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Vimeo is getting a ton of press, including a mention in the New York Post for offering online video content in HD quality. The Post loves it, so do content producers, but do most end-users have the patience to view a bitrate 4x the “industry standard?“

UPDATE: See Jakob’s comment below, the Post column was incorrect to begin with. That said, HD video generally requires more than 4x Vimeo’s standard bitrate of 400k. Vimeo’s HD FAQ recommends a bitrate of 3,000k-5,000k.

On my wireless connection at home the video does look great, but…

As we get close in on the World Series, all eyes are on baseball. This year, MLB’s Actober offered fans an opportunity to show what they could do by mashing up classic moments in baseball history for a chance to win a trip to next season’s opening day.

MLB also made Dane Cook their spokesman, offering SNL one of the best opportunities for a skit in recent memory. If the contest had been spoofing Dane Cook promos they might have really had something.

Above: SNL’s Dane Cook ALCS Promo

While the Actober videos ranged…

PaidContent is reporting that MarketingVox parent Watershed Publishing has bought blog AdRants for a combined $750,000 in cash, equity and sales commission concessions.

AdRants was founded 4 years ago by Steve Hall who got his start blogging for MarketingVox, nice to see things come full circle. And even nicer to see online publishers earning legitimate real-world valuations.

Don’t forget to join the webcast today at 5pm when Yahoo! announces their earnings for Q3 2007.

Yahoo! is expected to post revenue of $9.6 billion for the quarter ended Sept. 30, up 10% from a year ago, according to a consensus survey of analyst estimates.

This week, Daisy Whitney delivers her New Media Minute on YouTube’s platform. But don’t forget to visit her site, DaisyWhitney.TV.

The BBC and Adobe have entered into a strategic relationship where the British Broadcasting Company will use the Adobe Flash Player to power its iPlayer across PC, Mac and Linux platforms.

Erik Huggers, BBC future media and technology group controller said, “It is important to ensure that BBC iPlayer is available on as many platforms as possible. It will offer our audiences increased flexibility as to how and when they consume our content, both live and on-demand.”

Currently, the BBC’s iPlayer enables viewers to download and view around 400 hours of television programs from…

Finally. At last. Phew. About F*&ing Time.

YouTube announced yesterday that they have begun testing an anti-piracy video batching database to protect themselves from copyright infringement lawsuits. The original announcement of the YouTube Video Identification system was back in June.

According to the Official Google Blog, the Video Identification system goes above and beyond the company’s legal responsibilities, but I’m not entirely sure thats the right message for them to be putting out. “We do what we can,” isn’t the warm, fuzzy sentiment that will prevent future lawsuits.

It remains to be seen…