Lost Sundance Films Find A Home In Online Video
Fantastic news for films that played at the Sundance Film Festival and never got a distribution deal. The Sundance Institute, in an arrangement with New Video, will make those lost films available for streaming online to all the big streaming players. YouTube, Amazon, iTunes, Hulu, Netflix, and SundanceNOW will all be available to what amounts ...
Sony CES 2012 Press Conference: New Video Related Product Lineup
It's CES people and time to bring the RAIN! As in a downpour of awesome announcements on cool new tech, services and everything connected. What's been the big thing so far for me? Well the Sony press conference promised one login for everything and that my friends, is the holy grail of attention getters in ...
Cord Cutting Is Real? 20% Of Consumers Have Cut Cable Or Are Considering
Cord cutting is dead some say. Others think it a passing fad and that there's no staying power. Yet in the annual State of the Media Democracy report, Deloitte reports that some 20% of consumers have or are thinking about it. With the upswell of connected TVs I expect to see at CES, I bet ...
Google TV Marketplace Turns YouTube Into TV - The Reel Web #21
This week on the Reel Web we cover a story about a patent that Google recently updated about a marketplace for Google TV. The Google TV Marketplace will feature channel apps, possibly from YouTube, and may even be bundled together as a network for a premium fee. We share some of the implications of this ...
Netflix Users Streamed 2 Billion Hours In The 4th Quarter of 2011
What will be noted about Netflix' 2011 will be that poorly-handled price increase that sent people into mass hysteria. What won't be noted that much, but has way more impact, is that Netflix saw people stream like they've never streamed before in 2011, and in the 4th quarter of last year those streaming hours hit ...
The Roku Streaming Stick Makes A Regular TV A Smart TV
It must be a Roku kind of day, I guess. In addition to the new Showtime content we wrote about earlier today, Roku is looking to capture a new revenue stream with a product they're calling the Roku Streaming Stick. Essentially, it's a little stick the size of a USB drive that plugs into your ...
Showtime Content On Roku, Starting With Shameless & House Of Lies
Not wanting their competitor HBO to steal every last bit of thunder in the streaming business, Showtime is getting into the mix by signing a deal with Roku that will allow access to their content. The first offerings will be for a few full episodes and promotional content for their shows Shameless and House of ...
Watch The Times Square Ball Drop Live Online For New Years Eve
I've been asked this several times today, so I thought it would be worth posting about. If you're looking for a way to experience the New York City New Years Eve experience, you can do so online through live streaming video. Now you can watch the Times Square ball drop live on your PC, Mac, ...
American Television Alliance Upset Over NBC Super Bowl Streaming Plan
The continued perception that streaming sports online somehow affects the overall TV audience continues unabated. Or, rather, the perception is being used to gain leverage, and no one actually believes that myth anymore. The American Television Alliance, which is a lobbyist group that represents cable, satellite, and phone companies, believes that because the Super Bowl ...
Netflix iOS App Updated With Interface Optimized For iPad
Netflix has made an upgrade to their mobile app for iOS devices like the iPhone and iPad, and this update is especially good news for owners of the latter: the new Netflix app is optimized for use and viewing on the iPad, and it looks pretty slick. I know, I know... this isn't exactly breaking ...
Why Mobile Video Advertising Is Good For Small Businesses
One thing that can have a major impact on the success of a small business is advertising. Obviously, there are many different forms that advertising can take. Physical advertising, such as the type found on billboards, is still very much present in this day and age. However any business that restricts itself to this form ...
Netflix Users Spend Twice As Much Time On Site As Hulu Users
Maybe Netflix was right after all. No, not in the way they handled their price increase, but maybe in their logic for creating the increase in the first place. See, we've always assumed that Netflix's price hike this summer was about setting the stage for streaming video as the primary service for the future. And ...
The Louis CK Online Video Experiment Is Now Worth A Million Dollars
Two weeks after Louis CK offered his downloadable streaming concert, "Live at the Beacon Theater" for $5, the experiment has now crossed the million-dollar mark. A couple of days ago on CK's website, he decided to tell everyone that he had made a million and what he was going to do with the money. He ...
Virtual DVD Rental Service Zediva Shut Down Permanently
Zediva had an interesting business model, buy a bunch of DVD players and get a bunch of DVDs for rental. Give users access to a DVD and a player and stream the video to them. Unfortunately, the big bad movie studios didn't like that and sued them into oblivion. It was a novel idea and ...
This Year Audiences Will Be Able To Watch The Super Bowl Online
Some very cool news today in the worlds of professional sports and online video, as NBC has announced they will stream this year's Super Bowl online for free. While the network has been streaming their Sunday night games for some time now, this is the first time viewers can watch the Super Bowl online on ...
