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Social Networking To Kill Copyright? | BitTorrent Researcher Thinks So By 2010

The Web as a mainstream tool accessible to everyone has changed things for copyright owners. Whether they choose to embrace the...
Dave Parrack
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ABC Doubles Online Video Ads | Short-term Moneymaker, Long-term Web Video Killer?

Web Video is growing at a phenomenal rate, but there’s still one major problem to solve before the networks truly embrace...
Dave Parrack
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Netflix Movie Streaming Eats Into DVD – Big Studios Launch Web Site Before TV Channel

The Internet is becoming an increasing presence in terms of delivering high quality, premium content via subscription services. So much so...
Dave Parrack
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The Pope’s YouTube Channel | Important Figures Realizing The Power Of Online Video

With the news that the Pope is the latest world figure to obtain an official presence on YouTube, is it safe...
Dave Parrack
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Obama’s Presidential Inauguration | How Web Video Empowered Worldwide Viewers

Online viewing figures for Obama’s inauguration are looking very impressive. But really, viewing figures take a back seat to the empowerment...
Dave Parrack
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Monty Python Embrace YouTube And Benefit Greatly | Click-To-Buy Does Work After All

I’m fully of the opinion that new media needs to be embraced rather than strangled. This goes for the movie industry,...
Dave Parrack
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Obama’s Presidential Inauguration | The Biggest Online Video Event Ever?

Anyone not currently living under a rock or in a coma will know that Tuesday, January 20, 2009, is the day...
Dave Parrack
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Downloading YouTube Video | YouTube Gives Option To Download Video To Computers

Downloading videos from YouTube has long been possible via dedicated software but the option is now starting to appear on the...
Dave Parrack
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YouTube On PS3 and Wii | Is This ‘TV Website’ An Insight Into The Future Of Online Video?

People are increasingly obtaining the option to watch online video on their televisions thanks to Internet-connected TVs, set-top boxes, and video...
Dave Parrack
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Google Video Killed Off In Favor Of YouTube | Google Cull Non-Profitable Apps

Although it was am obvious move that many were surprised didn’t happen sooner, the culling of Google Video is still big...
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YouTube Deleting Music Tracks But Leaving Video | Another Nail In The Coffin Of UGC?

We all know by now of the problems YouTube has been facing regarding copyrighted material on the site. But is the...
Dave Parrack
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American Politicians On YouTube | Video Channels For The House And The Senate

It seems that the last people to adopt and adapt to new technology are politicians, the people we rely on to...
Dave Parrack
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TV.com Becomes Video Destination | CBS Tries To Do A Hulu With Ad-Supported Online Library

TV.com was part of the acquisition of CNet for $1.8 billion by CBS last year. The site with the valuable domain...
Dave Parrack
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Boxee Adds New Content Providers In Time For Windows Alpha | MTV, Joost, & BBC iPlayer

Boxee was already gaining great publicity and plaudits for being one of the most promising. But at the recent Consumer Electronics...
Dave Parrack
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New Year’s Oscar Grant Shooting On YouTube | Citizen Journalism Could Help Bring Justice

The Internet has allowed citizen journalism to really come into its own in recent years, and Web video is a big...
Dave Parrack
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LG Broadband HDTVs Now With Netflix | Wave Of Internet-Connected Televisions On Way

Web video has obviously been a favorite of PC users browsing the Internet for some time now. But the medium is...
Dave Parrack
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Web TV Wire 2008 Review | A Year In Online Video

2008 has now seamlessly morphed into 2009 and we’re all a year older, and maybe even a year wiser. But what...
Dave Parrack
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Is HDi The Future Of Web Video?

The use of the Internet to deliver television and video content is increasing rapidly, but the infrastructure to do so isn’t...
Dave Parrack
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Is A Music Video Hulu On The Way? | YouTube About To Lose More Than Just Warners?

Music videos seem perfectly suited to the Web, being short videos that are easily digestible. But no-one seems to have truly...
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Warner Music Videos Disappear From YouTube | New Licensing Deal Fails To Materialize

Warner Music videos are currently disappearing from YouTube at a rate of knots due to a breakdown in negotiations concerning a...
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BBC iPlayer Comes to Mac and Linux Computers | ISP Bandwidth Solution Underway

The BBC iPlayer is widely regarded as a magnificent achievement and beacon on how to deliver high quality video streams over...
Dave Parrack
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The Dark Knight Most Pirated Movie Of 2008 & Still A Box Office Smash | Hollywood Blinks

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last 12 months, you’ll know that The Dark Knight has been absolutely...
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Advertising On Internet Video | Most People Skip Ads On TiVo, So What’s The Future?

The future may very well be Internet video, with a time when the Web is crucial to delivering video content not...
Dave Parrack
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Watch NFL Games Online With ‘Game Rewind’ | NFL Games In HD For Just $20 A Season

Media companies and broadcasters are increasingly realizing the opportunity they are missing by not offering their programming on the Web. Whether...
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Kangaroo Is Dead – BBC iPlayer For All On Way | BBC, ITV, Channel 4 Launch Project Canvas

Kangaroo may be all but dead, but the BBC, ITV, and Channel 4 aren’t giving up on their joint plans to...
Dave Parrack
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Facebook Vs. YouTube | Social Network Introduces Video Embeds and HD Options

While YouTube’s whole business is based on video, both of the UGC and professional kind, Facebook is first and foremost a...
Dave Parrack
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YouTube Goes HD At Last | From Higher Quality To High Definition In One Fell Swoop

YouTube has finally switched on its high definition option, with the old higher quality being replaced by true HD at last....
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Kangaroo Facing Evolution Or Death | Competition Commission Gives Verdict

Kangaroo, a British rival to the U.S. Hulu, is facing evolution or death after the Competition Commission refused to accept it...
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YouTube Bans Sex and Swearing | Tough New Guidelines Suggest YouTube Is Growing Up

YouTube is growing up. Thanks to the influence of Google, the video-sharing site is becoming a haven for professional content, with...
Dave Parrack
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Sling.com Goes Public To Compete With Hulu, Joost | But Again, It’s Only For U.S. Citizens

Sling.com, the online video portal from the makers of the Slingbox, is now open to the public, putting it in direct...
Dave Parrack
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