Internet TV Rules May Need an Overhaul

Internet TV Rules May Need an Overhaul
CIO
CIO — WASHINGTON -- As online video offerings expand their content libraries, gain viewers and multiply in number, lawmakers and regulators have begun to reexamine whether the rules of the road for traditional media providers--most written more than a ...

How Will Online Video and TV Evolve in the Future?
Business 2 Community
There is a tendency to compare online video with TV and to wonder when online video will take over. At the moment, this seems futile. The crossover is obvious but ultimately TV is useful for a certain time and a certain place, as is online video. TV ...

Business 2 Community

How to download online video
ITworld.com
Software · Storage · ITworld Answers · Join Now / Sign In. Sign in with: Facebook; Twitter; LinkedIn. Ask a Question. How to download online video. Answer. jimlynch 17 min ago. Vote Up (1). You may find this article helpful: How to Download YouTube ...

Waitrose to launch online video hub dedicated to food
Digital Spy UK
Supermarket chain Waitrose is to launch its own online television service this autumn, offering what is claimed to be the "first purely food-related online video channel from a retailer". Designed in conjunction with Red Bee Media, Waitrose TV is an ...

World of Warcraft gets bigger, furrier
The Daily Telegraph
The game, which allows players to explore and fight in one of the two warring factions of the fantasy world of Azeroth, has over 9.1 million subscribers, and has had several expansions, the fourth of which, World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria, is ...

Hulu Plus gets Raw, signs exclusive deal with WWE
GigaOM
TV's most action-packed willful suspension of disbelief is coming to Hulu Plus: Hulu has signed an exclusive agreement with WWE to distribute its TV content, including shows like Raw and Smackdown the day after they air on networks like USA and Syfy.

GigaOM

Austin startup Invodo looks to make mark in online video world
Austin American-Statesman
When French cosmetic giant L'Occitane en Provence created product videos for its website last year, it was about more than pretty faces. In addition to clips of models demonstrating how to use its lotions and creams, the company wanted data such as how ...

Austin American-Statesman

YouTube Resources for Online Video Marketers
Business 2 Community
Technology is constantly advancing and there is something new to think about every day. It isn't easy to keep up with it all but there are things that you can do to keep yourself in the loop. If you useonline video as a marketing tool, it is important ...

Village Voice Media Holdings LLC Agrees to Sell Print and Digital Media ...
Sacramento Bee
PHOENIX, Sept. 24, 2012 -- /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The owners of the iconic Village Voice Media family of metropolitan newsweeklies have agreed to sell the weekly papers and associated websites, along with an affiliated national advertising firm, to ...

Research and Markets: Finland - Telecoms, IP Networks, Digital Media and ...
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
BuddeComm's annual report, Finland - Telecoms, IP Networks, Digital Media and Forecasts, provides a comprehensive overview of the trends and developments in the Finnish telecoms anddigital media markets. The report includes the regulator's 2011 ...

Tower in smart TV chip deal with Taiwan's Modiotek
Globes
Specialty foundry Tower Semiconductor Ltd. (Nasdaq: TSEM; TASE: TSEM), which trades as TowerJazz, is entering the smart television market, with the joint development with Taiwanese fabless design house Modiotek Co. Ltd. of a next-generation DSP ...

Race to the net: Advertising agencies scramble to offer digital media services
The Express Tribune
With their clients increasingly demanding digital media as part of their marketing strategy, advertising agencies are scrambling to include digital advertising as part of their portfolio of services, according to sources in the advertising business ...

The Express Tribune

Could H.265 Compression Bring 4K to Blu-ray and/or Streaming Media?
Home Theater Review
Could H.265 Compression Bring 4K to Blu-ray and/or Streaming Media? By: Andrew Robinson, September 24, 2012. Subscribe to our FREE weekly newsletter Print this article. 4K-compression-small.jpg While the mainstream and not-so-mainstream press...

Home Theater Review

Newest Huntington University DMA prof brings wealth of experience to 'phase four'
Huntington Country TAB
To Dawn Ford, the job description for a digital media arts professor at Huntington University read like the score of her favorite soundtrack. Initially, though, the Ann Arbor, MI, native wasn't so sure that it was the right move at that time. "Looking ...

Huntington Country TAB

Innovation Works Invests in LeTV Smart TV
Marbridge Consulting
LeTV recently announced the launch of a new smart TV product, the "LeTV Super TV." According to LeTV, the company has already formed a subsidiary holding company responsible for LeTV television R&D. The product manufacturing rights for the "LeTV ...

New Zealand admits illegal snooping in ... - Digital Media Wire
By Chris Marlowe
New Zealand's prime minister is facing harsh criticism from political opponents following his admission that the government had illegally spied on Megaupload co-founder Kim Dotcom.
Digital Media Wire | connecting...

Netflix Pushes More Immersive Android App Update
PC Magazine
The video streaming and DVD rental company understands that more people use Netflix on mobile devices, citing the millions of members already using smartphones to instantly watch movies and TV shows. "We are always working to improve the experience ...

Ustream's Broadcast For Friends App Adds Support For Facebook Open Graph ...
TechCrunch
Just about a month ago, we wrote about Ustream's new Broadcast for Friends app, which for the first time let users broadcast live directly within Facebook, so that their friends could watch those videos in their Timelines or News Feeds. The idea was to ...

