Companies that have an interest in Web Television, video and TV via the Internet (IPTV)

Broadband Video Companies

Hulu Adds International Television Content, But Not International Viewers… Yet

Just one day after it emerged Hulu was cracking down on anonymous proxy servers, it has announced a raft of international...
Dave Parrack
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Hulu Blocks Anonymous Proxy Servers | Will The Service Ever Be Available Internationally?

The World Wide Web isn’t really such when it comes to online video. The borders of each country are being maintained...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

YouTube Cracks Down On In-Video Product Placement Adverts | Wants Action For Itself

Product placement has been a mainstay of movies and television shows for years now. But with some content creators utilizing the...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

The Most Watched Viral Videos Of All Time Listed | Music Videos and Movie Trailers Rule

Susan Boyle’s rapid rise to the heights of viral fame recently prompted renewed interest in the power of viral video. A...
Dave Parrack
2 min read

Disney Shows Now On Hulu | Takes An Equal Share Of The Company With NBC & News Corp

Disney content is now on Hulu, and in exchange The Walt Disney Company has taken an equal-third share of the service....
Dave Parrack
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Online Video To Cause Internet Brownouts From 2010? | Blame YouTube & BBC iPlayer

The growth in online video, both in popularity and the number of services available, has been great to see. And it’s...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Football League’s YouTube Copyright Claim | BBC Journalist’s Self-Shot Video Clip Taken Down

Google has had to get tough on copyright violations on YouTube. Fair enough. But surely removing a video clip featuring footage...
Dave Parrack
2 min read

Joost Up For Sale As An Online Video Solution?

Joost, once the darling of the burgeoning online video market, could be about to evolve into something altogether less exciting. There...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Susan Boyle Clips Making No Revenue Due To YouTube and ITV Arguing Over Advertising

Old media and new media are often uncomfortable bedfellows. The old knows it needs the new but cannot quite give up...
Dave Parrack
2 min read

BBC iPlayer Goes HD | Desktop Download Manager Welcomes Mac and Linux To The Party

The BBC iPlayer is constantly evolving to better suit the needs of its users. The latest innovation – high-definition programming, just...
Dave Parrack
2 min read

Susan Boyle Shows The Power Of Viral Video | Britain’s Got Talent Singer Is An Online Star

The chances are you have heard of Susan Boyle, the Scottish singer featured on Britain’s Got Talent recently. If you’re outside...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Netflix Coming To PS3 and Wii? | Job Listing Suggests Company Expanding From Xbox 360

Video games consoles are rapidly becoming an important part of the distribution of online video. Already available on Microsoft’s Xbox 360,...
Dave Parrack
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Google Acts To Protect YouTube Commenters From South Korea’s Cyber Defamation Law

The idea of freedom, and rights to privacy and anonymity differ greatly from country to country. While those of us who...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Orange TV Broadband Europe to Buy Project Kangaroo Technology at Bargain Prices

Project kangaroo was pronounced dead in February after the Competition Commission decided it would create a monopoly. However, the technology still...
Dave Parrack
2 min read

VEVO Music Video Site Announced | YouTube and Universal Do Deal – Other Labels Talking

Music videos have been an important part of YouTube for a good while now, being amongst the most-watched videos on the...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

YouTube To Acquire Full-length Movies From Sony? | From UGC To Premium Continues

Google has got to think big if it’s to turn YouTube from the money pit it has become into something profitable...
Dave Parrack
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IPRED Law Immediately Affects Swedish Internet Traffic | ISPs As Online Police Force

The new Swedish anti-piracy law based on the European IPRED directive has cut Internet traffic overnight. Which copyright-holders will see as...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Analysts Claim YouTube On Course For Massive Loss In 2009 | The Site Impossible To Monetize?

On the day that it’s rumored Google is looking to buy Twitter, analysts claim that the company is set to make...
Dave Parrack
2 min read

Disney Comes To Hulu and YouTube

Disney has suddenly become a key member of the battle for viewers raging between Hulu and YouTube, by doing deals with...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

YouTube Redesign On Way? | Google-owned Online Video Site To Get A Hulu Makeover

Google has been trying to turn YouTube into a sleeker, slicker, money-making site for nigh on a year now. Although it’s...
Dave Parrack
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SlingPlayer Mobile iPhone App In iTunes Store & Blackberry Version Exits Beta

Mobile TV viewing is growing in popularity by the day, and SlingPlayer Mobile is a big part of that. Already available...
Dave Parrack
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The Pirate Bay Becomes Anonymous – For A Price | IPREDator Launches To Protect Pirates

The law is slowly but surely evolving to try and prevent piracy from taking place, and when it does, to prosecute...
Dave Parrack
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China Blocks YouTube Over Tibet Violence Video | Freedom Of Expression – Not Likely

No-one living in China will be able to access YouTube for the foreseeable future after the site was mysteriously blocked in...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Amazon and Apple Start Online HD Video War

We’re slowly but surely moving towards a high-definition future. Both Apple and Amazon now look to be offering HD downloads, with...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Web Video Cannot Succeed Until TV-Style Advertising Revenue Arrives | Money Is Key

Money is key. It’s a shame that is the case but true nevertheless. And this adage is having a direct influence...
Dave Parrack
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Rickrolling Songwriter Pete Waterman Hates YouTube | Rick Astley Tune Made £11 In 2008

Three issues have converged this week: YouTube’s inability to make revenue, the continuing fight between the PRS and YouTube, and Rickrolling....
Dave Parrack
2 min read

Filmmakers Embrace Digital Distribution | Morgan Spurlock Asks: Where Is The Revenue?

Online video and digital distribution has opened up the world of independent filmmakers to a larger audience. The option is now...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Is Netflix Throttling PC Streaming In Favor Of Xbox 360? | Or Is It Those Pesky ISPs Again?

Bandwidth throttling is a problem usually brought to bear by overzealous ISPs protecting their bottom line. But could it be that...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

PRS Steps Up Row With YouTube | Billy Bragg, Radiohead, and Bono All Argue The Case

The beginning of last week saw YouTube block access to music videos from the UK. This happened because the existing deal...
Dave Parrack
2 min read

Hulu Turns One, Adds Social Networking Features, Overtakes Yahoo and MySpace

Hulu has turned one, having come out of private beta last March. In that time it has risen the ranks and...
Dave Parrack
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