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 […]

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 […]

Nokia has announced that it is bringing bringing YouTube videos into the hands of Nokia Nseries multimedia computer owners. YouTube videos are accessible with Nokia Web Browser with Mini Map through the new YouTube mobile site to be launched shortly. Also, YouTube video RSS feeds can now be consumed through the new Nokia Video Center […]

MySpace today announced that it has implemented a pilot program to block videos containing unauthorized copyrighted content from being posted in its community. With the program‚Äôs launch, MySpace becomes the largest Internet video site filtering content. Using digital fingerprinting technology licensed from Audible Magic, MySpace’s filter screens video uploaded by users and blocks any video […]

More accessible technology and maturing business models are opening the floodgates for web video from both professionals and non-professionals, according to experts. According to Jeremy Allaire, the CEO of web video provider Brightcove, the internet is rapidly moving from a “text web” to a “video web”, spurred by the dropping costs of producing and hosting […]

Bamboo MediaCasting today launched MediaToob, a mobile podcast service that delivers audio and video podcasts to mobile phones worldwide for offline access. The MediaToob one-click selection and viewing interface, together with background delivery, is designed to make it easy for users to enjoy mobile podcasts. MediaToob can deliver rich audio and video content including television […]

While Steve Jobs call for the record labels to end DRM has been warmly received around the world, his remarks’ reception from competitors and the labels themselves has been downright chilly. Executives at the major labels dismiss Jobs’ challenge, saying that eliminating DRM isn’t going to happen. The marketing director for Microsoft’s struggling Zune portable […]

Apple CEO Steve Jobs posted a surprising statement on the company’s site today, challenging the music industry to abandon DRM (copy protection) on digital music downloads. Jobs outlines three possible futures for digital music: Continue as is it is now, with each manufacturer competing freely with their own “top to bottom” proprietary systems for selling, playing and protecting music. […]

The New York Times reports that Wal-Mart is partnering with all of the six major Hollywood studios ‚Äî Walt Disney, Warner Brothers, Paramount, Sony, 20th Century Fox and Universal ‚Äî to sell digital movies and television shows on its Web site, becoming the first traditional retailer to do so. The move plunges Wal-Mart into competition […]

Apple and The Beatles‚Äô company Apple Corps announced today that the parties have entered into a new agreement concerning the use of the name ‚ÄúApple‚Äù and apple logos which replaces their 1991 Agreement. Under the new agreement, Apple Inc. will own all of the trademarks related to ‚ÄúApple‚Äù and will license certain of those trademarks […]