Hulu Plus pacts with WWE
Variety
Beginning today, subscribers of Hulu's paid service will be able to watch WWE's roster of shows that currently includes WWE's "Monday Night Raw," "Friday Night SmackDown," "WWE NXT," "WWE Superstars," "WWE Main Event" and "WWE en Espanol.

Variety

Netflix: International Markets May Save This Stock
Seeking Alpha
Investors more concerned with the near term: speculation about exclusivity, competition and decreased earnings have lowered Netflix price per share significantly. This may continue as Netflixexpects poor earnings before 2013 as it reinvests in its ...

Netflix Loses 800 Hours of New A&E and History Channel Content
/FILM
Hope you finished catching up on Pawn Stars on Netflix Streaming last week because if you went back this weekend, it was gone. 800 hours of content from A&E and History was removed fromNetflix Friday as the companies could not come to a new ...

Roku Adds Vudu: Best Streaming Box Ever?
CEPro (blog)
VUDU's HDX format provides 1080P video and Dolby Digital Plus surround sound at a high bitrate. Testing has confirmed that the app does provide Dolby Digital Plus (as does Netflix on the Roku). I did my test drive on a Roku 2 XS. I'll assume that the ...

CEPro (blog)

Apple, Netflix, Yelp Prove that Content Is King
The Wall Street Journal Digital Network
Companies like Netflix, Pandora and Yelp risk getting squeezed in the middle. Miriam Gottfried has details on The News Hub. Photo: Reuters. Follow Rolfe: https://twitter.com/RolfeWinkler. Follow Miriam: https://twitter.com/miriamgottfried. Subscribe to ...

Redbox, Verizon Challenge Amazon, Netflix
Investorplace.com
... Verizon (NYSE:VZ) in the creation of Redbox Instant. The new service, designed to provide streaming access to movies and television shows, places Coinstar and Verizon in direct competition with Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) and Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN).

Netflix extends new user interface experience to Android phones ...
By Richard Lawler
Netflix's new user interface experience popped up on Android tablets last year before progressing to the iPad and finally iPhones just last week, but now.
Engadget HD

With Android update, Netflix has one interface for all devices - GigaOM
By Kevin C. Tofel
Should the same app have a different interface on different devices? Netflix doesn't think so, updating its Android app for smartphones to replicate the tablet interface found on Android slates and on Apple's iPad. The improvements make it ...
GigaOM

Netflix Overhauls its Android Smartphone App, Now Similar to iOS
By Matt Brian
Netflix overhauls its Android smartphone app, brings it in line with iOS apps and makes it easier for you to browse, find and watch titles.
The Next Web

Netflix details updated user interface for Android devices
By Kevin Krause
Last week Netflix users started to notice a different user interface than they had been accustomed to when launching the app on their Android phones, and now the team behind the movie rental and streaming service is giving us a more ...
Android Phone Fans

Netflix Rolls Out Polished New iPhone and Android Apps [Video ...
By Jason Fitzpatrick
If you're a Netflix subscriber, you've got a brand spanking new mobile interface to take for a spin. Last week Netflix released a brand new iOS interface, this week it's a brand new Android interface. The above video showcases the new iOS ...
How-To Geek

Iran blocks YouTube, Google over Mohammed video
CNN (blog)
Iran blocks YouTube, Google over Mohammed video. Iran blocked YouTube and its owner Google over the weekend because of an inflammatory movie trailer about the Prophet Mohammed that has infuriated Muslims in many countries around the world.

Actress to sue anti-Islam filmmaker in federal court: lawyer
Reuters
The White House had asked Google to evaluate whether the video violated YouTube's terms of service. In her lawsuit, Garcia, of Bakersfield, California, accused a producer of the movie, whom she identified as Nakoula using the alias Sam Bacile, of ...

St. Paul man in YouTube video hospitalized; he apparently jumped out window
Pioneer Press
A man seen on video being kicked by a St. Paul officer weeks ago was taken to the hospital Monday, Sept. 24, after apparently jumping out a window when police responded to a fight. Eric Hightower, 30, was listed in fair condition at Regions Hospital on ...

Local Muslims stick to peace after YouTube video sparks international riots
Daily Nebraskan
On that day, a 14-minute video titled “Innocence of Muslims,” posted on Youtube in July, burst onto the world stage. The poorly made, barely coherent video depicts the Prophet Muhammad, showing him at times as a murderous rapist, at others as a ...

Video from Pure Michigan's 50-city tour taken down
Detroit Free Press
But on Sunday, the YouTube link carried a statement in place of the video. The Pure Michigan website still offers a viewing of the video, but clicking the link connects to the same YouTubemessage: "This video is no longer available due to a copyright ...

YouTube seeking education video 'gurus'
Yahoo! Philippines News
YouTube has more than 900 education channel partners including organizers of TED conferences renowned for captivating talks devoted to "ideas worth spreading." The amount of time spent watching education-oriented YouTube videos has climbed 50 ...

Build a global audience on YouTube by translating your captions
By YouTube Creator Blog
So today we've made it easier for you to translate YouTube video captions into more than 300 languages. ... Select “Request translation” in the YouTube Video Manager, choose the languages you'd like to translate into, and click “Next.” We'll ...
YouTube Creator Blog

Poll: Just 23% Blame YouTube Movie for MidEast Violence - PJ Media
By Bryan Preston
Most voters think the recent protests at U.S. embassies in the Middle East were pre-planned and not a reaction to an anti-Islamic video on YouTube. They also believe overwhelmingly that terrorists are likely to have been involved in the murder ...
The PJ Tatler

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