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Video Distribution

TinyChat Looks To Stickam, Ustream, Livestream and Justin.tv With New TinyChat.tv

Live video streaming services are rapidly growing in popularity and also rapidly growing in number. The latest to enter the fray...
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BBC iPlayer Wins RTS Innovation Award, Gets Dedicated Channel On Nintendo Wii Console

The BBC iPlayer continues to go from strength to strength. Last week saw the service win the Judges’ Award at the...
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VODO Filmmakers Use BitTorrent To Distribute Movies For Free | Torrents Used Correctly

Torrent sites continue to be blamed for the many ills of society. But wait, is it not just a case of...
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Apple Eyeing iTunes TV Subscription Plan | $30 Per Month Offering Could Challenge Cable

As Web television offerings grow, both free and paid-for, cable providers are finding customers canceling their subscriptions in order to save...
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Epix Launches Movie Streaming On TV & Web | Free Passes For EpixHD – But Is It Enough?

Epix has now launched, four months after it was originally announced. The new premium movie channel with accompanying Web site is...
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Roku Set-Top Boxes Line-Up Increase & New Channels Promised As Netflix Comes To PS3

The Roku Box, which started life as the Roku Netflix player before evolving to its current form, is getting some brothers...
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Netflix Planning International Streaming TV & Movie Service As Earnings Rise To Record High

Netflix is finally looking towards a streaming future, with the death of DVD predicted, plans for services on other devices –...
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News Corp: Hulu To Charge By 2010 | Paid Content To Become Part Of Business Model

I think the expression is three strikes and you’re out. And with three execs involved with Hulu now having hinted at...
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MySpace Adds Hub For Music Videos | Portal Set To Compete With YouTube, Vevo, Muzu.tv

Music videos are a massively popular and successful part of online video culture. Which is clearly why everyone seems to want...
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Watch U2 Live On YouTube | Online Video Site Streaming Irish Rock Band’s California Gig

U2 are a hugely popular group with fans from every part of the world, many of whom will never get to...
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Can Arqiva’s SeeSaw Video On Demand Service Succeed? | Competing With iPlayer, Hulu Etc.

Arqiva has taken on the remains of Project Kangaroo and is building its SeeSaw VOD service around it. But can it...
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MPAA War On Piracy Becomes ‘Content Protection’ | No Attempt At Improving Legal Alternatives

What do you do if your current policy is failing to pay dividends? Change your strategy and try something new or...
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Watch Channel 4 TV Shows On YouTube | Full Length Streaming Episodes On Demand In Revenue Sharing Deal

Full-length episodes of television shows and movies are an important part of YouTube heading forward. Which means the company must be...
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Sky News Online For All As Canvas Criticism Published | Murdoch A Fan Of Free After All?

BSkyB is giving one hand while taking with the other, or at least trying to take with the other. While Sky...
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Watch England International Online | Ukraine Match Streaming Only To Paid Subscribers

I’m a big advocate of choice, especially when it comes to TV, movies, and music. They should be available to consume...
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Google On Trial In Italy Over Down’s Syndrome Bully Video | Who Is Responsible For UGC?

As a trial begins in Italy against Google employees over an offensive user-uploaded video, the question of who is responsible for...
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Warner Music Videos Back On YouTube | WMG Branded Player & Own Advertising Inventory

The storm in a teacup which saw everyone, YouTube, Warner, and viewers, lose out when music videos were pulled from the...
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The Hollywood Myth On Movie Piracy As Summer 2009 Sets New U.S. Box Office Record

Hollywood has just enjoyed a record breaking Summer at the U.S. box office. This despite the studios and filmmakers constantly warning...
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CBS: Free Hulu Is Killing Network TV | Quincy Smith Cites Fall Premiere Viewing Figures

CBS is the only one of the four major U.S. television networks which doesn’t offer any content through Hulu. And doesn’t...
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Livestream Launches Livepack | HD Mobile Streaming With LiveU Hardware Backpack

Although live streaming is already big business, there has so far been a dearth of options for the professional Webcaster who...
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Netflix On iPhone – Eventually, But PS3, Wii, Blu-ray Players, Web TVs Will Come First

Netflix is seemingly everywhere now, at least in the U.S., yet there are actually still many devices the service isn’t available...
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EpixHD Ups Content But Hollywood Needs Integrated Online Movie Store To Deter Piracy

Epix has upped its commitment to online content by promising 3,000 movies available to subscribers through its Epix Megaplex and EpixHD...
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Hulu Beta Testing Subscription Based Online Video Service | Rupert Murdoch Destroying Free TV

Hulu has got where it is today – a very popular and widely known online video service – by being free...
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Rupert Murdoch Wants You To Pay To Watch Hulu | Subscription-Based Model On Way?

Hulu is a brilliant service which has truly brought American television to the online masses. Part of the appeal of Hulu...
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Veoh Wins UMG Copyright Case – DMCA Safe Harbor | Affecting YouTube Viacom Lawsuit?

Although the case isn’t technically over yet, the fact that the judge in Universal Music Group’s copyright case against Veoh has...
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BBC Open iPlayer For All | Catch-Up Television On-Demand For All, Even International Viewers

The BBC iPlayer is a quantified success, persuading and enabling millions of British viewers to use an online catch-up television service....
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Analyst: YouTube Movie Rentals To Be $1 Billion Business | Google To Outdo iTunes?

If Google started streaming movies on YouTube for a fee, could it make money, serious money at that? A financial analyst...
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Texting While Driving Online Video Viral | Shocking British PSA A Worldwide YouTube Hit

Online video is usually associated with entertainment, whether it’s short clips of people on YouTube, the latest episode of a television...
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Streaming Movie Rentals On YouTube | Studios Discuss Netflix, Amazon, iTunes Rival

YouTube’s business model is currently based entirely on advertising revenue. But what if the site started offering streaming movie rentals for...
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