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

Broadband Video Companies

BBC iPlayer Gets Questioned By UK Government | 16,000 People Strong Petition

When the BBC launched their new iPlayer, there was an outcry of opposition to the plans for it to be compatible...
Paul Glazowski
1 min read

Origin Digital to Deliver On-Demand Video to Second Life

Original Digital Inc announced that it would be supplying on-demand video, audio and user generated content capabilities to the virtual world...
Tanya
49 sec read

MyStrands Unveil New Music Video Filter Site | An All Music Alternative To YouTube Etc.

Say you’re a devotee of the music-centric social Web creation MyStrands. Surely some of you in the WebTVWire readership can be...
Paul Glazowski
1 min read

Microsoft Silverlight 1.0 & Expression Studio Now Available | An Alternative To Flash?

When trying to create cross platform media experiences for use on the web, there are only a few options open to...
Gilbert Hammer
1 min read

Vzaar Gives eBay Video Listings

Remember when we told you all about how Listasaurus added the option to upload videos to its classified ads? We were...
Fraser MacInnes
29 sec read

NBC Shifts Video Content To Amazon Unbox

NBC recently announced that it has chosen Amazon over the almighty Apple and will be migrating their digital video content to...
Tanya
48 sec read

MyStrands | A Music Only YouTube

With YouTube sewing up pretty much everything to do with the whole user generated video phenomenon in one fell swoop right...
Fraser MacInnes
42 sec read

Amazon Deal Means Tough Times For NBC On The Web | How Long Until They Beg Apple?

Who came off better and worse in the recent Apple NBC iTunes debacle? The Internet is buzzing with opinions and viewpoints...
Paul Glazowski
3 min read

OnTheToob | Joost Snaps Up Independent Development Talent

Joost has just acquired Hal Schechner’s OnTheToob. On the back of the wave of independent developers contributing helpful features to Joost,...
Fraser MacInnes
22 sec read

Dailymotion Receives Extra $34 Million | Online Video Company Gets New Funding

Dailymotion have announced that it has weaned $34 million from investors pockets during its second round of VC solicitations. The company...
Paul Glazowski
1 min read

DRM Comes To YouTube With MCPS-PRS Alliance Deal

YouTube has brokered a deal with the Mechanical Copyright Protection Society – Performing Right Society Alliance (MCPS-PRS Alliance forthwith) in order...
Fraser MacInnes
33 sec read

How Will The Internet Affect Public Broadcasting In The Future?

How has the Internet changed public broadcasting, if at all? It’s a question we should look at as the popularity and...
Eirik Solheim
1 min read

Pyro.tv Application Added To Facebook | Share Custom Video Channels With Friends

Although you may not have heard of it, Pyro.tv is a service comparable to VeohTV. It collects videos from around the...
Michael Garrett
1 min read

NBC TV Shows Dropped from iTunes | NBC Wanted More Money and DRM

NBC got a little greedy yesterday when it decided to drop its contract with iTunes to sell digital downloads of TV...
Chris Tew
2 min read

Hulu | NBC & News Corps Joint Online Video Venture Gets A Name & Website

We’ve known for a while about the joint video venture between News Corporation and NBC Universal. This coupling had earned a...
Michael Garrett
1 min read

How Google Can Turn YouTube In To Another AdSense Style Success… Possibly

YouTube is now starting to run embedded adverts in videos on the site, after the announcement a couple of weeks ago....
Russell Heimlich
3 min read

Bright Future For IPTV | Google Chief & Internet Expert Vint Cerf Makes Prediction

Answer one question for me: How do you currently prefer to watch television? As it comes, either over the airwaves or...
Paul Glazowski
2 min read

YouTube Promise InVideo Adverts Will Be Controlled By The Content Creators

You will have probably read or heard about last week’s YouTube announcement and official debut of embedded overlay advertisements. This advert...
Paul Glazowski
2 min read

Why YouTube Embedded Advertisements Will Fail | InVideo Ads Are Distracting

Earlier this week, Google announced the inevitable: the addition of embedded in video advertisements to YouTube.  Appropriately called InVideo ads, these...
Russell Heimlich
2 min read

YouTube Video Embedded Adverts Fight | Brightcove, AdBright & VideoEgg Claim They Did It First

Yesterday, Google YouTube officially debuted its new in-video ad delivery system. After weeks of experimentation, the first embedded video advertisements went...
Paul Glazowski
1 min read

YouTube Experiments With Embedded-In-Video Advertisements

YouTube are continuing to experiment with embedding advertisements in videos after beginning to test adverts back in May. The ads are...
Paul Glazowski
1 min read

Didja Sneak Preview | The Funny Adverts Video Portal Backed by NBC

The uptake of online video by the advertising industry is a pretty logical progression. A picture as they say is worth...
Fraser MacInnes
1 min read

Google Apologises Over Google Video Shut Down | Offers Customers Full Refunds

It seems Google isn’t above changing their mind on the back of criticism and negative responses from customers and the blogosphere...
Michael Garrett
2 min read

WiTV | Sneak Preview With Screenshots – Better than Joost?

2 Months ago I first heard about WiTV – A new Joost contender that offered a couple of cool features including...
Chris Tew
1 min read

Metacafe Launches New Facebook Video Application | Search, Share, Comment

Metacafe has just launched their new Facebook application. Metacafe is the 3rd largest video site in the world, and this new...
Michael Garrett
1 min read

Tom Bosco Is New MySpaceTV Vice President

Television bigwig and owner of MySpace, Fox Interactive Media, has appointed Tom Bosco as Vice President and head of sales for...
Fraser MacInnes
30 sec read

Apple/YouTube Deal Could Encourage IPTV Growth

Is it possible that the iPhone could be a catalyst for a surge in mobile IPTV services? That’s what a recent...
Fraser MacInnes
1 min read