While the rest of the consumer electronics and pay-TV worlds are still stuck in more traditional native code environments, the push for online video and social communities in the living room has resulted in ever-increasing interest in HTML and other web-based technologies on consumer TVs.
Gannett said today it has made a minority investment in Mogulus, an Internet video platform. The investment extends and expands on Gannett’s three-month-old commercial agreement with Mogulus to provide broadcasting services on the company’s Web sites.
Companies like Hulu and TidalTV have been expanding the adoption rate of long form content online, however Frank N. Magid Associates, a research analyst, and Metacafe released a survey revealing consumer behavior and preferences in online video viewing that shows that short form content is viewed more than long form. ...