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Instant Media Gone Bust? Feeling the Web Video Bubble Burst

With the past couple of years seeing such high investments and publicity around the broadband video industry, the bubble was bound...
Chris Tew
1 min read

ABC & Warner Bros. TV Strike Deal on Video Streaming Rights

ABC Entertainment and the Warner Bros. TV Group have signed a deal on streaming rights for upcoming WBTV shows. The shows...
Tanya
36 sec read

MTV Plan To Launch 24 New Websites By 2008 | The Daily Show Full Episodes & Archives

More and more television networks are working hard to embrace the Internet and everything it offers. A lot of them seem...
Michael Garrett
1 min read

YouTube Star Marie Digby Already Had A Record Deal? | YouTube Used For Publicity

Given the success that some YouTube “stars” have had it’s not surprising that some record labels would try to get around...
Mathew Ingram
2 min read

Integrating Powerpoint & Video With Vcasmo | A New Powerful Presentation Technology

Video presentations are becoming the way to go for providing content on informative and entertaining websites. Web 2.0 sites are increasingly...
Robin Good
2 min read

BBC iPlayer Gets Questioned By UK Government | 16,000 People Strong Petition

When the BBC launched their new iPlayer, there was an outcry of opposition to the plans for it to be compatible...
Paul Glazowski
1 min read

Origin Digital to Deliver On-Demand Video to Second Life

Original Digital Inc announced that it would be supplying on-demand video, audio and user generated content capabilities to the virtual world...
Tanya
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Hulu Sued by Lulu | NBC & News Corp Video Site Faces Lawsuit

Hulu, the joint video venture between NBC and News Corp is once again in the news for its rather bizarre name....
Tanya
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MyStrands Unveil New Music Video Filter Site | An All Music Alternative To YouTube Etc.

Say you’re a devotee of the music-centric social Web creation MyStrands. Surely some of you in the WebTVWire readership can be...
Paul Glazowski
1 min read

Microsoft Silverlight 1.0 & Expression Studio Now Available | An Alternative To Flash?

When trying to create cross platform media experiences for use on the web, there are only a few options open to...
Gilbert Hammer
1 min read

Vzaar Gives eBay Video Listings

Remember when we told you all about how Listasaurus added the option to upload videos to its classified ads? We were...
Fraser MacInnes
29 sec read

NBC Shifts Video Content To Amazon Unbox

NBC recently announced that it has chosen Amazon over the almighty Apple and will be migrating their digital video content to...
Tanya
48 sec read

Amazon Deal Means Tough Times For NBC On The Web | How Long Until They Beg Apple?

Who came off better and worse in the recent Apple NBC iTunes debacle? The Internet is buzzing with opinions and viewpoints...
Paul Glazowski
3 min read

Sony Starts To Sell Movies Online | PSP & Playstation 3 Become High Definition Players

Sony were once known as a sterling company who couldn’t put a foot wrong. Unfortunately recent years has seen a backlash...
Paul Glazowski
2 min read

OnTheToob | Joost Snaps Up Independent Development Talent

Joost has just acquired Hal Schechner’s OnTheToob. On the back of the wave of independent developers contributing helpful features to Joost,...
Fraser MacInnes
22 sec read

Dailymotion Receives Extra $34 Million | Online Video Company Gets New Funding

Dailymotion have announced that it has weaned $34 million from investors pockets during its second round of VC solicitations. The company...
Paul Glazowski
1 min read

DRM Comes To YouTube With MCPS-PRS Alliance Deal

YouTube has brokered a deal with the Mechanical Copyright Protection Society – Performing Right Society Alliance (MCPS-PRS Alliance forthwith) in order...
Fraser MacInnes
33 sec read

Free Online Stock Video Footage | 9 Of The Best Public Domain Video Resources

Photo credit: Pedro Nogueira Until now, producing good quality opening titles, station breaks and incidental footage for your online video channel...
Michael Pick
3 min read

AdBrite InVideo | Helping Video Pirates Like AllSP Make Money

We all know that there are plenty of pirate TV episodes being posted on websites like YouTube, and we all know...
Chris Tew
1 min read

How Will The Internet Affect Public Broadcasting In The Future?

How has the Internet changed public broadcasting, if at all? It’s a question we should look at as the popularity and...
Eirik Solheim
1 min read

Pyro.tv Application Added To Facebook | Share Custom Video Channels With Friends

Although you may not have heard of it, Pyro.tv is a service comparable to VeohTV. It collects videos from around the...
Michael Garrett
1 min read

NBC TV Shows Dropped from iTunes | NBC Wanted More Money and DRM

NBC got a little greedy yesterday when it decided to drop its contract with iTunes to sell digital downloads of TV...
Chris Tew
2 min read

Hulu | NBC & News Corps Joint Online Video Venture Gets A Name & Website

We’ve known for a while about the joint video venture between News Corporation and NBC Universal. This coupling had earned a...
Michael Garrett
1 min read

How Google Can Turn YouTube In To Another AdSense Style Success… Possibly

YouTube is now starting to run embedded adverts in videos on the site, after the announcement a couple of weeks ago....
Russell Heimlich
3 min read

Bright Future For IPTV | Google Chief & Internet Expert Vint Cerf Makes Prediction

Answer one question for me: How do you currently prefer to watch television? As it comes, either over the airwaves or...
Paul Glazowski
2 min read

TorrentSpy Blocks All Searches From Within The United States – MPAA Influence?

BitTorrent uses the P2P architecture but build upon it while blurring the already unclear legal lines. The growth in the popularity...
Michael Garrett
1 min read

Blogger Adds Video Upload Feature | Google Give Video Podcasters A Boost

Google have added the ability to upload videos to Blogger, their free blogging service. The additional feature to the service was...
Michael Garrett
1 min read

PlayTV – PVR & Digital TV on PS3 | PSP Video Downloads & Possible PS3 IPTV Service!

Last week during Sony’s press conference at the Leipzig Games Convention, Sony’s President and Chief Executive Officer of Sony Computer Entertainment...
Chris Tew
3 min read