According to an Adage article today, Google’s YouTube deal is going to be the start of Contextual Video. This is great news, as I’ve been predicting this for a while now, and it now finally looks like it’s all coming together for Google; contextual video is in their future. Finally!

Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. (NASDAQ: GMST), a leading media, entertainment and technology company, has announced the launch of a completely redesigned www.tvguide.com, with new and improved functionality and features. The redesigned TVGuide.com, a leading television information and entertainment destination on the Web, and the authority on on-screen entertainment, was unveiled today.

“Gemstar-TV Guide continues to [...]

IndustryBrains, a leader in monetizing vertical and brand-name Web sites through site-specific contextual advertising solutions and a subsidiary of Marchex, Inc. (NASDAQ: MCHX, MCHXP), today announced the launch of IBGraphics, a graphics-based contextual advertising product that opens a series of new opportunities for both advertisers and premium publishers.
IBGraphics is unique to the market in [...]