The Open Mobile Video Coalition has issued an open letter to technology companies urging them to adopt a single standard for digital TV signals for cell phones, PDAs and other mobile devices. The coalition is made up of mainstream broadcasters, including Fox, Gannett, Telemundo, NBC, Tribune and others. The current terrestrial digital TV system was […]

AOL has launched an update to its AOL Video portal. New features include: A redesigned main page that makes it easier for consumers to discover, search for and find millions of videos from across the Web; A redesigned video search experience that leverages Truveo video search technology and features better presentation of Web search results […]

Viva le difference! While US government support of the arts frequently gets bogged down in controversies over the depiction of sexuality and anything bordering on controversial, the European Union is sexing up YouTube to showcase its support for EU cinema: The European Commission’s Let’s Come Together promotion is intended to highlight the organization’s role in […]

LG Electronics and YouTube jointly¬†announced today an agreement to provide YouTube services on LG handsets. The agreement promises to let users not only view videos on the phones, as on Apple’s new iPhone, but to shoot and upload videos directly to YouTube. For upcoming YouTube-enabled handsets, LG will introduce a new user interface for accessing […]

Apple has run out of iPhones at more than half its stores less than a week after introducing the combination iPod music player and handset in the U.S. AT&T has also sold out of the phone in almost all its 1,800 stores. Buyers emptied Apple stores in 10 states, with 95 of 164 stores reporting […]

FeedBurner announced today via their blog that their Pro and MyBrand add-on services were now free: FreeBurner for Everyone One of the many benefits that FeedBurner publishers will enjoy now that FeedBurner is part of the Google family is a little something we like to call, “more for free!” Beginning today, two of FeedBurner’s previously […]

Soundsnap is a new site for finding and sharing free samples, sound effects and music loops that can be used in podcasts and other multimedia productions. Designed as a resource and community for musicians, sound designers, producers, film makers and web/video game developers, Soundsnap offers content for use in any kind of media production. Users […]

The New York Times reports that Universal Music Group, the world‚Äôs largest music company, has¬†notified Apple that it will not renew its annual contract to sell music through iTunes. It’s too early to tell if this is a negotiation tactic or a change in strategy for Universal, but the company said it would market music […]

Apple sold about half a million iPhones this weekend, estimates Piper Jaffray’s Gene Munster. Going into the weekend, Munster thought Apple would sell 200,000 on Friday and Saturday. Sunday night, though, Munster estimated that Apple sold about 500,000 units from 6 p.m. Friday through the close of business Sunday. Jaffray also reported that 95% of […]

His royal purple badness, TAFKATAFKAP, aka Prince, is¬†angering the music industry by releasing his latest CD for free with a UK Sunday newspaper. The Mail on Sunday has revealed that Prince’s 10-track Planet Earth CD will be available with in an upcoming edition of the paper, making it the first place in the world to […]