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Channel 4 Evolving Online TV Catch-Up Service | 4oD Moves To Web, Includes Free Archive

Channel 4’s online catch-up service has, until now, played second fiddle to the BBC iPlayer. But no longer. Channel 4 is...
Dave Parrack
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BT Threatens BBC iPlayer, YouTube Etc. | Pay Up Or Else Face Bandwidth Throttling

ISPs have been showing concern for the amount of bandwidth used by online video for some time now. However, the first...
Dave Parrack
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Cisco: Online Video Set To Dominate By 2013

As the Internet grows, and more and more people get online and connected, traffic looks set to grow exponentially. And at...
Dave Parrack
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Epix – A Hulu For Movies | Online HD Movie Streaming Free For Cable Subscribers

The music industry took far too long to adjust to the new realities which the Web brought, and look at the...
Dave Parrack
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International BBC iPlayer On Way? | BBC and Google Rumored To Be Having Discussions

Could an International version of the BBC iPlayer be on the way? Possibly, if rumors of talks happening between Google and...
Dave Parrack
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Hulu’s Growth Stalls, And Talk Immediately Emerges Of Charging For The Free Service

Hulu is currently in a fantastic position, gaining viewers every month, and bringing in enough money to just about get by....
Dave Parrack
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YouTube XL – Streamlined YouTube For TV

The number of people watching online video on televisions is growing rapidly. And with YouTube being the largest online video site,...
Dave Parrack
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Microsoft Announces 1080p Zune Video Streaming On Xbox 360 And More At E3 2009

Microsoft’s showing at E3 2009 was dominated by its new motion-sensing device. But the company also announced some innovation in the...
Dave Parrack
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Microsoft Bing Launches With Live Video Thumbnails | Porn Aplenty, But Is It Fair Use?

Bing, Microsoft’s latest attempt at changing Internet search, has already caused controversy thanks to its live video thumbnails search results. Not...
Dave Parrack
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How Much Piracy Is Too Much? | Spanish Legal System Condones File-Sharing Free-For-All

Piracy, in all its many forms, is illegal the world over. However, Internet piracy is a law unto itself, with different...
Dave Parrack
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Sky Player On Xbox 360 | Premium Live and On-Demand Television Through Games Console

Sky Player is BSkyB’s foray onto the Web, enabling subscribers to access Sky programming on their computer. And now, thanks to...
Dave Parrack
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Hulu Desktop App Released For Windows And Mac | What Was Wrong With Boxee Anyway?

What would be better than watching TV shows and movies on Hulu sat at your computer? Watching it fro your couch...
Dave Parrack
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PRS Lowers Streaming Music Video Royalty Rates | YouTube Row Should Now End

The Performing Rights Society (PRS) collects royalties for music artists, and it generally does a good job. Except when it pushed...
Dave Parrack
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YouTube Boasts 20 Hours Of Video Uploaded Every Minute | But It Still Wants More UGC

To hear that YouTube is the most popular, most visited, and most content-filled online video site on the Web is hardly...
Dave Parrack
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Full-Length Shows Coming To YouTube UK? | The Kings Of Short-form Look To Long-form

YouTube has, for a long time, been the king of short-form content. And despite various pretenders to its crown, this looks...
Dave Parrack
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Hulu UK On Way To Start The International Roll-Out | A World Exists Outside The U.S.

Hulu has been an absolute revelation in the online video sector since launching at the beginning of last year. The only...
Dave Parrack
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Would You Pay To Use The BBC iPlayer? | Catch-Up Service Not Covered By TV License

The BBC iPlayer is currently a free service to all those living in the UK. However, that could be about to...
Dave Parrack
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Is YouTube Really The Failure Time Describes It As Being? | Monetarily Yes, Otherwise No

YouTube is the most trafficked online video site in the world, one of the most trafficked Web sites of any kind...
Dave Parrack
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Making Money From Torrents | Vuze Offers HD Porn For A Fee But Pirated Porn Still King

Porn is popular and profitable, especially on the Internet where the thirst for it is insatiable and where every need is...
Dave Parrack
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Facebook Video Chat Coming Soon? | Already A UGC Haven, Facebook Eyes Skype and Gmail

Facebook is becoming a much bigger player in online video than it has previously. Already a haven for user-generated content, it...
Dave Parrack
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The Hulu Hullabaloo | Would The Real Online Video Metrics Please Stand Up To Be Counted?

Each month, several companies release viewing figures for online video. This month was no exception, although the huge difference in figures...
Dave Parrack
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SlingPlayer For iPhone Finally Arrives | AT&T Cripples It With Wi-Fi-Only Option

What should have been a fine moment for iPhone owners everywhere turned into a moment of frustration, anger and despair. The...
Dave Parrack
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The Pirate Bay Heading For A Retrial?

We knew it wouldn’t stick, and even if it had, what difference would it really make? As expected, the Pirate Bay...
Dave Parrack
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YooouuuTuuube Turns Any YouTube Video Into A Mosaic Wall | Online Video Becomes Art

A hell of a lot of us use YouTube on a daily basis to watch videos, and for the most part...
Dave Parrack
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Vevo Names Rio Caraeff As CEO | Universal YouTube For Music Videos Starts To Take Shape

Vevo, the joint venture between Universal and YouTube which is aiming to be a Hulu for music videos is starting to...
Dave Parrack
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Hulu Adds International Television Content, But Not International Viewers… Yet

Just one day after it emerged Hulu was cracking down on anonymous proxy servers, it has announced a raft of international...
Dave Parrack
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Hulu Blocks Anonymous Proxy Servers | Will The Service Ever Be Available Internationally?

The World Wide Web isn’t really such when it comes to online video. The borders of each country are being maintained...
Dave Parrack
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YouTube Cracks Down On In-Video Product Placement Adverts | Wants Action For Itself

Product placement has been a mainstay of movies and television shows for years now. But with some content creators utilizing the...
Dave Parrack
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The Most Watched Viral Videos Of All Time Listed | Music Videos and Movie Trailers Rule

Susan Boyle’s rapid rise to the heights of viral fame recently prompted renewed interest in the power of viral video. A...
Dave Parrack
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Disney Shows Now On Hulu | Takes An Equal Share Of The Company With NBC & News Corp

Disney content is now on Hulu, and in exchange The Walt Disney Company has taken an equal-third share of the service....
Dave Parrack
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