NBC has announced a new service, NBC Direct, which will let you download and view NBC’s primetime and late-night programming to Windows PCs to watch for up to a week after the shows are broadcast. The service, which will begin beta testing in October, promises to let you download full-length episodes of Heroes, The Office, […]

Here’s a roundup of portable media news for Saturday, Sept. 15th: TorrentFreak has an expos√© on Media Defender, publishing internal emails that appear to show how the company created a website and leaked copyrighted content to entrap people into infringement. According to TorrentFreak, “The sole purpose of the site is to trap people into uploading […]

Liz Gannes over at NewTeeVee reports that SonicMountain, the company that recently acquired the once-hyped podcasting startup Odeo, has purchased FireAnt, a stagnating Internet video startup. FireAnt is a desktop media player and RSS aggregator for Windows and Mac. With an integrated guide to Internet TV, the FireAnt player lets users subscribe to, download, and […]

Podcast advertising firm Kiptronic has¬†announced that Bill Loewenthal has joined the company as President and Chief Executive Officer. He will also join Kiptronic’s Board of Directors. Kiptronic provides an ad insertion and campaign management technology platform as a service to leading rich media publishers. The company allows rich media content producers to dynamically schedule, insert […]

Us Internet users watch an average of three hours¬†of¬†online video per month, according to research firm comScore’s Video Metrix report for July 2007. Google Sites topped the July rankings with both the most unique video viewers and most videos viewed. Google Dominates Online Video July saw Americans view more than 9 billion videos online, with […]

With the recent iPod & iTunes updates, there’s been a surge in news about Apple’s portable media platform. Here are a few highlights: Apple breaks video out with new iPods. iLounge’s Jeremy Horowitz points out that Apple has locked the TV Out feature of the iPod classic and video-capable iPod nano, preventing users from outputting […]

Apple today introduced the new iPod nano, bringing video playback, an enhanced user interface featuring Cover Flow, and an new design to the company‚Äôs popular music player. Highlights: The new iPod nano features a larger two-inch display with 204 pixels per inch, which lets users watch their favorite movies, TV shows and music videos in […]

Microsoft today released to the Web Silverlight 1.0, a cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering richer user experiences on the Web. In addition, Microsoft plans to work with Novell to deliver Silverlight support for Linux, called Moonlight, and based on the project started on mono-project.com. According to Microsoft, Silverlight reduces development and deployment costs and provides […]

Apple today announced that it will not be selling NBC television shows for the upcoming television season at the iTunes Store. According to Apple, the move is a result of disagreements over per episode pricing, which NBC wanted to increase from $1.99 to $4.99. “We are disappointed to see NBC leave iTunes because we would […]

Sony today took the wraps off two new Walkman players that not only support audio ‚Äì but support video and podcasts. According to Sony, the new NWZ-A810 and NWZ-S610 series of Walkman digital music players support an open platform alternative to iTunes/iPods, providing more choices for downloading and managing music and video collections online. Users […]