV 3.0

LG Electronics may be first in line for the next release of Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) TV software, according to a report form Bloomberg . The move would allow the company to build a set compatible with the software as it begins to gain momentum for a third iteration of its TV service, reportedly planned for release by the end of the year. Google TV was demoed on an LG set at the Consumer Electronics Show this week. Samsung already has been announced as a partner in the Google TV ecosystem.

Akamai Lowering CDN Pricing In Effort To Be More Competitive

About 45 days ago, I noticed Akamai was being more competitive when it came to pricing CDN deals and around that same time, Akamai's sales reps were highlighting this pricing reduction in emails to potential customers. One of the emails I received from an Akamai sales rep said, “as we are at the end of 2011, I wanted to keep…

Cisco’s refocused Videoscape floats more clearly to the cloud

Over the past year, Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO) has struggled to regain its mojo, as well as figure out its direction. Its identity crisis approached seemingly schizophrenic proportions, as it championed its doomed Flip video camera, and, until recently, the just decommissioned Umi personal video conferencing system.

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