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Online video has had a great month in October in the US. Viewers are up across the board, but there aren't any surprises at the top, and Facebook is sitting at a more modest ninth spot rather than the third place other reports had put it at. YouTube once again played in a league of its own, with 12 times more vi... |
26 November 2009
09:11 GMT |
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Watching online video may seem a very different experience to watching TV but, at least with some content, the trends are very similar. Hulu, the US online video outfit centered on TV content, saw a massive jump in viewership and audience in October in tune with the new TV season and the addition of ABC shows. AdAge... |
25 November 2009
04:20 GMT |
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It is already a common fact that Hulu is not willing to make any exceptions when it comes to other companies embedding its content, and the latest site to find this for itself is Rippol. Therefore, it is not only Boxee and TV.com that were forced to remove Hulu videos from their platforms, and probably Rippol will no... |
22 November 2009
12:35 GMT |
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Online video means YouTube at the moment. There's a huge number of other video sites and Hulu is coming up strong, but the Google site is on a completely different level. And, while no one is going to threaten its dominance any time soon, eventually there may be someone who could and its name shouldn't rea... |
19 November 2009
03:19 GMT |
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There are several big trends in the web space at the moment and one great emphasis has lately been on media content, be it video or music. Online video is hitting the mainstream in a big way and new music services are popping up faster than the unsuccessful ones are closing down. So, it's only natural to combin... |
18 November 2009
06:05 GMT |
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Online video may be thriving when it comes to viewers and there's little doubt that it will get even bigger in the coming years, along with better broadband speeds and availability, but for the time being, video sites aren't doing so great financially. YouTube hasn't reached profitability yet, Hulu is... |
16 November 2009
10:46 GMT |
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More details about Comcast's upcoming video on demand service dubbed On-Demand Online. The service is Comcast's approach to the TV Everywhere project, announced by the cable service and Time Warner a few months back. At a NewTeeVee event dedicated to the future of video content, Comcast Interactive Media P... |
13 November 2009
07:26 GMT |
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A joint venture between three major Hollywood studios, Lionsgate, MGM and Paramount, Epix is an online video site focused on movies and concerts and will allow users to choose from a gallery of 150 titles at launch. It has been dubbed the Hulu of movies and in sore respect that is accurate but for one crucial differe... |
30 October 2009
10:31 GMT |
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Online video is synonymous with YouTube but there is one other venue that is becoming increasingly popular, at least in the US, despite its traffic being significantly lower than YouTube's. This is of course Hulu, the online video joint venture between three of the four major US broadcasters. The site is attract... |
23 October 2009
08:43 GMT |
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Watching TV shows online is becoming increasingly popular largely thanks to Hulu, the online video site set up by three of the four major TV networks in the US. Online video, though, isn't yet a complete alternative to actual TV watching, but that may be a good thing. There is a number of things that come natura... |
21 September 2009
09:28 GMT |
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Hulu has managed to give the term “online TV” a legit meaning, while still not breaking any copyright laws or angering users and authors in the process. After its huge success in the United States, and several confirmed rumors that it could cross the ocean pretty soon, company execs have admitted that the... |
18 September 2009
11:39 GMT |
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One by one, cable companies are waking up to the threat of online video, especially from the likes of Hulu, with its full-length content from TV, but also cable networks. Time-Warner has launched a pilot program dubbed TV Everywhere, and Comcast followed suit. Now telcos are joining the fray, with AT&T launching a ne... |
11 September 2009
09:46 GMT |
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Hulu, the online video joint venture among thee of the big four US TV networks, is doing better than ever with viewers and revenue on the rise as the site gets ready for the start of the new programing season. At least that's what Hulu CEO Jason Kilar tells CNBC, but it also seems to be looking at new revenue so... |
9 September 2009
07:14 GMT |
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Online video is going from strength to strength and, after a record month in June, it broke all previous records in the US in July as well. According to new numbers from comScore, more than half of the US population, 158 million people, watched a video online last month. The rise from the previous month isn't sp... |
29 August 2009
03:57 GMT |
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Hulu can be considered a success in the US, rising to be one of the most visited video sites in the country. But its content is restricted to the North American region, which makes it largely irrelevant to the rest of the world. The site's backers though, three of the four major TV networks in the US, are pushin... |
25 August 2009
09:06 GMT |
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Yesterday Comcast announced that HBO and Cinemax programming would be joining its On Demand Online trial to be held over the course of this summer. While these are great additions, details remained sketchy about what other networks would join, if any. Today the cable operator has put speculations to rest announcing 1... |
15 July 2009
09:17 GMT |
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Hulu is taking another step in becoming the online hub for TV content with the announced availability of content from Disney's ABC on the online video site. Initially announced a few months ago, the first episodes from one of ABC's shows are now live on the site. The first snippet is made up of several epis... |
6 July 2009
10:24 GMT |
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Hulu has confirmed that its first international offering will be in the UK. Johannes Larcher, senior vice president, International, Hulu, speaking at the Future of Broadcasting conference in London, announced that Hulu would come to the UK with an expected launch date in September, but didn't specify which UK me... |
2 July 2009
11:38 GMT |
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Joost, once a very promising online video startup with very well-known founders and CEO, has announced it will be going through a transformation, closing down most of its operations and laying off the majority of its workforce. The service will continue as a white label online video platform for businesses looking to... |
1 July 2009
06:36 GMT |
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Hulu, the popular online video venture from some of the major networks in the US, has been gaining popularity and increasing its visitor number ever since it was launched in 2007. But the huge growth it has seen in recent months seems to be dropping off and the number of overall video streams increased just 4.4 perce... |
4 June 2009
05:02 GMT |
