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Flickr Video To Launch In Beta In April | Will Rumored Service Compete With YouTube?

A Flickr video service to compliment and work alongside the brilliant photo sharing service has been rumoured for what seems like...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

After Hulu Has Launched – How Many People Are Actually Switching Over To Web TV?

Hulu eventually launched on Wednesday to an almost equal amount of hype and cynicism. While some people, such as former CEO of...
Cyndy Aleo-Carreira
2 min read

Exploring Hulu In Full | Out Of Beta And Officially Launched But Is It Any Good?

Hulu officially launched on Wednesday after an extended and very successful period in beta.  Hulu is a joint venture between NBC...
Gilbert Hammer
2 min read

Steven Spielberg’s ‘Ghost’ Video Hosting Network Venture Gains Investment Support

Steven Spielberg may be best known around the world as a movie director and film mogul, but he is also a...
Leslie Poston
1 min read

MobiTV Channels Completely Unsecured | Site Threatens HowardForums For Posting URL

In a move which furthers the debate as to what constitutes content stealing, MobiTV has threatened to take legal action against...
Cyndy Aleo-Carreira
1 min read

Pitchfork To Launch Music Web TV Station | Enough Interest To Pay For Video Bandwidth?

The independent music website Pitchfork has today announced the launch of Pitchfork.tv, a new Web TV station which they hope will...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

CNN Launch iReport.com | Your Stories, Your Videos – A Site For All Citizen Journalists

Although CNN moved in to the world of citizen journalism over 18 months ago with iReport, most of the submissions made by users never...
Cyndy Aleo-Carreira
8 sec read

SyncTV | Is It The Viable Alternative To Apple iTunes and Amazon Unbox That We Hoped?

The online television market is growing daily, and new companies are entering the fray regularly, some of which are copycats, and...
Michael Garrett
2 min read

Revver Hits Hard Times | Online Video Sharing Site For Sale – Copying YouTube Doesn’t Work

Revver is one of the video start ups which suddenly became well known when the success of market leader YouTube took...
Dave Parrack
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
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
2 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
1 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
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
1 min read

Top 10 IPTV Awards For 2007 | The Products and Technologies Shaping The Industry

It’s new year, which means it must be time for the ubiqutous year-end list?  This best of 2007, which we hope captures...
Dave Parrack
5 min read

Avot mV – New Features & iPhone/iPod Touch Support | Watch Video Clips On Your Mobile

We reviewed Avot mV back at the beginning of October, and were enthusiastic by how simple yet brilliant the application was....
Dave Parrack
2 min read

A Successful Hulu Launch | Will Other TV Networks Take Note Of The Example Set?

Hulu launched back in October, and although opinion was divided, there were a fair few people who criticised the service.  It...
Michael Garrett
1 min read

OPENhulu – Hulu Videos For Everyone, Invitation Or Not | How Long Will It Last?

When Hulu first launched in late October, it received praise from all quarters, and since then, everyone has either begged, borrowed...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

New York Video 2.0 Meeting Coverage | Pitches From New Startups Of Video & IPTV

Last night saw NY Video 2.0 meeting in the plush surroundings  of the Roosevelt Hotel’s Grand Ballroom. Unusual for such an...
Gilbert Hammer
2 min read

MyStrands Social Music Service Raises $24 Million In Funding From Spanish Bank

Back in September, we covered the launch of MyStrands.tv, the music video accompaniment to MyStrands, a social music network. At the...
Paul Glazowski
1 min read

Apple IPTV Channel Launched | The Digital Lifestyle Offers 24Hrs A Day For Apple Fanatics

Let’s just suppose for a moment that you’re an Apple devotee. There are millions of them out there, swayed by the...
Paul Glazowski
3 min read

Zml.com | Cheap DRM Free Movie Downloads – Get iPod Ready, PDA, DivX & Hi Res Formats

In a move sure to upset the MPAA, and anti-piracy organisations everywhere, the people behind AllOfMp3 have now created a similar...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Locate TV – Allowing You To Locate Your Favourite TV Programmes & When They’re On

LocateTV is a site that despite being Web 2.0, makes simplicity its main aim. It is currently in it’s beta incarnation, which...
Leslie Poston
2 min read

BBC, ITV and Channel 4 Join Forces & Battle YouTube With ‘Kangaroo’ Online TV Service

It seems Britain’s three biggest broadcasters, namely the BBC, ITV, and Channel 4, want a slice of the increasingly popular online...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Hulu – A Great Free Video Service That Seems To Have Improved Greatly Since Launch

At last, the wait is over, and I have finally received my chance to test out Hulu. Hulu is the video service that...
Michael Garrett
2 min read

SuTree – The Video Instruction Site Gets Improvements, Upgrades & More Content

SuTree is an interesting site, launched about 6 months ago, whose aim it is to educate and entertain using the medium...
Phil Butler
2 min read

SyncTV Rolls Out Subscription Plan With Unlimited Television Episode Downloads

The big problem with online video and television programming isn’t now a lack of availability or choice, but more about the...
Michael Garrett
2 min read

Mogulus Launches After Long Private Beta | You Too Can Have Your Own TV Channel

Mogulus, a New York based video start up company, has been running in private closed beta for over four months. It...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Online Television News Roundup | Twentieth TV Working With Yahoo, Zillow, Lifetime

Every day, there seems to be a new story about one company or another trying to get in to the old...
Mathew Ingram
1 min read

Microsoft To Take On YouTube & Flickr With An All Encompassing Digital Media Hub

Hey everybody, Microsoft is making an attempt at entering the online media realm! And they’re taking on the big boys like...
Paul Glazowski
3 min read