Hi, Christine,

I am not familiar with VAST DFP at all. I know Blox has video ad capability. Is that the same thing? Or do we need a VAST DFP?

As we currently have NO video ads, I would not be opposed to joining a network. As part of that, though, we would like some control over what ads are shown (we have been bitten by local politicians bypassing us to buy Google ads that appear on our site).

We would also want the ability to ad our own ads in the future (and to have their priority higher than any network ads).

As I mentioned, we are just starting to think more about video and video ads.

Thanks!

Aidian,

I was looking at your site (http://www.yakimaherald.com/photos_and_videos/videos/). You definitely do a good amount of video.

It's interesting that you don't use YouTube at all. Blox definitely has come a long way with video, so we might explore going Blox-only.

I also liked how you used photos and audio to build a promo video for a Sunday story (http://www.yakimaherald.com/photos_and_videos/videos/david-sohappy-years-after-the-salmon-scam-case/html_a0937dda-26c3-11e7-9887-3351a18080a2.html).

One video is of the passenger being dragged off of the United Airlines flight. I noticed that it a Blox video, not something you are bringing in from YouTube. What are your thoughts on that, as I have always thought it was a legal gray area to download and use videos without permission instead of embedding them?

Thanks!

We don't do enough videos to sell ads, either. That's why they want us to start doing more video.

Ah, I thought it was already automated. Coding like that is a bit above my knowledge base. :) Good luck!

We have had the same experience. Video just doesn't get much traffic, unless it's surveillance video of a car diving into a pool (which we posted). And those videos just don't come around often.

We do have a YouTube channel set up. Right now, we post some things through YouTube and other things through Blox.

Our publisher is wanting to get video ramped up because the Operating Committee thinks we could sell video ads. But if that is the case, then Blox would be the way to go and not YouTube.

What software do you use to edit your iPhone videos?

Thanks for responding!

Hi, Michael,

I don't think we have our YouTube account tied into Google Ads at all. You can't upload your own ads for your YouTube channel, can you?

We were thinking of going the iPhone route. 11 years ago, we were owned by Gannett and went through some serious video training and bought professional cameras. They were nice, but rather technically complicated and took forever to ingest video. I am the only person left who used one.

I was on your website, but could not find a video section. Do you have an actual section, or do you just link from stories to your YouTube videos?

Also, this is totally random, but how did you get your logo in the backfill on this vertical photo? http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/ap_news/montana/tester-picks-up-republican-challenger-for-election/article_cc9ab358-1717-54e5-8e95-09f4df22d5fa.html

Thanks!

About 9 years ago, we had a part-timer who did video. She left, and we never replaced her. Recently, our publisher has mentioned hiring someone to do video. That would help tremendously, but I'm not holding my breath.

I had not thought about setting up syndication from our YouTube channel. That would make sense to do, but then could we have Blox preroll ads on those YouTube videos?

Thanks for responding!

I'm also curious what kind of camera, mic and editing software you use.

I see. We plan on moving to secure, but there's no timetable for it yet.

In the past, I did try having "remember me" turned on. However, it did not work for us for some reason. I have turned it on again to see what happens.

Thanks!

Thanks for the input.

The request is asking for some photos of ours to use in a book about historic movie theaters of West Virginia. I'm not sure how many photos yet.