Hulu Year End Numbers Show Great Growth All Around
Hulu put out some year end numbers which included the fact they've got 1.5 million paying subscribers now. Not quite the massive, rapid expansion Netflix had, but they also have DVD rentals as well so it's apples and oranges.
Rumors Say Apple TV Will Challenge Cable With Subscription Service
It's now a forgone conclusion that Apple will get into the TV manufacturing biz next year and now the rumor mills are kicking into over drive with all sorts of supposed this and thats which will be included or are holding back the release of it all.
New Xbox Dashboard Brings Expanded Video Streaming Apps
So the new Xbox dashsboard is available and with it came some updated video streaming apps for Hulu Plus and Netflix. The updates fixed a lot of things that I had talked about as being problems like getting so deep into a menu that you had to pick up a controller to continue. However, there ...
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 device.
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.
TiVo Premiere Elite Boasts Four Tuners & Completely Dumps Analog
TiVo, pending FCC approval because it's a requirement to have an analog tuner, is ready to push out a four tuner box, that's four simultaneous recordings, sans analog. Because analog is dead. Aren't we all watching some form of digital something or other whether that be OTA (over the air), cable or satellite? How behind ...
Common Craft Introduces Video Subscription Service For Business & Education
Common Craft has been making fantastic "explanation" videos for years. Using a simple, hand-drawn paper animation style, the husband and wife duo of Lee and Sachi LeFever have won multiple awards for their videos, and have worked with some major brands. This week, Common Craft is launching a new video subscription service designed to help ...
Hulu + Zune = Microsoft`s Subcription Streaming Online Video Plan?
I just wrote a piece over at Gamers Daily News talking about how, if Microsoft were to pick up Hulu (and they are listed alongside Google & Yahoo as potential buyers) they could roll it into a new, higher level, higher priced, Xbox LIVE subscription. I also just read something that says MS is looking ...
Online Video Will Replace The Traditional Job Interview
In a global marketplace, employers are beginning to realize that their best potential employees might not live in the same city, the same state, or even the same country. The connecting power of the Internet and social media, however, give companies the ability to recruit and screen potential applicants no matter how far away they ...
Hulu Set for $500M in Revenue, 1M Hulu-Plus Subscribers
Hulu is doing well if you ask Jason Kilar, the CEO, who reported the Q1 stats for the online video service in a blog post on Monday. From the sounds of the post everything is unicorns and cotton candy over there in the rose-colored world of Huludise. Lots of good stats to show how healthy ...
Trouble in Huludise as Partners Decide How Online Video Service Will Survive
Hulu, according to the Wall Street Journal, is rife with internal strife. It seems that there have been some meetings this week between the partners (NBC Universal, News Corp., and Disney) and the management of Hulu over the future of the company. At stake is nothing less than the company as a whole and that ...
Vimeo Increases Upload Limits To 5GB for Paid Members
Vimeo has always been a home for creative individuals and independent filmmakers. In fact, they've almost gone out of their way to avoid courting just any video creators, specifically focusing on members of the artistic community. And today they've announced a change to their service that ought to attract even more aspiring directors and auteurs: ...
Samsung's Video Streaming Service Raises More Questions Than it Answers
CES is just round the corner and I've got about a hundred emails all talking about how cool some new product is. Everything from a digital cooking thermometer and iPhone App (why someone would ever need that is beyond me) to real, freakin' robots! But this one I got today sort of caught my attention ...
Sony Returns To Digital Distribution for Music, Video Next?
Sony, who have proven themselves incapable of properly delivering content to the masses on several occasions but finally hit it head on with the PlayStation Network (PSN), is going to give it another go. Anyone remember their Connect service? My point exactly.
SeeSaw Launches Streaming Video-On-Demand Site for UK
It’s easy for Americans like me to develop tunnel vision when it comes to the Internet, subconsciously blocking out any website or issue that doesn’t speak directly to our world. But the obvious truth is that there are millions of users outside the U.S. who care deeply about the same things we do: good UI, ...
