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How YouTube Fame Can Lead To Jail | Viral Video Graffiti Tagger Caught On Camera

Online video offers a chance for fame, a chance that some people really can’t resist taking hold of. But this fame,...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Watching BBC iPlayer On PS3 | Firmware V3.0 Integration Increases Viewer Share To 10%

The PS3 is a brilliant games console. The BBC iPlayer is a brilliant catch-up television service. And now that the two...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

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...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Nigahiga’s YouTube Channel Phenomenon | Online Video Sees Ryan Higa Topple Fred

There is a new element to celebrity culture – the online video star. Forget your one-hit wonders, these are the people...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

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...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

YouTube’s U.K Music Videos Back | PRS Royalty Row Over as Google Pays New Licensing Deal

British YouTube users will soon be able to start watching their favorite music videos after Google and PRS for Music settled...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

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...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Microsoft’s Ashley Highfield: TV Industry Facing “iTunes Moment” | Apple Could Dominate Online Video

Ashley Highfield claims the television industry has three years to act before it faces an “iTunes moment” with Apple running the...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Michael Jackson, Beyonce & New Moon Make New 100 Million Views Club Viral Video Chart

A lot of us watch a great deal of online video each month, some good, some bad, but which are the...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Magma’s Online Video Billboard Chart | Clips From YouTube, Hulu, Twitter & Facebook

Online video is growing all the time, both in terms of popularity and frequency. Which is all good for the sector....
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Film Fresh To Sell Sony, Warner Bros., Paramount & Lionsgate Movies in Hollywood DivX Deal

Hollywood has been very slow in cottoning on to the fact that how people consume media is changing rapidly. Thus making...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

YouTube Monetizes Viral Videos | Popular One-Offs Hits Earn Money On YouTube

Making money on YouTube isn’t an easy venture, even for Google itself. But it’s getting easier for individual users. Now, as...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Hulu UK Delayed Until 2010 | No Content Partners On Board – ITV and BBC Deals Close

Those of us outside of the U.S. have been looking on with envy at the glorious job Hulu has been doing...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

The Pirate Bay News Round-Up | Sale In Doubt, TPB Torrent Live, Alternative BitTorrent Sites

The Pirate Bay was one of the biggest and most notorious torrent sites around. Loved by users, hated by content owners....
Dave Parrack
1 min read

YouTube Secures Time Warner Video Clips Of Movies, TV Shows – But No Long-Form Content

The good news: YouTube has secured video clips from Time Warner channels including CNN and Cartoon Network. The bad news: Clips...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

YouTube Pushes Extra Online Video Views | Initiatives In ‘Manufacturing Spontaneity’

YouTube is in many ways online video personified. When you search online you Google something, and when you want to watch...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Ustream Sued By Square Ring Over Roy Jones Jr. Boxing Match Copyright Infringement

Ustream is being sued by Square Ring, a company owned by boxer Roy Jones Jr. over the alleged streaming of a...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

How YouTube Video Tutorials Turned Lauren Luke Into A World Famous Make-Up Artist

Having a viral video hit on YouTube is one thing, but building a career and making lots of money from YouTube...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

YouTube Screens Ghostbusters Movie In Full | Territorial Rights Licensing Strikes Again

The good news is that YouTube is streaming the original Ghostbusters movie in full for free for a whole week as...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Online Video Advertising Detailed | Can Web Television Revenue Ever Equal TV Revenue?

Online video will only truly take off when media, TV, and cable companies embrace it as an alternative to traditional TV....
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Boxee Chasing New Content & Place On Consumer Electronics With $6 Million Funding

Boxee is a tech startup with zero revenue and few plans for where revenue will come from. But that hasn’t stopped...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Xbox 360 Dashboard Update Adds Netflix Features | PS3 & Wii Not Welcome To Party

The Xbox 360 is winning the fight for consoles to become important cogs in the online video sector. And a set...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Online Video Driving Broadband Sales | BBC iPlayer Viewing Figures Increase To 5 Million

Online video is becoming a very mainstream, must-have part of daily life for millions of people. Especially in the U.K. Which...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Hulu & CBS Debate Online Video Strategy | Web Advertising Vs. Charging For Content

Online video is very young in the big scheme of things, which means it’s a business still finding its way in...
Dave Parrack
2 min read

MSN Video Player Review | Microsoft Online Video Streaming Service Vs. iPlayer & Hulu

It was only announced last week but the MSN Video Player has now gone live. Is it worth watching? How does...
Dave Parrack
2 min read

YouTube’s ‘News Near You’ Keeps Online Video Local | Google Geotagging Content

The news is changing, especially the way in which it is reported and delivered to us, the public. While Google has...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Netflix Adds ABC To ‘Watch Instantly’ Streaming | Wi-Fi iPhone App To Follow

Netflix is a movie rental company first and foremost but it’s also developing a very strong online video streaming strategy, with...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

JK Wedding Entrance Dance Video Viral Sees YouTube & Sony Make Money – But Not JK?

The JK Wedding video has been a huge success, and not only in terms of affording the couple a great deal...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Microsoft Launches Online TV Service | MSN Video Player To Rival BBC iPlayer & Hulu

With the collapse of Project Kangaroo, I assumed online TV in the U.K. would be limited to the BBC iPlayer for...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Arqiva Buys Kangaroo Infrastructure | Free & Pay-To-View Video On Demand Service On Way

Project Kangaroo has been dead for a while now, but the technology, infrastructure, and branding were all up for sale. Orange...
Dave Parrack
2 min read