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BudTV Gets A Reprieve Until Next Year

BudTV has got a reprieve, and I must admit that on first reading about it being saved from the ashes, and...
Mathew Ingram
47 sec read

Sling Media About To be Acquired By Echostar Communications For $380 Million

It seems that Sling Media is about to be acquired for the princely sum of approximately $380 Million. Dave Zatz is...
Brent Evans
1 min read

Demonoid Disppears Over Night | Yet Another Big Torrent Tracker Possibly Shut Down

Demonoid, one of the largest and most respected of the Torrent tracking sites has gone offline, allegedly having been shut down...
Dave Parrack
48 sec read

YourTrumanShow Widget VideoMap Debuts At DEMOfall 07 | Video Social Networking Tool

DEMOfall has some great debuts on show this year including a YourTrumanShow widget called VideoMap. This little tool links friends and...
Phil Butler
1 min read

Faucet PVR | A Personal Video Recorder Enabling Recording Of Mainstream Italian TV

Faucet PVR is a new web based personal video recorder (PVR) which allows the recording of mainstream Italian network channels. These...
Robin Good
7 min read

The Truth On MiiVi Comes Out | Leaked Emails Prove It Is A P2P Front For MediaDefender

The MediaDefender-MiiVi debacle continues on, so I thought we’d take a look at the truth behind the whole sorry saga. Miivi...
Paul Glazowski
2 min read

iTunes Video Downloads | Are They About To Get Embedded Adverts Via Podaddies?

Apple has recently inked a deal with a San Franciso based video advertising start up called Podaddies to develop advertising compatibility...
Michael Garrett
1 min read

Viacom Believes In Fair Use | Michael Fricklas Gives Views On Copyright Infringement

At a New York conference on Monday sponsored by The Deal ( a financial news organization), Michael Fricklas (Viacom’s general counsel)...
Art Brodsky
3 min read

BlogTV.ca Gets Canned | A Good Riddance Eulogy To The Canadian Video Streaming Site

BlogTV.ca, the video streaming experiment from Alliance Atlantis launched with much fanfare in March (well, a big fancy party at least)....
Mathew Ingram
1 min read

Amanda Congdon Splits With ABC | Does Anyone Care About Ex Rocketboom Blogger?

Not so long ago, Amanda Congdon split from Rocketboom, and the news of the separation was the biggest news in the...
Mathew Ingram
1 min read

Free Video Downloads Via NBC Direct | Will This New Venture Stop Hulu Before It Begins?

NBC Universal clearly can’t wait until the luanch of Hulu (its joint venture with News Corp.) to offer full episodes of...
Michael Garrett
1 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

Sightspeed 6 Review | The Online Video Interview Recorder Is Here But Is It Any Good?

Recording video interviews is a lot harder than it sounds. The ability to record good quality video during a one to...
Robin Good
5 min read

YouTube Advertising Recap

There’s been a variety of discussion over the mast few months regarding the use of adverts within YouTube videos so just...
Chris Tew
24 sec read

MySpace Goes Hollywood? | Is The So-Called Network Quality Of QuarterLife An OxyMoron?

Quarterlife is a new online television show which we have looked at here on WebTVWire before. It’s a series of eight-minute...
Gilbert Hammer
1 min read

Video Encoding Made Faster & Easier With Ripcode | New Time Saving Online Video Tool

Video on the Internet has grown at such an explosive rate that the phenomenon has put an increasing strain on servers,...
Michael Garrett
1 min read

FLVorful | The Online Video Advertising Marketplace Set for Failure

Online video advertising is only just beginning to see the light of day. Despite being early days there are still a...
Chris Tew
2 min read

Prince To Sue YouTube For Copyright Infringement | eBay & Pirate Bay Also Cited

Prince is planning on suing YouTube and a host of other major companies for supposed copyright infringement after they used his...
Phil Butler
1 min read

Quarterlife – New MySpace TV Exclusive | The Networks Said No So It Comes To The Web

Ed Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz are creating a new show for MySpace and the Web. I spoke to MySpaceTV general manager...
Mathew Ingram
2 min read

Jewish TV Network To Stream Kol Nidre On Yom Kippur | Tapping The Power Of The Web

A sense of community is essential to most religions, and one of the deepest aspects inherent in both religion and spirituality....
Leslie Poston
1 min read

Odeo Acquires FireAnt – The Podcast & Vodcast Directory

Odeo (formerly known as Sonic Mountain) has acquired FireAnt – a podcast and Vodcast directory. TechCrunch reports the acquisition to be...
Chris Tew
46 sec read

Jewish TV Network To Stream Kol Nidre On Yom Kippur | Tapping The Power Of The Web

A sense of community is essential to most religions, and one of the deepest aspects inherent in both religion and spirituality....
Leslie Poston
1 min read

Instant Media Is Dead | Why Did The Miro Competitor Just Disappear Over Night?

On Sunday, Chris wrote a great piece about the demise of Instant Media. If you don’t recognize the name, you’re not...
Paul Glazowski
1 min read

RGTV News – Video News Channel Broadcasts You Won’t Find On Mainstream TV

Today I am officially launching the new RGTV News, a non commercial alternative to the mainstream video news channels. We are...
Robin Good
5 min read

Wallstrip Company Stocks Video Blog | An In Depth Look At The Snarky Financial Site

Wallstrip is a site which produces short online video pieces covering stocks. Born of the blogosphere, it’s a fascinating and unusual...
Jay Parkhill
4 min read

Apple iTunes Movie Rental Service & Cheaper TV Shows in the Pipeline?

A slip up by Apple in the latest version of iTunes indicates a movie rental service on the horizon. Mac developer...
Tanya
43 sec read

Apple iTunes Movie Rentals & Cheaper TV Shows Coming Soon?

There seems to be quite a bit brewing over at Apple in the TV stakes just now. First of all we...
Fraser MacInnes
43 sec read

Sivoo – Multi-Cultural Television Programming | Interview With Burhan Fatah CEO

Burhan Fatah, CEO of Sivoo.com is at the forefront of delivering multicultural and non-English language through ITV and closed IPTV systems....
Gilbert Hammer
33 sec read

Livestation – Interactive Live TV On Your PC | New Joost Competitor Backed By Microsoft

LiveStation is a new IPTV service that lets you watch television online using Microsoft’s new Silverlight technology. The service, which just...
Michael Garrett
1 min read