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

Broadband Video Companies

BigThink – A YouTube For Smartypants Or Just A Viable Alternative To Perez Hilton?

BigThink, a new video oriented website launched publicly a couple of weeks ago, and has been criticised quite widely since. Some...
Mathew Ingram
2 min read

MPAA Data About Illegal Movie Downloading From University Campuses Inaccurate

The MPAA is rapidly catching up with the RIAA in terms of blindly and blatantly pushing fot their business models to...
Gigi Sohn
2 min read

The Value Of The Online Video Long Tail | How Much Long Term Potential Is There?

The video long tail is an important factor when deciding what sort of content to provide to give yourself the best...
Brendon Mills
1 min read

My Damn Channel Catches Katie Couric Behind The Scenes At The Presidential Primaries

You probably know Harry Shearer from This Is Spinal Tap, and a host of other Christopher Guest movies, as well as...
Mathew Ingram
1 min read

HBO Ventures Online & On Demand | Rolling Out Internet Television Across The USA

HBO, the premium cable channel in the US, which is best known for Sex and the City, The Sopranos, and Six...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Kevin Rose’s Revision3 Video Start-Up Gets Design Overhaul | Usability Over Aesthetics?

Kevin Rose is the man with a seemingly golden touch on any web start-up he is involved with.  Already well known...
Russell Heimlich
1 min read

The Microsoft Zune Portable Media Player | An In Depth Review Of The New ‘Zune 80’

For my hour long commute in to work every day, I couldn’t imagine being without a media player to watch videos...
Russell Heimlich
6 min read

Should Video Copyright Laws Be Universal? | The Bizarre Case Starring Uri Geller

Copyright law is one of the most contentious issues around right now, and in no area is this seen greater than...
Jef Pearlman
3 min read

Will Joost Last The Year? | Doesn’t Live Up To The Hype & Can’t Compete With Hulu Etc

Joost was due to be the next big thing, and created such a buzz in its infancy, was talked about positively...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

BBC iPlayer Notches Up 1 Million Viewers In 20 Days | British MPs Still Critical Of Inequality

The BBC iPlayer relaunched at the end of last year, with the British Broadcasting Corporation trying to iron out some of...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

YouTube Video Length Limitation Gets Pushed To Over Nine Hours By Charles Trippy

YouTube has had a well intentioned upload limitation of 100 megabytes, or 10 minutes, for a long time now. Mainly in...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Data Indicates A Big Shift To Online TV & Video | The Writers Strike Effect In Action?

With the writers strike still in almost full effect, people are starting to wonder whether it’s actively affected people’s viewing habits....
Mathew Ingram
1 min read

NBC Universal One Of Many Broadband Video Companies At CES 2008 – Missing From iTunes

This past week has seen the annual International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) happening in Las Vegas.  At this trade show, most of...
Alex Curtis
2 min read

Fancast Goes Live | Comcast Officially Enters The World Of IPTV At CES Las Vegas

Fancast has been in beta testing for the last six months, but at CES in Las Vegas on Tuesday, the site...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

The Church of England Goes YouTube | Following In The Queen’s Hallowed Footsteps

It was announced just before Christmas that the British royal family were getting their own YouTube channel, and a key part...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Top 10 IPTV Awards For 2007 | The Products and Technologies Shaping The Industry

It’s new year, which means it must be time for the ubiqutous year-end list?  This best of 2007, which we hope captures...
Dave Parrack
5 min read

Apple & 20th Century Fox Deal Allows iTunes Users To Rent Films By The Studio

There has been widespread anticipation and rumours of a deal being concocted by Apple and Fox ahead of Macworld Expo ’08. ...
Paul Glazowski
2 min read

The Royal Family Team Up With YouTube | The Queen Unveils ‘The Royal Channel’

Our sister site WebTVHub reported last week on the new YouTube channel completely devoted to the British royal family. But we...
Paul Glazowski
1 min read

Avot mV – New Features & iPhone/iPod Touch Support | Watch Video Clips On Your Mobile

We reviewed Avot mV back at the beginning of October, and were enthusiastic by how simple yet brilliant the application was....
Dave Parrack
2 min read

Vuze Attracts Investment | Video Distribution Company Also Recruits Former TiVo CEO

As regular readers of WebTVWire will know, Vuze is a video content distribution company built upon the P2P-based platform Azureus. It’s...
Paul Glazowski
1 min read

A Successful Hulu Launch | Will Other TV Networks Take Note Of The Example Set?

Hulu launched back in October, and although opinion was divided, there were a fair few people who criticised the service.  It...
Michael Garrett
1 min read

Writers Strike Continues | Ripe For IPTV and Online Video To Take Traditional TV’s Place?

The writers strike is now in its second month and shows no sign of ending. As we discussed when the strike...
Gilbert Hammer
58 sec read

BBC iPlayer Relaunch | Out Of Beta On Christmas Day – Now With Mac & Linux Support

It looks as though the BBC has listened to the criticisms levelled at it after it launched its iPlayer in July...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

OPENhulu – Hulu Videos For Everyone, Invitation Or Not | How Long Will It Last?

When Hulu first launched in late October, it received praise from all quarters, and since then, everyone has either begged, borrowed...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

New York Video 2.0 Meeting Coverage | Pitches From New Startups Of Video & IPTV

Last night saw NY Video 2.0 meeting in the plush surroundings  of the Roosevelt Hotel’s Grand Ballroom. Unusual for such an...
Gilbert Hammer
2 min read

YouTube AdSense Revenue Share Scheme Being Extended To More Of The General Public

YouTube have been experimenting with advertising on videos for a good few months now, and by all accounts, it;s been quite...
Paul Glazowski
1 min read

YouTube’s New AtGoogleTalks Video Page | Google Breaks Own 10 Minute Rule On Uploads

Google’s time limit for user-submitted videos uploaded to YouTube is well established, and known by almost everyone these days. Ten minutes. That’s...
Paul Glazowski
1 min read

Is YouTube The Proper Forum For Human Rights Abuse Videos? The Wael Abbas Case

What is YouTube for? We all know it is there as a means for ordinary people to make and upload clips...
Dave Parrack
1 min read