Companies that have an interest in Web Television, video and TV via the Internet (IPTV)

Broadband Video Companies

AOL & Broadband Video | A quick overview

AOL Video – A variety of free, ad-supported videos in addition to paid videos in a jam-packed video portal. Full TV...
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Blinkx Grows its Video Index with Travelistic Travel Videos

Blinkx is quickly standing out as the online video search engine that is indexing videos from more video sites than anywhere...
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FiOS TV 2.0 Arrives

Dave Zatz has gotten word that Verizon’s FiOS TV 2.0 Interactive Media Guide is now ready and will be deployed to...
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Mogulus | Free Powerful Personal Internet TV Platform in Closed Beta

Just recently we took a look at the various TV channel creation tools that allowed you to create both scheduled and...
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7 min read

YouTube Challenges Military Pentagon Ban

Much like the situation in many schools the Pentagon decided to ban a variety of sites from the military including Metacafe,...
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Google Integrated Video Thumbnails into Its Regular Search

I just noticed that Google is integrating video thumbnails into its regular search results. It is doing this for video clips...
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Google Re-trial Coming For Linking Liability

If you’ve been reading Web TV Wire for a while you may remember when QuickSilverScreen (QSS), a website that links to...
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2 min read

Realnetworks Acquires Sony Netservices

After recently acquiring WiderThan, a global provider of wireless entertainment solutions, Realnetworks has now acquired Sony NetServices, a provider of mobile...
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VatorTV | Entrepreneur Video Community Raises Funding

VatorTV is an internet video community for entrepreneurs and investors where people can share their business advice and ideas with the...
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Mogulus | New Personal Internet TV Platform Raises $1.2 Million

Mogulus recently launched in beta and offers people the ability to create their own personalized internet TV channel that can be...
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CBS to Acquire WallStrip for $5 million

WallStrip is an internet video blog that showcases hot trends in business and stocks at all time highs. The show is...
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Roo Secures $25 Million More Funding

Roo is an online video network that offers turnkey services to website publishers, content producers and advertisers to help them take...
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ScanScout Video Ad Broker Secures $7 Million

ScanScout is another video ad-broker start-up promising to deliver relevant in-context advertising for online video broadcasters. The company has just closed...
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Black20 – The Online Video Production Company Gets Angel Investment

Black20, an NYC-based online video production company, has received angel investment from Jeff Jarvis. The site, co-founded by two NBC creatives...
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MetaCafe to Launch Static Video Ads Similar to YouTube with Adap.tv

MetaCafe will be taking a similar approach to advertising as YouTube by inserting static text-based adverts within video clips on its...
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Online Video No Threat to Television says YouTube

Executives from YouTube and HDNet, appearing before a Congressional subcommittee on the future of video entertainment Thursday, agreed that online video...
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1 min read

YouTube Adverts Already Here

YouTube has launched its video adverts a little earlier than anticipated. I was expecting a very short pre-roll advert and a...
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Google Bows Down to Censorship Once Again | Removing YouTube Clips for Thailand

Last month Thailand banned YouTube from the entire country because of an insulting video showing the Thai King. The video showed...
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1 min read

MySpace Video Sharing Launching in Japan

MySpace, the social networking site which is expected to generate $525 million in revenue in the U.S. this year, has launched...
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Joost bags $45 million dollars in financing

Joost, the new internet TV platform from the makers of Skype and Kazaa, has secured a whopping $45 million dollars in...
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5 min read

Joost pulling in users despite scalability problems

Joost recently announced unlimited invites to download and beta test the Joost software. It was then inundated with new users which...
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1 min read

BBC iPlayer given the go-ahead | Would a DVR be better?

Back in January the BBC was given a provisional approval for the BBC iPlayer that would allow BBC TV shows to...
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1 min read

Comcast Strengthening its Internet TV Presence | Will it try to thwart the competition?

We often hear about how the traditional cable and satellite companies are going to suffer as internet TV begins to take...
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1 min read

Embedding YouTube Videos for Profit

The massive stack of videos on YouTube presents an opportunity for creating blogs that spotlights the best videos from sites like...
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Google taking no shit from Viacom over YouTube

When Google acquired YouTube many considered it was only a matter of time before a TV company decided to step into...
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1 min read

Joost is inviting everyone to become a beta tester

Joost, formally known as The Venice Project, has wedged open its doors to the public allowing current beta testers to invite...
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2 min read

Google cutting into the TV networks advertising cake?

YouTube recently announced it will adding video adverts to its online video portal. YouTube is owned by Google and Google is...
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YouTube Revenue Sharing | Leaving out the little guy?

We first got a sniff that YouTube was planning on sharing revenue with its video creators at the beginning of this...
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1 min read