Google has announced that it’s shifting gears and testing full-length programming on YouTube.

This is a result of the problem we identified earlier this year: 97% of YouTube’s content is deadweight, financially, and Hulu is close to overtaking the site, as a result.

PBS has announced that it will launch a broad selection of full-length PBS television shows for download on Xbox LIVE, the online games and entertainment network for the Xbox 360. Included on Xbox LIVE are: WIRED SCIENCE CARRIER SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN FRONTIERS NOVA Ken Burns’ Jazz Ken Burns’ America Ken Burns’ American Lives “Our commitment is […]

  I Want My Three Minutes Back is a new documentary film from Chuck Potter that looks into the world of online video. The film examines the phenomenon of online video through the stories of YouTube video creators, from Tay Zonday and his viral hit “Chocolate Rain”, to Judson Laipply’s “Evolution Of Dance”, the most viewed […]

The Wall Street Journal reports that people are starting to drop their cable subscriptions for Internet video: “I’m saving a lot of money,” says Tony Leach, a product manager at an online stock brokerage firm in the Bay Area. Mr. Leach canceled his $60-a-month cable subscription two years ago and has watched all of his […]

MEVIO has announced the launch of TeXtraTV, a new technology entertainment channel that combines the best technology shows, reviews and video clips with some of the top celebrity hosts in technology. The company hopes to make TeXtraTV the MTV of technology video. According to Ron Bloom, co-founder and chief executive officer of MEVIO, “In the […]

i.TV has launched a free movie and TV guide service (App Store link) for the iPhone and iPod touch. In a nutshell, it’s an interactive, mobile TV Guide.  Here’s a rundown on i.TV’s features: TV and movie listings based on your current location and other customizable profile settings. The service provides rich background information for most […]

YouTube has announced another option that it plans to use to make money off of its video library – “click-to-buy” links: Today, we’re taking our first steps to providing YouTube users with this kind of instant gratification, by adding “click-to-buy” links to the watch pages of thousands of YouTube partner videos. Click-to-buy links are non-obtrusive […]

Michael Moore appears to be using bootlegging to ensure distribution of his latest film, Slacker Uprising, outside the US and Canada.  Torrentfreak reports that the film is actively being shared on bitTorrent around the world, despite only being freely available from the official source to people in the US and Canada. “What do you think I’m up to? […]

Internet TV site Current TV and microblogging platform Twitter are teaming up for interactive coverage of the Oct 7 presidential debate. The project overlays real-time Twitter posts over a live broadcast of the debate. Here’s how it works: Tune in on October 7th at 9pm EST/ 6pm PST for the Live Presidential Debate. Find Current […]

This video, from the Boxee blog, shows how you can use a USB memory stick to install the open source social media center.  Boxee plays media from your computer and other devices in your home network, and can connect you to various Internet sources that allow you to stream or download movies, tv shows, music […]