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Boxee Chasing New Content & Place On Consumer Electronics With $6 Million Funding

Boxee is a tech startup with zero revenue and few plans for where revenue will come from. But that hasn’t stopped...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Arqiva Buys Kangaroo Infrastructure | Free & Pay-To-View Video On Demand Service On Way

Project Kangaroo has been dead for a while now, but the technology, infrastructure, and branding were all up for sale. Orange...
Dave Parrack
2 min read

How To Video Site 5min Raises New Venture Capital For VideoSeed Syndication Platform

One area of online video which isn’t short of competition is ‘How to’ sites which specialize in instructional videos. One of...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Watchitoo Combines Online Video With Live Chat | Social Networking Meets File Sharing

Live chat, online video, and social networking are three very popular sectors of the Internet. So, why not combine them all...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

ManiaTV Back Online | Drew Massey Believes Original Web Shows Can Make Money Online

Original Web shows, programming made just for the Internet, seemed to be the next big thing at one point. And then...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

VidZone On PS3 Launches | Streaming Music Video Service – Spotify For Playstation 3

The Playstation 3, along with its rival console the Xbox 360, is more than just a games console. The Internet, and...
Dave Parrack
2 min read

Epix – A Hulu For Movies | Online HD Movie Streaming Free For Cable Subscribers

The music industry took far too long to adjust to the new realities which the Web brought, and look at the...
Dave Parrack
2 min read

Hulu Desktop App Released For Windows And Mac | What Was Wrong With Boxee Anyway?

What would be better than watching TV shows and movies on Hulu sat at your computer? Watching it fro your couch...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Making Money From Torrents | Vuze Offers HD Porn For A Fee But Pirated Porn Still King

Porn is popular and profitable, especially on the Internet where the thirst for it is insatiable and where every need is...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Vevo Names Rio Caraeff As CEO | Universal YouTube For Music Videos Starts To Take Shape

Vevo, the joint venture between Universal and YouTube which is aiming to be a Hulu for music videos is starting to...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

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
1 min read

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
2 min read

VEVO Music Video Site Announced | YouTube and Universal Do Deal – Other Labels Talking

Music videos have been an important part of YouTube for a good while now, being amongst the most-watched videos on the...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

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
1 min read

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
2 min read

Fliggo Opens Its Doors To The Public | Start Your Own YouTube Or Video Blog For Free

There’s a trend at present to offer people the opportunity to create their own version of popular Web destinations. You can...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

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
2 min read

Hulu Pulls Videos Off TV.com | Could NBC and News Corp. See CBS Site As Competition?

Until now, Hulu and TV.com have existed side by side happily, with the latter even syndicating content provided by the former....
Dave Parrack
1 min read

12seconds.tv – Twitter For Online Video Fans

Twitter is growing at an incredible rate of knots, by allowing anyone with half a brain to become a blogger of...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Boxee Adds New Content Providers In Time For Windows Alpha | MTV, Joost, & BBC iPlayer

Boxee was already gaining great publicity and plaudits for being one of the most promising. But at the recent Consumer Electronics...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

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
2 min read

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
1 min read

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
1 min read

Kangaroo Is Dead – BBC iPlayer For All On Way | BBC, ITV, Channel 4 Launch Project Canvas

Kangaroo may be all but dead, but the BBC, ITV, and Channel 4 aren’t giving up on their joint plans to...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

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
1 min read

Hulu Continues To Shine | Profiles Galore & Impressive Stats… All Via Word Of Mouth

Hulu is celebrating its first 12 months in operation, and a successful year it has been. But will that success continue?...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Universal Hulu For Music Videos | YouTube Set To Lose Yet Another Media Partner?

YouTube may show media companies the way to share videos and make revenue, but it seems these companies then take what...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

The Shift To Web TV – Making Networking And Engineering Degrees More Valuable Than Ever

Networking and engineering degrees have always been a good bet when it comes to ensuring a profitable career after college, but...
Dave Parrack
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How Is Hulu Faring? | New Study Shows Low Take Up, But High Satisfaction Rating

Hulu is one of the leading lights in the fight to get traditional television, and Web television to converge. But as...
Dave Parrack
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Amazon Video On Demand Launches | Online Retailer Streaming Movies & Television Shows

The video-on-demand sector has just got a little more crowded, and this time, it’s due to a big player entering the...
Dave Parrack
1 min read