Internet video startup Hulu today announced the beta of a new high-definition video service: Today we’re excited to launch an HD Gallery featuring a selection of High Definition video clips at 1280 x 720 resolution. Those of you with a fast internet connection of 2,400 Kbps or higher, the latest build of Adobe Flash Player […]

If you haven’t seen Yo Gabba Gabba yet, sorry if we just ruined the rest of your week. This stuff is insanely catchy, more than a bit weird and you’re probably going to be singing “there’s a party in my tummy” for days. You have our apologies. But the real blame goes on NickJr. They’ve […]

Remember when NBC yanked its shows off of iTunes because it couldn’t come to an agreement with Apple on pricing? Now they’ve entered into an out-of-left-field agreement with Netflix that will let Netflix subscribers watch current episodes of NBC’s top-rated show, Heroes, the day after their network airing. In addition, Netflix offers prior season episodes […]

MTV Networks is planning to make every clip from every episode of South Park available online for free next year. The decision follows the recent introduction of an all-you-can-eat Web 2.0-style video site for fellow Viacom media property The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. The Daily Show site offers 13,000 high-quality clips, from episodes dating […]

The video-sharing Web site YouTube has reportedly suspended the account of an Egyptian anti-torture activist and journalist who posted videos of police brutality. The activist, Wael Abbas said that close to 100 images he had sent to YouTube were no longer accessible, including clips depicting purported police brutality, voting irregularities and anti-government demonstrations. “They closed […]

It looks like natural selection is starting to weed through the dozens of video sites that have sprouted up in the last few years.Yesterday, we reported that video startup Brightcove was shuttering its user-generated video offerings to focus on video publishing services for corporate clients. Now Compete has released its stats on the Top 10 […]

Remember commercials? Those things you used to have to watch, before you got a TiVo and/or you started subscribing to one of the 25,000+ free video podcasts and/or you started losing hours of your life surfing YouTube? Microsoft, NBC Universal and GE apparently think that you really miss the little buggers, so much so that […]

This is the second part of our look at The Secrets Of Viral Video Hits. The articles provide an alternative to the view, promoted by Dan Ackerman Greenberg at TechCrunch, that the secret to success with Internet videos is “clandestine marketing.” In part one, Kent Nichols from Ask A Ninja and Andrew Michael Baron of […]

The Taipei Times reports that YouTube is censoring its site in Taiwan by removing music videos that are degrading to women: YouTube decided on Thursday to remove a series of music videos degrading Taiwanese women after angry reports from the Taiwanese public and media. Over the past months, a YouTube user who dubbed himself “Handsome […]

BrightSpot.tv, a Internet television startup that promised to pay viewers when they watched advertisements, has shut its doors. A notice on the site explains the situation: Dear BrightSpot.tv Member BrightSpot Media would like to thank all of our valued members for participating on BrightSpot.tv and taking advantage of the partnerships that we had established. We […]