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YouTube Settles With National Music Publishers Association, Bringing Music & Video Together

YouTube is no longer the piracy-ridden stain on society it once was, with Google having cleaned up the site until it’s...
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Netflix Debuts ‘Just For Kids’ | Children Have Their Own Dedicated Watch Instantly Section

Online video isn’t just for adults, with kids able to operate and enjoy content via their laptops, games consoles, and other...
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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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Hulu Launching Suscription Service In Japan By End Of 2011 | Europe’s Loss Is Asia’s Gain

Hulu is preparing to set sail and expand internationally for the first time. But Europe isn’t its first landing spot as...
Dave Parrack
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Movieclips Comes To YouTube As The Vevo For Films | Raises $7 Million In Series B Funding

Movieclips was good, now it’s great. And the fact that its range of movie clips (as the name implies) will now...
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New BBC iPlayer For TV Launched On PS3 | 300 Connected-TV Devices To Be Upgraded Later

As an avid user and fan of the BBC iPlayer, and someone who accesses it regularly through a PS3, I’m pleased...
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Apple Set To Launch iTunes Replay | Re-downloading/Streaming Movies & TV Shows

Apple could be preparing to launch a new feature on iTunes allowing people to re-download or stream content they’ve previously bought....
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Video Commerce Site Joyus Raises $7.9 Million In Startup Funding, Launches In Public Beta

Despite being mostly terrible, infomercials and home shopping channels are big business, with people responding to them by cracking open their...
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YouTube Live Streaming On Google+ Hangouts

Users of Google+ Hangouts, the live group video chat component of the fledgling social network, can now watch live streaming YouTube...
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WalMart Integrates Vudu For Mainstream Appeal

WalMart is finally integrating Vudu into its main website, thereby taking the streaming service well and truly into the mainstream. Should...
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BBC Worldwide Launches Paid-For iPlayer App For Apple iPad – First Europe, Then America

BBC Worldwide has finally deigned to bring iPlayer to more than just those of us in the U.K. Unfortunately it hasn’t...
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Netflix Earnings Report: Price Hike Fears As CEO States, “We Can Thrive On Streaming Only”

The latest financials from Netflix suggest the company is flat-lining a little, especially with the recent price hikes affecting confidence. But...
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Apple Looking To Buy Hulu To Bolster iTunes?

Apple’s name has been thrown into the ring as one of the many contenders looking to take Hulu and do something...
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Rebecca Black Is Back, Proving (A Lack Of) Talent Is No Barrier To Gaining YouTube Fame

What makes someone a YouTube star? What makes one video go viral while countless others remain stranded with barely any views?...
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An Explanation For Netflix Price Hike – Reed Hastings Wants To Force Hollywood’s Hand

Netflix may not be so stupid in risking a customer revolt by hiking its prices after all. It’s all part of...
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Netflix Preparing To Launch In The U.K. and Spain In 2012 | From Latin America To Europe

Despite a hostile reaction to its latest price changes Netflix remains on target to grow within the U.S. And if the...
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British TV-On-Demand Service SeeSaw Saved After Acquisition By Criterion Capital Partners

SeeSaw has lived up to its name over the past month, first being announced as shutting completely, then getting a stay...
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Netflix: DVDs By Mail Will Cost Extra! | Streaming Only and DVDs Only Plans Unveiled

Netflix has taken its biggest step so far towards being primarily a streaming company, with ‘Watch Instantly’ now costing as much...
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New YouTube Design ‘Cosmic Panda’ Now On TestTube With Channel Customization Options

YouTube is testing out a new design codenamed Cosmic Panda. Personally, however, I’d rather see the current performance issues of constant...
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Hulu Plus Now Has 1 Million Users, 2011 Revenue To Hit $500 Million – So Why For Sale?

Hulu is going from strength-to-strength, with a new milestone in Hulu Plus subscriber numbers and a healthy revenue forecast for the...
Dave Parrack
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Netflix Launching Across Latin America | Streaming Video Service Adding 43 Countries

Netflix is once again expanding. Having built huge user bases in both the U.S. and Canada, it’s now seeking to grab...
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Google To Buy Hulu? | Search Giant One Of Possible Buyers Alongside Microsoft and Yahoo!

Google is one of a trio of household names jockeying to take on Hulu. That is if the rumors are to...
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UrtheCast Takes Streaming Video To Space With HD Cameras On The International Space Station

Have you ever wanted to go to space? To be on board the International Space Station and be able to look...
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Owners Of Bebo, Criterion Capital Partners, Target Acquisition Of SeeSaw From Arqiva

SeeSaw may not be shutting after all, with buyers possibly queuing up to stage a last-minute buyout. One of which is...
Dave Parrack
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Hulu May Be Up For Sale, Yahoo May Be Buyer

We don’t tend to cover rumors here on WebTVWire, mainly because a lot of them turn out to be absolute bunkum....
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TVShack Brit Richard O’Dwyer Facing Extradition To U.S. Over Copyright Infringement

Richard O’Dwyer is facing going to prison in the United States for being the man behind the TVShack website. But the...
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Rebecca Black’s ‘Friday’ Pulled From YouTube After Copyright Claim By… Ms. Rebecca Black

Everyone has surely heard Friday by Rebecca Black by now. Probably dozens of times, whether they wanted to or not. Yet...
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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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‘As Seen On’ YouTube Collates Videos Embedded By Blogs and Sites Across The Web

Online video clips can now not only form a part of news articles and spark conversations, they can be the very...
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YouTube Music Video Views Prove The Future Is Online As Music Piracy Begins To Tail Off

YouTube is helping beat music piracy by offering a free and legal alternative. The users get the content they desire, while...
Dave Parrack
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