CBS has found that offering video downloads increases the audiences for their TV shows. A poll taken by CBS found that over half of the users who streamed CBS shows on the Web had never seen the shows before on TV. According to CBS, the new users then became fans of those shows. “We’re looking […]

Yahoo! on Monday launched its online video competition, Yahoo! Talent Show, and named Maria Sansone, Tom Green and Ask a Ninja as judges. Talent Show will award $50,000 and a development deal to produce a show on Yahoo! to the winner of the contest, which is looking for original Internet video talent. Sansone also hosts […]

Sling Media has announced the immediate availability of the SlingPlayer for Mac OS X, a software download for Slingbox customers who wish to view their home TV natively on an Apple Macintosh computer. The Slingbox allows users to watch their cable, satellite, or digital video recorder (DVR) programming from wherever they are, turning any Internet-connected […]

One more sign that YouTube as you know it is dead: the site has quietly purged over 30,000 videos after receiving complaints of copyright infringement. According to a report in the New York Times, nearly 30,000 clips of TV shows, movies and music videos were taken down after the Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, […]

The Public Broadcasting Service, PBS, has joined the ranks of YouTubers, using the site to highlight and promote its programming. YouTube is “a great way to get in front of a broad variety of audiences,” said Kevin Dando, PBS Director of Education and Online Communication. “It’s where the market is headed.” The PBS clips, 21 […]

Jack Black, international sensation, has created a special infomercial on the subject of music piracy. “Look, super mega rock and roll gods and superstars are just regular dudes like you guys. We punch the clock, we put on the pants and we then we blow people’s minds,” according to Black. “And then these pirates come, […]

blinkx, a leading video search engine, today unveiled an updated site featuring “video walls”, a new interface for Internet video that combines the ‘sit back and watch’ element of traditional television with the interactive experience of searching and watching video online. Users will also be able to embed topical video walls in to Web pages […]

The United Nations has hooked up with fake jailbait vlogger lonelygirl15 (actress Jessica Lee Rose) and the producers of the discredited YouTube flog for an ad campaign promoting a UN antipoverty event planned for Sunday. Rose, the actress who plays ‚ÄúBree‚Äù in the Lonelygirl15 videos posted on video-sharing Web site YouTube, will reprise the role […]

More evidence that YouTube as you know it is dead: YouTube and Universal Music Group (UMG) have announced an agreement that promises to remove videos from the site that use Universal music without authorization, and replace them with ad-supported content. Under the agreement, UMG will let YouTube users incorporate music from UMG‚Äôs recorded music catalog […]

Sony BMG Music Entertainment and Google today announced plans to make Sony music videos available for online streaming at no cost to users. They also announced plans to let Web publishers embed Sony music videos on their sites and share in advertising revenue. Starting this month, users can watch thousands of Sony music videos on […]