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Netflix Launching Across Latin America | Streaming Video Service Adding 43 Countries

Netflix is once again expanding. Having built huge user bases in both the U.S. and Canada, it’s now seeking to grab...
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Google To Buy Hulu? | Search Giant One Of Possible Buyers Alongside Microsoft and Yahoo!

Google is one of a trio of household names jockeying to take on Hulu. That is if the rumors are to...
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UrtheCast Takes Streaming Video To Space With HD Cameras On The International Space Station

Have you ever wanted to go to space? To be on board the International Space Station and be able to look...
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Owners Of Bebo, Criterion Capital Partners, Target Acquisition Of SeeSaw From Arqiva

SeeSaw may not be shutting after all, with buyers possibly queuing up to stage a last-minute buyout. One of which is...
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Hulu May Be Up For Sale, Yahoo May Be Buyer

We don’t tend to cover rumors here on WebTVWire, mainly because a lot of them turn out to be absolute bunkum....
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U.S. Senate Proposes Making Copyrighted Video Streaming As Illegal As Video Downloading

Many people are still using the Internet to gain access to copyrighted content without paying for it, despite the various industries’...
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TVShack Brit Richard O’Dwyer Facing Extradition To U.S. Over Copyright Infringement

Richard O’Dwyer is facing going to prison in the United States for being the man behind the TVShack website. But the...
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Rebecca Black’s ‘Friday’ Pulled From YouTube After Copyright Claim By… Ms. Rebecca Black

Everyone has surely heard Friday by Rebecca Black by now. Probably dozens of times, whether they wanted to or not. Yet...
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YouTube Tic Tac Toe Uses Annotations and Videos Galore To Create Interactive Game

YouTube isn’t just the premier destination for videos of mad animals and even madder humans, although there is an abundance of...
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‘As Seen On’ YouTube Collates Videos Embedded By Blogs and Sites Across The Web

Online video clips can now not only form a part of news articles and spark conversations, they can be the very...
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Kino.to Shut Down In Massive European Police Raid | Anonymous Retaliates Against GVU

Kino.to is the latest website to be taken offline for linking to copyrighted material. This despite previous cases suggesting linking rather...
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YouTube Music Video Views Prove The Future Is Online As Music Piracy Begins To Tail Off

YouTube is helping beat music piracy by offering a free and legal alternative. The users get the content they desire, while...
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Glenn Beck Launches GBTV | Subscription Online TV Network With Original Programming

Love or hate Glenn Beck, and he is a man who tends to generate extremes of emotion, you cannot fault him...
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Justin.tv Launches Twitch TV – Live Streaming Video Games Portal And eSports Community

Professional sports are big business on television, and are increasingly so on the Web as well. But there is a sport...
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Disney.com Becoming Content Hub For Online Video As Major Studios Embrace The Future

Disney is embarking on a journey which will see the company embracing the Web as a content delivery system in ways...
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Rumor: Microsoft Planning Xbox Live Diamond Subcription Television Service At E3 Expo 2011

Microsoft could be about to announce a new IPTV service specifically for Xbox 360 owners. Named Xbox LIVE Diamond it sounds...
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YouTube Introduces Video Editor Creative Commons Options For Uploaders and Remixers

YouTube has introduced multiple Creative Commons options for video uploaders and video remixers. This opens up thousands of clips to be...
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Ustream Now Offering Premium Memberships For A Fee Removing All Of The Advertising

Ustream continues to add subscription options as it attempts to make the freemium model work. At least the latest one –...
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SeeSaw Shutting Down As Arqiva Fails To Find A Buyer or Partner For TV Catch-Up Service

After failing to find either a buyer or investment partner Arqiva has decided to pull the plug on SeeSaw, its online...
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YouTube Celebrates Sixth Birthday | 3 Billion Views Per Day, 48 Hours Of Video Per Minute

YouTube is now officially six-years-old, having launched in beta in May 2005. That seems like a lifetime ago and, judging by...
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Voltage Pictures Threatening To Sue 25,000 BitTorrent Users Over ‘The Hurt Locker’ Piracy

Despite winning an Oscar for its incredible portrayal of working under pressure in the Iraq war zone, The Hurt Locker wasn’t...
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VYou Raises $3 Million In Series A Funding | Shortform Conversational Video Social Network

VYou is a shortform conversational video social network that has recently been given a boost both in terms of money and...
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How To Snare A Gorgeous Wife, Look Like A Hero, & Become A Viral Video Star In One Hit

One man can now tick all three of the claims in the title of this post off his list of things...
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Netflix Now The Largest Source Of Internet Traffic In America With Up To 30% At Its Peak

Netflix is enjoying an inordinate amount of success, with over 20 million subscribers and a solid base from which to stay...
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Blip.tv Redesigned, Relaunches As Original Web Series Aggregator / Online Video TV Network

Blip.tv has come full-circle, now aggregating Web video series as it did at launch. Luckily the quality and quantity of content...
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Hulu To Launch In Australia – Online Video Service To Finally Break Out Of The U.S.?

Hulu could be about to launch in Australia. Or possibly not. In order to do so the U.S. company is going...
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AOL AV Is Free Video Chat From AIM Team | Flash-Based, No Sign-In, Download Required

There are multiple options for people looking to video chat online these days, from MSN Messenger to Chatroulette and everything in...
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Google TV UI Update For Android 3.1 Unveiled At Google I/O, Android Market Apps Included

Google TV 2.0 is well on its way. And the first screenshots of the improved user interface and the Android Market...
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YouTube Movies Improves With New Streaming Content From Sony, Warners, Universal Etc.

YouTube Movies has just taken a turn for the better thanks to a huge influx of new content. YouTube has taken...
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Netflix Boss Talks HBO, Original Content, Extending The Life Of Canceled Network Shows

Netflix box Reed Hastings recently revealed a few choice nuggets of wisdom concerning the current state of his business and the...
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