From the monthly archives:

November 2006

I’ve been compiling data since CBS published their press release about their first month on YouTube. Here are some charts with the Top 15 videos from the CBS channel on YouTube. I began gathering data on November 21 and have charted the week from Nov. 22nd to Nov.28 (inclusive).

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Article Roundup and CBS-YouTube Data

by Carlos Granier-Phelps

A number of interesting articles and a recap of CBS|YouTube numbers for the last week.

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A Recap of Recent Articles

by Carlos Granier-Phelps

A recap of recent articles on the blog to welcome new readers.

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Analyzing the CBS YouTube Stats

by Carlos Granier-Phelps

An analysis of CBS’s first month on YouTube, including an investigation on the viral growth of several CBS shows.

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Google Does Video Graphs

by Carlos Granier-Phelps

Google Video begins showing historical data for each video. My observations on this and what’s still missing (hint: a lot).

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About eight years ago, I was analyzing television ratings at a leading network in Venezuela… when I came up with the following graph (see below). Rendering took forever in Excel, but the resulting image was not only beautiful, but highly informative. Have a look.

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Two interesting articles today on Advertising Age’s website. One is about a 24-hr user-generated video website and the other about the necessity of commercial-ratings on network television.

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The Advertiser’s Dilemma

by Carlos Granier-Phelps

As an advertiser, you’d want to optimize your purchases. But by the time you can tell a video is a runaway hit, you’ve not only probably lost the majority of your potential audience, but you’ll also have to pay a premium to advertise on that now world famous video.

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New Look

by Carlos Granier-Phelps

Well, finally… the blog has a new look. Everything seems to be working, but do let me know if you find any gremlins. The original theme (Subtle, with Subvert style) comes from Glued Ideas, but needed a lot of customizing to get some things working. I installed a local copy of Wordpress on my MBP [...]

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The first Forbes MEET Conference was a blast. The panels were great and the people attending were even better.

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