Video Sharing Websites such as YouTube and Revver and any sites that are involved with showing or delivering video clips

Video Sharing & Video Clips

Hulu Finally Admits International Viewers Exist | Could A Global Hulu Be On The Way?

Hulu has been one of the most successful, and critically loved online television offerings since it launched at the end of...
Dave Parrack
50 sec read

BBC iPlayer Web TV Launches On Nintendo Wii Console | PS3, Xbox 360 To Follow Suit Soon?

The BBC iPlayer is the Web based television catch up service from the UK’s public broadcaster. Since launching last year, and...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Maybe Flickr Should Have Just Stuck To Photos | Not A Serious YouTube Competitor

Last month saw rumours circulating (not for the first time) of Flickr adding video to their already massively popular photo sharing...
Michael Garrett
1 min read

Ripcode Exhibit On Demand Video Transcoding Solutions For Mobile Video At CTIA Show

Last week saw the CTIA Wireless show take place in Las Vegas. Ripcode were there for the first time, and exhibited...
Brendon Mills
1 min read

Joost To Undergo Major Company Restructuring | Web TV Company Scaling Back Global Plans

Joost was at one point cited as the next big thing, the future of Web television, the application that will take...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

South Park Mocks Viral Internet Stars | Clip Available On YouTube Despite Viacom Lawsuit

The latest episode of anarchic adult cartoon South Park, shown last night in the US, has mocked viral Internet stars who...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Canadian Broadcaster Follows Norway’s Lead By Utilising BitTorrent As Distribution Method

A recent post on the Last100 blog (part of the Read/Write Web network) written by Guinevere Orvis, an interactive producer with the...
Mathew Ingram
1 min read

YouTube Launches Video Statistics Package | YouTube Insight Gives Marketers The Edge

Up until today, people who uploaded videos to YouTube could only get limited statistics and information about the people who were...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Online Video Traffic Surges Massively In The UK | YouTube, BBC iPlayer Market Leaders

With most of the big players in the Web TV and streaming video industry being based in North America, read Google,...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Video Encoding As A Protocol & Multi-Format Transcoding | Ripcode Interview Part 4

Over the last couple of weeks, we shared our four part interview series with Dr. Gerry Purdy, VP and Chief Analyst...
Brendon Mills
49 sec read

Justin.tv Reaches First Anniversary | Impressive Stats For The Lifecasting Network

Justin.tv, the lifecasting network which enables the most ordinary of people to become the star of their own Web TV shows,...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

A Web-Based Version Of Joost On The Way | Can Joost Be Saved By Copying YouTube?

The last time we spoke about Joost here on Web TV Wire, it was to talk about its possible demise. Many...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Would Video Vetting Ruin YouTube? | Site Founder Steve Chen Claims Immediacy Is Key

Since co-founding YouTube in 2005 along with Chad Hurley and Jawed Karim, Steve Chen has seen his site go from a...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

The New YouTube API & Plans For TiVo | What’s The Big Deal Behind Them?

Last week saw Google announce two new elements in its YouTube arsenal: the all singing, all dancing, all new API, and...
Leslie Poston
2 min read

Flickr Video To Launch In Beta In April | Will Rumored Service Compete With YouTube?

A Flickr video service to compliment and work alongside the brilliant photo sharing service has been rumoured for what seems like...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

With YouTube Growing Fast, How On-Demand Transcoding Helps New Media Storage

On the digital media website Contentinople yesterday, Frank Smith talked about a comment that Philip Inghelbrecht of video sharing site YouTube made...
Brendon Mills
1 min read

After Hulu Has Launched – How Many People Are Actually Switching Over To Web TV?

Hulu eventually launched on Wednesday to an almost equal amount of hype and cynicism. While some people, such as former CEO of...
Cyndy Aleo-Carreira
2 min read

Exploring Hulu In Full | Out Of Beta And Officially Launched But Is It Any Good?

Hulu officially launched on Wednesday after an extended and very successful period in beta.  Hulu is a joint venture between NBC...
Gilbert Hammer
2 min read

YouTube Expands Developer Tools & APIs To Allow External Websites To Interact

For the last few days there has been speculation over what big announcement YouTube were about to make: A deal with...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Steven Spielberg’s ‘Ghost’ Video Hosting Network Venture Gains Investment Support

Steven Spielberg may be best known around the world as a movie director and film mogul, but he is also a...
Leslie Poston
1 min read

Peer To Peer CAN Be Used For Piracy, So Ban It Outright | Or, Simply Lose Your Identity

When it comes to the subject of peer to peer and file sharing over the Internet, there seems to be a...
Sherwin Siy
3 min read

How iPhone and YouTube Have Impacted Mobile Users | Frost & Sullivan Interview Part 2

Transcoding on demand for mobile video is starting to play an important part in the growth of online video as the...
Brendon Mills
35 sec read

MobiTV Channels Completely Unsecured | Site Threatens HowardForums For Posting URL

In a move which furthers the debate as to what constitutes content stealing, MobiTV has threatened to take legal action against...
Cyndy Aleo-Carreira
1 min read

Watching Web TV While At Work | Businesses Cracking Down On Employees Surfing YouTube

The growing popularity of Internet television isn’t good news for everyone, as businesses are finding to their cost, with falling productivity...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

NBC Universal Argue That ISPs Blocking File Sharing BitTorrent Traffic Is Justified

It’s a well known fact that some Internet users share files illegally. But does that justify ISPs around the world bringing...
Alex Curtis
2 min read

Testing The Sansa Take TV System & Fanfare TV Portal | Content & Ease Of Use To Succeed?

Last October, Sandisk launched Sansa Take TV, a current solution for moving video content from your computer to your large screen....
Gilbert Hammer
39 sec read

Pitchfork To Launch Music Web TV Station | Enough Interest To Pay For Video Bandwidth?

The independent music website Pitchfork has today announced the launch of Pitchfork.tv, a new Web TV station which they hope will...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

YourTrumanShow VideoMap Widget Arrives On Facebook | MySpace & Mobile To Follow

YourTrumanShow is a video blogging initiative which allows ordinary people like you and me distribute great stories via video diaries. In...
Leslie Poston
2 min read

How BitTorrent Can Successfully Work As A Distribution Tool For A Public Broadcaster

NRK recently took part in a very successful experiment with distributing the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation programme, Nordkalotten 365, via BitTorrent. A little while...
Eirik Solheim
3 min read

Discussing The Future Transcoding Market | Interview With Frost & Sullivan Part 1

Transcoding on demand, especially when it comes to mobile video, is going to play an important part in the growth of...
Brendon Mills
48 sec read