The New York Times highlights a growing trend – people are spending more time with online media and less time with television. Why are fewer viewers watching the new fall television series? Perhaps because they are too busy watching video online. As broadband service becomes more available at home, the growing prevalence of video programming […]

MediaMelon has launched what it calls a “pioneering Video Delivery Network” that enables content owners to deliver high-resolution videos on the Internet. According to MediaMelon, they are the first service to offer video downloads to be accessed and played from a web browser. Unfortunately, the MediaMelon site requires a software install in order to work, […]

by James Lewin Apple today released Final Cut Express 4, a update to its popular video editing software, with a new price of $199. With the reduced price, this looks to be the option for video podcasters and vloggers that found iMovie 8 to be incomplete and dumbed down. Final Cut Express 4 adds: support […]

YouTube co-founder Steve Chen has confirmed that high-quality YouTube video streams are coming soon. The site is testing a player that detects the speed of the viewer’s Net connection and serves up higher-quality video if they want it. Chen expects that high-quality YouTube vids will be available to everyone within three months. Chen also confirmed […]

At the recent Podcast and Portable Media Expo, I had a chance to talk with Douglas Sarine (L) and Kent Nichols (R), the guys behind the viral video podcast hit Ask A Ninja. I was suffering from laryngitis at the time – which meant that I spent most of the interview listening. It’s just as […]

The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) wants your input on a set of Rich Media Measurement Guidelines which determine at what point a rich media ad impression is counted. Members of the industry (advertising agencies, advertisers, online publishers and technology vendors) are encouraged to read the proposed guidelines and submit comments on the IAB site. After […]

YouTube announced today changes to its service that will make it a better option for people using to host video podcasts, video blogs and other Internet videos. They’ve upped the files size limit for videos to 1GB and released software that lets Windows bulk-upload videos. Here’s the text of their announcement: Have a hard drive […]

Major League Baseball (MLB) has struck out with at least one baseball mega-fan, author and blogger Allan Wood. He got thrown a curve ball when MLB changed their online video service, dumping their DRM provider and rendering fans’ older video purchases unplayable. Wood’s a vocal, major-league fan of baseball. He’s written a book about Babe […]

NPR and 12 NPR Member stations recognized for music programming have launched NPR Music, a new, free, comprehensive multimedia music discovery Web site. The site features on-air and online content aggregated from NPR and the participating stations as well as original-to-NPR Music materials such as interviews, reviews, blogs and live performances. The site is already […]

Australian vocalist Kylie Minogue appears to be the first mega-diva to launch her own social networking site. KylieKonnect.com lets fans blog, upload images and video and interact with other users. By letting fans blog and post videos, the site has the potential to be the locus of attention for Kylie fans. Currently the site is […]