Samsung announced on Wednesday that it has acquired mSpot, a cloud-based content company formed in 2004. Until now, mSpot offered music storage with streaming playback, including song lyrics, and also movie rentals for various mobile platforms… Tweet This Post

While everyone is trying to predict which video sharing app will be the true “Instagram for video,” the massive surge in popularity for video apps could also become a problem for the online video mainstay YouTube… Tweet This Post

iJustine Justine Ezarick is all over the place. With more than 1,700 online videos and five YouTube channels she does everything from video blogging about her life to giving product reviews and video game commentary… Tweet This Post

Popular video-sharing site Vimeo is entering a new era. Already this year, a new CEO has taken the reins, it drastically redesigned its main site, and launched a wide array of mobile apps to bring more mobile users into the fold… Tweet This Post

A new streaming service has shed its beta cloak, only this one isn’t made for U.S. eyes. Youzee, a Madrid-based start-up, aims to offer Spaniards the best of both pay models, offering up a monthly subscription service alongside separate à la carte pricing… Tweet This Post

When online video platform provider Brightcove filed for its IPO earlier this year, it spent a great deal talking about its international business. “We have established a global presence,” the company’s S-1 filing read, touting deals in Europe, Australia, Japan and elsewhere… Tweet This Post

Hulu Plus, Hulu’s paid subscription service, has hit 2 million users and is helping put the company’s revenue on a faster pace than last year, said Hulu’s CEO Jason Kilar. Speaking at the Ad Age Digital conference in New York, Kilar said the milestone makes Hulu Plus the fastest growing video subscription service in the [...]

Yo, Adrian, what’s your wireless password again? Google announced Monday that it has reached a deal to bring about 600 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film titles, including such classics as Rocky, The Terminator, Hoosiers, Robocop and Rain Man, to the film-rental catalogs of YouTube and Google Play… Tweet This Post

Eric Elia (@ericelia) is a member of the founding team at Brightcove, and is currently the vice president of TV solutions. Brightcove, a video and app solutions provider, went public on Feb. 17 on the NASDAQ and now trades with a market cap of $509… Tweet This Post

Microsoft has confirmed via multiple mainstream media outlets that today is the day for several more high-profile video apps to appear on its Xbox 360, namely Comcast Xfinity TV, HBO Go and MLB.tv. There’s not a lot of detail on the apps themselves, although the HBO Go and MLB… Tweet This Post

Because a shaky hand or bad lighting shouldn’t get between you and a viral masterpiece, YouTube is swooping in to the rescue with a new video editing option that will auto correct-away your beginner mistakes… Tweet This Post

The online video market in China is a fragmented scene dominated by national portals where sites like YouTube don’t even get a look in; but today sees that market move one step closer to consolidation, with the news that the two largest video portals, Youku and Tudou, will be merging in an all-stock deal, to [...]