Video on Demand services via the web and/or internet enabled set top boxes

Video on Demand

Boing Boing TV | The Robotic, Dull and Lame First Episode Sucked – But Will It Improve?

I’m a huge fan of Boing Boing, the gadgets and wonderful things blog, so I was as excited as anyone at...
Michael Pick
1 min read

YouTube Embedded Video Players Now To Come With Google AdSense Included

Adsense is now starting to make an appearance at YouTube, news that is long overdue, but Google unveiled the new feature...
Michael Garrett
1 min read

CBS Launches Eyelab | Network Experimenting With Short Video Clips Over Full Episodes

Many of the traditionally impenetrable television networks are dipping their toes in to online content on the web. Most of this...
Michael Garrett
1 min read

BudTV Gets A Reprieve Until Next Year

BudTV has got a reprieve, and I must admit that on first reading about it being saved from the ashes, and...
Mathew Ingram
47 sec read

YourTrumanShow Widget VideoMap Debuts At DEMOfall 07 | Video Social Networking Tool

DEMOfall has some great debuts on show this year including a YourTrumanShow widget called VideoMap. This little tool links friends and...
Phil Butler
1 min read

iTunes Video Downloads | Are They About To Get Embedded Adverts Via Podaddies?

Apple has recently inked a deal with a San Franciso based video advertising start up called Podaddies to develop advertising compatibility...
Michael Garrett
1 min read

Viacom Believes In Fair Use | Michael Fricklas Gives Views On Copyright Infringement

At a New York conference on Monday sponsored by The Deal ( a financial news organization), Michael Fricklas (Viacom’s general counsel)...
Art Brodsky
3 min read

Free Video Downloads Via NBC Direct | Will This New Venture Stop Hulu Before It Begins?

NBC Universal clearly can’t wait until the luanch of Hulu (its joint venture with News Corp.) to offer full episodes of...
Michael Garrett
1 min read

Internet Video Market Growing Fast | Comscore Industry Report On Web Trends

Those of use who write about the online video market on a regular basis know how strong that market is, and...
Paul Glazowski
2 min read

MySpace Goes Hollywood? | Is The So-Called Network Quality Of QuarterLife An OxyMoron?

Quarterlife is a new online television show which we have looked at here on WebTVWire before. It’s a series of eight-minute...
Gilbert Hammer
1 min read

Prince To Sue YouTube For Copyright Infringement | eBay & Pirate Bay Also Cited

Prince is planning on suing YouTube and a host of other major companies for supposed copyright infringement after they used his...
Phil Butler
1 min read

Quarterlife – New MySpace TV Exclusive | The Networks Said No So It Comes To The Web

Ed Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz are creating a new show for MySpace and the Web. I spoke to MySpaceTV general manager...
Mathew Ingram
2 min read

Jewish TV Network To Stream Kol Nidre On Yom Kippur | Tapping The Power Of The Web

A sense of community is essential to most religions, and one of the deepest aspects inherent in both religion and spirituality....
Leslie Poston
1 min read

RGTV News – Video News Channel Broadcasts You Won’t Find On Mainstream TV

Today I am officially launching the new RGTV News, a non commercial alternative to the mainstream video news channels. We are...
Robin Good
5 min read

Apple iTunes Movie Rentals & Cheaper TV Shows Coming Soon?

There seems to be quite a bit brewing over at Apple in the TV stakes just now. First of all we...
Fraser MacInnes
43 sec read

Livestation – Interactive Live TV On Your PC | New Joost Competitor Backed By Microsoft

LiveStation is a new IPTV service that lets you watch television online using Microsoft’s new Silverlight technology. The service, which just...
Michael Garrett
1 min read

MTV Plan To Launch 24 New Websites By 2008 | The Daily Show Full Episodes & Archives

More and more television networks are working hard to embrace the Internet and everything it offers. A lot of them seem...
Michael Garrett
1 min read

YouTube Star Marie Digby Already Had A Record Deal? | YouTube Used For Publicity

Given the success that some YouTube “stars” have had it’s not surprising that some record labels would try to get around...
Mathew Ingram
2 min read

BBC iPlayer Gets Questioned By UK Government | 16,000 People Strong Petition

When the BBC launched their new iPlayer, there was an outcry of opposition to the plans for it to be compatible...
Paul Glazowski
1 min read

Origin Digital to Deliver On-Demand Video to Second Life

Original Digital Inc announced that it would be supplying on-demand video, audio and user generated content capabilities to the virtual world...
Tanya
49 sec read

MyStrands Unveil New Music Video Filter Site | An All Music Alternative To YouTube Etc.

Say you’re a devotee of the music-centric social Web creation MyStrands. Surely some of you in the WebTVWire readership can be...
Paul Glazowski
1 min read

MyStrands | A Music Only YouTube

With YouTube sewing up pretty much everything to do with the whole user generated video phenomenon in one fell swoop right...
Fraser MacInnes
42 sec read

Amazon Deal Means Tough Times For NBC On The Web | How Long Until They Beg Apple?

Who came off better and worse in the recent Apple NBC iTunes debacle? The Internet is buzzing with opinions and viewpoints...
Paul Glazowski
3 min read

Dailymotion Receives Extra $34 Million | Online Video Company Gets New Funding

Dailymotion have announced that it has weaned $34 million from investors pockets during its second round of VC solicitations. The company...
Paul Glazowski
1 min read

Pyro.tv Application Added To Facebook | Share Custom Video Channels With Friends

Although you may not have heard of it, Pyro.tv is a service comparable to VeohTV. It collects videos from around the...
Michael Garrett
1 min read

Hulu | NBC & News Corps Joint Online Video Venture Gets A Name & Website

We’ve known for a while about the joint video venture between News Corporation and NBC Universal. This coupling had earned a...
Michael Garrett
1 min read

How Google Can Turn YouTube In To Another AdSense Style Success… Possibly

YouTube is now starting to run embedded adverts in videos on the site, after the announcement a couple of weeks ago....
Russell Heimlich
3 min read

Blogger Adds Video Upload Feature | Google Give Video Podcasters A Boost

Google have added the ability to upload videos to Blogger, their free blogging service. The additional feature to the service was...
Michael Garrett
1 min read

PlayTV – PVR & Digital TV on PS3 | PSP Video Downloads & Possible PS3 IPTV Service!

Last week during Sony’s press conference at the Leipzig Games Convention, Sony’s President and Chief Executive Officer of Sony Computer Entertainment...
Chris Tew
3 min read

YouTube Promise InVideo Adverts Will Be Controlled By The Content Creators

You will have probably read or heard about last week’s YouTube announcement and official debut of embedded overlay advertisements. This advert...
Paul Glazowski
2 min read