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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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Sony BMG & FT.com Choose Maven Networks for New Online Video Offerings

Clayton Moulynox
Sep 8, 2007 31 sec 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
Sep 8, 2007 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
Sep 8, 2007 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
Sep 7, 2007 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
Sep 7, 2007 49 sec read

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
Sep 7, 2007 46 sec read

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
Sep 7, 2007 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
Sep 6, 2007 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
Sep 6, 2007 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
Sep 6, 2007 48 sec read

MyStrands | A Music Only YouTube

With YouTube sewing up pretty much everything to do with the whole user generated video phenomenon in one fell swoop right...

Fraser MacInnes
Sep 6, 2007 42 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
Sep 6, 2007 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
Sep 5, 2007 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
Sep 4, 2007 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
Sep 4, 2007 1 min read

Online Video Not Just For Young-uns

Dispelling the notion that the technologically astute are typically fresh faced whipper snappers, a recent study from Advertising.com shows that this...

Fraser MacInnes
Sep 3, 2007 27 sec 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
Sep 3, 2007 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
Sep 3, 2007 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
Sep 2, 2007 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
Sep 2, 2007 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
Sep 1, 2007 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
Sep 1, 2007 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
Aug 30, 2007 1 min read

NFL and DirecTV Partner for Web Video

Kevin Groppe
Aug 29, 2007 34 sec 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
Aug 29, 2007 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
Aug 28, 2007 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
Aug 28, 2007 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
Aug 27, 2007 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
Aug 27, 2007 3 min read

YouTube Promise InVideo Adverts Will Be Controlled By The Content Creators

You will have probably read or heard about last week’s YouTube announcement and official debut of embedded overlay advertisements. This advert...

Paul Glazowski
Aug 26, 2007 2 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