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Free Beatles Podcast Says Hello, Goodbye; The Suits Say “You Can’t Do That!”

Jan 6th, 2009 | By | Category: Corporate Podcasts, Featured Story, Podcast Distribution, Podcasting Law

Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation’s free podcast of all of the Beatles’ music played Hello, Goodbye as it was introduced and then quickly yanked because of licensing agreements.



Internet Video Watching Up by 34%

Jan 6th, 2009 | By | Category: Internet TV, Video

comScore today released November 2008 data from the comScore Video Metrix service showing that U.S. Internet users viewed 12.7 billion online videos during the month, representing an increase of 34 percent versus year ago. 77% of all Americans on the Internet watch online video, an average of 273 minutes per person for the month. Other notable findings: 97 […]



SlingPlayer Mobile For iPhone And Slingbox HD Streaming For Mac

Jan 6th, 2009 | By | Category: Internet TV, iPhone, iPods & Portable Media Players, Streaming Video, Video

SlingMedia has announced a version of SlingPlayer Mobile for iPhone being developed for the iTunes store at this year’s Macworld. Sling Media plans to deliver a version of SlingPlayer Mobile for iPhone to Apple for certification in Q1. SlingMedia is also unveiling a prototype of the new SlingPlayer for Mac HD which allows Slingbox PRO-HD […]



Intel And Adobe To Extend Flash Platform To TVs

Jan 5th, 2009 | By | Category: Internet TV, Video

Adobe Systems and Intel Corporation today announced plans to port Adobe Flash technology for the Intel Media Processor CE 3100, in order to provide Flash-based Internet video viewing through Intel-based cable set-top boxes, Blu-ray Disc players, digital TVs and retail connected AV devices. Intel and Adobe are working together to optimize both the Adobe Flash Player […]



Do You Want Netflix Built Into Your TV?

Jan 5th, 2009 | By | Category: Commentary, General, Internet TV, Streaming Video, Video

Alley Insider’s Dan Frommer reports that Netflix is working with manufacturers to get Netflix streaming built into your next TV: Beginning this spring, Korean electronics giant LG will build Netflix streaming directly into some of its plasma and LCD HDTVs, the companies will announce today. This means that Netflix subscribers will be able to stream […]



Zunepocolypse Update

Jan 2nd, 2009 | By | Category: iPods & Portable Media Players

Microsoft has announced its official response to the Zune 30’s leap year problem, which caused Zunes around the world to fail: My Zune 30 is frozen. What should I do? Follow these steps: Disconnect your Zune from USB and AC power sources. Because the player is frozen, its battery will drain—this is good. Wait until […]



Voters Expect Obama Government To Use New Media

Jan 1st, 2009 | By | Category: Featured Story, General, Podcasting Research

According to a new report by Pew Internet, Amercian voters expect Barack Obama’s administration to communicate directly with them using new media.

In the election, Obama was everywhere – Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, Twitter, Myspace and even texting to phones.

Is this what you want or expect from your President?



The Top 20 Social Networking Sites

Jan 1st, 2009 | By | Category: General

ComScore has published its take on the top social networking sites for November, and it continues to be dominated by social media sites, like Blogger, MySpace, WordPress.com and Flickr: Top Social Networking Sites Blogger (222 million) Facebook (200 million) MySpace (126 million) WordPress (114 million) Windows Live Spaces (87 million) Yahoo Geocities (69 million) Flickr […]



Podango Wiped Off The Face Of The Internet; But At Least They Are Out Of Beta!

Jan 1st, 2009 | By | Category: Podcast Distribution, Podcast Hosting, Podcasting, Podcasting Services

\ Podcast hosting service Podango’s site has been wiped off the face of the internet.  Visit their site and you’ll get a message that they are “currently on vacation”. Podcasters hoping to recover anything from Podango’s site appear to be out of luck.  But at least their logo now shows Podango as being out of […]



The Top 10 Viral Videos Of 2008

Dec 31st, 2008 | By | Category: Internet TV, Video

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=01C1850FC6928547 Time has announced their picks for the top viral videos of 2008. You can view them all above, or check out the list below.  The Top 10 Viral Videos Of 2008 Where the Hell is Matt? (2008)  Western Spaghetti by PES  Christian the Lion Hamster On A Piano (Eating Popcorn)  Barack The Vote – […]