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Apple Seeking Lower TV iTunes Prices As It Prepares To Launch Tablet PC – iSlate or iPad

As Apple prepares to launch its next big thing in the Apple Tablet, it’s reportedly keen to strike a deal with...
Dave Parrack
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Brightcove Enters ‘TV Everywhere’ Initiative | Bringing Cable Content To Authenticated Web

Faced with a rapidly-dropping number of subscribers, cable companies are starting to realize they need to embrace rather than fight the...
Dave Parrack
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Could Conan O’Brien Take His Show To The Web? | Would Audience & Advertisers Follow?

Conan O’Brien may now have waved goodbye to both The Tonight Show and NBC, but his television career is far from...
Dave Parrack
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YouTube Redesign Arrives, Profits To Follow?

YouTube has grown and evolved a massive amount since it launched. It’s even changed owner. And yet 2010 could be the...
Dave Parrack
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YouTube To Charge For Some Videos – Hulu Could Add Metered Subscription Pay Wall Soon

Is the free online video ride coming to an end? After months of hints and speculation, YouTube is experimenting with its...
Dave Parrack
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Watch Indian Premier League Cricket Free On YouTube | Google Does Worldwide IPL Deal

Cricket is one of those sports you either love or hate. There’s very little middle ground. Those who love it are...
Dave Parrack
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Silvio Berlusconi’s Italian Government Wants To Regulate Online Video – ISPs As Policemen

Silvio Berlusconi’s government has been a controversial one. To say the least. But its latest innovation is one which will directly...
Dave Parrack
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BBC iPlayer Hits 100 Million Monthly Requests – BBC Trust Set To Review On-Demand Service

The BBC iPlayer continues to go from strength to strength. Not only is it a brilliantly conceived and run, user-friendly service,...
Dave Parrack
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Vevo Overtakes MySpace As Number One Music Video Site, Thanks Almost Wholly To YouTube

Vevo is the attempt by the music industry to take back control of music videos, which have proved an immensely popular...
Dave Parrack
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U.S. Supreme Court Bans YouTube From Broadcasting California’s Prop 8 Trial

It looked as though the Perry et al v. Schwarzenegger et al case attempting to have Prop 8 overturned was going...
Dave Parrack
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Netflix Coming To Wii But Reed Hastings Confident Of DVD Mailings Until 2030 – Really?

There’s a definite move away from physical media to digital media. And a number of devices and delivery methods are contributing...
Dave Parrack
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Can BBC Project Canvas Possibly Succeed When Connected TV Platforms Are Everywhere?

Project Canvas, the BBC-led IPTV offering for a Web TV future, finally got BBC Trust approval in December. But it still...
Dave Parrack
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Netflix Deal With Warner Bros. Puts Video Streaming Before Rentals | And Rightly So…

Netflix has recently announced a deal with Warner Bros. which will see new movie releases on the service delayed until a...
Dave Parrack
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Boxee Beta Web TV Set Top Box Review | New Interface, Apps & Streaming Episode Partners

Boxee has been available for a while now, but it’s still a work in progress. However, the Boxee beta has now...
Dave Parrack
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DivX Launches DivX TV | Streaming Internet TV Platform Replacing Set-Top Box Strategy

DivX has changed tact and reinvented itself more time than most. Its latest move is away from a dedicated set-top box...
Dave Parrack
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Can Online Video Solve Social TV Issues? | Surely Television Was Never A Solitary Hobby

Television has always been an inherently social activity. While watching TV on your own is an acceptable thing to do, it’s...
Dave Parrack
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Interactive Video Games Coming To YouTube? | Google Patent Hints At Online Gaming

Casual and online gaming are two sectors that have grown exponentially over the past couple of years. As a consequence, video...
Dave Parrack
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Hulu Reveals Impressive Stats For 2009, But What Will 2010 Bring For Free TV Service?

It cannot be denied that Hulu has had a good 2009, full of growth and innovation. But 2009 is now at...
Dave Parrack
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Netflix’ Video Streaming Needs Hollywood On Board | Amazon, Google Eyeing Acquisition?

It may be happening slowly but people are gradually moving away from physical media to digital media. In terms of video,...
Dave Parrack
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BBC iPlayer Stats | ‘Top Gear’ Most Watched Show, iPhone & Wii Providing Non-PC Use

The BBC iPlayer has now been with us for two whole years, and in that time has grown in usability and...
Dave Parrack
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BBC Trust Approves Project Canvas | BBC, ITV, BT, Five, Channel 4, & TalkTalk All On Board

In what is an early Christmas present to lovers of online video in the U.K., the BBC Trust has approved the...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Netflix Pushing ‘Watch Instantly’ As It Eyes Streaming Future Over DVD-By-Mail Present

Further evidence, is further evidence was needed, that physical media is on its way out to be replaced by digital media....
Dave Parrack
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YouTube To Start Charging For Content? | Monthly Subscriptions Could Rival Cable TV

YouTube may be about to diversify its content in an extreme way – by charging for it. Whether by one-off rentals...
Dave Parrack
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LG Electronics Patent Lawsuit Battle with ZillionTV & TVI.com | End of ZillionTV?

A lawsuit has been filed by LG Electronics against TV Interactive (TVI) to counter the allegations made by TVI that LG...
Chris Tew
1 min read

FBI Makes Arrest In X-Men: Wolverine Piracy Case | Suspect Faces Jail Time & Huge Fine

Hollywood is running scared of Web piracy, and is fighting tooth and nail to prevent its big releases being shared over...
Dave Parrack
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Top 10 YouTube Videos Of 2009 | Google Also Reveals Top Music Videos & Search Terms

YouTube is by far the most popular and most visited online video site on the Web. But which videos in particular...
Dave Parrack
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Justin.tv & ‘Piracy of Live Sports Broadcasting Over the Internet’ – Live Streaming In Dock

Piracy and copyright infringement seem to go hand in hand with the Internet. And online video is no exception. Now, the...
Dave Parrack
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