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Breaking Digital Video NewsSony to Launch Online Entertainment Store in 2010Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 20, 2009 - 11:23am.
 Tokyo
- Sony (NYSE: SNE) announced plans on Friday to launch a new online store next year that will sell books, music and movies next year, and deliver content to
networked televisions and other devices. The company did not provide many
details about the "Sony Online Service," as it is tentatively being
called, but is expected to be positioned as a competitor to Apple's iTunes
Store.
tags: Games | Video | TV | Sony | Apple | Movies | Publishing | Books | iTunes Store | Sony Online Service |
Studios Sue Swedish ISP, Demand Closure of OpenBitTorrentAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 18, 2009 - 11:54am.
 Los Angeles - Several Hollywood movie studios have filed suit against a Swedish
ISP that is hosting OpenBitTorrent, an independent BitTorrent file-sharing
tracker site that was launched in the wake of the The Pirate Bay's announced
sale to Global Gaming Factory, TorrentFreak reported. The studios sued hosting
provider Portlane, demanding that it shutter the OpenBitTorrent website.
tags: Video | Law | Lawsuits | P2P | Music | Copyright | The Pirate Bay | OpenBitTorrent | Portlane |
The Pirate Bay Permanently Shutters File-Sharing TrackerAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 17, 2009 - 8:41am.
 Stockholm, Sweden - Marking "the end of an era,"
the operators of file-sharing hub The Pirate Bay on Tuesday shut down their
BitTorrent tracker, which grew over six years to become the largest hub for
finding copyrighted materials for download in the world, TorrentFreak reported. "Now that the
decentralized system for finding peers is so well developed, TPB has decided
that there is no need to run a tracker anymore, so it will remain down! It's
the end of an era, but the era is no longer up2date," the Pirate Bay
wrote on its blog. "We have put a server in a museum already, and now the
tracking can be put there as well."
Report: Video Viewing on Social Media Sites Doubles in YearAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 20, 2009 - 9:56am.
New York - Internet users now spend nearly double the amount
of time watching videos on social networking sites than they did just one year
ago, according to newly released figures from Nielsen.
YouTube Debuts Automated Closed CaptioningAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 19, 2009 - 12:01pm.
Mountain View,
Calif. - Google (NASD: GOOG) announced on
Thursday that it has combined its automatic speech recognition technology with
the YouTube close captioning system, to offer automatic captioning of YouTube
videos. The company acknowledged that the automatic captions "will not
always be perfect," but can improve accessibility and help translate
videos into other languages. YouTube also added automatic caption timing, so
that users captioning videos by hand can simply create a text file, and let
Google's automatic speech recognition sync their captions to the video.
In-Game Video Ad Firm NeoEdge Merges With OffspringAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 19, 2009 - 10:22am.
Mountain View,
Calif. - NeoEdge, a provider of
in-game video ad insertion services, announced on Thursday that it will merge
with Offspring, a developer of casual online games.
Vevo to Debut Music Video Portal on Dec. 8Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 18, 2009 - 1:23pm.
New York
- Vevo, the music video joint venture between Sony Music and Universal Music
that will use technology from Google's (NASD: GOOG) YouTube, is set to launch on Dec. 8, the
company announced via its Twitter feed. The labels hope the standalone site will
help them further monetize their music videos -- which are the most-watched
content on all of YouTube.
EMI First Record Label to Bring Music Videos to HuluAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 18, 2009 - 1:03pm.
London
- U.K.-based EMI has signed a deal to become the first major record label to
feature its music videos on Hulu, the video portal joint venture between NBC
Universal (NYSE: GE), News Corp. (NYSE: NWS) and Disney (NYSE: DIS).
YouTube Direct Aims to Connect Citizens, JournalistsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 17, 2009 - 12:28pm.
San Bruno,
Calif. - Google's (NASD: GOOG) YouTube on
Tuesday introduced YouTube Direct, a new application that aims to place citizen
journalism videos in front of media organizations for potential rebroadcast. Users
can upload newsworthy videos directly to the application. YouTube said outlets
including ABC News, Huffington Post, NPR, Politico and the Washington Post are
already using the application to source news video.
PBS, NPR Stations Debut Forum Network Lecture SiteAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 17, 2009 - 12:26pm.
Boston - PBS, NPR and WGBH on Tuesday re-launched the Forum
Network, a national digital media lecture service and website that provides
free educational content featuring thinkers, scientists, policymakers, artists,
authors and community leaders. The site began as part of Boston's WGBH, but through funding from PBS,
NPR, CPB and the Lowell Institute, was re-launched as a national platform.
