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CES Update: XBox 360 To Get Internet Television

Jan 8th, 2007 | By | Category: Digital Video Downloads, Streaming Video, Video, Video Podcasts

At the 2007 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), being held in Las Vegas, Microsoft Entertainment and Devices Division President Robbie Bach¬†provided an early look at a new service, IPTV on Xbox 360. According to Microsoft, the offering will deliver world-class TV experiences such as digital video recording capabilities, with gaming, movie viewing, and even voice and […]



Podcast User Magazine Celebrates Year Of Publishing

Jan 8th, 2007 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, Citizen Media, How to Podcast, Video Podcasts

Podcast User Magazine is celebrating a year of publishing with the release of issue #12. The magazine, available free in PDF format, is the collective brain-child of like-minded podcasters and has had over 100,000 downloads from 108 countries. The latest issue (PDF) features: Talkshoe Explained Japanese Podcasts Picking the Tunes Citizen Scoop ID3 Tagging Inside […]



NetGear Announces BitTorrent HDTV Agreement

Jan 8th, 2007 | By | Category: Digital Video Downloads, Digital Video Recorder, Streaming Video, Video, Video Podcasts

NetGear today announced a collaboration and agreement with BitTorrent, Inc. to promote video downloads streamed to high-definition televisions (HDTVs) through the new NetGear Digital Entertainer HD (EVA8000) media receiver. BitTorrent will work with NetGear on marketing and technology initiatives to deliver the highest quality and fastest distribution of media files over home networks. The Digital […]



CES Update: Sony Bringing Internet Video To HDTV

Jan 8th, 2007 | By | Category: Digital Video Downloads, Streaming Video, Video, Video Podcasts

Sony Electronics today announced a first of its kind TV feature called BRAVIA Internet Video Link that will allow most of its new televisions to access free Internet video content, including high-definition, from providers including AOL, Yahoo! and Grouper, as well as Sony Pictures Entertainment and Sony BMG Music.According to Stan Glasgow, president and chief […]



NetGear Beats Apple iTV To The Punch

Jan 7th, 2007 | By | Category: Computer Hardware, Digital Video Downloads, iPod Accessories, Streaming Video, Video, Video Podcasts

NetGear, a networking products provider, has introduced the Digital Entertainer HD (EVA8000), a wireless networking router designed to bring the digital media to television sets. NetGear made its introduction a week before MacWorld Expo, where Apple is expected to introduce its own wireless media router, the “iTV”. NetGear’s digital media receiver offers lets high-definition televisions […]



Brazillian Sex Video Threatens To Shut Down YouTube

Jan 4th, 2007 | By | Category: Digital Video Downloads, General, Strange, Streaming Video

A Brazilian court has ordered YouTube to be shut down until it removes a celebrity sex video featuring Daniela Cicarelli, a model and ex-wife of soccer great Ronaldo. Cicarelli sued YouTube after a video of her apparently having sex in shallow water on a beach with her boyfriend Tato Malzoni was posted to the site. […]



Web Set To Become Largest Video Platform Ever

Jan 4th, 2007 | By | Category: Digital Video Downloads, General, Streaming Video

The Web is set to become the largest video platform ever, according to ClipBlast, a video search site. ‚ÄúIn 2007, the Web will become the largest distribution platform of video ever,‚Äù said Gary Baker, founder and CEO, ClipBlast! ‚ÄúWe‚Äôre witnessing a profound transformation ‚Äì really, a series of transformations ‚Äì in how information and entertainment […]



Mobile Video To Be $9.5 Billion Market In Five Years

Jan 4th, 2007 | By | Category: Digital Video Downloads, Streaming Video, Video

Juniper Research is predicting that the increasing influence of mobile video enabled on 3G networks will drive the uptake of many mobile sports, leisure and information services over the next five years.¬†The global market for sports, leisure and information content (infotainment) is set to grow from its 2006 value of just under $4.2 billion to […]



PodZinger Now Indexing Text Of YouTube Videos

Jan 4th, 2007 | By | Category: Digital Video Downloads, Podcasting Services, Video Podcasts, Vlogs

PodZinger has announced that it is now indexing the audio content of YouTube videos, letting you search YouTube videos for spoken words or phrases. “YouTube has garnered a huge amount of press and interest over the past year. Its reputation as a grass roots online forum for sharing is cemented by it being the driving […]



Failed Video Site Sues Apple, Google and Napster

Jan 3rd, 2007 | By | Category: Digital Video Downloads

Failed Internet video site Intertainer has filed a lawsuit asserting that Apple, Google and Napster are infringing on a 2005 patent that covers the commercial distribution of audio and video over the Internet. Founded by Jonathan T. Taplin and two other Hollywood entertainment executives in 1996, Intertainer developed technology to distribute movies on demand through […]