The back-end technology that broadcasts IPTV and broadband video. These articles discuss the technology and workings behind the platforms that bring us television over the internet including both hardware and software.

Web Video Technology

Google Launches Chromecast, a $35 Dongle That Streams Content From Mobile To TV

Google recently unveiled Chromecast, a $35 dongle that is able to stream content from mobile devices to your television. This is...
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YouView Misses London 2012 Olympics | BT Vision CEO Claims Delays Are “No Big Deal”

YouView has been delayed once more, and this latest missed target means the set-top box and related platform won’t be out...
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New Apple TV Rumors Abound – Foxconn Preparing To Manufacture Apple Television Set

If you believe the old adage that there is no smoke without first then the it’s a case of when rather...
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New Apple TV Unveiled Alongside New iPad 3 | Not Much Has Changed, Except The Marketing

It looks exactly the same, it does pretty much the same things as it did before, and even under the hood...
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Roku Streaming Stick Brings Web Video Content To Both Dumb and Smart TVs With MHL Ports

Roku sees a future when we will all have a Roku Streaming Stick plugged into the back of our televisions. It...
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Apple TV Plans Revealed, Rumor By Rumor

It’s well known that Apple has been planning to develop a television set for some time now. Or at least it...
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New Xbox Live Upgrade Brings TV and Movies Galore To Xbox 360 As Microsoft Eyes Future

If you have your Xbox 360 hooked up to the Internet, and why wouldn’t you, quite frankly, then it will update...
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Roku Heading For U.K. and Canada In 2012 | Low-Cost Streaming Set-Top Boxes On Way

Roku is heading international, with its set-top boxes becoming available to buy outside of the U.S. for the first time in...
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Logitech Bails On Google TV, Cites Failure Of Revue Set-Top Box As Reason For Profit Drop

Google TV is still waiting in the wings trying to find its market. Google will hang in there waiting for consumers...
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Steve Jobs Eyeing Apple Television Set Before Death | Integrated iCloud Apple TV Possible

Steve Jobs revealed some vague future plans for Apple before he passed away from pancreatic cancer earlier this month. Including a...
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Hollywood Rolls Out ‘UltraViolet’ | A DRM Cloud Solution To Rival Apple iTunes and Save DVDs

Hollywood has finally realized the Internet is here to stay, digital content is here to stay, and piracy is here to...
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Ivi TV Asks Us All To Help Legal Fight Against Cable Companies With Crowd-Funded Finances

Ivi TV has turned to crowd-funding in order to pay the huge legal bills it will be facing as it gets...
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New YouTube Video Editor Goes Live | Image Stabilization, Color, Contrast, and Effects

YouTube now has a dedicated editor built in to the site giving all users the opportunity to edit video they have...
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Google TV Coming To The U.K. As Eric Schmidt Promises More Partners, Brighter U.S. Future

Google TV isn’t going to be one of those many products or services Google kills off quietly after a failed trial....
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Android Market Movie Rentals Service Comes To Smartphones | Films Available From $1.99

Thanks to the newly-updated Android Market and Videos app you can now watch movie rentals on your smartphone. Assuming it’s not...
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Web Video Chat Comes Of Age With Hangouts on Google+ and Skype on Facebook

It wasn’t long ago when the idea of chatting face to face with video was considered futuristic and pie in the...
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YouTube Tic Tac Toe Uses Annotations and Videos Galore To Create Interactive Game

YouTube isn’t just the premier destination for videos of mad animals and even madder humans, although there is an abundance of...
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AOL AV Is Free Video Chat From AIM Team | Flash-Based, No Sign-In, Download Required

There are multiple options for people looking to video chat online these days, from MSN Messenger to Chatroulette and everything in...
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Google TV UI Update For Android 3.1 Unveiled At Google I/O, Android Market Apps Included

Google TV 2.0 is well on its way. And the first screenshots of the improved user interface and the Android Market...
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Google TV 2.0 On Way | What Needs To Change?

It looks like Google is preparing to revamp and reboot Google TV. And it’s really no surprise as v1.0 hasn’t managed...
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Dish and EchoStar Settle With TiVo, Agree To Pay $500 Million To Cover All Patent Litigation

A case which has been running since all the way back in 2004, when the television business looked very different than...
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Brightcove Awarded Broad Online Video Distribution Patent As It Prepares For IPO

Brightcove has been awarded a very broad patent for online video features. Features which are universally used by other sites and...
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William and Kate Royal Wedding – Will The Internet Be Able To Cope With The Demand?

Call me psychic but I’m pretty sure you’ll all be aware of the royal wedding taking place on Friday morning. Prince...
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Netflix Adds Paramount Movies In Canada, Before Reducing Video Quality For Bandwidth

Netflix has acquired first-run access to Paramount Pictures movies for subscribers to its streaming service in Canada. Unfortunately Netflix has been...
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YouTube Acquires Green Parrot Pictures To Help Improve, Shrink User-Generated Content

YouTube really loves us all uploading video to the site. The problem is the quality of these videos can sometimes be...
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Netflix Boasts 30% Of Content Has Subtitles, But Streaming Video Still Lacks Accessibility

Netflix now boasts that 30 percent of its streaming content now has subtitles, and that the figure will be nearer 80%...
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Ivi TV Deemed Illegal As Judge In Lawsuit States Online Video Service Not Cable System

Round One in the battle between ivi TV and a host of TV broadcasters has gone to the latter, with a...
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YouView Delayed Until 2012 – BBC-Backed Internet Connected TV Dead Or Just Wounded?

YouView has officially been delayed until 2012, at least. The question is whether this is the final nail in the coffin...
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YouView Delayed Until 2012? | BBC Set-Top Box Behind Schedule, Risks Becoming Obsolete

On paper YouView looks like being a phenomenal product. But delays in launching, an argument over technical standards, and other factors...
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Web-Enabled Smart TV Sets Selling Well, But Online Video Needs A Google-Style Leader

Smart TV sets sold well in 2010, with figures higher than previously estimated. And that trend looks set to continue right...
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