Internet TV
Jul 31st, 2008 |
By James Lewin |
Category: General, Internet TV, iPhone, Streaming Video, Video
Flixwagon has announced that it has an alpha version of a new iPhone live streaming applications available for testing on “jailbroken” iPhones. Features: Express Sign-up on the fly: simply enter your phone number and you’ll be instantly logged-in. You’ll also receive a text message with your new user name and password (which you can change […]
Tags: Flixwagon, iPhone, iTunes App Store, live streaming, Streaming Video
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Jul 30th, 2008 |
By James Lewin |
Category: General, Internet TV, Streaming Video
Google’s YouTube troubles just got kicked up a notch. Italian media company Mediaset SpA is suing YouTube and its owner, Google, for at least 500 million euros ($779 million). Mediaset claims that Google and YouTube carried out the “illegal distribution and commercial use of audio and video files,” according to a Bloomberg report: According to […]
Tags: copyright, Google, legal battles, Viacom, YouTube
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Jul 29th, 2008 |
By James Lewin |
Category: General, Internet TV, Video
We had fun watching Joss Whedon’s musical Internet video experiment as he released it. If you missed it the first time around, though, it’s available now on Hulu. The musical follows aspiring super-villain Dr. Horrible (Neil Patrick Harris), who wants to join the Evil League of Evil and win the girl of his dreams. Dr. […]
Tags: Dr. Horrible, Josh Whedon, Neil Patrick Harris
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Jul 28th, 2008 |
By James Lewin |
Category: Internet TV, Video
Napoleon Dynamite’s Jon Heder is heading to Internet television, as the star of Electric Farm Entertainment’s zombie comedy Woke Up Dead. The comedy centers on a USC student who wakes up underwater in the bathtub one morning and suspects that he might be dead. Woke Up Dead will be a series of fifty three-minute episodes, […]
Tags: Internet television, John Heder
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Jul 25th, 2008 |
By James Lewin |
Category: Internet TV, Making Money with Podcasts, Video
Despite the success of Hulu, a lot of people seem to be struggling with the simple idea that people want free, ad-supported Internet television. A new survey may help change that. The survey (Ipsos) found that three out of four people are willing to watch some ads in exchange for free TV shows and movies. […]
Tags: advertising, Internet television, Making Money with Podcasts, research, the future of television
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Jul 25th, 2008 |
By James Lewin |
Category: Internet TV, Video
A new version of aTV Flash, a $49.95 software upgrade to enhance the functionality of your Apple TV, has been released that’s compatible with the version 2.1 of Apple TV firmware. aTV Flash adds support for more video formats, USB external hard drives & web browsing. Key Features: Play most video formats (DivX, Xvid, AVI, […]
Tags: Apple TV, aTF Flash, Internet television, Internet TV
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Jul 24th, 2008 |
By James Lewin |
Category: Internet TV, Streaming Video, Video
Snagfilms, a new site that offers free online distribution of documentary films, is now live, offering instant streaming of movie like Super Size Me. The site’s embed code takes you to the Snagfilms site, instead of letting you watch the film onsite. Snagfilms needs to get this fixed to work as a true embed. At […]
Tags: documentary films, Snagfilms, the future of cinema
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Jul 23rd, 2008 |
By James Lewin |
Category: General, Internet TV, Video
Back in 2006, we suggested that YouTube as you know it is dead, when Google bought the site for $1.65 billion and money came into the picture in a big way. Since then, Google’s admitted it’s got a problem trying to make money off of YouTube, and admitted that more than 97% of the videos […]
Tags: Google, The Diffusion Group, the future of television, user-generated video, video sharing, YouTube
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Jul 23rd, 2008 |
By James Lewin |
Category: Internet TV, Podcast Hosting, Streaming Video, Video
Openfilm today announced the public launch of its video sharing website www.openfilm.com. The site showcases a selection of short films and animations displayed in high resolution. If you’re creating short films, you’ll want to check the site out. In addition to offering high-quality video, the site has a revenue-sharing program. I’ve embedded an example, the […]
Tags: Internet video, OpenFilm, video sharing
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Jul 22nd, 2008 |
By James Lewin |
Category: Internet TV, Streaming Video, Video
Google’s problem with YouTube is even bigger than many thought. More than 97% of YouTube’s videos are deadweight – videos that the company can’t put ads on. According to Silicon Alley Insider’s Michael Learmonth: We know Google’s (GOOG) YouTube is a tough sell for advertisers. But video site’s sales team may be having an even […]
Tags: Google, Hulu, Internet television, legal battles, the future of television, YouTube
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