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Online video is moving to the TV and it looks like this is where the war will be waged in the next years. Just last week Hulu launched a desktop app allowing users to have a more TV-like experience and now YouTube just launched YouTube XL, a version of the site optimized for viewing on the big screen. YouTube XL is... |
3 June 2009
03:09 GMT |
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Online video is becoming a large business even for the reluctant big TV networks. Since it was launched in 2007 it has proven quite successful and has risen to the top of online video sites. But only three out of the four major networks in US, namely FOX, NBC and ABC, have partnered to create and provide content for ... |
2 June 2009
05:46 GMT |
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Hulu Labs has released Hulu Desktop, a "lean-back viewing experience for your personal computer," as the developers explain. The software features a sleek interface that has been optimized for use with Apple or Windows Media Center remote controls, "allowing you to navigate Hulu's entire library with just six bu... |
29 May 2009
08:17 GMT |
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Hulu, a service that allows you to watch movies and TV shows on your computer completely for free, has been gaining popularity since it was launched in 2007. However, it remained pretty much the same and some users wanted to view the content while sitting on their couch as well, not just in front of the computer. And... |
29 May 2009
05:48 GMT |
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Nielsen put forth some new statistics on the viewing habits of Americans, be it on TV, the Internet or mobile phones, and the numbers are interesting if not particularly surprising. Overall, Americans are watching more content on all platforms but TV still reigns supreme by a large margin. The number of people watchi... |
21 May 2009
09:55 GMT |
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Boxee, the software application that gives you a true entertainment experience to enjoy your movies, TV shows, music and photos, has just received a mighty important update. Mac users can download the new software immediately, for free, and get dual-screen support, Netflix streaming improvements, search in Hulu and m... |
25 March 2009
16:01 GMT |
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Kirk Kelsey, the developer of Understudy, has updated his Google code page with a tiny, but exciting piece of information. The Front Row plug-in that is Understudy now ensures that preferences load properly for first time users, but best of all, is in line to get YouTube support this month.The Google code page where ... |
2 March 2009
10:08 GMT |
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Developer Kirk Kelsey has released a cool plug-in for Mac users and Front Row fans, enabling them to stream video from the likes of Hulu and Netflix through the Front Row interface of Mac OS X Leopard.According to the official description over at Google code (Google is simply doing the hosting), Understudy allows acc... |
19 February 2009
06:52 GMT |
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Sad news for boxee users – the folks delivering this wonderful piece of software to you have announced that support for Hulu has been discontinued. boxee is touted as an application able to provide a true entertainment experience delivering TV shows, movies, music and photos, as well as streaming content from v... |
19 February 2009
03:58 GMT |
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Please, do try and look surprised, act like you didn't know this was coming and sigh with relief: Hulu is finally coming out of limited beta testing and onto our computers tomorrow, the company announced one day ahead. Take that, spammers 'giving away' access to the video site, you're running out ... |
11 March 2008
07:17 GMT |
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Today, Comcast released Fancast to the world and it really was worth the wait since April, when it was first announced and when the name was acquired from movie site Fandango. It is both a media guide for TV shows (in other words, a TV Guide) and a place to watch full-length professional content, as well as previews.... |
9 January 2008
09:47 GMT |
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The anti-YouTube coalition strengthens and flexes its muscles to show off the new Viacom additions: Comedy Central, MTV Networks, Nickelodeon and Atom Films, to name a few sources of videos that the Network has started sharing with an array of video-sharing websites that enlist Dailymotion, Veoh (which already has Hu... |
9 January 2008
09:12 GMT |
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Adobe has officially rolled out Flash Player 9 with H.264 video support, "the same standard deployed in Blu-Ray and HD-DVD high definition video players, and High Efficiency AAC (HE-AAC) audio capabilities," as the San Jose-based company explained. Obviously, this is probably the best Christmas gift YouTube, MySpace,... |
4 December 2007
14:56 GMT |
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Hulu was described as the potential YouTube killer since it comes with impressive content from NBC and other media partners, all of them joining forces for the defeat of the Google video sharing service. But sometimes, a simple unexpected thing is enough to change all your plans and instead of being a YouTube killer,... |
1 November 2007
06:33 GMT |
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Hulu, the online video sharing service that is supposed to represent the most powerful rival for YouTube, is now available as a private beta. Last week, it was rumored that Hulu's developers plan to launch the private testing stage of the service this week in order to meet the October deadline first announced a ... |
29 October 2007
09:06 GMT |
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Hulu is supposed to be the new YouTube killer, but it seems that this new threat for Google's video sharing service might face a pretty important problem. Hulu's videos are available on other similar services such as AOL, MSN and MySpace, obviously with the approval of the copyright holders. In case you mis... |
29 October 2007
04:57 GMT |
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It's almost official: Hulu, the next YouTube killer is set to be released on Monday, Erick Schonfeld from TechCrunch announced today. It seems like NBC, the company which earlier this week removed its content from Google's video sharing service, wants to launch its long-awaited YouTube-like service on Monda... |
24 October 2007
07:43 GMT |
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While most companies struggle to create new YouTube channels, some other firms remove their existing YouTube pages and all the content published on the Google video sharing service. I'm talking about NBC Universal, the company which quietly deleted the YouTube channel a few months ago, Valleywag reports today. N... |
23 October 2007
04:50 GMT |
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NBC Universal, one of the companies that allied with Apple to bring content on iTunes, announced that it will end the partnership with the Cupertino firm. NBC used the Apple platform to sell content on the Internet but, due to some negotiation issues concerning the pricing of the movies, the agreement will be ended. ... |
31 August 2007
05:35 GMT |
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Some time ago, NBC and News Corporation announced their plans to build a very powerful video sharing platform that would compete with YouTube and target the same category of users. After so many battles won by Google's video platform, nobody thought that it would ever be possible to steal YouTube's first pl... |
30 August 2007
15:21 GMT |
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