Information and News on the Internet Television market including its growth and consumer trends

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TV Networks Look To The Web For Revenue | American Networks Test Web TV Advertising

Web Television is growing, that’s a fact that is indisputable at this moment in time. As broadband speeds increase, that’s only...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Online Video Traffic Surges Massively In The UK | YouTube, BBC iPlayer Market Leaders

With most of the big players in the Web TV and streaming video industry being based in North America, read Google,...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Video Encoding As A Protocol & Multi-Format Transcoding | Ripcode Interview Part 4

Over the last couple of weeks, we shared our four part interview series with Dr. Gerry Purdy, VP and Chief Analyst...
Brendon Mills
49 sec read

Movie Industry Rallies Against Net Neutrality | Surely Hulu Proves They Are Wrong

The Internet hasn’t been good for the movie or music industry, at least in terms of providing a new way for...
Art Brodsky
6 min read

Global Growth Of The Mobile Video Market | Interview With Frost & Sullivan Part 3

In our four part interview series with Dr. Gerry Purdy, VP and Chief Analyst with Frost & Sullivan, we are discussing...
Brendon Mills
38 sec read

With YouTube Growing Fast, How On-Demand Transcoding Helps New Media Storage

On the digital media website Contentinople yesterday, Frank Smith talked about a comment that Philip Inghelbrecht of video sharing site YouTube made...
Brendon Mills
1 min read

After Hulu Has Launched – How Many People Are Actually Switching Over To Web TV?

Hulu eventually launched on Wednesday to an almost equal amount of hype and cynicism. While some people, such as former CEO of...
Cyndy Aleo-Carreira
2 min read

Blu-Ray Has Won The High Definition Format War But Aren’t Direct Downloads The Future?

The last year has seen a bitter war raging between manufacturers, movie studios and retailers over what would become the high...
Gigi Sohn
2 min read

BBC iPlayer Increasing Popularity Of Online TV | 1.5 Billion Downloads Estimated For 2008

The BBC iPlayer is seemingly proving more popular than anyone could have predicted, with its success even prompting estimates for total...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

TV Is Changing! | Harris Survey Shows Strong Grassroots Demand For Interactive Viewing

Are you still doubting that the business of television is changing at an incredible rate? The role of traditional TV is...
Gilbert Hammer
1 min read

Video Advertising Opportunities Being Expanded By Use Of Transcoding Technologies

A lot of people have recently been discussing the video advertising outlook for 2008.  Most sites which provide some kind of...
Brendon Mills
1 min read

IPTV Predictions For 2008 | A Pivotal Year For Internet and Mobile Video Technologies

It’s 2008, and time to take a look in to the old crystal ball. Hopefully we’ll be able to see in...
Brendon Mills
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

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

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

High Speed, High Quality Digital Film Downloads Demand Growing In The UK

Today saw a survey which produced the interesting yet thoroughly predictable result that there is now an overwhelming demand for fast and...
Paul Glazowski
1 min read

YouTube Still Dominating Online Video Market

A ComScore report has further confirmed what we all suspected, that Google YouTube completely dominates the online video market. The report...
Dave Parrack
54 sec read

The Amazon Kindle | The Success Or Failure Of This Ebook Reader Could Affect IPTV

Although the new Amazon Kindle may not, on first glance, have much to do with IPTV, the technologies involved, and the...
Gilbert Hammer
1 min read

Reviewing The Collision Of Traditional TV and IPTV Services | What Does The Future Hold?

Television has always been traditionally distributed by cable or satellite systems, but now a new pretender to the throne to be the...
Brendon Mills
2 min read

The Quest For Internet TV Nirvana | Patience, Perspective & Revenue Urgently Needed

Cliff Edwards recently wrote an article for Business Week which brings up some important questions about the future of Internet TV,...
Gilbert Hammer
1 min read

Making Internet TV More Mobile | From The iPhone Downwards, Quality Is The Key

Although Internet television is growing at an incredibly fast rate, it seems moving the medium on to mobile devices is not...
Brendon Mills
1 min read

Could Writers Guild Strike See Online Television & Video Popularity Grow Massively?

The 12,000 members of the Writers Guild of America went on strike on Monday over new media revenue and DVD royalties....
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Discovery Plans To Acquire HowStuffWorks | A New Outlet For Educational Videos Online

A great many publications today are telling the story of The Discovery Channel‘s owner Discovery’s plans to acquire HowStuffWorks.com for a...
Paul Glazowski
1 min read

Joost Moves From Private Beta To Public Launch | The IPTV Service Still Needs Help

Joost has now officially launched to the public, moving from a Beta testing stage to one which makes the IPTV service...
Michael Garrett
2 min read

Internet Video Market Growing Fast | Comscore Industry Report On Web Trends

Those of use who write about the online video market on a regular basis know how strong that market is, and...
Paul Glazowski
2 min read

MTV Plan To Launch 24 New Websites By 2008 | The Daily Show Full Episodes & Archives

More and more television networks are working hard to embrace the Internet and everything it offers. A lot of them seem...
Michael Garrett
1 min 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

Online Video Not Just For Young-uns

Dispelling the notion that the technologically astute are typically fresh faced whipper snappers, a recent study from Advertising.com shows that this...
Fraser MacInnes
27 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

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