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

Broadband Video Companies

YouTube Introduces Video Editor Creative Commons Options For Uploaders and Remixers

YouTube has introduced multiple Creative Commons options for video uploaders and video remixers. This opens up thousands of clips to be...
Dave Parrack
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Ustream Now Offering Premium Memberships For A Fee Removing All Of The Advertising

Ustream continues to add subscription options as it attempts to make the freemium model work. At least the latest one –...
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SeeSaw Shutting Down As Arqiva Fails To Find A Buyer or Partner For TV Catch-Up Service

After failing to find either a buyer or investment partner Arqiva has decided to pull the plug on SeeSaw, its online...
Dave Parrack
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YouTube Celebrates Sixth Birthday | 3 Billion Views Per Day, 48 Hours Of Video Per Minute

YouTube is now officially six-years-old, having launched in beta in May 2005. That seems like a lifetime ago and, judging by...
Dave Parrack
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VYou Raises $3 Million In Series A Funding | Shortform Conversational Video Social Network

VYou is a shortform conversational video social network that has recently been given a boost both in terms of money and...
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How To Snare A Gorgeous Wife, Look Like A Hero, & Become A Viral Video Star In One Hit

One man can now tick all three of the claims in the title of this post off his list of things...
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Netflix Now The Largest Source Of Internet Traffic In America With Up To 30% At Its Peak

Netflix is enjoying an inordinate amount of success, with over 20 million subscribers and a solid base from which to stay...
Dave Parrack
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Blip.tv Redesigned, Relaunches As Original Web Series Aggregator / Online Video TV Network

Blip.tv has come full-circle, now aggregating Web video series as it did at launch. Luckily the quality and quantity of content...
Dave Parrack
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Hulu To Launch In Australia – Online Video Service To Finally Break Out Of The U.S.?

Hulu could be about to launch in Australia. Or possibly not. In order to do so the U.S. company is going...
Dave Parrack
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AOL AV Is Free Video Chat From AIM Team | Flash-Based, No Sign-In, Download Required

There are multiple options for people looking to video chat online these days, from MSN Messenger to Chatroulette and everything in...
Dave Parrack
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Google TV UI Update For Android 3.1 Unveiled At Google I/O, Android Market Apps Included

Google TV 2.0 is well on its way. And the first screenshots of the improved user interface and the Android Market...
Dave Parrack
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YouTube Movies Improves With New Streaming Content From Sony, Warners, Universal Etc.

YouTube Movies has just taken a turn for the better thanks to a huge influx of new content. YouTube has taken...
Dave Parrack
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Netflix Boss Talks HBO, Original Content, Extending The Life Of Canceled Network Shows

Netflix box Reed Hastings recently revealed a few choice nuggets of wisdom concerning the current state of his business and the...
Dave Parrack
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Royal Wedding On YouTube Viewed Over 100 Million Times, 77 Million Live Streaming Views

Over 100 million people watched the royal wedding between Prince William and Catherine Middleton on YouTube. While that may not be...
Dave Parrack
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Google TV 2.0 On Way | What Needs To Change?

It looks like Google is preparing to revamp and reboot Google TV. And it’s really no surprise as v1.0 hasn’t managed...
Dave Parrack
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Dish and EchoStar Settle With TiVo, Agree To Pay $500 Million To Cover All Patent Litigation

A case which has been running since all the way back in 2004, when the television business looked very different than...
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Brightcove Awarded Broad Online Video Distribution Patent As It Prepares For IPO

Brightcove has been awarded a very broad patent for online video features. Features which are universally used by other sites and...
Dave Parrack
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Spotify May Add Movies To The Music | Is Hollywood Starting To Accept Streaming Video?

Spotify has indirectly denied reports it’s planning to launch a movie streaming service to go with its music streaming service. But...
Dave Parrack
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William and Kate Royal Wedding – Will The Internet Be Able To Cope With The Demand?

Call me psychic but I’m pretty sure you’ll all be aware of the royal wedding taking place on Friday morning. Prince...
Dave Parrack
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YouTube Movie Rental Service Being Relaunched With Big Hollywood Studios Now On Board?

Although YouTube has been offering movie rentals for a while now, very few people have been using the service. But maybe,...
Dave Parrack
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Netflix Now Owns Video Subscription Market | Beats Comcast With Q1 2011 Financial Results

Netflix is officially the largest subscription video service in North America, with the improved numbers revealed in its Q1 2011 financial...
Dave Parrack
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Google Makes It Easier To Transfer Video Content From Google Video To YouTube

If Google is really good at one thing, and one thing alone, it’s listening to its users. Which is exactly what...
Dave Parrack
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Well-Known Filmmakers Raise Objections To ‘Home Premiere’ Now Available On DirecTV

Home Premiere, the controversial attempt to bring brand new movies to the video-on-demand market, has now launched on DirecTV. And some...
Dave Parrack
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Netflix Now Selling Movies… Kinda | Streaming Service Adds ‘Buy’ Button To ‘Little Fockers’

Netflix isn’t interested in selling movies to its users directly, but it has made at least one concession to the studios...
Dave Parrack
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Hulu Blocked On BlackBerry PlayBook… Already

Another day, another mobile device blocked by Hulu. But is this level of control over who can stream its content and...
Dave Parrack
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Watch The Royal Wedding Online | Kate and William Nuptials Streaming Live On YouTube

The latest royal wedding, between Prince William, second in line to the throne behind his father Charles, and Kate Middleton, is...
Dave Parrack
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Google Video Dead For Good On May 13 As Content Is Removed – So, YouTube It Is Then

Google Video is finally being put out of its misery, over two years after Google effectively decided to kill its own...
Dave Parrack
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Cloud-based mSpot Cuts Prices Of Video On Demand Movies To Compete With Netflix

MSpot, which offers a range of content on the PC and a host of mobile devices, has lowered its prices, making...
Dave Parrack
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YouTube Copyright School Seeks To Re-Educate Persistent Copyright Infringers With Cartoon Cat

The YouTube Copyright School is now open and accepting pupils who need re-educating about what can and can’t legitimately be posted...
Dave Parrack
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The Annoying Orange Headed To TV | YouTube & Web Video Hit Becomes Animated Series

The Web is increasingly becoming a place where creative ideas are being conceived and brought to life. And Web video series...
Dave Parrack
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