The new MōVI cam stabilizer is still going to be well out of most people's price range, but the video showing it off is perfect for those who can afford it, because it not only informs, it entertains.

Microsoft has created a YouTube app for Windows Phone that blocks ads and allows users to download videos. While these things are frowned upon by YouTube API standards, the question becomes, "Is Microsoft breaking the law by doing this?"

Unruly has come out with their "100 Most Tweeted Vines" list. 5 Vines are shared every second and are 4 times as likely to be shared than branded online videos.

Mobile video is on the rise, and that's not a shock. But the rate at which it is going up is: it's becoming increasingly important to know who is watching mobile video and why. Also, the rise of tablets as a major video consumption device is a big reason to understand mobile viewing habits.

The IAB has a study that shows that 45 million unique visitors from the USA watch Online Professional Online Video.

A pretty neat infographic shows the top 10 countries outside of the U.S. in YouTube viewership, once again stressing that YouTube has a global presence and that being able to appeal to as many people as possible can only benefit your videos in the long run.

Following up on the IAB Mobile Video Diaries piece from last week I wanted to more closer at when mobile users watch video and why they do it. We already looked at the results in terms of what they're watching (music videos, movie trailers) and how they share, etc. But some time ago I wrote a piece about when you should publish content based on what platform you're aiming for and this seems like a small update to that for mobile.

Rhythm put out their Q2 2012 Insights repor t which looks at advertising that's delivered to tablets and mobiles and they found some interesting things in regards to tablets, in my opinion.

Yesterday, on the Google Mobile Ads blog, Phil Farhi, group product manager at YouTube, announced that TrueView in-stream video ads have expanded their reach to mobile devices.

Mogreet, this week, announced that they have launched AdStitch which allows advertisers to incorporate pre- and post-roll ads to video MMS messages, which immediately triggered an "Oh no you dinnit!" in my mind. That knee jerk reaction slowly evolved into something else akin to, well, read on.