YouTube plans to start banning videos posted to the site that may contain copyrighted content, according to CEO Eric Schmidt. The new system, which Schmidt called Claim Your Content, will automatically identify copyright material so that it can be removed, Schmidt said. Schmidt made his comments at the National Association of Broadcasters conference. “We are […]

Comedian Will Ferrell and partner Adam McKay have launched a new site that’s trying to be the YouTube of comedy, FunnyorDie.com. Like other video sites, users can upload comedy videos to be voted on by other viewers. Videos can also be embedded into blog posts and other sites (see sample below). Votes determine whether the […]

Today at the 2007 National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) conference, Microsoft unveiled Microsoft Silverlight, a new cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering media and rich interactive applications (RIAs) for the Web. Silverlight integrates with existing Web technologies to provide higher-quality experiences with lower costs for media delivery. The plug-in offers consistent experiences to both Macintosh and […]

According to a post at the Photobucket blog, MySpace has made changes to prevent Photobucket users from posting their videos and remixes to MySpace pages: This action by MySpace means that all of the videos and remixes you created will no longer show up on your MySpace profile, blog and comments section. More specifically, if […]

New options for Apple TV appear to be in the works. Blogger Eirik Solheim noticed that the Apple Store now shows a “Select your Apple TV” option, though only one option is available. The “Select” option is displayed when you can select from several Apple products. We haven’t seen any announcement from Apple about this, […]

YouTube announced today the winners of the 2007 YouTube Video Awards. Winners include the Ask A Ninja podcast, which garnered the Best Series award, and OK Go, which won the Most Creative award. “It’s incredible how quickly and completely YouTube is changing culture and it’s a surreal honor to be part of something so great,” […]

Pioneering video podcast Rocketboom is considering charging for it content, because it doesn’t have the size of audiences that large advertisers are looking for. “It’s frustrating that we haven’t worked it out by now,” said Rocketboom creator, Andrew Baron. “Even though we have a relatively large audience, advertisers are just not happy to do ‘small […]

Microsoft is locking down its video-sharing site, Soapbox, limiting membership so it can create better safeguards against pirated content. After Viacom announced its $1 billion lawsuit against YouTube, Microsoft appears to have decided its video sharing site offered too juicy a target. Here’s Microsoft’s statement on the changes: Dear Soapbox users, Thanks for helping us […]

According to new research from comScore, primetime for Internet video is 5-8 pm weekdays. In January, nearly 123 million people in the U.S. (70 percent of the total U.S. Internet audience) viewed 7.2 billion videos online. The average video streamer viewed 59 streams during the course of the month — nearly two videos per day […]

Several bloggers have posted about their experiences tearing into Apple TV hardware: Make Magazine shows you how to open your Apple TV and warranty, but not how to upgrade it. Engadget has an article on upgrading the hard drive to 80GB Gizmodo has teaser info on a 120GB hard drive upgrade The hard drive size […]