ESPN today launched a set of free, downloadable video podcasts available daily. The first video podcast offerings include: a downloadable version of the popular ESPN.com SportsCenter Minute; the “Big Finish” from ESPN‚Äôs Pardon The Interruption (PTI); the “First Word” segment from ESPN‚Äôs Around The Horn; ESPN Digital Media‚Äôs “Fantasy Focus” daily original fantasy sports news […]

The market for premium Internet content is exploding, according to ABI Research, as major studios and content aggregators are working to make some of their content available as digital downloads. They expect the television to become the ultimate destination for Internet video content, and for set-top box Internet video to deliver $1.5 billion in service […]

Comedy Central and AtomFilms have announced the second annual online video competition, Comedy Central Test Pilots, this summer. Test Pilots will give viewers the chance to create their own short form comedy pilots, with the best being voted on by viewers at Comedy Central. The winning pilot will earn its creator $5,000 and a chance […]

AnyDVD has been updated to handle the latest updates to Advanced Access Content System (AACS), the DRM standard used to limit how next-generation DVDs can be used. Many upcoming HD DVD & Blu-ray DVD releases will use the latest revisions to AACS. AnyDVD is designed to help users rip protected DVDs into unprotected formats so […]

It looks like the recent Valleywag hype on Natalie Portman becoming the first 24/7 lifecast video star was unfounded. Boston.com reports that the supposed investor in the project, George Zachary of the Waltham-based Charles River Ventures, has revealed the Natalie Portman lifecast to be bogus. “We do enjoy talking with Natalie but don’t have more […]

Media delivery network Akamai Technologies today announced the availability of Akamai Live Streaming in the Adobe Flash FLV format for delivering live, real-time audio and video formatted for playback using the Adobe Flash Player. Akamai‚Äôs distributed architecture is designed to handle live online events and scale to support thousands of simultaneous viewers. Through a series […]

Ozzy Osbourne wants you to direct his next video, for the track I Don’t Wanna Stop from his upcoming album Black Rain. He’s offering prizes for the best music video, including a Sony HD video cam. Here are the details: Here’s what we’re looking for. Ozzy wants a video for his new single “I Don’t […]

MySpace today announced the launch of a new section within MySpace Video featuring premium content from top corporate news and lifestyle brands. MySpace Video will launch ‚Äúbranded channels‚Äù for National Geographic, The New York Times, Reuters, The Daily Reel, Expert Village, Flow, FOX‚Äôs IGN Entertainment, Octane TV, Kush TV, Ripe TV, Studio411, VBS.tv, and Young […]

adap.tv, an digital video advertising platform, today announced its public launch and a strategic partnership with Metacafe, one of the world’s largest video Web sites. The company’s technology is designed to not only analyze video content and determine the most relevant ad, but also to adapt in real time to viewer behavior, thereby increasing the […]

The future of Internet television belongs to free video podcasts and ad-supported video downloads, according to a new report by Forrester Research. Forrester estimates that paid video downloads will peak in 2007, generating $279 million in revenue, up from $98 million last year. Beyond 2007, advertising models will drive the online video market. Despite the […]