Akamai announced the launched of a showcase portal with a Flash-based electronic program guide for high-definition web videos from the BBC, NBA, MTV and others.
The “HDWeb” site is sponsored by Verizon Fios and will be up for two weeks, offering video files that may be downloaded and played back in Quicktime or Microsoft Media Player. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” has launched a new Web site, DailyShow.com, that will present almost the entire nine-year video archive of the show.
The site includes over 16,000 video clips starting in early 1999 with Jon Stewart and the MTV Networks show. Earlier seasons starting in 1996 with host Craig Kilborn may [...]
Satellite TV operator EchoStar Communications acquired Sling Media, maker of the SlingBox, this week for $380 million — and announced plans to spin-off of a new company containing technology assets such as its set-top box design and manufacturing business, PocketDish, and satellite services along with some spectrum licenses.
The SlingBox device delivers content from a [...]
Nearly a year since Google acquired video-sharing service YouTube for $1.65 billion, a new generation of online video services are maturing — and attracting new rounds of VC funding.
French video-sharing website Dailymotion landed $34 million in funding from venture-capital firms Advent Venture Partners and AGF Private Equity. With 1.2bn page views and 37 [...]
Microsoft launched its Silverlight video player with partners including CBS, HSN and WWE.
CBS which will use Silverlight video on a site dedicated to its Sept. 16 Emmy Awards broadcast; and “ET” will introduce Silverlight on a micro-site offering interviews, red carpet coverage, make video mash-ups and streaming of the “ET” after-party.
Silverlight Official Introduction on YouTube
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Apple announced a major overhaul of the iPod and slashed the price of the iPhone. Upgrades to the iPod include more storage, bigger screens, and a new ‘iPod Touch’ model featuring the iPhone’s multitouch interface, built-in Wi-Fi and the Safari Internet browser, and ability to play YouTube videos.
iPod Touch Guided Tour
In a new [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Google announced plans to introduce a new video ad unit, initially on partner content channels on YouTube. The new ads will appears as semi-transparent animated “overlays”, across the bottom fifth of the video window about 15 seconds after each clip begins. Viewers can close the overlay after it appears, wait for it to [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Cablevision is appealing a March ruling that its Remote-Storage Digital Video Recorder would infringe the copyrights of film studios and television networks. The Remote DVR service would allow users to record programming on Cablevision’s data servers, reducing costs for cable operators who would no longer have to install new DVR boxes in subscriber homes.
Several trade [...]
Veoh Networks released a free downloadable software application that finds videos from anywhere on the Web and saves them, for playback back in much the look and feel of traditional TV.
The software will display full screen streaming video that will include whatever advertising the publisher has inserted. Veoh TV offers an ad-supported program guide featuring channels of [...]
Apple announced plans to add ad-free YouTube content to its AppleTV set-top box in June. Select videos will be added initially, with the entire YouTube catalog by fall.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )IMPULSE Digital Media is published by James Brennan, President of digital media consulting firm Mandalan Media, which operates web video wiki Strmz.com.
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