Apple is trying to work out deals with Hollywood studios to let it rent movies as digital video downloads that could be viewed on iPods, computers or Apple TV. But, while Apple may want to become a digital alternative to Blockbuster, Hollywood execs are less than thrilled by the idea. According to a Fox News […]

Vator.tv has launched (or relaunched) as a sort of YouTube for entrepreneurs. The name Vator comes the idea of an “elevator” pitch. Users can upload business pitches, where they can be rated & discussed. The company hopes to become a platform for making starting a business more efficient. The startup was launched on a limited […]

The Nielsen Company today announced that it will begin tracking mobile phone owners’ media activity with a new service called Nielsen Wireless. The service will track how many people use content services such as mobile Internet and mobile video and what impact this has on established media behavior. The service is designed specifically for the […]

It looks like the recording industry has learned that the promotional value of music videos is worth more than revenue from digital music video sales. Both EMI and Warner have announced plans to offer free Internet music videos. EMI Music, Google and YouTube Announce Partnership EMI Music, Google and YouTube today announced an agreement which […]

Apple today announced that it is offering a new Apple TV build-to-order option with a 160GB hard drive, addressing one of the most common complaints about the device, its relatively puny storage space. The new larger hard drive offers four times the storage for up to 200 hours of video, 36,000 songs, 25,000 photos or […]

Apple today announced that it‚Äôs it’s updating Apple TV to bring YouTube to the living room. Beginning in mid-June, Apple TV will be able to wirelessly stream videos directly from YouTube and play them on a user‚Äôs widescreen TV. Viiewers will be able to browse, find and watch free videos from YouTube directly using Apple […]

Apple today launched iTunes Plus, offering DRM-free music tracks with 256 kbps AAC encoding, for audio quality almost as good as the original recordings, for just $1.29 per song. iTunes Plus is launching with EMI’s digital catalog of recordings, including singles and albums from Coldplay, The Rolling Stones, Norah Jones, Frank Sinatra, Joss Stone, Pink […]

Turner Broadcasting System‚Äôs TNT and TBS plan to stream all of their original summer series to the Web the morning after they premiere on TV. They will be available on the networks‚Äô Websites, TNT.tv and TBS.com, the next day and remain online for about a month. “We want new viewers to come in, and, while […]

The New York Times has published an article that looks at costs of running contests for user-generated advertising, suggesting that it’s actually more costly than traditional advertising, and that most amateur ads are terrible. “That‚Äôs kind of a popular misnomer that, somehow, it‚Äôs cheaper to do this,” said David Ciesinski, vice president for Heinz Ketchup. […]

CBS Interactive has announced that it is partnering with community-building websites and social application providers to let users put CBS clips into their profiles, websites, blogs, widgets, wikis, and community pages. “Today, we are taking the CBS Audience Network directly to the user,” said Quincy Smith, President, CBS Interactive. “We now want to empower our […]