Brazilian supermodel Daniela Cicarelli, right, says she doesn’t want YouTube to be banned, just the steamy footage of her and her boyfriend. The ban has prompted thousands of Brazilian YouTube users to launch an e-mail protest against her and raised calls for a boycott of her television program. Cicarelli said the ban wasn’t her fault […]

Macworld Update: Apple today premiered Apple TV, a media router that can wirelessly play iTunes content from a Mac or PC on your widescreen TV, including movies, TV shows, music, photos and podcasts. Users can quickly browse and view their entire collection of digital media from across the room using the simple and intuitive Apple […]

At the 2007 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), being held in Las Vegas, Microsoft Entertainment and Devices Division President Robbie Bach¬†provided an early look at a new service, IPTV on Xbox 360. According to Microsoft, the offering will deliver world-class TV experiences such as digital video recording capabilities, with gaming, movie viewing, and even voice and […]

NetGear today announced a collaboration and agreement with BitTorrent, Inc. to promote video downloads streamed to high-definition televisions (HDTVs) through the new NetGear Digital Entertainer HD (EVA8000) media receiver. BitTorrent will work with NetGear on marketing and technology initiatives to deliver the highest quality and fastest distribution of media files over home networks. The Digital […]

Sony Electronics today announced a first of its kind TV feature called BRAVIA Internet Video Link that will allow most of its new televisions to access free Internet video content, including high-definition, from providers including AOL, Yahoo! and Grouper, as well as Sony Pictures Entertainment and Sony BMG Music.According to Stan Glasgow, president and chief […]

NetGear, a networking products provider, has introduced the Digital Entertainer HD (EVA8000), a wireless networking router designed to bring the digital media to television sets. NetGear made its introduction a week before MacWorld Expo, where Apple is expected to introduce its own wireless media router, the “iTV”. NetGear’s digital media receiver offers lets high-definition televisions […]

A Brazilian court has ordered YouTube to be shut down until it removes a celebrity sex video featuring Daniela Cicarelli, a model and ex-wife of soccer great Ronaldo. Cicarelli sued YouTube after a video of her apparently having sex in shallow water on a beach with her boyfriend Tato Malzoni was posted to the site. […]

The Web is set to become the largest video platform ever, according to ClipBlast, a video search site. ‚ÄúIn 2007, the Web will become the largest distribution platform of video ever,‚Äù said Gary Baker, founder and CEO, ClipBlast! ‚ÄúWe‚Äôre witnessing a profound transformation ‚Äì really, a series of transformations ‚Äì in how information and entertainment […]

Juniper Research is predicting that the increasing influence of mobile video enabled on 3G networks will drive the uptake of many mobile sports, leisure and information services over the next five years.¬†The global market for sports, leisure and information content (infotainment) is set to grow from its 2006 value of just under $4.2 billion to […]

NBC’s attitude towards YouTube has done a 180 since the video sharing site was acquired by Google. While earlier in the year, NBC was asking YouTube to take down popular SNL videos like Lazy Sunday, the network now has realized YouTube’s viral potential to expand audiences. The network has released an uncensored version of an […]