ONLINE VIDEO WATCHING SETS NEW RECORD

A record number of online users watched a record number of online videos during the month of October, according to a study released Monday by Reston, VA-based comScore. According to the study, 184 million Internet users in the U.S. each spent an average of 21.1 hours watching video on the web. Together they viewed 42.6 [...]

DISNEY: NO 99-CENT MOVIES ON YOUTUBE

The Walt Disney Co. on Monday shot down speculation that it planned to offer new releases on YouTube for 99 cents, as some reports had indicated. Disney spokesperson Bridget Osterhaus emailed Home Media magazine a message saying that no films from Disney will be available for 99 cents, and YouTube spokesperson Chris Dale later confirmed [...]

INDIE FILMMAKER POSTS MOVIE ON YOUTUBE — FREE WITH INFOMERCIAL

Filmmaker J. Neil Schulman may have hit on a way to allow independent films to be viewed on the Internet free while generating revenue at the same time. Schulman has adapted a classic broadcast sales tool, per-inquiry (PI) advertising, to the web, posting his 2008 feature Lady Magdalene’s, starring Nichelle Nichols (Lt. Uhura of Star [...]

DISNEY TEAMS UP WITH YOUTUBE

Reversing its traditional go-it-alone policy, the Walt Disney Co. announced today (Monday) that it will partner with Google’s YouTube to create a co-branded online video channel for family entertainment early next year. The New York Times, which first reported the deal on Sunday, said that it reflected the fact that the number of visitors to [...]

VIDEO OF JUDGE WHO BEAT DAUGHTER FOR ONLINE PIRACY GOES VIRAL

A video of a Texas judge who meted out punishment to his daughter by beating her with a belt when he discovered that she had been illegally downloading copyrighted material from the web has gone viral on YouTube. The video, taken in 2006, was uploaded by Hillary Adams, whose father, Aransas County Judge William Adams, [...]

HACKERS POST PORN ON SESAME STREET WEBSITE

Hackers have exposed the vulnerability of high-profile websites to malicious attacks by taking over Sesame Street‘s YouTube channel on Sunday and replacing Bert and Ernie with hard-core porn. “Who doesn’t like porn, kids?” a banner linking to the site read. The material reportedly remained on the website for less than an hour before the site [...]

YOU TUBE MOVIES JUMP ACROSS THE POND

YouTube, which launched an online movie rental service in the U.S. and Canada in May, has expanded it to include the U.K., Britain’s Guardian newspaper reported today (Monday). According to the newspaper, the Google-owned website has sighed “U.K.-specific” deals with Sony, Warner Bros., Universal and Lionsgate. The article did not indicate how the deals are [...]

DEVICE TURNS SMARTPHONES INTO REMOTES FOR INTERNET TV

Netgear, best known for its home Internet routers, plans to introduce yet another settop box to enable owners of older-model TV sets to watch streaming video via the Internet. (Most newer models have such capability already built in.) What distinguishes the new device, the NeoTV Streaming Player, is that it uses either Apple’s iPhone or [...]

REPORT: YOUTUBE WILL SOON OFFER NEW MOVIES

Google is planning a significant revamp of its YouTube website to include new movies and television shows that would be offered at low rental rates and, unlike similar streaming sites, include commercials, Home Media magazine reported on its website Monday. The service seemingly intends to emulate the cable model of dual revenue sources — subscribers [...]

TIME WARNER CABLE OFFERS FREE SLINGBOXES IN NEW YORK

Appearing to suggest that Time Warner Cable has seen the future and that it’s the Internet and not television, a company announcement said Wednesday that New York City subscribers to its $99-a-month Wideband 50 high-speed Internet package will receive a rebate for the entire cost of a $299 Slingbox. The Slingbox allows users to watch [...]

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