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Channel 4 Dumping 4oD In Favor Of All 4 | New Streaming Television Hub For UK Viewers

4oD has been a successful effort, with Channel 4 having offered on-demand television across a range of platforms for several years. But the...

Dave Parrack
Sep 12, 2014 1 min read

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Tiered ISP Charges For Internet Video? | BBC Considers Charging For High Quality iPlayer

We may all love watching television and video on the Internet, but the technology allowing us to do so doesn’t come...

Dave Parrack
Dec 23, 2008 1 min read

Is A Music Video Hulu On The Way? | YouTube About To Lose More Than Just Warners?

Music videos seem perfectly suited to the Web, being short videos that are easily digestible. But no-one seems to have truly...

Dave Parrack
Dec 22, 2008 1 min read

Warner Music Videos Disappear From YouTube | New Licensing Deal Fails To Materialize

Warner Music videos are currently disappearing from YouTube at a rate of knots due to a breakdown in negotiations concerning a...

Dave Parrack
Dec 20, 2008 1 min read

BBC iPlayer Comes to Mac and Linux Computers | ISP Bandwidth Solution Underway

The BBC iPlayer is widely regarded as a magnificent achievement and beacon on how to deliver high quality video streams over...

Dave Parrack
Dec 18, 2008 1 min read

The Dark Knight Most Pirated Movie Of 2008 & Still A Box Office Smash | Hollywood Blinks

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last 12 months, you’ll know that The Dark Knight has been absolutely...

Dave Parrack
Dec 15, 2008 2 min read

Watch Gossip Girl Full Episode Series Online | Season 1 & 2 Streaming Video & Torrent

Gossip Girl Synopsis Gossip Girl is an American teen drama based on the book series by the same name and revolves...

ImanP
Dec 14, 2008 1 min read

Advertising On Internet Video | Most People Skip Ads On TiVo, So What’s The Future?

The future may very well be Internet video, with a time when the Web is crucial to delivering video content not...

Dave Parrack
Dec 13, 2008 1 min read

Watch NFL Games Online With ‘Game Rewind’ | NFL Games In HD For Just $20 A Season

Media companies and broadcasters are increasingly realizing the opportunity they are missing by not offering their programming on the Web. Whether...

Dave Parrack
Dec 12, 2008 1 min read

Kangaroo Is Dead – BBC iPlayer For All On Way | BBC, ITV, Channel 4 Launch Project Canvas

Kangaroo may be all but dead, but the BBC, ITV, and Channel 4 aren’t giving up on their joint plans to...

Dave Parrack
Dec 11, 2008 1 min read

Facebook Vs. YouTube | Social Network Introduces Video Embeds and HD Options

While YouTube’s whole business is based on video, both of the UGC and professional kind, Facebook is first and foremost a...

Dave Parrack
Dec 7, 2008 1 min read

YouTube Goes HD At Last | From Higher Quality To High Definition In One Fell Swoop

YouTube has finally switched on its high definition option, with the old higher quality being replaced by true HD at last....

Dave Parrack
Dec 6, 2008 1 min read

Kangaroo Facing Evolution Or Death | Competition Commission Gives Verdict

Kangaroo, a British rival to the U.S. Hulu, is facing evolution or death after the Competition Commission refused to accept it...

Dave Parrack
Dec 5, 2008 1 min read

YouTube Bans Sex and Swearing | Tough New Guidelines Suggest YouTube Is Growing Up

YouTube is growing up. Thanks to the influence of Google, the video-sharing site is becoming a haven for professional content, with...

Dave Parrack
Dec 3, 2008 1 min read

Sling.com Goes Public To Compete With Hulu, Joost | But Again, It’s Only For U.S. Citizens

Sling.com, the online video portal from the makers of the Slingbox, is now open to the public, putting it in direct...

Dave Parrack
Nov 30, 2008 1 min read

Blockbuster MediaPoint Joins Crowded Set-Top Box Market – Blu-ray Should Just Give Up Now

While some people are focusing on Blu-ray as the future of movies, there is a quiet revolution taking place which could...

