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5 Ways To Update Your Podcast For Apple TV 2

Feb 23rd, 2008 | By | Category: Digital Video Downloads, How to Podcast, Internet TV, Streaming Video, Video, Video Podcasts, Vlogs

With the release of Apple TV Take 2, Apple is putting podcasts and video podcasts front and center in people’s living rooms. This means that your podcast now needs to look great in HD. Here are 5 ways to update your podcast for Apple TV Take 2: Increase the resolution of your video podcast. Apple […]



Blu-Ray Death Watch Starting

Feb 23rd, 2008 | By | Category: Digital Video Downloads, Streaming Video, Video

Back in June of last year, we suggested that in the fight between Blu-Ray and HD DVD, Internet TV would be the winner: Internet TV is plagued by the same problems as Blu-Ray and HD DVD, though: limited content, complex setup and high cost for hardware. Nevertheless, Internet TV is already good enough to make […]



Tell Apple To Free The iPod touch App Upgrade

Feb 23rd, 2008 | By | Category: iPods & Portable Media Players

Via a comment on our coverage of the iPod touch app upgrade, Jackson let us know about two ways that people are protesting Apple’s $20 charge for the update that adds several apps left off the initial release. Jackson’s reaction to the $20 update reflects a lot of early buyers’ attitudes: I am outraged that […]



How To Get Podcasts With iTunes

Feb 23rd, 2008 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, How to Podcast, Podcasting Software, Video Podcasts

Apple has released a new movie on getting podcasts with iTunes:



CBS Offering Star Trek On Demand

Feb 22nd, 2008 | By | Category: General, Internet TV, Streaming Video

CBS Interactive has announced that it will begin offering classic shows from its archive as on-demand Internet television. The initial lineup includes full-length episodes of Star Trek, The Twighlight Zone, MacGyver, Hawaii Five-0 and Melrose Place. All content is ad-supported, free to the consumer, and available immediately. While we can’t say that CBS is boldly […]



Things To Do With A Dead iPod

Feb 22nd, 2008 | By | Category: General, iPods & Portable Media Players, Strange

What do you do with a dead iPod? Rhett and Link have some ideas for you. via iJustine



Making Your Own Media = Power

Feb 22nd, 2008 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, Citizen Media

PBS’s MediaShift has published an interesting article by Benjamin Melan√ßon that looks at how Internet media equates to power for non-profit organizations: Nonprofits are not setting their sights high enough. Justice-seeking not-for-profit organizations, and all people who are working for change, need to change the environment in which we do our work if we are […]



Apple Developing iNews Service Based On Podcasting

Feb 21st, 2008 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, Corporate Podcasts, Digital Video Downloads, General, Internet TV, iPods & Portable Media Players, Making Money with Podcasts, Podcasting Services, Video, Video Podcasts

An Apple patent reveals that the company is working on a podcast aggregator that would dynamically collect the news that you are interested in and deliver a personalized news podcast, according to a report at AppleInsider. In other words – Apple wants to be your news and information station. The system would allow you to: […]



Pioneering Podcaster Working On New Podcast Client

Feb 20th, 2008 | By | Category: General, Podcasting Software

Podcasting pioneer Dave Winer is working on a new podcast client as part of his FlickrFan project. FlickrFan is a a platform for uploading and downloading Flickr images and viewing them on an HDTV. Even more important, though, it‚Äôs an attempt to turn your HDTV into a platform that embraces the Internet. Yesterday, he announced […]



Marketers Moving Their Attention To Internet Media

Feb 20th, 2008 | By | Category: Corporate Podcasts, Internet TV, Podcasting Research, Podcasting Statistics, Streaming Video, Video, Video Podcasts, Vlogs

Most marketers believe that television advertising has become less effective in the past two years. As a result, marketers are interested in exploring new ad formats and new forms of video commercials, according to the the latest TV & Technology survey conducted by the ANA (Association of National Advertisers) and Forrester Research, Inc. Highlights of […]