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Video Distribution

Netflix Expands Into Mainland Europe: Streaming Video In France, Germany, Austria

Netflix is officially expanding into mainland Europe, announcing its intentions to launch in six more countries by the end of 2014....
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What The Net Neutrality Ruling Means For Online Video

A recent decision by an appeals court in Washington to chuck out net neutrality rules could have dire consequences for everyone...
Dave Parrack
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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...
Dave Parrack
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How Netflix Is Changing TV For The Better With House Of Cards & Arrested Development

Netflix is busy producing its own content to augment the classic content already on the service. It’s this original programming that...
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London 2012 Olympics Streaming Live On Facebook With New BBC Sports App, In U.K.

The BBC continues to be at the forefront of delivering television online. The catch-up, on-demand iPlayer has been a huge success,...
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Amazon Producing Original Content | Amazon Studios Seeking Show Ideas For Instant Video

Amazon is the latest streaming media company to pledge its desire to begin producing its own original content. I can’t help...
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BBC Planning iTunes-Style Service For Content | TV Shows Available As Digital Downloads

The BBC could soon be selling shows – both old and new – to the British public who originally funded the...
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Sony Music Boss Loves YouTube, Hates GEMA

Wait, what? There’s a music label executive who thinks the Internet is a force for good? Wonders will never cease. Unfortunately...
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Netflix Makes It Easier To Sign Up For DVDs-By-Mail Again, But Is This Really News?

Netflix has been pushing streaming video for some time. Which makes sense as it represents the future while physical media such...
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Piracy Does Not Harm Hollywood Box Office Receipts, But Delayed International Releases Do

Hollywood will, and has been for many years now, tell us all that piracy is the big, bad wolf that is...
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Amazon Adds Viacom To Prime Instant Video But Isn’t Planning Standalone Netflix Rival

Watch out, Netflix, you have (more) competition. And this time it’s in the shape of Amazon. Offering streaming video as part...
Dave Parrack
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MegaUpload Knocked Offline As Feds Arrest Admins | Then Why The Need For SOPA & PIPA?

MegaUpload is no more, at least in its former capacity. We can now look forward to a long and expensive legal...
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NinjaVideo Co-Founder Hana Amal Beshara Imprisoned In Copyright Infringement Case

If you download movies from the Internet then there’s a small chance you’ll get caught. If you run a site offering...
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Hate Louis C.K., Love His (Profitable) Digital Content Distribution Honor Box Experiment

It’s OK to hate Louis C.K. I do. But you should love his latest comedy special. Not for the content, necessarily,...
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Sony Experimenting With Early Digital Sales To Tempt People To Buy Rather Than Rent Movies

What do you do when you see everyone renting your movies rather than buying them? Why, you offer buyers an advantage...
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U.S. TV Shows Arrive On PS3 PSN In The U.K. But Pricing, Range Of Content Is Still An Issue

British PS3 owners can now enjoy a range of U.S. television shows that have been added to the U.K. PSN Store....
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Sony Considering Internet TV Offering To Rival Cable, But Will Media Companies Take The Bait

They way we consume media, be it television, movies, music, games, or news is changing. Rapidly. All thanks to the Internet....
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Zediva Is Dead After MPAA Gets Its Way | Hollywood Kills Another Internet Innovation

Another day, another innovative use of the Internet to deliver content to paying customers is killed by Hollywood. Because piracy is...
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MPA Wins Legal Blockade Of Newzbin2 As Hollywood Once Again Wastes Time and Money

The MPA, Hollywood, and the entertainment industry as a whole have scored a victory of sorts over illegal file-sharing in the...
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Netflix Coming To UK and Ireland In 2012 | Going Head-To-Head With Amazon’s Lovefilm

Netflix is coming to the U.K. and Ireland. Finally. But it’ll face tough competition in what has become the gateway to...
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Online Video Translastion Site ViKi Funded To The Tune Of $20 Million As Investors Pile In

When investors start stepping over each other to put their money into a company you know it’s on the way up....
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The Top 10 Most Pirated Movies On BitTorrent Suggest Hollywood and MPAA Sorely Mistaken

Movie piracy is all bad, right? No good can come from it, right? If a movie makes it onto BitTorrent (as...
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Universal Cancels ‘Tower Heist’ Premium VOD Experiment After Boycott By Movie Theaters

Under pressure from exhibitors Universal Pictures has backed away from its plans to release Tower Heist as a VOD stream just...
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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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Netflix Backtracks, Kills Qwikster To Appease Customers | Short-term Gain, Longterm Mistake

Well, that didn’t last long. And I don’t think any of us saw it coming. Qwikster is dead, and a dual-service...
Dave Parrack
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YouTube Movie Rentals Arrives In U.K. | New Service Is Competition For Amazon’s LoveFilm

YouTube is now offering its fledgling movie rentals service in the U.K. The content is good, the prices fair. The sky...
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Comcast Testing $60 Premium VOD | Watch ‘Tower Heist’ At Home While It’s In Theaters

Hollywood is hoping to cash in by offering premium video-on-demand services which will see movies streamed direct to people’s homes just...
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Watch Transformers: Dark Of The Moon Online With Direct Streaming Option From Paramount

You can now stream Transformers: Dark Of The Moon directly from Paramount Pictures, in what the company is calling “an experiment.”...
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Netflix and DreamWorks Strike A Deal | HBO Loses Content After Streaming Video Deal

Netflix has had somewhat of a tumultuous time of late, what with raising the prices and then splitting the two halves...
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The Netflix, Qwikster, Reed Hastings, Price Change, DVD vs. Streaming Debacle – Opinions

We’ve looked at the facts surrounding what Netflix has been doing in the past couple of days. Now it’s time to...
Dave Parrack
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