BlackArrow, a provider of multiplatform ad-management systems, has unveiled a new platform for dynamic advertising across broadband, video-on-demand (VOD) and digital video recorder (DVR) environments. The BlackArrow system is designed to manage, deliver and measure targeted advertising for video, enabling content providers, advertising agencies and distributors to reach on-demand video viewers. Reaching on-demand viewers over […]

PoliceOne.com today announced that it has launched BLUtube, the first online video community for police officers and departments nationwide. The site is like YouTube for police. BLUtube offers members of the law enforcement community a secure environment in which to view and upload videos. BLUtube includes law enforcement-only sections with video tips, roll call training […]

Al Gore’s two year-old cable channel, Current, relaunched its website on Monday to better incorporate user generated content and better target an 18-34 demographic. The updated site supports all the major “Web 2.0” bells and whistles, including photo and video sharing, comments and discussion forums on upcoming stories. The site also now appears to be […]

Google today announced that it has put in place a beta version of its YouTube Video Identification tool – a service intended to help copyright owners identify and limit how their videos are shared on the site. The tool continues Google’s policy of putting responsibility on copyright-holders to police the site. Google has been criticized […]

Video search engine Truveo announced today that it is working with European video company Kewego to extend the reach of Truveo‚Äôs video search engine to hundreds of European major-brand video producers. ‚ÄúIn the past 12 months there has been an explosion of professional video on the Web,‚Äù said Timothy Tuttle, CEO and Co-Founder of Truveo […]

Led Zeppelin will soon have a Whole Lotta Love for digital music fans – they’ve announced plans to make their entire catalog available as digital downloads. Starting November 13, Led Zeppelin will join the digital music revolution. They are one of the last remaining bands to hold out on releasing their music to iTunes and […]

Today’s Woot is the 30G Zune, for $100. The Zunes are factory refurbished, and are available in white, black and lovely Zune brown.

NewTeeVee has announced the schedule for NewTeeVee Live, a new media conference set for San Francisco, November 14th. It looks to be a very tightly scheduled one-day event, with speakers from Joost, AT&T, Turner, VideoEgg, Heavy, MySpace, Blip.tv, Revision3, Nnig, Cisco and Akamai. The lineup focuses on corporate new media. PodTech’s Robert Scoble calls the […]

Podcast411’s Rob Walch has suggested a standard button for one-click subscriptions for the Zune portable media player: This is a variation on the iTunes 1-click chicklet: Both are released under a Creative Commons license. Microsoft hasn’t yet released details on their implementation of podcasting or their one-click support. Ideally, they’d help move the podcasting world […]

Guitar Center has announced a deal with Dell to offer desktop and notebook computers specifically designed for use for digital audio recording. The company already sells Apple Macs, which are very popular for use as digital audio workstations. Initial offerings will include workstations built around dual-core AMD processors.