Veoh Networks has announced its official launch, offering publishers and viewers a “new era of Internet television”, according to the company. According to the Veoh, their automatic syndication and reporting features lets video publishers reach and manage the largest audience on the web. For viewers, Veoh offers a comprehensive set of features and viewing options, […]

Blip.tv has announced a new way for content creators to make money with online videos. The model, “do-it-yourself targeted advertising,” allows shows to promote products, services and causes that are directly relevant to their content. The do-it- yourself (DIY) ads can be used by shows to sell t-shirts, DVDs or other promotional products in addition […]

A new study in the Journal of Political Economy has found that illegal music downloads have had no noticeable effects on the sale of music, contrary to the claims of the RIAA and other music industry organizations. The study, The Effect of File Sharing on Record Sales: An Empirical Analysis, by Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Koleman […]

The Star-Telegram has an interesting article that looks at the growing use of podcasts for distance learning: Distance learning has been around for decades, but thanks to the iPod and other digital music players, higher education is becoming as portable as a pop song. “I do testing for offshore rigs,” said Melvin Robinson, a Sugar […]

Orb Networks has announced the free MyCasting service, which allows users to share YouTube, Google, DailyMotion and Yahoo videos from their PCs to mobile phones by text message links. This new capability, offered first in beta to users in the U.S., will be rolled out internationally in the coming weeks. “Demand for Internet video on […]

The RIAA has sent out a letter to ISP’s (PDF), updating them on the RIAA’s prelitigation policies, and asking them to provide the information that the RIAA needs to sue alleged copyright violators. In the letter, the RIAA discusses: Enlisting ISP’s to encourage customers to settle, instead of going to court; Only offering new settlement […]

The Beatles’ catalog of music will be soon be offered for download, according to Neil Aspinall, the head of Apple Corps Ltd. ‚ÄúAll 13 core albums, the ones originally released on CD in 1987, have been remastered,” Aspinall FOX News. “At some point they will all be released, probably at the same time.‚Äù But the […]

iPod Mondays are a thing of the past at Des Moines, Iowa’s The Lift bar. Apple asked The Lift’s iPod Mondays organizer Clint Curtus to stop using the name ‚ÄúiPod Monday‚Äù. For two years, Curtis has organized the weekly event, where iPod fans can get together and be share their music favorites. Curtis also created […]

While Apple is calling for an end to DRM, and some record labels are considering distributing digital music without DRM, Microsoft is introducing a new DRM technology. Microsoft PlayReady is designed to enable a broad spectrum of business models such as subscription, rental, pay-per-view, preview and super-distribution, which can be applied to many digital content […]

CNET News reports that YouTube has removed videos posted to the site by blogging firm Gawker Media, many of which featured clips from top TV shows that appeared between advertisements for Gawker’s blogs. More than 50 clips were removed, and the YouTube user account “belowtheradar,” employed by Gawker to post the videos was deactivated sometime […]