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YouTube Introduces Ads...
Posted in IPTV, Advertising, News on August 24th, 2007. By Eduard F. Vinyamata.
After months of testing different ad models, last Tuesday YouTube introduced their chosen ad format. This MCH article is a wrap up of the most important facts, opinions and conclusions that have been written so far about YouTube’s entry into the world of video advertising. (more…)
Is the Internet Ready for Mainstream IPTV?...
Posted in IPTV, News on August 16th, 2007. By Eduard F. Vinyamata.
Several articles this week discuss the readiness of the Internet, in it’s current form, to adapt to a mainstream use of IPTV. Most ISP’s would probably say that the Internet is not ready for mainstream IPTV, or in other words, that they are not ready to provide the bandwidth this would require, under the current broadband payment plans. (more…)
Google Video to Stop Offering Paid Video Downloads...
Posted in IPTV, News on August 16th, 2007. By Eduard F. Vinyamata.
Google Video, a free video sharing and video search service from Google, stopped offering paid video downloads. Google let video content producers upload their own contents and sell them through Google Video. Such contents where protected by Google with DRM and thus had copy, share and play limitations. (more…)
Links from last week...
Posted in IPTV, Publishing, Mobile, News on August 16th, 2007. By Maren Hermans.
1 The copyright-question remains a hard one. In a world where publishing is that easy: so are copying, pasting and stealing. New guidelines could help to redefine property in new media. (more…)
YouTube’s Newest Competition...
Posted in IPTV, News on August 9th, 2007. By Eduard F. Vinyamata.
YouTube’s competition is coming from many fronts and in many ways, yet it still manages over 21% of all online video streams. Yahoo, while only having 4.6% of streams, recently stated that they are going to take on YouTube. (more…)
BBC’s “as big a milestone as the arrival of color TV”, the iPlayer...
Posted in IPTV, Television, News on August 9th, 2007. By Eduard F. Vinyamata.
The BBC recently launched iPlayer a software that let’s UK residents download broadcasted contents and watch them on their computer up to 30 days after their original broadcast. (more…)
Reality Bites: The YouTube/CNN debate...
Posted in IPTV, Television, Citizen Journalism, Internet, News on July 28th, 2007. By Maren Hermans.
What was supposed to be a debate on politics turned into a debate on journalism and multimedia. Does ‘broadcast yourself’ mean to participate in a political debate, and what is the role of traditional journalism in the relation between politician and voter? (more…)
Making Money out of Online Video: Paradigm Shift Required...
Posted in IPTV, Internet, Advertising, News on July 20th, 2007. By Eduard F. Vinyamata.
How to build a business out of online video? The Streaming Media Training program (Via Lost Remote) in Valencia, Spain, was all about this question. (more…)
Links from last week...
Posted in IPTV, Television, Internet, News on July 20th, 2007. By Eduard F. Vinyamata.
1 63% of U.S. broadband users watch TV or movies online
However, traditional home television ratings seem to be minimally affected by broadband video viewing, according to Nielsen. (more…)
LiveStation: Microsoft’s Live IPTV Solution...
Posted in IPTV, News on July 13th, 2007. By Eduard F. Vinyamata.
Two weeks ago we pointed out solutions and technologies to achieve live TV broadcasting over the Internet. Last week, Skinkers, a UK startup, presented a solution based on Microsoft Research technology: LiveStation. (more…)