Apple Recon reports that orders for the recently announced Apple TV have already exceeded the original 100,000 unit order that Apple had placed with its manufacturer, and Apple is preparing to place a second order for twice that number. According to the site, Apple now expects to sell over a million Apple TV devices leading […]

The audience for Internet video has reached a critical mass, offering advertisers and television programmers lucrative opportunities, according to Nielsen Analytics. Highlights of the the company’s research: There has been no measurable negative impact on traditional television viewing. Video on PCs and iPods is expanding the audience of traditional TV programs. Viewers prefer short web-served […]

Starbucks and Apple today announced the availability of the Starbucks Hear Music catalog on the iTunes Store. Hear Music offerings will be available in a new Starbucks Entertainment area within the iTunes Store. Hear Music produces a wide range of albums showcasing new and classic artists including the vArtist Choice series, Opus Collections, Debut Series […]

The iPhone is not a smartphone, but “a second-rate cellphone”, according to ABI Research analysts Stuart Carlaw and Philip Solis. ‚ÄúConsumers will not be willing to settle for a second-rate cell phone just to have superior music,” argues Stuart Carlaw. “Apple must get the phone engineering part of the equation right, and it is difficult […]

Much-hyped free music site SpiralFrog appears to be spiraling out of control. Few at the digital music company were exactly sure who was in charge following the December 26 firing of SpiralFrog CEO Robin Kent, according to ZDNet. Kent’s ouster created a void in the company’s leadership, the former employees said, and soon after, 5 […]

UNICEF is calling for submissions to its Media Magic Make a Difference! one-minute video contest People under age 25 are invited to submit a one-minute video on the contest‚Äôs theme, telling the world what young people think about the world they live in and how they‚Äôre making a difference. The contest‚Äôs theme, ‚ÄúA World Fit […]

The personal computer is moving from being a workstation to being a life- and video-entertainment hub, according to new research. More than half of those surveyed had viewed a DVD on a computer, and a quarter of those surveyed had watched a streaming TV show on their computer. The study also found that most do […]

Google today offered an update on its plans for YouTube and Google Video, saying that Google Video and YouTube will continue to play to their respective strengths: Google’s strength — and its history — is grounded in search and in innovating technologies to make more information more available and accessible. YouTube, meanwhile, excels at being […]

The LA Opera has committed to producing an additional fourteen episodes of its Behind the Curtain at the LA Opera podcast series, based on enthusiasm for the initial episodes. Listeners to the first 4 episodes, which featured an inside look at LA Opera’s Manon, outnumbered actual seats at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion by more than […]

Twentieth Century Fox has subpoenaed YouTube to reveal the identity of users who uploaded four episodes of the TV series “24” and twelve episodes of “The Simpsons,”. From the subpoena: On or about January 8, 2007, Fox became aware that a subscriber (“the Subscriber”) of YouTube Inc.s’ Internet-based service uploaded pirated copies of the works […]