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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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Video Transcoding Needs For New Online Media | Giving Consumers What They Expect

Video has become an all important part of breaking news coverage, with online readers almost expecting some sort of visual accompaniment...

Brendon Mills
Feb 8, 2008 48 sec read

BBC iPlayer Increasing Popularity Of Online TV | 1.5 Billion Downloads Estimated For 2008

The BBC iPlayer is seemingly proving more popular than anyone could have predicted, with its success even prompting estimates for total...

Dave Parrack
Feb 7, 2008 1 min read

Crosscast Version 2.0 | An Update On Progress With Lead Designer Mirco Pasqualini

CrossCast is an Online UI and tools platform for production professionals. Over the past couple of years, I’ve spoken with Mirco...

Gilbert Hammer
Feb 6, 2008 1 min read

Online Video Regulations In China | Where Even Infidelity Is Censored Not To Exist

Those of us living in the west, be it the USA or Europe, often think ourselves as hard done by in...

Dave Parrack
Feb 5, 2008 1 min read

Election 2008 TV | A Political Social Network Focussed On Candidate Supporting Videos

With the race for the White House hotting up every day, what can be more needed right now than a social network...

Leslie Poston
Feb 4, 2008 1 min read

Super Bowl XLII Adverts To Be Featured On YouTube and Hulu – But Not The Game Itself

Super Bowl XLII is about to start on traditional television all across America, with people having friends and family over to...

Dave Parrack
Feb 3, 2008 1 min read

Jeff Zucker Claims All TV Pilots Suck! | Could Webisodes or Online Video Be The Answer?

We’ve just had the National Association of Television Program Executives conference in Las Vegas, and there were some interesting debates taking place,...

Mathew Ingram
Feb 2, 2008 1 min read

Making Videos More Accessible On Mobile Phones | On Demand Transcoding Methods

Almost everyone has a mobile phone these days, from young kids, who text their friends sitting the other side of the...

Brendon Mills
Feb 1, 2008 51 sec read

TV Is Changing! | Harris Survey Shows Strong Grassroots Demand For Interactive Viewing

Are you still doubting that the business of television is changing at an incredible rate? The role of traditional TV is...

Gilbert Hammer
Jan 31, 2008 1 min read

BitTorrent Not Just For Pirates? | Norwegian TV Broadcaster Makes Series Available For Free

For years the BitTorrent protocol has been blamed for encouraging the spread of pirated television shows, full length movies, and popular...

Dave Parrack
Jan 30, 2008 1 min read

Video Advertising Opportunities Being Expanded By Use Of Transcoding Technologies

A lot of people have recently been discussing the video advertising outlook for 2008. Most sites which provide some kind of...

Brendon Mills
Jan 28, 2008 1 min read

BigThink – A YouTube For Smartypants Or Just A Viable Alternative To Perez Hilton?

BigThink, a new video oriented website launched publicly a couple of weeks ago, and has been criticised quite widely since. Some...

Mathew Ingram
Jan 27, 2008 2 min read

MPAA Data About Illegal Movie Downloading From University Campuses Inaccurate

The MPAA is rapidly catching up with the RIAA in terms of blindly and blatantly pushing fot their business models to...

Gigi Sohn
Jan 26, 2008 2 min read

The Value Of The Online Video Long Tail | How Much Long Term Potential Is There?

The video long tail is an important factor when deciding what sort of content to provide to give yourself the best...

Brendon Mills
Jan 25, 2008 1 min read

My Damn Channel Catches Katie Couric Behind The Scenes At The Presidential Primaries

You probably know Harry Shearer from This Is Spinal Tap, and a host of other Christopher Guest movies, as well as...

Mathew Ingram
Jan 24, 2008 1 min read

HBO Ventures Online & On Demand | Rolling Out Internet Television Across The USA

HBO, the premium cable channel in the US, which is best known for Sex and the City, The Sopranos, and Six...

Dave Parrack
Jan 23, 2008 1 min read

Kevin Rose’s Revision3 Video Start-Up Gets Design Overhaul | Usability Over Aesthetics?

Kevin Rose is the man with a seemingly golden touch on any web start-up he is involved with. Already well known...

Russell Heimlich
Jan 23, 2008 1 min read

The Microsoft Zune Portable Media Player | An In Depth Review Of The New ‘Zune 80’

For my hour long commute in to work every day, I couldn’t imagine being without a media player to watch videos...

Russell Heimlich
Jan 22, 2008 6 min read

Should Video Copyright Laws Be Universal? | The Bizarre Case Starring Uri Geller

Jef Pearlman
Jan 21, 2008 3 min read

Will Joost Last The Year? | Doesn’t Live Up To The Hype & Can’t Compete With Hulu Etc

Joost was due to be the next big thing, and created such a buzz in its infancy, was talked about positively...

Dave Parrack
Jan 20, 2008 1 min read

Apple TV Now Compatible With iTunes Movie Rentals | New Competitor For Netflix?

Michael Garrett
Jan 18, 2008 2 min read

IPTV Predictions For 2008 | A Pivotal Year For Internet and Mobile Video Technologies

It’s 2008, and time to take a look in to the old crystal ball. Hopefully we’ll be able to see in...

Brendon Mills
Jan 17, 2008 1 min read

BBC iPlayer Notches Up 1 Million Viewers In 20 Days | British MPs Still Critical Of Inequality

The BBC iPlayer relaunched at the end of last year, with the British Broadcasting Corporation trying to iron out some of...

Dave Parrack
Jan 16, 2008 1 min read

YouTube Video Length Limitation Gets Pushed To Over Nine Hours By Charles Trippy

YouTube has had a well intentioned upload limitation of 100 megabytes, or 10 minutes, for a long time now. Mainly in...

Dave Parrack
Jan 15, 2008 1 min read

Data Indicates A Big Shift To Online TV & Video | The Writers Strike Effect In Action?

With the writers strike still in almost full effect, people are starting to wonder whether it’s actively affected people’s viewing habits....

Mathew Ingram
Jan 14, 2008 1 min read

NBC Universal One Of Many Broadband Video Companies At CES 2008 – Missing From iTunes

This past week has seen the annual International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) happening in Las Vegas. At this trade show, most of...

Alex Curtis
Jan 13, 2008 2 min read

Earn Money & Download Free Videos & Ringtones With The Cellware Social Network

Cellware is a new start-up, which offers users the chance to participate in a social network, and gives mobile users the...

Dave Parrack
Jan 11, 2008 1 min read

Fancast Goes Live | Comcast Officially Enters The World Of IPTV At CES Las Vegas

Fancast has been in beta testing for the last six months, but at CES in Las Vegas on Tuesday, the site...

Dave Parrack
Jan 9, 2008 1 min read

Netflix and LG Team Up For Set Top Box Digital Film Downloads Alliance

Paul Glazowski
Jan 3, 2008 1 min read

The Church of England Goes YouTube | Following In The Queen’s Hallowed Footsteps

It was announced just before Christmas that the British royal family were getting their own YouTube channel, and a key part...

Dave Parrack
Jan 2, 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