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YouTube Hits New Video Milestones – 4 Billion Views Per Day, 60 Hours Uploaded Per Minute

YouTube is growing stronger every day. Which just shows how the balance of power has shifted over the last few years....
Dave Parrack
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MegaUpload Knocked Offline As Feds Arrest Admins | Then Why The Need For SOPA & PIPA?

MegaUpload is no more, at least in its former capacity. We can now look forward to a long and expensive legal...
Dave Parrack
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Tom Hanks’ Animated Series ‘Electric City’ Finds Home At Yahoo As Web Video Matures

Web video is maturing, with original programming coming to online content companies. Following hot on the heels of the likes of...
Dave Parrack
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Netflix Lands In The UK & Ireland To Do Battle With Lovefilm | Will Either Actually Succeed?

After years of speculation and months of planning, Netflix has finally landed in Europe, launching in the U.K. and Ireland at...
Dave Parrack
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NinjaVideo Co-Founder Hana Amal Beshara Imprisoned In Copyright Infringement Case

If you download movies from the Internet then there’s a small chance you’ll get caught. If you run a site offering...
Dave Parrack
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Roku Streaming Stick Brings Web Video Content To Both Dumb and Smart TVs With MHL Ports

Roku sees a future when we will all have a Roku Streaming Stick plugged into the back of our televisions. It...
Dave Parrack
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Netflix’ First Original Series, Lilyhammer, Debuts Feb. 6 | All 8 Episodes Available At Once

2012 is the year Netflix becomes more than just a company which stream other people’s content. Instead, it has become a...
Dave Parrack
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The Hurt Locker BitTorrent Lawsuit Dies, Someone Allegedly Forgets To Tell The Lawyers

The Hurt Locker BitTorrent lawsuit is dead, or at least it should be. Unfortunately someone forgot to tell the lawyers. or...
Dave Parrack
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Supply Chain Sources Suggest Multiple Apple Television Sets (iTV) Will Arrive In 2012

Another day, another set of Apple television set rumors. 2012 is either going to be the year Apple finally unveils its...
Dave Parrack
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The Top 10 Most-Pirated Movies Of 2011 Revealed As U.S. Box Office Numbers Disappoint

2011 has been a poor year at the box office, with audience numbers and revenue down to their lowest levels since...
Dave Parrack
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YouTube Slam Is ‘Hot Or Not’ For Online Videos | Rate Awesome Viral Vids Against One Another

YouTube Slam is the latest attempt by the premier online video site to make stars out of ordinary people while sucking...
Dave Parrack
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What We Watched On YouTube In 2011 – Rebecca Black, Nyan Cat, Music Videos Galore

YouTube remains the premier destination to watch online video. It’s now ubiquitous to the point at which I doubt it will...
Dave Parrack
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Gilberto Sanchez Imprisoned For Piracy | Man Who Pirated ‘X-Men Origins: Wolverine’ Jailed

If you’re the source for a pirated movie which then spreads across the Internet like wildfire you could face time in...
Dave Parrack
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Apple TV Plans Revealed, Rumor By Rumor

It’s well known that Apple has been planning to develop a television set for some time now. Or at least it...
Dave Parrack
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Will Google TV Ultimately Win The Battle Of The Set-Top Boxes Or Is Eric Schmidt Wrong?

Google TV hasn’t yet been the joyous disruptor of big media and cable it was hyped up to be. But then...
Dave Parrack
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Does Anyone Know What Is Legal and Illegal On YouTube? Does Anyone Even Care Any More?

Believe it or not things aren’t as black and white as they may at first appear when it comes to copyright...
Dave Parrack
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Hate Louis C.K., Love His (Profitable) Digital Content Distribution Honor Box Experiment

It’s OK to hate Louis C.K. I do. But you should love his latest comedy special. Not for the content, necessarily,...
Dave Parrack
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Verizon To Buy Netflix Rumors Hit The Web | Share Prices Rise As Market Reacts To News

Could Verizon be about to buy Netflix? That is the gist of the rumors spreading at the moment. But they’re rumors...
Dave Parrack
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Global iPlayer App Comes To iPhone, iPod Touch As BBC Sees Future In Mobile Service

The BBC has announced plans to release its global iPlayer app on the iPhone and iPod Touch. It is currently an...
Dave Parrack
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New Xbox Live Upgrade Brings TV and Movies Galore To Xbox 360 As Microsoft Eyes Future

If you have your Xbox 360 hooked up to the Internet, and why wouldn’t you, quite frankly, then it will update...
Dave Parrack
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Why I Love The New YouTube Design | YouTube Grows Up, Becomes Organized Media Center

I don’t know about you but the TV set which sits in the corner of my living room is getting used...
Dave Parrack
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New YouTube Rolls Out, Complaints Roll In

The new YouTube we have been expecting for the past few weeks has now rolled out. And damn good it is...
Dave Parrack
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Sony Experimenting With Early Digital Sales To Tempt People To Buy Rather Than Rent Movies

What do you do when you see everyone renting your movies rather than buying them? Why, you offer buyers an advantage...
Dave Parrack
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YouTube Analytics Offers Insight Into Video Statistics To Help Creators Make Better Videos

YouTube is keen to help us all become video creators. But good video creators. And to help us all wring the...
Dave Parrack
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Hulu May Be Heading To Germany With First European Subscription-Based Hulu Plus Effort

Hulu has long held ambitions to break out of its self-imposed U.S. borders and head to foreign lands. Japan was the...
Dave Parrack
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New YouTube Editor Proves Successful | ‘I’m Feeling Lucky’ Button Used By Millions Already

YouTube now not only offers a place to easily and speedily upload videos to, but also the ability to edit them...
Dave Parrack
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U.S. TV Shows Arrive On PS3 PSN In The U.K. But Pricing, Range Of Content Is Still An Issue

British PS3 owners can now enjoy a range of U.S. television shows that have been added to the U.K. PSN Store....
Dave Parrack
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Google Censors Search Results Against Torrent Sites – The Pirate Bay, isoHunt Amongst Victims

In many ways Google owns the Web. The majority of people use its search engine to find what they’re looking for,...
Dave Parrack
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With Netflix Selling Stock, Is The Online Video Streaming Company In Irreversible Trouble?

Netflix is at a crossroads. Facing unhappy customers, increasing costs for content as the networks play hardball, and all with little...
Dave Parrack
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Sony Adds Free TV and Movies To Playstation Home | Crackle Goes Live, Ustream To Follow

PS3 owners who are also users of Playstation Home can now watch films and TV shows completely for free from right...
Dave Parrack
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