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iTunes Gets MGM Movie Classics

Apr 11th, 2007 | By | Category: Digital Movie Store, Digital Video Downloads, Internet TV, Video

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (MGM) and Apple today announced that MGM is now offering titles from its catalog of feature films for purchase at the iTunes Store. iTunes customers can now get films such as Dances With Wolves, Mad Max, The Great Train Robbery and Rocky, with other titles to be added in the coming weeks. Titles […]



One In Four Teenagers Would Pay $500 For iPhone

Apr 11th, 2007 | By | Category: General

One in four teens would be willing to pay $500 for Apple’s upcoming iPhone, according to a Piper Jaffray survey of teen spending habits. Survey highlights: Of those students who own a MP3 player, 82 percent indicated that they also own some form of iPod, which is up from 79 percent in fall 2006. For […]



MySpace Blocking Photobucket Videos

Apr 11th, 2007 | By | Category: Citizen Media, Digital Video Downloads, Streaming Video, Video, Video Podcasts, Vlogs

According to a post at the Photobucket blog, MySpace has made changes to prevent Photobucket users from posting their videos and remixes to MySpace pages: This action by MySpace means that all of the videos and remixes you created will no longer show up on your MySpace profile, blog and comments section. More specifically, if […]



Podcasting Is Selling Music

Apr 11th, 2007 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, Citizen Media, Digital Music, Making Money with Podcasts, Strange

A couple of days ago, we highlighted some great pro-podcasting propaganda (right) that Magnatune, a net music label that specializes in Creative-Commons Music, is using. The Podcasting is Selling Music logo parodies a 1980‚Äôs campaign by the British Phonograph Industry, Home Taping is Killing Music. UK Podcasters Association (UKPA) founder Dean Whitbread contacted us and […]



Akimbo Intros Internet Video PC Application

Apr 10th, 2007 | By | Category: Internet TV

Akimbo Systems today announced that its Internet video-on-demand service will be available next week in beta release for Windows XP and Vista-based PCs. Users will be able to download Akimbo to access thousands of videos for viewing on their PCs. The service was previously available through set-top boxes. The Service will let users bypass the […]



Samsung And VoiceIndigo Partner On Mobile Podcasting Service

Apr 9th, 2007 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, Corporate Podcasts, Mobile Podcasting, Podcasting Services

VoiceIndigo has announced a worldwide partnership with Samsung to bring podcasting to Samsung mobile phones. Samsung Mobile Podcasts by VoiceIndigo will be pre-loaded on Samsung mobile phones. The first model with the service is now shipping, the Samsung UpStage. VoiceIndigo is a free service that lets users manage their podcasts via a simple web interface. […]



Is This The Ultimate Mixer For Podcasting?

Apr 9th, 2007 | By | Category: Digital Music, General, iPod Accessories, iPods & Portable Media Players, Podcasting Hardware

Musikmesse: Alesis has introduced the iMultiMix 8 USB Mixer with professional mixing and direct-to-iPod recording. The mixer features a built-in dock that lets you record through the mixer directly to any 2nd through 5th generation iPod. The iMultiMix 8 USB is the world’s first mobile recording mixer with iPod transport controls and a control wheel […]



Apple Reaches 100 Million iPods Sold Milestone

Apr 9th, 2007 | By | Category: iPod Accessories, iPods & Portable Media Players

Apple announced this morning that the 100 millionth iPod has been sold, making the iPod the fastest selling music player in history. The first iPod was sold five and a half years ago, in November 2001, and since then Apple has introduced more than 10 new iPod models, including five generations of iPod, two generations […]



Apple TV Becoming Hot Development Platform

Apr 9th, 2007 | By | Category: General, Internet TV, iPods & Portable Media Players

Apple TV is quickly becoming a hot platform for development, with developers adding RSS support, game emulation and even turning the Internet media router into a full-fledged Mac computer. Apple TV RSS Plugin, above, is a basic RSS reader. It currently reads RSS 1.x/2.x feeds, but not Atom. Here’s how it displays an Engadget post: […]



Vuze Offers High Def Video Distribution Platform

Apr 8th, 2007 | By | Category: Digital Video Downloads, Video

Media aggregator Azureus has introduced Vuze, a new Internet video community. Formerly code-named Zudeo, the site already attracts more than two million unique monthly visitors. Vuze lets content providers distribute high resolution, long-form content in High Definition or DVD quality over the Internet. ‚ÄúVuze recognizes that the next generation online video experience lies within the […]