Video Pirates Are Cheap, Stubborn, & Completely Unreasonable
A new study from PricewaterhouseCoopers is painting a dreary picture for television production companies and Hollywood movie studios. It seems that piracy is still a far more attractive option than even the best premium video on-demand services. Even the most aggressive plans the studios have in mind for the future will fall short, if PwC's ...
Reel Cord-Cutting News: Netflix, Boxee, Hulu Gets Criterion & Miramax Goes Global
I generally do a weekend news round up. But within the last 12 hours I saw some cool stuff that all piled up together and was related so, here's a set of news Reel Quick. It has to do with Netflix and competition, Boxee and Netflix and Miramax, Lionsgate and StudioCanal ganging up...with YouTube?
IAB Releases Online Video Marketing and Advertising Best Practices Guide
The International Advertising Bureau's Video Council UK (IABUK) has just recently set forth a new set of best practices in regards to online video marketing and video advertising for 2011. Since we tend to talk a lot about those things I figured you might all be interested in what the IAB has to say on ...
Google TV (Logitech Revue) vs. Boxee vs. Roku vs. Apple TV - Internet-TV Device Comparison
While off at CES 2011 with Mark I picked up a piece of propaganda literature from Logitech about the Revue and all it had to offer so I thought I would scan it. Well my scanner is on the fritz, so I was going to have to hand type it. I figured if I was ...
Google Buys Another Video Company, Widevine Creeps into Portfolio
Google's year-long shopping spree continues as it scoops up video technology company Widevine. This company is a digital media management platform with DRM, video optimization and other services that help to protect online digital content. Could this be the beginning of a new, more premium-content focused online video attack by big G? YouTube has been, ...
In-depth Review of ButoTV Video Platform: Interactivity Meets Simplicity
Online video platforms (OVPs) are springing up all over the place. It's like the Dawn of Web 2.0 all over again and Buto.tv (prounounced boo-toe I think) is getting in on it as well (and have been for some time). However, they might be taking a slightly different approach than many of the others. I ...
DVD Sales Down, Digital Delivery Growing
I just read some interesting stuff from the Digital Entertainment Group. It seems that DVD sales are dropping fast, perhaps going the way of the 8-track soon as digital delivery and Blu-Ray are gaining in consumer confidence and adoption. That means, all your online video efforts are far more important now than they have ever ...
The Sunday News Reel – Week of 18-24 October, 2010
Brrr! It's cold over here (well at night anyway). I do believe there's snow at the top of the local mountain already. That would be Ještěd for those that are interested, on a clear winter day I can see it from my office window, we don't have many of those though. Anyway, what better reason ...
Dell Eyeing Internet TV and Streaming, Roku Wants A Bite Out of Apple
Dell, along with everyone and their brother it seems, wants in on the streaming video pie chart and they're preparing to cut themselves off a slice according to the latest reports. Networkworld reports they're looking into getting some devices in their lineup and looking over Google TV for the software.
Philips TV Video On Demand Film Supplier Is A Diva
Sony's got one (sort of), Samsung does too, so why not Philips? Well, now, they do. Diva TV announced today that it has signed a deal with Philips TV at IFA Berlin to be the supplier of high quality movie entertainment for the Philips NetTV service.
Samsung Hooks Up with BlinkBox for UK Video-on-Demand on Internet TVs
So far this week from the IFA show in Berlin we have heard from Sony who is offering Music Unlimited (I am certain video will follow), and 3D video and tablet computers have dominated the scene. We have also heard from Apple this week and we know that Amazon is shopping around for content partners ...
Amazon Wants Your VOD Dollars, But Can It Sell Itself?
Amazon has finally jumped head first into the video-on-demand pool after standing on the edge and dipping its toe in for what seemed like ever. The monstrous, global eRetailer have gone into the deep end and are swimming for gold. This will be another subscription-based service as opposed to its already long-standing on-demand rental service. ...
Google Makes A Push for Pay-Per-View Movie Streaming Service
According to the Financial Times (free registration required), officials from Google and YouTube are in active negotiations with the major movie studios in Hollywood to develop a pay-per-view streaming movie service with a worldwide focus. The films would be streaming—and not available for download—and would cost around $5 each.
Facebook Leverages The Power of Online Video - Premium Video Content Next?
Facebook recently started streaming live video from the Palo Alto, California headquarters. It's not 24/7 nor is it what you might expect but more a mix of content including interviews and technical talk, etc. But that's not the only video deal in the works at the social networking giant (who is preparing to fend off ...
PlayOn Brings Hulu, Netflix To IPhone Via Safari, or Does It?
I found this to be rather interesting, PlayOn if offering a free software update to its Premium subscribers that will work on the iPhone and iPod touch via Safari. That means video from places like Hulu, Netflix, Comedy Central and more can be had on them.It seems like a perfect situation for the content providers ...
