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Joost Up For Sale As An Online Video Solution?

Joost, once the darling of the burgeoning online video market, could be about to evolve into something altogether less exciting. There...
Dave Parrack
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Orange TV Broadband Europe to Buy Project Kangaroo Technology at Bargain Prices

Project kangaroo was pronounced dead in February after the Competition Commission decided it would create a monopoly. However, the technology still...
Dave Parrack
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YouTube To Acquire Full-length Movies From Sony? | From UGC To Premium Continues

Google has got to think big if it’s to turn YouTube from the money pit it has become into something profitable...
Dave Parrack
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Disney Comes To Hulu and YouTube

Disney has suddenly become a key member of the battle for viewers raging between Hulu and YouTube, by doing deals with...
Dave Parrack
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Web Video Cannot Succeed Until TV-Style Advertising Revenue Arrives | Money Is Key

Money is key. It’s a shame that is the case but true nevertheless. And this adage is having a direct influence...
Dave Parrack
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Is Netflix Throttling PC Streaming In Favor Of Xbox 360? | Or Is It Those Pesky ISPs Again?

Bandwidth throttling is a problem usually brought to bear by overzealous ISPs protecting their bottom line. But could it be that...
Dave Parrack
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Hulu Turns One, Adds Social Networking Features, Overtakes Yahoo and MySpace

Hulu has turned one, having come out of private beta last March. In that time it has risen the ranks and...
Dave Parrack
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Hulu, Boxee Play Cat & Mouse Game | Will This Rumble On Until Lawyers Get Involved?

Hulu and Boxee are currently embroiled in a cat and mouse game of workaround followed by a fix that is likely...
Dave Parrack
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ZillionTV Launches | Yet Another Set-Top Box Promising The Earth, But Can This One Deliver?

The set-top box market is crowded. As is the online video sector. There are numerous ways of watching television and movies...
Dave Parrack
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Xbox 360 Gets More Downloadable Movies | Consoles Important Drivers Of Online Video

With the announcement of a collaboration between Microsoft and Universal which sees a new range of movies coming to the Xbox...
Dave Parrack
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Project Canvas Edges Closer | The BBC, ITV, & BT Plan Internet-enabled Set-top Boxes

Project Kangaroo, the joint project between the BBC, ITV, and Channel 4, may be dead, after having been killed off by...
Dave Parrack
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TV.com Realizes Other Countries Exist | Online Video Portal Goes International

The World Wide Web has supposedly drawn the whole of humanity closer together. Right? In the main, yes, but not in...
Dave Parrack
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Hulu Says Goodbye To Boxee Straight After TV.com | Cable Companies Running Scared

Web television exists and isn’t going to disappear anytime soon. And links between the Internet and the living room are increasing...
Dave Parrack
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Watch Mad Men Episodes Online | Seasons 1 & 2 Streaming & Torrent Search

Mad Men Synopsis Mad Men takes a look at the social and political mores of the 1960s through the eyes of...
Annie Taylor
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The Mentalist, 11th Hour, Big Bang Theory Pulled Off Web | CBS & Warner Bros Screw Up

Fans of The Mentalist, 11th Hour, and the Big Bang Theory were shocked to find their shows suddenly disappear from CBS.com...
Dave Parrack
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How Hulu Redefined Online Video

It could be argued that the much admired video-sharing site, Hulu, has redefined the whole business of online video. At least...
Dave Parrack
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Competition Commission Kills Kangaroo | Joint BBC, ITV, and Channel 4 Venture Dead

Project Kangaroo, the joint venture from the BBC, ITV, and Channel 4 to bring online video to the masses, have been...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Social Networking To Kill Copyright? | BitTorrent Researcher Thinks So By 2010

The Web as a mainstream tool accessible to everyone has changed things for copyright owners. Whether they choose to embrace the...
Dave Parrack
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YouTube On PS3 and Wii | Is This ‘TV Website’ An Insight Into The Future Of Online Video?

People are increasingly obtaining the option to watch online video on their televisions thanks to Internet-connected TVs, set-top boxes, and video...
Dave Parrack
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LG Broadband HDTVs Now With Netflix | Wave Of Internet-Connected Televisions On Way

Web video has obviously been a favorite of PC users browsing the Internet for some time now. But the medium is...
Dave Parrack
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Web TV Wire 2008 Review | A Year In Online Video

2008 has now seamlessly morphed into 2009 and we’re all a year older, and maybe even a year wiser. But what...
Dave Parrack
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Hulu Going Global In The Future? | Video Sharing Site Could Be Home For Music Videos

Hulu is already a huge player in the burgeoning Web video market but things could be about to get even better...
Dave Parrack
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Is HDi The Future Of Web Video?

The use of the Internet to deliver television and video content is increasing rapidly, but the infrastructure to do so isn’t...
Dave Parrack
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Kangaroo Facing Evolution Or Death | Competition Commission Gives Verdict

Kangaroo, a British rival to the U.S. Hulu, is facing evolution or death after the Competition Commission refused to accept it...
Dave Parrack
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Sling.com Goes Public To Compete With Hulu, Joost | But Again, It’s Only For U.S. Citizens

Sling.com, the online video portal from the makers of the Slingbox, is now open to the public, putting it in direct...
Dave Parrack
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Hulu Set To Match YouTube In Profits Next Year | How David Is Beating Goliath

The Goliath that is YouTube is without a close competitor when it comes to viewer numbers. But could the David of...
Dave Parrack
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