Microsoft today announced the availability of Microsoft Mediaroom, an update to its Internet Protocol television (IPTV) software platform. While Apple is coming at Internet TV from an end user perspective with its Apple TV/iTunes platform, Microsoft is targeting the lucrative service provider market. Enrique Rodriguez, corporate vice president, Microsoft TV Business, right, offered his thoughts […]

Microsoft today announced the availability of Microsoft Mediaroom, an update to its Internet Protocol television (IPTV) software platform. With this release, Microsoft is rebranding its IPTV platform as Microsoft Mediaroom to “reflect the broader set of new connected entertainment experiences made possible today”. Microsoft hopes that service providers will use the Mediaroom brand and identify […]

YouTube has introduced a new mobile offering that promises to blow out your mobile Internet plan. The mobile version of the site, available at m.youtube.com, provides a selection of popular videos from the site, including top videos from the Featured, Recently Added, Most Viewed, Top Rated, Top Favorites, Entertainment, and People categories. YouTube warns: YouTube […]

Filmmakers Arin Crumley & Susan Buice have released their film, Four Eyed Monster, in full on YouTube. The movie’s creation was documented as the Four Eyed Monster video podcast,and the movie is said to be the first full-length film officially released on YouTube. Crumley & Buice’s work is notable for the ways that they have […]

The Nielsen Company today announced that it will begin tracking mobile phone owners’ media activity with a new service called Nielsen Wireless. The service will track how many people use content services such as mobile Internet and mobile video and what impact this has on established media behavior. The service is designed specifically for the […]

Pioneering video podcast Rocketboom has introduced a new sponsorship system, with YouTube as the first sponsor. The show plans to charge $3,000 per episode for sponsorships, which will include: Post Roll Sponsorship Gratitude. White text on black background. Company logo and byline. 7 seconds. Travels with all videos to all platforms (incl. web, phone, tv, […]

Apple today announced that it is offering a new Apple TV build-to-order option with a 160GB hard drive, addressing one of the most common complaints about the device, its relatively puny storage space. The new larger hard drive offers four times the storage for up to 200 hours of video, 36,000 songs, 25,000 photos or […]

Apple today announced that it‚Äôs it’s updating Apple TV to bring YouTube to the living room. Beginning in mid-June, Apple TV will be able to wirelessly stream videos directly from YouTube and play them on a user‚Äôs widescreen TV. Viiewers will be able to browse, find and watch free videos from YouTube directly using Apple […]

Turner Broadcasting System‚Äôs TNT and TBS plan to stream all of their original summer series to the Web the morning after they premiere on TV. They will be available on the networks‚Äô Websites, TNT.tv and TBS.com, the next day and remain online for about a month. “We want new viewers to come in, and, while […]

CBS Interactive has announced that it is partnering with community-building websites and social application providers to let users put CBS clips into their profiles, websites, blogs, widgets, wikis, and community pages. “Today, we are taking the CBS Audience Network directly to the user,” said Quincy Smith, President, CBS Interactive. “We now want to empower our […]