Video on Demand services via the web and/or internet enabled set top boxes

Video on Demand

HitBliss Offers Free Movie Rentals For Watching Personalized Ads, But Will It Work?

Unless you actively block or are able to tune them out, you’ll see ads everywhere you go online. HitBliss hopes to...
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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YouTube Views Added To Billboard Charts… Gangnam Style & Harlem Shake Included

In this day and age, YouTube is potentially more influential than any other medium in turning a song from one which...
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YouTube To Start Charging For Access | Google Experimenting With Channel Subscriptions

YouTube has long been seen as a possible alternative to pay-TV offerings, with a mix of music videos, television shows, and...
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Amazon Developing Zombieland TV Series | Do We Even Need Television Networks Any More?

Amazon has taken on the episodic version of Zombieland in order to add to its Instant Video lineup. Which further cements...
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Netflix Signs Streaming Deal With Disney | First-Run Movies Coming To Netflix From 2016

Netflix has signed a new deal with Disney which will see first-run movies from the media company streaming through the service...
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Gangnam Style Most Watched Video On YouTube | Online Video Crucial To Worldwide Success

You may very well be sick of Gangnam Style by now, but there are more people discovering this song every single...
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Hulu Plus & Netflix Now On Nintendo Wii U | GamePad Offers Second Screen Experience

Nintendo launched the Wii U, its new home games console, in North America on Sunday (Nov. 18). Netflix and Hulu Plus...
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Hulu Copies Netflix With Kid-Friendly Section

Hulu Kids is a new dedicated section for children where Hulu will host commercial-free programming for younger generations. This is something...
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Microsoft Buying Netflix? | Stock Jumps As Rumors Start Building – Hastings Quits Board

Rumors are building that Microsoft is preparing to make a bid for Netflix. Rumors that have helped the Netflix stock price...
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Hulu Losing Viewers At An Alarming Rate | Is Mobile, Advertising, Or Knowledge To Blame?

It looks as though Hulu is on the slide, as the Disney, NBC, and News Corp. co-owned service is reportedly losing...
Dave Parrack
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Felix Baumgartner’s Freefall From Edge Of Space Breaks YouTube Live Streaming Record

When, on Oct. 14, Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner jumped from a capsule hanging from the edge of space, he broke more...
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Google Ups Original Programming Roster On YouTube | New International Channels Incoming

Google’s experiment in turning YouTube from the prime destination for videos of funny cats into something more worthy has been successful...
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TV More Popular Than PC For Watching Online Video | Smart Sets, Set-Top Boxes Take Over

Online video has grown rapidly in popularity over the last few years, going from something only tech-savvy geeks knew about to...
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It’s Official – PSY’s ‘Gangnam Style’ Becomes Most Liked Video Of All Time On YouTube

PSY is not only a YouTube star and the creator of a viral video hit, he’s also now a world record...
Dave Parrack
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Google Refuses To Remove ‘Innocence Of Muslims’ Video Despite White House Request

A short video uploaded to YouTube, as well as several other video sites on the Internet, has sparked a major crisis....
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HBO Nordic Cuts The Cord | New Netflix-Style Service Available Without Pay-TV Subscription

Home Box Office is heading overseas once more, but this time with a service called HBO Nordic launching in, unsurprisingly, the...
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YouTube Testing Moodwall On Random Surfers – Video Recommendations Based On Feelings

YouTube is testing what it’s labeled ‘Moodwall’ on random users of the online video site. As its name suggests Moodwall makes...
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Netflix Coming To Nordic Countries In Q4 | Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland Lined Up

Netflix is set to continue its slow but sure expansion into international territories with a push into the Nordic countries of...
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Surfthechannel Owner Jailed For “Conspiracy To Defraud” After Linking To Copyrighted Content

The owner of Surfthechannel, a website which linked to content on the likes of Megavideo and Tudou, has been sentenced to...
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MyVidster Case Appeals Judge Rules Embedding Copyright-Infringing Videos Is Not Illegal

There has long been a question mark over whether linking to or embedding copyright-infringing videos is as illegal as actually hosting...
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YouTube Offers 4 Million Videos For Reusing & Remixing With ‘CC BY’ Creative Commons

YouTube is now the largest depository of Creative Commons videos that are free to be reused or remixed for free by...
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YouTube Partners Make Money, Get Rewarded

YouTube Partners, the individuals or organizations who go that extra mile, are being rewarded by YouTube. Both in monetary terms and...
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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 Studios Chooses First Four Television Shows For Series Development Slate

Amazon Studios has selected the first four shows it wants to develop further as part of its quest to create original...
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The Collective Acquires Metacafe | YouTube Stars Talent Agency Buys Ailing Video Site

A site that was once competition to the now-ubiquitous YouTube has been acquired by a Hollywood management company with plenty of...
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YouTube Live Streaming London 2012 Olympics Free In HD In 64 Countries Across Africa & Asia

YouTube has nabbed the rights to show the London 2012 Olympic Games live on the site. Unfortunately only in the 64...
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YouView Begins Public Trials In Selected Homes | BBC-Led Internet Set-Top Box Almost Ready

YouView is almost ready to be launched onto the public, a public that is unlikely to have even ever heard of...
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Netflix Bounces Back As Old Customers Return

Netflix looks to be finding its feet once more after the precipitous fall which came when it decided to annoy many...
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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...
Dave Parrack
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