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NBC Direct Launches With Full Episodes | Not Quite The Great Service We All Expected

After some false starts, NBC has at last officially launched the download service for its television programming, known as NBC Direct....
Michael Garrett
1 min read

Mod My Life – Lifecasting With Viewers In Charge | Viable Business Model Or Not?

Mod My Life is a new startup which aims to take lifecasting to the next level, with performers being forced to...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Embedding A Full Movie In A Post With Hulu | This Site Could Now Self Destruct…

This blog post may well self destruct at some point. I feel I should warn you that there’s a good chance...
Brad Linder
1 min read

Nigel Dacre Quits Ten Alps To Set Up A Service For Internet TV Channels – Inclusive Digital

Nigel Dacre has quit his role as managing director of Bob Geldof’s production company Ten Alps to set up a new...
Dave Parrack
56 sec read

Hulu Is Competitor To Brightcove Not YouTube | Views From Around The Blogosphere

Hulu has finally launched, well sort of at least. The joint venture between NBC and News Corp. that some thought would...
Mathew Ingram
1 min read

Hulu Finally Launches In Private Beta | More Promising Now That It Has Launched?

I doubt anyone has actually forgotten about Hulu, but it may be worth looking back over the mixed history it has...
Michael Garrett
2 min read

Tubecast – An Internet TV Startup | A Joost Alternative With YouTube & Veoh Content

Tubecast.tv is a new Internet video/TV startup currently in alpha testing. I stumbled across this great find at the Museum of modern...
Phil Butler
1 min read

SuperPages Video Launches | Internet Video Advertising For Small Businesses

Idearc Media has recently announced a successful trial and the national launch of SuperPages Video, after a trial run of embedding...
Michael Garrett
1 min read

VIRV – A New Online Indie Music Television Station From The Creators Of YouLicense

Last spring saw the debut of an online venue called YouLicense, which provided a place for independent music creators to license...
Paul Glazowski
1 min read

Insight24 | Business to Business Video Portal and Syndication Network

Insight24 is a specialist Business-to-Business video site that focuses on tech and business videos and podcasts. The average YouTube surfer would...
Chris Tew
3 min read

Avot mV Review | An In Depth Look At The Mobile Phone Search Tool For Online Videos

Avot mV is a new free application which allows users anywhere to watch their favourite clips from a whole host of...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

iFood.TV – An Online Video Community For Food Lovers | Social Networking For Foodies

iFood.TV is an online video community for food lovers everywhere. It offers a social network for professionals and amateurs alike to...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Joost Moves From Private Beta To Public Launch | The IPTV Service Still Needs Help

Joost has now officially launched to the public, moving from a Beta testing stage to one which makes the IPTV service...
Michael Garrett
2 min read

iTunes Video Downloads | Are They About To Get Embedded Adverts Via Podaddies?

Apple has recently inked a deal with a San Franciso based video advertising start up called Podaddies to develop advertising compatibility...
Michael Garrett
1 min read

FLVorful | The Online Video Advertising Marketplace Set for Failure

Online video advertising is only just beginning to see the light of day. Despite being early days there are still a...
Chris Tew
2 min read

Instant Media Is Dead | Why Did The Miro Competitor Just Disappear Over Night?

On Sunday, Chris wrote a great piece about the demise of Instant Media. If you don’t recognize the name, you’re not...
Paul Glazowski
1 min read

Wallstrip Company Stocks Video Blog | An In Depth Look At The Snarky Financial Site

Wallstrip is a site which produces short online video pieces covering stocks. Born of the blogosphere, it’s a fascinating and unusual...
Jay Parkhill
4 min read

Livestation – Interactive Live TV On Your PC | New Joost Competitor Backed By Microsoft

LiveStation is a new IPTV service that lets you watch television online using Microsoft’s new Silverlight technology. The service, which just...
Michael Garrett
1 min read

Instant Media Gone Bust? Feeling the Web Video Bubble Burst

With the past couple of years seeing such high investments and publicity around the broadband video industry, the bubble was bound...
Chris Tew
1 min read

MyStrands Unveil New Music Video Filter Site | An All Music Alternative To YouTube Etc.

Say you’re a devotee of the music-centric social Web creation MyStrands. Surely some of you in the WebTVWire readership can be...
Paul Glazowski
1 min read

Vzaar Gives eBay Video Listings

Remember when we told you all about how Listasaurus added the option to upload videos to its classified ads? We were...
Fraser MacInnes
29 sec read

MyStrands | A Music Only YouTube

With YouTube sewing up pretty much everything to do with the whole user generated video phenomenon in one fell swoop right...
Fraser MacInnes
42 sec read

Hulu | NBC & News Corps Joint Online Video Venture Gets A Name & Website

We’ve known for a while about the joint video venture between News Corporation and NBC Universal. This coupling had earned a...
Michael Garrett
1 min read

Didja Sneak Preview | The Funny Adverts Video Portal Backed by NBC

The uptake of online video by the advertising industry is a pretty logical progression. A picture as they say is worth...
Fraser MacInnes
1 min read

WiTV | Sneak Preview With Screenshots – Better than Joost?

2 Months ago I first heard about WiTV – A new Joost contender that offered a couple of cool features including...
Chris Tew
1 min read

FanCovers – A YouTube Style Video Site For Amateur Musicians & Music Fans

The Internet is now full of YouTube clones and copies, many more than I care to mention or that we need....
Michael Garrett
2 min read

GloobTV – Stop Trawling Through Crap | Editors Pick ‘The Best’ Videos For Its Users

GloobTV is now out of beta and promising to offer their users “only the best new videos”. These select videos will...
Phil Butler
2 min read

Fancast – A New Entertainment Portal From Comcast | Web 2.0 + Video Clips + Listings

Fancast is a new entertainment portal from Comcast. Currently in beta version testing, the portal aims to be “the one place...
Michael Garrett
3 min read

VideoCafe | Providing News & Current Affairs Video Content To Bloggers

Viral Videos are one of the most popular mediums on the Internet at the moment. The rage is to share and...
Michael Garrett
1 min read