Dave Winer, creator of the RSS 2.0 standard on which podcasting is based, offers some interesting comments on the state of podcasting at his blog: “What if the energy that went into Chumby, for example, went into designing a podcast player? The player might actually look more like Chumby than it does an iPod. The […]

When we talked with Rocketboom’s Andrew Baron recently, he cited the idea of creating a spectacle as one of the ways to create great viral video. “Videos of spectacle translate on the net,” notes Baron, “An idea that is very original and unique, while extreme, can be videotaped and put up on YouTube to get […]

Remember when NBC yanked its shows off of iTunes because it couldn’t come to an agreement with Apple on pricing? Now they’ve entered into an out-of-left-field agreement with Netflix that will let Netflix subscribers watch current episodes of NBC’s top-rated show, Heroes, the day after their network airing. In addition, Netflix offers prior season episodes […]

Independent reviews are starting to come in on the Amazon Kindle, and it looks like the ebook reader is going to be this year’s Zunetanic, an over-hyped iPod-wannabee. While mainstream fluffer reviews, like Steven Levy’s Newsweek article on the new gadget, make the Kindle out to be the iPod of ebook readers, you can’t sneak […]

MTV Networks is planning to make every clip from every episode of South Park available online for free next year. The decision follows the recent introduction of an all-you-can-eat Web 2.0-style video site for fellow Viacom media property The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. The Daily Show site offers 13,000 high-quality clips, from episodes dating […]

If you’re breathing, you’re a winner at the Winnies Awards, an event to celebrate the world of indie Internet video, being held November 30, 2007 in Hollywood, baby. Here are the details: WHO: Online Video creators, producers, compressors and STARS WHAT: The Winnies Awards Where The Winner is YOU WHERE: Cinespace, 6356 Hollywood Blvd, Los […]

Nero and TiVo today announced that they have entered into an agreement to integrate TiVo’s television UI with Nero’s next generation of PC software. Under the agreement, Nero will develop a software solution that will bring TiVo features to the personal computer. “This agreement provides TiVo with an opportunity to deliver its interface and differentiated […]

The video-sharing Web site YouTube has reportedly suspended the account of an Egyptian anti-torture activist and journalist who posted videos of police brutality. The activist, Wael Abbas said that close to 100 images he had sent to YouTube were no longer accessible, including clips depicting purported police brutality, voting irregularities and anti-government demonstrations. “They closed […]

Sony is expanding its line of video projection systems a couple of new LCD models for larger-venues that, while not exactly impulse buys, are priced within the range of many organization. The new VPL-FW300L (7,000 lumens) and the VPL-FH300L (6,000 lumens) projector models are ideal for smaller auditoriums, large classrooms and meeting rooms, museum exhibits, […]

It looks like natural selection is starting to weed through the dozens of video sites that have sprouted up in the last few years.Yesterday, we reported that video startup Brightcove was shuttering its user-generated video offerings to focus on video publishing services for corporate clients. Now Compete has released its stats on the Top 10 […]