Internet TV

blinkx Fastest Growing Video Site

Sep 16th, 2008 | By | Category: Internet TV, Video

blinkx announced today that it is the fastest growing video site in the U.S., and also one of the fastest growing online sites in the U.K. According to findings by Compete.com, blinkx is the fastest growing video site among the top 20 video competitors in the U.S. Its traffic grew by 1,036% between July 2007 and […]



IMDb Announces Massive Plan To Show Every Movie And TV Show For Free

Sep 15th, 2008 | By | Category: Featured Story, Internet TV, Video

Amazon’s Internet Movie Database announced today that it had added over 6,000 videos to the site, transforming it from a encyclopedia into a formidable video destination site.

That’s a lot of videos – but it’s just the start of IMDb’s plan to offer all the movies and television shows in the world online for free.



US State Department Gets Web 2.0, Announces YouTube Contest

Sep 15th, 2008 | By | Category: Citizen Media, Internet TV, Streaming Video, Video

The U.S. Department of State has launched a worldwide competition aimed at “enhancing the global dialogue on democracy”. The launch is timed to coincide with the United Nations’ first International Day of Democracy, September 15, 2008. With the contest, the Department of State is making a big Web 2.0 leap, complete with a YouTube channel and […]



HBO Wants You To Try Hooking Up On The Web

Sep 12th, 2008 | By | Category: Internet TV, Video

HBO wants you to try “Hooking Up” on the web.  It’s announced a new web video show, Hooking UP, that will feature microcelebrities Jessica Rose (lonelygirl15) and video bloggers sxePhil (Philip DeFranco) and KevJumba (Kevin Wu). HBO hopes that, by using faces familiar to Internet viewers, they’ll be hooking up with the Internet video audience.  “I think […]



75 Percent Of Americans Watching Online Video

Sep 10th, 2008 | By | Category: Internet TV, Video

  More people are watching video online than ever, with the percent of the total U.S. Internet audience viewing online video now topping 75%.  What’s this mean to you? In  a few years, your television will be more like your computer than a traditional television.  comScore today released July 2008 data from the comScore Video Metrix […]



Apple “Let’s Rock” Event Delivers No Surprises

Sep 9th, 2008 | By | Category: Internet TV, iPhone, iPods & Portable Media Players

Apple’s Let’s Rock event today offered anticipated updates to the iTunes and Apple’s iPod lines, but failed to do two things that many were hoping for: eliminate concerns over Steve Jobs’ health and offer “one more thing” – an unexpected introduction with some “wow”.  Jobs noted wryly that “The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated,” […]



Ashton Kutcher’s Blah Girls Video Site: D.O.A.

Sep 8th, 2008 | By | Category: General, Internet TV, Video

Ashton Kutcher introduced his web startup, Blah Girls, at the TechCrunch50 today.  As NewTeeVee’s Liz Gannes puts it, “Not only is this one a celebrity-driven startup, but it’s about celebrities. It’s an animated web video show with interactive elements.” It’s also dead on arrival.  Everybody seems to be so wowed by the Ashton Kutcher angle […]



OLPC Users Get Video Sharing Site

Sep 6th, 2008 | By | Category: Citizen Media, Internet TV, Video

Video sharing site Dailymotion has announced a partnership with the One Laptop Per Child Foundation to let OLPC XO computer users share videos online. Beneath its toylike exterior, the XO is an advanced device with a rotating screen, dual laptop-tablet modes, a regular color display for photos and videos and a high-contrast black-and-white mode for […]



Viddler Launches 12Seconds-Killer

Sep 5th, 2008 | By | Category: Internet TV, Microblogging, Video

Viddler has launched 15s, a site that lets you create short webcam videos and post them to Twitter.  In other words, it’s a 12seconds-killer, with 25% more video hosting power. We can see where this is heading – a short video arms race….. Here’s an example, via a naked Gary Vaynerchuck:



Remix The World’s First Open-Source Movie Trailer

Sep 5th, 2008 | By | Category: Citizen Media, Digital Video Downloads, Internet TV, Video

In July, we reported on the open-source movie community A Swarm of Angels – a group that hopes to update “the current filmmaking models of Hollywood and independent film to create cult cinema for the digital age.” They’ve announced what they are calling the world’s “first open source film trailer,” for The Unfold, a sci-fi thriller being made […]