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Hulu’s Growth Stalls, And Talk Immediately Emerges Of Charging For The Free Service

Hulu is currently in a fantastic position, gaining viewers every month, and bringing in enough money to just about get by....
Dave Parrack
2 min read

YouTube XL – Streamlined YouTube For TV

The number of people watching online video on televisions is growing rapidly. And with YouTube being the largest online video site,...
Dave Parrack
2 min read

Microsoft Announces 1080p Zune Video Streaming On Xbox 360 And More At E3 2009

Microsoft’s showing at E3 2009 was dominated by its new motion-sensing device. But the company also announced some innovation in the...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Microsoft Bing Launches With Live Video Thumbnails | Porn Aplenty, But Is It Fair Use?

Bing, Microsoft’s latest attempt at changing Internet search, has already caused controversy thanks to its live video thumbnails search results. Not...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Hulu Desktop App Released For Windows And Mac | What Was Wrong With Boxee Anyway?

What would be better than watching TV shows and movies on Hulu sat at your computer? Watching it fro your couch...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Full-Length Shows Coming To YouTube UK? | The Kings Of Short-form Look To Long-form

YouTube has, for a long time, been the king of short-form content. And despite various pretenders to its crown, this looks...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Hulu UK On Way To Start The International Roll-Out | A World Exists Outside The U.S.

Hulu has been an absolute revelation in the online video sector since launching at the beginning of last year. The only...
Dave Parrack
2 min read

Would You Pay To Use The BBC iPlayer? | Catch-Up Service Not Covered By TV License

The BBC iPlayer is currently a free service to all those living in the UK. However, that could be about to...
Dave Parrack
2 min read

Is YouTube Really The Failure Time Describes It As Being? | Monetarily Yes, Otherwise No

YouTube is the most trafficked online video site in the world, one of the most trafficked Web sites of any kind...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Making Money From Torrents | Vuze Offers HD Porn For A Fee But Pirated Porn Still King

Porn is popular and profitable, especially on the Internet where the thirst for it is insatiable and where every need is...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Facebook Video Chat Coming Soon? | Already A UGC Haven, Facebook Eyes Skype and Gmail

Facebook is becoming a much bigger player in online video than it has previously. Already a haven for user-generated content, it...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

The Hulu Hullabaloo | Would The Real Online Video Metrics Please Stand Up To Be Counted?

Each month, several companies release viewing figures for online video. This month was no exception, although the huge difference in figures...
Dave Parrack
2 min read

YooouuuTuuube Turns Any YouTube Video Into A Mosaic Wall | Online Video Becomes Art

A hell of a lot of us use YouTube on a daily basis to watch videos, and for the most part...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Vevo Names Rio Caraeff As CEO | Universal YouTube For Music Videos Starts To Take Shape

Vevo, the joint venture between Universal and YouTube which is aiming to be a Hulu for music videos is starting to...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Hulu Adds International Television Content, But Not International Viewers… Yet

Just one day after it emerged Hulu was cracking down on anonymous proxy servers, it has announced a raft of international...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Hulu Blocks Anonymous Proxy Servers | Will The Service Ever Be Available Internationally?

The World Wide Web isn’t really such when it comes to online video. The borders of each country are being maintained...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

YouTube Cracks Down On In-Video Product Placement Adverts | Wants Action For Itself

Product placement has been a mainstay of movies and television shows for years now. But with some content creators utilizing the...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

The Most Watched Viral Videos Of All Time Listed | Music Videos and Movie Trailers Rule

Susan Boyle’s rapid rise to the heights of viral fame recently prompted renewed interest in the power of viral video. A...
Dave Parrack
2 min read

Reddit Launches Video Content Site | Reddit.tv Joins Stumble Video and Twitmatic

Reddit is one of the most popular social bookmarking sites along with Digg, Mixx, and StumbleUpon. After years of keeping everything...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

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
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

Susan Boyle Clips Making No Revenue Due To YouTube and ITV Arguing Over Advertising

Old media and new media are often uncomfortable bedfellows. The old knows it needs the new but cannot quite give up...
Dave Parrack
2 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

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

Google Acts To Protect YouTube Commenters From South Korea’s Cyber Defamation Law

The idea of freedom, and rights to privacy and anonymity differ greatly from country to country. While those of us who...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

VEVO Music Video Site Announced | YouTube and Universal Do Deal – Other Labels Talking

Music videos have been an important part of YouTube for a good while now, being amongst the most-watched videos on the...
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

YouTube To Acquire Full-length Movies From Sony? | From UGC To Premium Continues

Google has got to think big if it’s to turn YouTube from the money pit it has become into something profitable...
Dave Parrack
1 min read