According to eMarketer’s recent Internet Video Audience report, based on a study conducted by InsightExpress, nearly half of 500 adult respondents watch news clips and music videos, while a third watch movie trailers and a quarter watch TV shows. Only 20 percent stream user-generated content.
The vast majority (87.9 percent) view videos at home, with much smaller numbers viewing at work or school.
The type of content viewed is dependent on age. Viewers 35 or older are 24 percent more likely to watch news clips, while 18-34 year olds are 38 percent more likely to watch streamed music videos.
The study also emphasized the growing audience for broadband video. Roughly half the U.S. population (157 million people) will view online video monthly by 2010, up from 107.7 million in 2006. “A huge audience will be available, and it will be up to advertisers and content providers to seize the opportunity by creating ever more effective ways to get in touch,” said eMarketer analyst David Hallerman, author of the report.
Director Dag Johan Haugerud’s “Dreams (Sex Love)” Wins Top Prize At The Berlin Film Festival
A Norwegian film about love, desire and self-discovery won top honors at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival on Saturday.
A jury headed by American director Todd Haynes awarded the Golden Bear trophy to "Dreams (Sex Love)" by director Dag Johan Haugerud.
Haynes called it a "meditation on love" that "cuts you to the quick with its keen intelligence."
The film focuses on a teenager played by Ella Øverbyer, infatuated with her female French teacher, and the reactions of her mother and grandmother when they discover her private writings. It's the third part of a trilogy Haugerud has completed in the past year. "Sex" premiered at Berlin in 2024, and "Love" was screened at the 2024 Venice Film Festival.
The runner-up Silver Bear prize went to Brazilian director Gabriel Mascaro's dystopian drama "The Blue Trail." Argentine director Ivan Fund's rural saga "The Message" won the third-place Jury Prize.
The best director prize went to Huo Meng for "Living the Land," set in fast-changing 1990s China.
Rose Byrne was named best performer for her role as an overwhelmed mother in the Mary Bronstein-directed "If I Had Legs, I'd Kick You." Andrew Scott won the supporting performer trophy for playing composer Richard Rodgers in Richard Linklater's "Blue Moon."
The climax of the festival known as the Berlinale came on the eve of Germany's parliamentary elections after a campaign dominated by migration and the economy.
The national election is being held seven months early, after Chancellor Olaf Scholz's governing coalition collapsed in a dispute about how to revitalize the country's economy.
Efforts to curb migration have emerged as a central issue in the campaign — along with the question of how to handle the... Read More