The latest news and developments in the Internet Television and IPTV industry

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New Joost CEO | Mike Volpi from Cisco

We’d seen solid rumors that Mike Volpi was going to be the new CEO of Joost to replace the founding CEO,...
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The News Room Video Feeds and CPM Rates

Michael Pick recently wrote an in-depth review of The News Room concentrating on how you can use its news video feeds...
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Google Video Adverts | Powering On With New Advertising Projects

I previously wrote a quick overview of Google’s video advertising endeavors back on April 1st. Now 2 months later Google is...
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uLinkx | Video Search Startup Making Ground

uLinkx, currently my favorite video search engine, has told me it surpassed 2.5 million page views this month. From the Alexa...
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uStream.tv Broadcasts Live Presidentialcast

Democratic Presidential Candidate Senator Chris Dodd made internet history on Wednesday by streaming live through Ustream.tv where he took questions from...
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Web TV Wire is Hiring

Web TV Wire is looking for new talented writers to add to our team. If you have a passion for keeping...
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End of Pirated TV? Japan to Let Anyone Post TV Shows Online

Here is something that TV companies like Viacom are going to love: The Japanese government is apparently considering allowing anyone and...
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Ooyala | New Video Startup from Ex-Google Employees

Ooyola is a new video startup that is keeping quiet about what it has in the pipeline. The company has been...
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KickApps | Combining Broadband Video, User Content & Social Networking

Over the past couple of years the internet has changed drastically on three fronts: Broadband Video content has exploded and become...
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Web TV Tools | Create Your Own Internet TV Show

The first stage of the broadband video revolution was driven by user uploaded content mainly consisting of short clips. Now people...
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AOL & Broadband Video | A quick overview

AOL Video – A variety of free, ad-supported videos in addition to paid videos in a jam-packed video portal. Full TV...
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Blinkx Grows its Video Index with Travelistic Travel Videos

Blinkx is quickly standing out as the online video search engine that is indexing videos from more video sites than anywhere...
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FiOS TV 2.0 Arrives

Dave Zatz has gotten word that Verizon’s FiOS TV 2.0 Interactive Media Guide is now ready and will be deployed to...
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Mogulus | Free Powerful Personal Internet TV Platform in Closed Beta

Just recently we took a look at the various TV channel creation tools that allowed you to create both scheduled and...
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Adjustables Announces Unique Broadband Video Advertising Platform

Adjustables.com has announced its new advertising platform for broadband videos which it states is an entirely new form of advertising. Adjustables...
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CBS Buys WallStrip | Confirmed

We got wind of an unconfirmed rumor last week that CBS was going to acquire the stock market video blog WallStrip....
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Are Paid Internet Video Downloads Doomed?

Forrester Research recently came out with a bold claim that paid internet video downloads have no future. The report claims that...
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News Bytes of the Week

Top Stories on Web TV Wire: MetaCafe to Launch Static Video Ads Similar to YouTube with Adap.tv YouTube Clone Video Sharing...
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YouTube Challenges Military Pentagon Ban

Much like the situation in many schools the Pentagon decided to ban a variety of sites from the military including Metacafe,...
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Google Integrated Video Thumbnails into Its Regular Search

I just noticed that Google is integrating video thumbnails into its regular search results. It is doing this for video clips...
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Google Re-trial Coming For Linking Liability

If you’ve been reading Web TV Wire for a while you may remember when QuickSilverScreen (QSS), a website that links to...
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Streaming Media East 2007 Interviews

IPTV Evangelist has several video interviews with some of the important people in IPTV and broadband video including: Fred McIntyre –...
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Realnetworks Acquires Sony Netservices

After recently acquiring WiderThan, a global provider of wireless entertainment solutions, Realnetworks has now acquired Sony NetServices, a provider of mobile...
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Connecting your PC to a HDMI High Definition TV

In the past year or so, computer graphic cards have begun to sprout HMDI ports allowing you to connect your PC...
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TheNewsRoom | Add Video News Feeds to Make Money on Your Website

Here is a new unique monetization model for your website which results in a win-win situation. It involves syndicating the latest...
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Celrun & Metalink Launch HD Wireless IPTV Set Top Box

While news was coming out of Streaming Media East in New York, on the other side of the world the IPTV...
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YouTube Clone Video Sharing Script | Build your own YouTube

Do you have a site where users are demanding video sharing functionality? Do you have an idea for a new type...
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Streaming Media East Coverage & Funding News

Streaming Media East has kicked off today and will run until tomorrow showcasing hot new developments in the broadband video market....
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VatorTV | Entrepreneur Video Community Raises Funding

VatorTV is an internet video community for entrepreneurs and investors where people can share their business advice and ideas with the...
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Mogulus | New Personal Internet TV Platform Raises $1.2 Million

Mogulus recently launched in beta and offers people the ability to create their own personalized internet TV channel that can be...
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