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Starz After Netflix To Become TV Everywhere Option

As we all know by now, Starz and Netflix fell out and contract negotiations halted without a deal. Now, we know why as Starz has announced that they are working on their own TV everywhere authenticated product that will stream their content to any connected ...

The Weekly Online Video News Round Up - Arrested Development Edition

The piece of online video news that made the biggest splash this week didn't even fall on a week day. In fact, it happened yesterday, when Netflix announced its deal to air brand new episodes of cult-classic television show, Arrested Development, almost singlehandedly returning the ...

NASCAR And Facebook To Give You A Ride In Sprint Cup Championship

Do you like NASCAR?  Do you like Tony Stewart?  Do you think he's going to finish ahead of Carl Edwards and take the Sprint Cup Championship?  Wouldn't you just love to be in one of those cars hurtling down the track at approaching 200 miles ...

Starcraft Finals Streaming Live On YouTube

YouTube has been making waves recently with their live broadcasting, notably a Coldplay concert a few weeks ago.  And this weekend YouTube is live-streaming the Starcraft finals through the Major League Gaming channel.  There are thousands of gamers at the Rhode Island Convention Center playing ...

Roku Expanding Beyond The US, Sets Streaming Sights On Foreign Shores

Yes folks, Roku is expanding its availability outside of the US. If you're in the UK or Canada and looking for a streaming online video box, hold tight, Roku to the rescue! Roku announced that they expect their streaming players, which come in several varieties, ...

Warner Bros Signs Deal With LOVEFiLM For International Streaming

Warner Bros is continuing its big online video moves with a new partnership with LOVEFiLM, a leading European film subscription service, combining the benefits of DVD rental by post and, more recently, watching movies online via the LOVEFiLM Player. Something like the European Netflix.

Sony Cutting The Cable For You? Aiming For A Sony Online TV Service?

Remember when I was writing about Sony the other day, well really it was about Google TV and stuff, but I mentioned that Howard Stringer, the Sony CEO, was talking about big R&D in a new TV. Well, some speculation has launched into what that ...

Boxee Getting Into TV Tuning With Boxee Live TV Tuner

Boxee is breaking the mold it set for itself and will now begin to include a new Boxee Live TV Tuner according to GigaOm who got an unreleased version of the Boxee 1.5 update which will be released soon.

Adobe Abandons Flash For Mobile Devices

Citing the growth and almost exclusive use of HTML5 on mobile devices, Adobe has decided to discontinue new versions of Flash on mobile devices in the future.  After the release of Flash 11.1 for Android and Blackberry PlayBook, Adobe will now focus on HTML5 applications ...

Raystream Says They Can Reduce HD Video Streaming Bandwidth up to 70%

Raystream tells me they've got a new proprietary video compression that can chop down the size of streaming HD video an average of 70%, without a loss of quality. You know me, I'm skeptical about numbers that large so I did some further investigation.

CBS Live Stream of LSU-Alabama Game Breaks College Football Record

As expected, CBS saw the college football record broken for an online/mobile audience during Saturday's LSU-Alabama showdown.  Over 200,000 watched the game via the website and CBS Sports Mobile, which considering that the network was seeing numbers "hovering just under six figures" means they more ...

Google TV Gets Adult Video Channel From Vivid Entertainment

Let's all be mature adults about this topic, okay? After all, I think there are some interesting implications for the video industry as a result of this news. What news, you ask? The news that Google TV is getting a dedicated adult video channel from ...

The Weekly Online Video News Round Up - YouTube Ad Edition

This week was overloaded with YouTube-related news. The video service is now fully integrated into Google Plus, their skippable TrueView ads now make up 50% of all the ads on the site and serve up 18 years of video ads per day, and the majority ...

Popcorn Framework Brings Interactive Video To The People's Choice Awards

A few weeks ago, we discussed Mozilla's interactive video framework, Popcorn.js, an HTML5 application that will allow for content creators to provide context links and information to their videos.  It was test-driven with documentary films.  Now, with the support of content optimization company RAMP, and ...

Watch The LSU-Alabama Game Online & Help CBS Break A Live Streaming Record

CBS has been pretty awesome in the streaming video racket for awhile now.  They offer streams of The Masters and the NCAA Tournament, all in the face of the risk that somehow, they'd lose TV ad dollars from the potential lost audience watching the events ...