Video

PodShow Video Podcasts Coming To Tivo

Sep 21st, 2007 | By | Category: Internet TV, Video Podcasts

Podcasting startup PodShow is expected to formally announce a partnership with TiVo next week that will bring PodShow’s video podcasts to TiVo users. The agreement promises to make Podshow’s content available to millions of new viewers, directly on their televisions. An official announcement is expected at next week’s Podcasting and Portable Media Expo. Paul Colligan […]



Major Broadcasters Taking Baby Steps Into Internet Media

Sep 21st, 2007 | By | Category: Digital Video Downloads, Internet TV, Streaming Video, Video, Video Podcasts

This year, it’s looking more and more like the major broadcast networks are going to be taking baby steps into Internet media, experimenting with a variety of different methods of delivery while trying to protect their traditional business model: Fox plans to offer the season premiere episodes of seven programs for free through Apple’s iTunes […]



NBC Direct To Offer Free Show Downloads Via Closed Podcast Platform

Sep 20th, 2007 | By | Category: Corporate Podcasts, Digital Video Downloads, Internet TV, Making Money with Podcasts, Podcasting Services, Video, Video Podcasts

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, […]



Sunny Day! Sesame Street Announces New Podcast Series

Sep 19th, 2007 | By | Category: Educational Podcasts, Video Podcasts

Some forty years after it first revolutionized children’s television programming, Sesame Workshop (the makers of public tv’s Sesame Street) has announced the launch of a video podcast series. The short weekly episodes focus on a single “word on the street” (literally, a word chalked onto blacktop). The recent podcast about squid featured grown-ups and children […]



Portable Media Update: The iFlop; Watch YouTube & Get College Credit; More

Sep 15th, 2007 | By | Category: Digital Movie Store, Digital Video Downloads, Internet TV, iPods & Portable Media Players, Podcast Directory Sites, Video

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 […]



SonicMountain Buys FireAnt For Odeo Site

Sep 14th, 2007 | By | Category: Internet TV, Podcasting Services

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 […]



Kiptronic Announces New CEO

Sep 14th, 2007 | By | Category: Internet TV, Streaming Video, Video

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 Audience For Online Video Now 134 Million

Sep 14th, 2007 | By | Category: Internet TV, Podcasting Research, Podcasting Statistics, Video

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 […]



iTunes/iPod News Highlights For Sept. 8

Sep 8th, 2007 | By | Category: Internet TV, iPhone, iPods & Portable Media Players

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 […]



Internet Video News Highlights For Sept. 7

Sep 7th, 2007 | By | Category: General, Video

There’s a lot of news in the area of Internet video today. Here are the highlights: The UK government has responded to the controversy over the BBC’s recently introduced iPlayer digital video application, which only runs on Windows XP. We called it a closed on-demand video system when it was introduced. The government is now […]