Portable video players, like Apple’s latest iPod nanos, are going mainstream, according to a report from Parks Associates. Worldwide shipments of portable video players will grow at an annualized rate of 30% over the next five years, reaching 132 million units shipped per year in 2011: The massive adoption of portable video players, with over […]

The music industry is working on an all-you-can-eat music model, Total Music, that is generating a lot of interest. The idea behind¬†Total Music¬†is that you’ll buy a portable music player or mobile phone¬†and either pay an inexpensive monthly fee¬†for access to unlimited music, or the cost will be hidden in either the purchase price for […]

The music industry is questioning its relationship with Apple and is looking for alternative business models. According to a Businessweek report, a strong contender in their vision for the future of commercial music is the idea of turning music into an all-you-can-eat service, Total Music, that would cost about $5.00/month, but would be rolled into […]

Madonna has reportedly joined other major musicians dumping their labels for non-traditional music deals. Madonna is close to signing a US $120 million deal with concert promoter Live Nation. In the deal, Madonna will receive a mix of cash and stock in exchange for allowing Live Nation to distribute three studio albums, promote concert tours, […]

BitTorrent, Inc. today announced the general availability of the BitTorrent Delivery Network Accelerator (DNA) service. BitTorrent DNA is a peer-accelerated content delivery service. Internet TV platform Brightcove will be the first to integrate BitTorrent DNA to accelerate the delivery of broadcast-quality streaming video to their customers. The DNA content delivery service is targeted at the […]

Video search engine company blinkx today launched a new service that promises to pay you for embedding videos into sites and blogs. Based on the blinkx AdHoc video contextual advertising platform, the new widget places relevant text advertisements against embedded video from popular sharing sites such as YouTube, GoogleVideo and DailyMotion. blinkx will share 50 […]

Internet video advertising may soon be one of the fastest growing areas of net advertising, according to a report from research firm Off The Record. According to the report, advertisers are finally taking Internet video seriously. Highlights: Video ads are growing faster than ad execs expected. Video ads account for only a tiny percentage of […]

Google has announced that it is turning AdSense and YouTube into a contextual video advertising service for site owners. They’ve introduced “video units”, a new ad AdSense option for embedding video ads: “We’re excited about the launch of video units — a new way to enrich your site with quality, relevant video content in an […]

Nine Inch Nails announced at its site that it is going forward without a major-label contract: I’ve waited a LONG time to be able to make the following announcement: as of right now Nine Inch Nails is a totally free agent, free of any recording contract with any label. I have been under recording contracts […]

Blue snowflakes sound like something that might fall in an Elvis song, right before those blue memories start callin’. But the portable Snowflake Microphone is the latest USB mic from Blue Microphones. Blue’s Snowball USB Microphone has been popular with podcasters since its introduction. The company describes the new Snowflake model as the first professional […]