Here you will find the latest news on video production companies * individuals creating content for the internet and IPTV broadcasts.

Internet Video Producers

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

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

Disney Shows Now On Hulu | Takes An Equal Share Of The Company With NBC & News Corp

Disney content is now on Hulu, and in exchange The Walt Disney Company has taken an equal-third share of the service....
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

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

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

Orange TV Broadband Europe to Buy Project Kangaroo Technology at Bargain Prices

Project kangaroo was pronounced dead in February after the Competition Commission decided it would create a monopoly. However, the technology still...
Dave Parrack
2 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

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

Disney Comes To Hulu and YouTube

Disney has suddenly become a key member of the battle for viewers raging between Hulu and YouTube, by doing deals with...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

‘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

Rickrolling Songwriter Pete Waterman Hates YouTube | Rick Astley Tune Made £11 In 2008

Three issues have converged this week: YouTube’s inability to make revenue, the continuing fight between the PRS and YouTube, and Rickrolling....
Dave Parrack
2 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

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
1 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

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

Watch Television On Your iPhone With New TV.com iPhone App | Will Hulu Follow Suit?

It’s looking as though mobile television is going to grow exponentially over the next few years, with faster and more numerous...
Dave Parrack
2 min read

Fliggo Opens Its Doors To The Public | Start Your Own YouTube Or Video Blog For Free

There’s a trend at present to offer people the opportunity to create their own version of popular Web destinations. You can...
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
1 min read

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
1 min read

Hulu Pulls Videos Off TV.com | Could NBC and News Corp. See CBS Site As Competition?

Until now, Hulu and TV.com have existed side by side happily, with the latter even syndicating content provided by the former....
Dave Parrack
1 min read

12seconds.tv – Twitter For Online Video Fans

Twitter is growing at an incredible rate of knots, by allowing anyone with half a brain to become a blogger of...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Sony Music Videos Staying On YouTube | First Major Record Label To Agree A New Deal

YouTube is very important to the music industry, and the music industry is very important to YouTube. It’s a symbiotic relationship...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Download YouTube Videos – Now Official | Google Offering Free and Paid-for Downloads

Since its inception, YouTube has been a purely Web-based affair. You visit the site, watch a video or two and then...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

The Mentalist, 11th Hour, Big Bang Theory Pulled Off Web | CBS & Warner Bros Screw Up

Fans of The Mentalist, 11th Hour, and the Big Bang Theory were shocked to find their shows suddenly disappear from CBS.com...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Competition Commission Kills Kangaroo | Joint BBC, ITV, and Channel 4 Venture Dead

Project Kangaroo, the joint venture from the BBC, ITV, and Channel 4 to bring online video to the masses, have been...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

As eBaum’s World Goes Down, YouTube Remains Up | What Are The Differences?

EBaum’s World has recently hit the headlines due to celebration at the site being taken over by new owners. The cause...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

The Pope’s YouTube Channel | Important Figures Realizing The Power Of Online Video

With the news that the Pope is the latest world figure to obtain an official presence on YouTube, is it safe...
Dave Parrack
1 min read