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 first 3 months of 2013 saw an increase of 84% for U.S. ads viewed via a desktop PC or laptop compared to Q1 2012. Mobile devices saw a year on year increase of 27%

ReelSEO and the Web Video Marketing Council want to know how you market video. What kind of content are you putting out? What platforms do you use

We're ReelSEO so you know how we feel about online video and we know we're not alone as over 456.6M videos were watched in 2012. But who is watching these videos and how? It's a pretty safe bet to assume that both

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.

This week on the Reel Web we look at the updates YouTube has made in the past week including the roll-out (finally) of custom thumbnails for all monetized users, some experimenting with mood-based video recommendations, their new politics destination channel and more.

New research from Google and Compete on back to school shopping trends in 2012 has found just how profoundly mobile and video have changed the shopping landscape for clothing and apparel. Here are a few highlights: More than 20% apparel consumers use their tablets or mobile devices to shop on a

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ComScore recently released some new findings about How Multi-screen Consumers are Changing Media Dynamics for the Coalition for Innovative Media Measurement (CIMM).

iYogi Insights just put out some research in regards to the effectiveness of the Freemium business model and I combed through it and pulled out all the bits that had to do with online video for you. There’s loads of other info available as well if you want to read the Consumer Adoption Of Freemium Products And Services research.