Software, websites and tools that help people get the most out of watching internet television and web videos.

Internet TV Software & Tools

BBC iPlayer Stats | ‘Top Gear’ Most Watched Show, iPhone & Wii Providing Non-PC Use

The BBC iPlayer has now been with us for two whole years, and in that time has grown in usability and...
Dave Parrack
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Apple’s Streaming Video Future | Personal Broadcasting Using iPhone, iPod & iTunes?

It appears Apple may be building towards becoming a vital part of the lifecasting, personal broadcasting, video streaming business. And with...
Dave Parrack
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Boxee Unveils New Beta, Set-Top Box From D-Link | Now It Needs Is More Quality Content

Boxee is forging ahead with plans not only for a beta of its improved interface, but a new set-top box from...
Dave Parrack
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TinyChat Looks To Stickam, Ustream, Livestream and Justin.tv With New TinyChat.tv

Live video streaming services are rapidly growing in popularity and also rapidly growing in number. The latest to enter the fray...
Dave Parrack
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Netflix Ships PS3 Streaming Discs As Survey Shows ‘Watch Instantly’ Is Hugely Popular

Netflix’s ‘Watch Instantly’ streaming service is available on so many devices now it’s probably easier to list those that don’t carry...
Dave Parrack
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Livestream Launches Livepack | HD Mobile Streaming With LiveU Hardware Backpack

Although live streaming is already big business, there has so far been a dearth of options for the professional Webcaster who...
Dave Parrack
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DeliTV Personal Video Channel on PC | Create TV RSS Feeds for Boxee Using Delicious & Yahoo Pipes

DeliTV is a Yahoo Pipe created by Tony Hirst, a lecturer at The Open University in the UK. This pipe allows...
MeganT
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ZillionTV Delays Launch | Set-Top Box Service To Battle Apple TV, Netflix, Vudu, & Amazon

The set-top box and over-the-top online video sector is already a very crowded one. There is Apple TV, the Roku box,...
Dave Parrack
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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
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Justin.tv Redesign Brings Meebo Chat, One Touch Recording & Camtweet Twitter App

Barely a month goes by where one of the big name competitors in the live video streaming sector doesn’t introduce a...
Dave Parrack
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Video On Wikipedia Within Months | An Online Video Encyclopedia Alongside Text Version

Video, like every other form is media, is stringently controlled and kept compartmentalized by the broadcaster or organization which owns the...
Dave Parrack
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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
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SlingPlayer For iPhone Finally Arrives | AT&T Cripples It With Wi-Fi-Only Option

What should have been a fine moment for iPhone owners everywhere turned into a moment of frustration, anger and despair. The...
Dave Parrack
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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
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SlingPlayer Mobile iPhone App In iTunes Store & Blackberry Version Exits Beta

Mobile TV viewing is growing in popularity by the day, and SlingPlayer Mobile is a big part of that. Already available...
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

Hulu Says Goodbye To Boxee Straight After TV.com | Cable Companies Running Scared

Web television exists and isn’t going to disappear anytime soon. And links between the Internet and the living room are increasing...
Dave Parrack
2 min read

Boxee Adds New Content Providers In Time For Windows Alpha | MTV, Joost, & BBC iPlayer

Boxee was already gaining great publicity and plaudits for being one of the most promising. But at the recent Consumer Electronics...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Blockbuster MediaPoint Joins Crowded Set-Top Box Market – Blu-ray Should Just Give Up Now

While some people are focusing on Blu-ray as the future of movies, there is a quiet revolution taking place which could...
Dave Parrack
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BBC iPlayer For Nintendo Wii | PS3 Version On Way To Compliment iPhone, Virgin Media

The BBC iPlayer is fast becoming available on a huge range of products. The problem is, they all have to use...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Steve Jobs: Apple TV Is A Hobby | Will Internet Set-Top Boxes Ever Be Essential? If So, How?

More people than ever may be using the Internet as a means of watching television and video, but is there yet...
Dave Parrack
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SlingCatcher Set Top Box Review | Watch Internet Video On Your TV – For A Price

Sling Media has finally launched its SlingCatcher set-top box. The question now is do we actually need another device of this...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Flash On iPhone | Is The Apple iPhone Finally Going To Get Adobe Flash Video Support?

While the iPhone is an exquisitely designed smartphone, it’s not without its problems, one of which is its utter inability to...
Dave Parrack
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Hulu Copies Joost By Adding Social Networking Features, Genre Searching, Recommendations

While Joost may have been first to launch, Hulu is the television service that has taken off while Joost has been...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Joost Mark II Launches | Joost Offering Browser-Based Video And Social Network

Joost Mark II has arrived. But will the additions of a browser based video viewer and social networking features help the...
Dave Parrack
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VideoSurf – Visual Video Search | Set To Revolutionise The Video Search Market?

Web video is forever increasing in popularity and number, so being able to find what you are looking for is becoming...
Dave Parrack
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YouTube Insight HotSpots | Optimizing Web Video To Gain More Traffic & Revenue

With over 10 hours of video uploaded to YouTube every single minute, getting your video noticed amongst the masses can be...
Dave Parrack
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The End Of Joost Desktop Client | Will A Web Browser Help Joost Compete With Hulu?

Joost is killing off its desktop client and moving lock, stock, and barrel over to a Web-based system of content delivery....
Dave Parrack
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Google Apps Gets ‘Google Video For Business’ | Bringing The Ease Of YouTube To Companies

Google has been struggling to make any serious revenue from YouTube, but its new Google Video For Business could finally see...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

High Quality BBC iPlayer On Way | H.264 & AAC+ Streams To Annoy ISPs Even More?

Will the switch to higher quality video streams on the BBC iPlayer cause ISPs to bitch and moan, or take action?...
Dave Parrack
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