Software, websites and tools that help people get the most out of watching internet television and web videos.

Internet TV Software & Tools

Cablevision Remote DVRs | Federal Court Rules Off-Site TiVos Don’t Infringe Copyright

Does the use of off-site DVRs, which work like a TiVo, infringe the copyrights of content providers such as American TV...
Sherwin Siy
4 min read

RipCode Real-Time Stream Transcoding | Solution For Live Mobile Video Streaming

Mobile video is growing ever more popular, particularly with the emergence of smartphones such as the Apple iPhone. But Delivering content...
Brendon Mills
1 min read

Blinkx Remote | Find & Watch Free Episodes Of Your Favourite TV Programmes Online

The amount of officially sanctioned free television content on the Web is growing rapidly. The problem is: many people don’t yet...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Redlasso Video Search Shuts Down | Service For Bloggers Closed By Fox, CBS & NBC

Redlasso, a video site that allowed bloggers to take snippets of TV shows to embed on their sites, has shut down...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

My-IPTV Anywhere Mobile 2.0 Deluxe Review | Watch TV On Any Cellphone Or PDA Device

One element of Web television that is already growing, and sure to grow even more over the next few years, is...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Stickam PayPerLive Video Streaming | Live Streaming Company Offers Pay-Per-View

Pay-Per-View is an idea which has been adopted by many traditional television companies, with satellite and cable providers, and certain networks...
Dave Parrack
50 sec read

Video Apps For Your Apple iPhone 3G | vSNAX, Truveo and mDialog Offer Free Alternatives

The new Apple iPhone 3G was released a few days ago, and assuming you were one of the lucky few to...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Crosscast Systems Platform Update | Online Framework For Network TV and More Besides

We’ve been following the progress of CrossCast, and its various components for the last year or so here on Web TV...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Pinnacle Studio Ultimate Version 11 Review | Video Editing Software Worth A Look

Video editing software is now more important, and more of an essential purchase than ever. If you want to get anywhere...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Torrent Search Engine Sites | Most Popular Movie, TV & Video BitTorrent Download & Tracker Portals

Despite many and varied attempts to Torrent Search Engine sites from operating, or receiving visitors, they are on the increase, and...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

YouTube Video Ads Get A Boost | Earning Revenue From YouTube Using Google AdSense

Google has announced two improvements to its AdSense video units which should make it much easier to generate revenue from embedding...
Dave Parrack
51 sec read

Kangaroo Faces Competition Commission | Joint BBC, ITV & Channel 4 Venture Delayed

Way back in November last year, the BBC, ITV, and Channel 4 jointly announced their plans for an online video on...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Playstation 3 Video Download Service Due In The Summer | Sony Needs Hollywood

There were rumours back in April of a new video download service coming to the Playstation 3, with television and movie...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Corel Ulead VideoStudio 11.5 Plus Review | Software For Capturing & Producing Video

We spend our time here at WebTVWire talking about online video, with high-profile companies such as Apple, Fox and Hulu getting...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

BBC iPlayer 2.0 Arrives | New Features Galore For New Version Of Free TV Service

I’ve been a big fan of the BBC iPlayer ever since it first launched this time last year. And so it...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Wikipedia Video By End Of 2008 | Kaltura Launches Open Source Video Platform

Kaltura is going places. It just raised a second round of funding, and recently announced a joint collaboration with Wikipedia to...
Dave Parrack
43 sec read

Brightcove Gets Makeover | Brightcove 3 Includes Optimized SEO, Integrated Meta Data

Brightcove is an Internet TV platform and network which allows both established media companies and singular individuals to produce and publish...
Dave Parrack
45 sec read

Flixwagon Offers Live iPhone Video Broadcasting Tool | Video Recordings To Web

It seems that after Steve Jobs keynote at the WWDC earlier this week, where he unveiled the new 3G iPhone, everyone...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

SlingPlayer Mobile For 3G iPhone | Sling Media Streaming Video Apple iPhone

Steve Jobs spent his day unveiling the new iPhone 2, or 3G iPhone to a packed audience at the WWDC. And...
Dave Parrack
52 sec read

New Encoding Profiles – Challenges Keeping Up Lessened By Transcoding Video On Demand

Video transcoding is fine so long as the technology and profiles used stay the same long enough for companies utilising them...
Brendon Mills
39 sec read

Vara Customer Support Rocks | Screenflow – Screencasting Tool Customers Are King

Screenflow is by far my favourite screencasting tool, of which you can read my gushing review in this post. But like...
Michael Pick
1 min read

Adobe Flash Player Now With Built-In Peer To Peer Capabilities | Flash 10 Has Arrived

Virtually every Web user will have a Flash Player from Adobe installed, as it’s one of those must haves if you...
Jef Pearlman
1 min read

Joost Not Dead Yet | Web TV Service Makes High Profile Hires, New Content Available

2008 has so far proved to be a very mixed year for Web TV service Joost, but 5 months in and...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Microsoft Mediaroom New Features Coming Soon | Xbox 360 Support, New Applications

Microsoft’s Mediaroom is currently the company’s IPTV solution which is used by AT&T U-Verse in the States and BT Vision in...
Dave Parrack
51 sec read

NBC Direct Still Definitely In Beta | DRM Issues, Download Problems – Stick With Hulu

NBC Direct has been with us now since last November, when it launched as a beta to offer a download service...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Microsoft Unveils Messenger TV | Web Video Comes To Instant Messaging Service

With Web video becoming an increasingly popular medium, it was only a matter of time before it came to an instant...
Dave Parrack
45 sec read

FORA.tv – YouTube For Thinkers Secures $4 Million Funding | Future In Intellectual Video

FORA.tv is a video sharing site which describes itself as YouTube for thinkers. The San Francisco start-up company concentrates on intellectual...
Dave Parrack
50 sec read

Make Your Own YouTube Video Sharing Site | StartYourTube Provides All The Tools

If you are like me, when you heard that Google had bought YouTube for $1.6 billion back in November 2006, you...
Dave Parrack
1 min read