Dave Parrack
Nov 29, 2008 1 min read

YouTube Goes Widescreen | 16:9 High Definition Now Default, But For What Reason?

YouTube has finally caught up with its competitors and made the widescreen, high definition 16:9 ratio the default setting. But why...

Dave Parrack
Nov 25, 2008 1 min read

The Death Of User-Generated Video | Web Video Is Evolving To Professional Content

The times they are a-changing, or at least Web video is. User-generated video content is losing its appeal and being replaced...

Dave Parrack
Nov 23, 2008 1 min read

Man Commits Suicide On Justin.tv | When Lifecasting Becomes Deathcasting

A 19-year-old male from Florida has committed suicide live on Justin.tv while being egged on by forum posters. Does this show...

Dave Parrack
Nov 21, 2008 2 min read

Watch Netflix Movies On Xbox 360 | New Xbox Experience Includes HD But No Sony Content

Today saw the launch of the long-awaited New Xbox Experience on the Xbox 360. The Xbox Live service now includes the...

Dave Parrack
Nov 19, 2008 1 min read

Hulu Set To Match YouTube In Profits Next Year | How David Is Beating Goliath

The Goliath that is YouTube is without a close competitor when it comes to viewer numbers. But could the David of...

Dave Parrack
Nov 17, 2008 1 min read

Watch President Obama’s YouTube Fireside Chats | Weekly Address Evolves From Radio To Video

Since Franklin D. Roosevelt, it has been tradition for every U.S. President to hold a weekly address on the state of...

Dave Parrack
Nov 16, 2008 1 min read

YouTube Adds Sponsored Video Search & Embedded Adverts – Monetization Efforts

It’s hardly news that Google is desperately trying to turn YouTube in to a money-making venture rather than the high-traffic, low-revenue...

Dave Parrack
Nov 14, 2008 1 min read

Sky TV Online Subscription Plans | IPTV and Video On Demand To Eschew Need For Dish

To watch Sky TV in the UK has up to now meant buying a satellite dish and set-top box and then...

Dave Parrack
Nov 13, 2008 1 min read

MGM Movies and TV Shows On YouTube | Content Is Still Clearly A Big Issue

MGM and YouTube have announced a historic deal to bring movies to YouTube. But content is still clearly an issue, with...

Dave Parrack
Nov 10, 2008 1 min read

Watch Supernatural Full Episodes Online | Season 1, 2, 3, & 4 Streaming Video & Torrent Search

Supernatural Synopsis Supernatural is an American horror TV show about Dean & Sam Winchester, two brothers who travel across the country...

ImanP
Nov 9, 2008 2 min read

The Future Of The BBC iPlayer | True Multi-Platform Downloads and International Viewing

The BBC iPlayer is my favorite online TV service but that’s because I’m in the UK and use Windows. Thankfully there...

Dave Parrack
Nov 8, 2008 1 min read

Watch Full-Length Movies On YouTube Soon | Google & Hollywood Finally Work Together

Google has been attempting to evolve YouTube in to a money-making domain for months, but the latest effort, which will see...

Dave Parrack
Nov 6, 2008 1 min read

Watch 2008 Presidential Election Results Online | Barack Obama Vs. John McCain

The 2008 Presidential Election is finally drawing to a close, with the results due to come in across the evening of...

Dave Parrack
Nov 4, 2008 1 min read

MTV and MySpace Monetize Uploaded Videos | How To Make Money From Copyrighted Clips

Online video is changing, becoming more in tune with old media. One of the ways this change is being demonstrated is...

Dave Parrack
Nov 3, 2008 1 min read

Hulu Continues To Shine | Profiles Galore & Impressive Stats… All Via Word Of Mouth

Hulu is celebrating its first 12 months in operation, and a successful year it has been. But will that success continue?...

Dave Parrack
Oct 30, 2008 1 min read

YouTube Unveils New Features For Content Creators | Studio App, Crowdfunding, 60fps YouTube would be nothing without content, and original content, no less. And the people who create that original content need as many tools at their disposal as possible. YouTube has delivered a new set... Read More