YouTube Inks Deal to Add Univision Spanish-language ContentAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 16, 2009 - 1:20pm.
San Bruno, Calif.
- Google's (NASD: GOOG) YouTube on Monday announced an agreement to add content from U.S.
Spanish-language broadcaster Univision to its site. The deal includes
full-length content from Univision's three networks -- Univision, TeleFutura
and Galavision -- as well as footage from celebrity interviews and special
events.
Microsoft to Launch Zune Brand Outside U.S. Next YearAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 16, 2009 - 12:22pm.
London - Microsoft (NASD: MSFT) plans to
launch its Zune entertainment distribution brand outside the U.S. next year, the Financial Times
reported.
Sezmi Raises $25 Million, Launches Personalized TV ServiceAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 16, 2009 - 9:45am.
Belmont, Calif.
- Sezmi, the developer of a TV service that combines traditional TV content,
movies and Internet video, announced on Monday that it has raised $25 million
in new funding, and launched a pilot of its service in Los Angeles.
tags: Deals | VC | Video | TV | Sonic Solutions | Morgenthaler Ventures | Index Ventures | Omni Capital | TD Fund | Sezmi | Roxio CinemaNow | Legend Ventures |
YouTube to Launch 1080p HD Video Quality Next WeekAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 13, 2009 - 11:41am.
San Francisco
- Google's (NASD: GOOG) YouTube plans to introduce a new 1080p, full high-definition
resolution option for viewing videos, as well as a new full-screen player next
week, the company said at the NewTeeVee Live conference this week. The site's
current maximum output is 720p. YouTube said it is currently re-encoding
already submitted 1080p videos so they can be viewed in the higher-resolution
format.
iTunes Preview Offers Store Data Without Launching iTunesAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 13, 2009 - 11:38am.
Los Angeles
- Apple (NASD: AAPL) has introduced a new website for its iTunes Store, which will direct
users looking to preview content the option to view it online without having to
launch the iTunes application, Apple Insider reports. The new iTunes Preview
site also lets users browse by artist and album, and view biographies, track
length and pricing details. Song samples, however, are still tied directly to
the iTunes application.
Copy-Protection Tech Firm Widevine Raising New FundsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 13, 2009 - 8:10am.
Seattle - Widevine, a provider of forensic watermarking
technologies and other digital rights management services for content owners, has
secured $7.25 million of an expected $9.7 million round of new venture capital,
PEHub.com reported, citing a regulatory filing.
tags: Deals | VC | Video | DRM | Widevine | Watermarking | VantagePoint Venture Partners | Constellation Ventures |
Boxee to Release Branded Set-top Box in 2010Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 12, 2009 - 11:05am.
New York
- Boxee, a developer of set-top box software that can deliver Web video and
audio content to a television, plans to launch its own Boxee-branded set-top
box. The company said in a blog post that it plans to show mockups of the box
at an event in New York
on Dec. 7, while telling PaidContent that it hopes to launch the device in the
first half of 2010.
Yidio Gets Angel Funding for Online Video IndexAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 12, 2009 - 8:20am.
San Diego
- Yidio, an aggregator of online video that claims a library of over 300,000 TV
episodes and 30,000 movies, announced on Thursday that it has raised in the
neighborhood of $500,000 in angel funding, NewTeeVee reported.
NBA TV Companion Application to Offer Real-Time Web ExtrasAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 11, 2009 - 2:37pm.
Los Angeles
- The National Basketball Association (NBA) has introduced a new two-screen interactive
TV application, designed for fans watching live NBA games on TV who are interested
in additional real-time content on their computers. The NBA TV Companion will
offer real-time stats; breaking news; play-by-play analysis; and 3D shot
charts. Other features include social networking integration; live chat with
fans, personnel and on-air talent; and special halftime and postgame reports.
The NBA said it will offer versions of the application for every team and every
national broadcaster.
Microsoft Folds MSN Video Into Bing Video Search PageAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 11, 2009 - 2:36pm.
Los Angeles
- Microsoft (NASD: MSFT) has combined its MSN Video and Bing video search pages, so that now
users looking for MSN Video will be redirected to an enhanced Bing video search
page, PaidContent reports. The article notes that the 250 million monthly video
streams on MSN Video will provide a boost for Bing's traffic numbers.
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