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Video Distribution

Online Video To Cause Internet Brownouts From 2010? | Blame YouTube & BBC iPlayer

The growth in online video, both in popularity and the number of services available, has been great to see. And it’s...
Dave Parrack
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Why The Pirate Bay Court Case Verdict Is Meaningless – File-sharing Will Soon Evolve

The news that The Pirate Bay lost its much-publicized court case produced many differing points of view as to the effect...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Football League’s YouTube Copyright Claim | BBC Journalist’s Self-Shot Video Clip Taken Down

Google has had to get tough on copyright violations on YouTube. Fair enough. But surely removing a video clip featuring footage...
Dave Parrack
2 min read

Joost Up For Sale As An Online Video Solution?

Joost, once the darling of the burgeoning online video market, could be about to evolve into something altogether less exciting. There...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

BBC iPlayer Goes HD | Desktop Download Manager Welcomes Mac and Linux To The Party

The BBC iPlayer is constantly evolving to better suit the needs of its users. The latest innovation – high-definition programming, just...
Dave Parrack
2 min read

Susan Boyle Shows The Power Of Viral Video | Britain’s Got Talent Singer Is An Online Star

The chances are you have heard of Susan Boyle, the Scottish singer featured on Britain’s Got Talent recently. If you’re outside...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

The Pirate Bay Trial Verdict – Guilty | Piracy Will Never Die But Linking Deemed Illegal

The verdict on The Pirate Bay Spectrial has been announced, with the four defendants found guilty. But despite this obvious setback,...
Dave Parrack
2 min read

Netflix Coming To PS3 and Wii? | Job Listing Suggests Company Expanding From Xbox 360

Video games consoles are rapidly becoming an important part of the distribution of online video. Already available on Microsoft’s Xbox 360,...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

IPREDator Grabs 100,000 Users In First Week As Facebook Blocks The Pirate Bay Torrent Links

With a verdict expected in the “spectrial” of The Pirate Bay next week, the site isn’t exactly keeping a low profile....
Dave Parrack
2 min read

IPRED Law Immediately Affects Swedish Internet Traffic | ISPs As Online Police Force

The new Swedish anti-piracy law based on the European IPRED directive has cut Internet traffic overnight. Which copyright-holders will see as...
Dave Parrack
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X-Men Origins: Wolverine Leaks On The Internet | MPAA and FBI Are Investigating

X-Men Origins: Wolverine has leaked on the Internet a month before it is officially released. Clearly a serious breach of the...
Dave Parrack
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The Pirate Bay Becomes Anonymous – For A Price | IPREDator Launches To Protect Pirates

The law is slowly but surely evolving to try and prevent piracy from taking place, and when it does, to prosecute...
Dave Parrack
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Amazon and Apple Start Online HD Video War

We’re slowly but surely moving towards a high-definition future. Both Apple and Amazon now look to be offering HD downloads, with...
Dave Parrack
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‘Blank’ Movie Director Foregoes Hollywood For P2P | Movie Legally Available On BitTorrent

From today, you can download a newly-released feature film through any one of a number of peer-to-peer networks. That’s not news,...
Dave Parrack
2 min read

Web Video Cannot Succeed Until TV-Style Advertising Revenue Arrives | Money Is Key

Money is key. It’s a shame that is the case but true nevertheless. And this adage is having a direct influence...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Filmmakers Embrace Digital Distribution | Morgan Spurlock Asks: Where Is The Revenue?

Online video and digital distribution has opened up the world of independent filmmakers to a larger audience. The option is now...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Is Netflix Throttling PC Streaming In Favor Of Xbox 360? | Or Is It Those Pesky ISPs Again?

Bandwidth throttling is a problem usually brought to bear by overzealous ISPs protecting their bottom line. But could it be that...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

PRS Steps Up Row With YouTube | Billy Bragg, Radiohead, and Bono All Argue The Case

The beginning of last week saw YouTube block access to music videos from the UK. This happened because the existing deal...
Dave Parrack
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Hulu Turns One, Adds Social Networking Features, Overtakes Yahoo and MySpace

Hulu has turned one, having come out of private beta last March. In that time it has risen the ranks and...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

NBC Universal TV and Movies Come To PS3 In Fight With Xbox 360 | The Wii Could Be Next

The PS3, Xbox 360, and Wii are currently engaged in a three-way war for control of the home console market. All...
Dave Parrack
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YouTube Blocks Music Videos In U.K. | PRS Accused Of Holding Video Site To Ransom

YouTube users in the U.K. are going to have trouble watching their favorite music videos on the site for the foreseeable...
Dave Parrack
2 min read

Hulu, Boxee Play Cat & Mouse Game | Will This Rumble On Until Lawyers Get Involved?

Hulu and Boxee are currently embroiled in a cat and mouse game of workaround followed by a fix that is likely...
Dave Parrack
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ZillionTV Launches | Yet Another Set-Top Box Promising The Earth, But Can This One Deliver?

The set-top box market is crowded. As is the online video sector. There are numerous ways of watching television and movies...
Dave Parrack
2 min read

The Pirate Bay Court Case Ends – Verdict Hanging In The Balance Until April 17

The court case which saw The Pirate Bay in the dock facing charges of assisting copyright infringement has ended after just...
Dave Parrack
2 min read

White House Drops YouTube For President’s Weekly Address Over Privacy Concerns

Google, the owner of YouTube, is a sucker for information. It lives only because of data it collects about all of...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Xbox 360 Gets More Downloadable Movies | Consoles Important Drivers Of Online Video

With the announcement of a collaboration between Microsoft and Universal which sees a new range of movies coming to the Xbox...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Project Canvas Edges Closer | The BBC, ITV, & BT Plan Internet-enabled Set-top Boxes

Project Kangaroo, the joint project between the BBC, ITV, and Channel 4, may be dead, after having been killed off by...
Dave Parrack
2 min read

Netflix Heads For Streaming-Only Subscription | Forget DVDs, Streaming Video Is The Future

DVD and Blu-ray may now be busy battling it out to be the movie format of choice, but in reality, streaming...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Web TV On Knife Edge | The Harder Networks Push, The More Popular Piracy Will Become

Just when it seemed content providers such as the big American networks were finally getting it, the last few weeks have...
Dave Parrack
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Cable TV Companies Look At Online Future | Brilliant Innovation or Too Little, Too Late?

If you can’t beat them, join them. This is true of many aspects of life, and it’s a strategy the cable...
Dave Parrack
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