YouTube with their first to market advantage in the user-centric ecology of online videos is sidelining this ideology in search of a better way to monetize video content. On April 16th, YouTube’s site redesign will forgo the current navigation scheme in favor of promoting premium content.

The navigation bar currently displays ‘Videos, Channels, Community.’ This will change to ‘Movies, Shows, Music, Videos.’ The first three categories will focus on premium content with Google’s content providers, pushing in-stream advertising. User-generated content will be condensed under ‘Video.’

We’ve just been informed that from a group of 200 submissions, we’ve been selected to present at the 2009 Next Web Conference in Amsterdam.

The Next Web 2009 is the fourth edition of the conference that began in 2006. 900+ Internet professionals gather for 3 days to enjoy Amsterdam, the conference and to do business.

What better way to end a Friday than to open up another twenty beta invites? The code you see in the photo is good for exactly twenty activations. All you have to do is enter the code in the “Have an access code?” on our landing page and you will be given access to Quick.tv instantly.

… hurry, they won’t last forever.

While living in San Francisco, Wired Magazine was a pleasure to read. It still is. It’s the editorial bible for technology, ideas, and innovation. It remains one of the few magazines I enjoy purchasing, than reading online; although, while living in the United Kingdom an issue of Wired became expensive and always was a month behind in distribution.

So without further adieu, Quick.tv welcomes the arrival of Wired Magazine to the United Kingdom. Their premiere issue hits stands…

RED HERRING REVEALS companies selected As Finalists for the Red herring 100 Europe 2009.

Red Herring Europe Finalist
Berlin, March 23, 2009 – Red Herring today announced that Quick.tv was named a Finalist of Red Herring 100 Europe, an award given to the top 100 private technology companies based in the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) region each year.

When I was a postgraduate, I constantly read the success stories of entrepreneurs citing ad nauseam that you have to fail to succeed. I agreed with this in theory, but in practice it was hard to digest. As a postgraduate, if you failed that was your grade. However, now, it’s a different story. Being scared [...]

Vimeo is the second company in just as many weeks to feel the burn of a user backlash. Recent news of Vimeo’s Terms of Service hasn’t been met with open arms. This comes just weeks after the Facebook fiasco that sparked an unprecedented reaction from executives and strategist at the social media giant. As many of you already know, that [...]

The shock and awe of value used to be about tangible products. Now it’s about the intangible value on the web, or the user experience augmenting the tangible. As an example, the iPhone isn’t just flashy; it’s user experience and connectivity as a periphery device is bar none.
As the web continues to proliferate into our [...]

Do you know what time it is? It’s time for another meeting. But first, who wants an espresso? Quickly left and right hands rise for a brief moment above our keyboards. The espresso maker brews a quick shot of caramel-colored joy in a cup; it’s all we need to keep our brains passing our ideas [...]

We’re testing out the iPhone 3.0 Beta at the Quick.tv studio. It’s quite impressive. The inclusion of cut and paste is fantastic. The simple slide and lift of a pressing finger opens up paste options. If you make a mistake, shake your iPhone to remove your paste. It’s a brilliant user experience, but long overdue.
The [...]

The video evolution is linear for nascent online video advertising. Many media advertising companies are self-reliant on using a television advertising model for Internet video too, infamously known as the preroll. With online ad spending set to overtake television spending, and video advertising itself set to increase 55% in 2009, many are set to exploit [...]

If only there where more hours in a day right? Well, maybe not. If you’re playing your days in the office off the cuff, you might find it a refreshing change to plan your agile approach. Sounds crazy right?
Our office is plastered with post-its, mostly for effect and motivation. The less postits we see, the [...]

Inside the Quick.tv office, the team works together on a multitude of simultaneous projects. The phones ring, calls are made, viewpoints are addressed, and moments of epiphany pop up out of thin air. The act of juggling is the daily grind at Quick.tv. As one project finds an answer, another project suddenly requires immediate attention. [...]

“Hello World!” Do you know this phrase? I think you do. To the programmers and coders out there that start a new language, this phrase is the beginning of a new environment. It’s the beginning of a journey in which you desire to gain experience and knowledge in an environment of interest, enthusiastic to learn [...]