Here you will find the latest news on video production companies * individuals creating content for the internet and IPTV broadcasts.

Internet Video Producers

Last.fm Moves To Original Video Programming | Joining The Likes Of MySpace & MTV

Companies, both based online and off, are coming to realise the power of Web video to draw traffic in, and once...
Dave Parrack
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The Incredible Growth Of Mobile TV | Fight To Be Single Standard In US, Europe and Asia

Mobile TV is one of the fastest growing sectors in the new range of television services emerging, with Asia, Europe and...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

BBC iPlayer Comes To Virgin Media TV

Since it’s limited launch last year, and then it’s full public launch over Christmas, the BBC iPlayer has proved massively popular,...
Dave Parrack
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Hulu Has Official YouTube Channel | NBC and Fox Network Shows Back On YouTube

When Hulu was launched as a joint venture between NBC and Fox last October, YouTube suddenly became their enemy – NBC...
Dave Parrack
52 sec read

Apple iTunes Movie Downloads Now Available On The Same Day As Retail DVD Release

People using Apple iTunes to download movies have so far had to put up with either dated titles, or titles which...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

TheWB.com & KidsWB.com Web TV Shows | New Home For Warner Bros. “The WB”

Warner Bros. today announced two new websites, which will form part of its overall online strategy, and are also likely to...
Dave Parrack
55 sec read

Sky TV Considering IPTV For Its Picnic Pay TV Service | As Well As A DSL Set-Top Box

BSkyB is looking to launch Picnic, a pay-TV service with Sky Sports 1, Sky Movies, Sky One, a children’s channel and...
Dave Parrack
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Nokia Teams With Spike Lee For UGC | Nokia N93 Shows Promise as Portable WebCam

Nokia has recently announced that they are teaming up with Spike Lee to create a series of shorts for the User...
Gilbert Hammer
1 min read

Filmaka – Independent Web Based Movie Venture Out Of Beta | American Idol For TV

Imagine American Idol for TV and filmmakers and you’ll have some idea of where Filmaka is coming from.  It’s an independent...
Mathew Ingram
2 min read

Revision3 Does Deals With Hulu, Joost, TiVo

Revision3, the online video company headed by Digg’s Kevin Rose has reportedly inked a series of new deals which will see...
Dave Parrack
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NBC Universal Makes Plans To Highlight Sponsors Products In Shows Created For Web

At the moment, it seems there’s a high level of confusion about how Web TV can be made to be profitable...
Dave Parrack
55 sec read

Creators Of Lonelygirl15 and KateModern Raise $5 Million In Funding For New Company

Anyone who regularly watches video on the Web, and if you’re reading WebTVWire, it’s a safe assumption that includes you, would...
Dave Parrack
44 sec read

NBC Wants To Be Back On Apple iTunes – But Wants Measures On Piracy & Pricing First

Last September saw Apple and NBC acrimoniously split over their joint deal to distribute NBC programmes through iTunes. At the time,...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Xbox Live Gets Original Programming | Microsoft Deal Makes Xbox Entertainment Hub

Xbox 360 owners already have access to some full length movies and television shows via Xbox Live, but now a deal...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Global Growth Of The Mobile Video Market | Interview With Frost & Sullivan Part 3

In our four part interview series with Dr. Gerry Purdy, VP and Chief Analyst with Frost & Sullivan, we are discussing...
Brendon Mills
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After Hulu Has Launched – How Many People Are Actually Switching Over To Web TV?

Hulu eventually launched on Wednesday to an almost equal amount of hype and cynicism. While some people, such as former CEO of...
Cyndy Aleo-Carreira
2 min read

Quarterlife Dumped By NBC – New Web Show From Family Guy’s Seth McFarlane On Way

It’s now been confirmed that after poor ratings for the first episode of Quarterlife, screened on NBC last Thursday night, the...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Revver Hits Hard Times | Online Video Sharing Site For Sale – Copying YouTube Doesn’t Work

Revver is one of the video start ups which suddenly became well known when the success of market leader YouTube took...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

BBC iPlayer Increasing Popularity Of Online TV | 1.5 Billion Downloads Estimated For 2008

The BBC iPlayer is seemingly proving more popular than anyone could have predicted, with its success even prompting estimates for total...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Video Advertising Opportunities Being Expanded By Use Of Transcoding Technologies

A lot of people have recently been discussing the video advertising outlook for 2008.  Most sites which provide some kind of...
Brendon Mills
1 min read

BigThink – A YouTube For Smartypants Or Just A Viable Alternative To Perez Hilton?

BigThink, a new video oriented website launched publicly a couple of weeks ago, and has been criticised quite widely since. Some...
Mathew Ingram
2 min read

My Damn Channel Catches Katie Couric Behind The Scenes At The Presidential Primaries

You probably know Harry Shearer from This Is Spinal Tap, and a host of other Christopher Guest movies, as well as...
Mathew Ingram
1 min read

HBO Ventures Online & On Demand | Rolling Out Internet Television Across The USA

HBO, the premium cable channel in the US, which is best known for Sex and the City, The Sopranos, and Six...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

YouTube Video Length Limitation Gets Pushed To Over Nine Hours By Charles Trippy

YouTube has had a well intentioned upload limitation of 100 megabytes, or 10 minutes, for a long time now. Mainly in...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

The Church of England Goes YouTube | Following In The Queen’s Hallowed Footsteps

It was announced just before Christmas that the British royal family were getting their own YouTube channel, and a key part...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

The Royal Family Team Up With YouTube | The Queen Unveils ‘The Royal Channel’

Our sister site WebTVHub reported last week on the new YouTube channel completely devoted to the British royal family. But we...
Paul Glazowski
1 min read

Writers Strike Continues | Ripe For IPTV and Online Video To Take Traditional TV’s Place?

The writers strike is now in its second month and shows no sign of ending. As we discussed when the strike...
Gilbert Hammer
58 sec read

New York Video 2.0 Meeting Coverage | Pitches From New Startups Of Video & IPTV

Last night saw NY Video 2.0 meeting in the plush surroundings  of the Roosevelt Hotel’s Grand Ballroom. Unusual for such an...
Gilbert Hammer
2 min read

Is YouTube The Proper Forum For Human Rights Abuse Videos? The Wael Abbas Case

What is YouTube for? We all know it is there as a means for ordinary people to make and upload clips...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Screencasting Comes Of Age – Time For Me To Become A Full-Time Screencaster!

Screencasting has come a long long way over the last three years since it’s existence sprang in to existence. Back then...
Michael Pick
2 min read