blinkx, the world's largest video search engine, has confirmed the availability of the blinkx advanced media platform, a video content management solution that leverages blinkx's patented Conceptual Recognition Engine (CoRE) technology to enable media companies to unlock the potential of video assets and maximise their monetisation. From the digital domain of the Internet and content […]

Italian broadband operator Fastweb reduced its net loss and added clients in the first three months of the year and left open the possibility it will bid for Italian rival Tiscali. The net loss narrowed 47 percent to E11 million from a year ago. EBITDA rose 15 per cent to E112.5 million as sales rose […]

The BBC and ITV have sought legal advice to determine whether the deep-linking that online TV listings site TVguide.co.uk does to their online video streaming is legal or not. TVguide.co.uk, which has some 1 million unique visitors a month doing some 8 million page impressions, offers its users direct access to unbranded content from the […]

Online video portal YouTube has released YouTube Insight, a free software tool allowing users who upload videos to see a breakdown of viewing figures, including chronological and demographic audience trends.

Streaming video and music distributed across the Internet, an IPTV network, or a mobile handset will generate $70 billion in network-derived and content-derived revenue into the US markets over the next six years, according to a study from The Insight Research Corporation. Insight’s market analysis study, “Streaming Media, IPTV, and Broadband Transport: Telecommunications Carriers and […]

Research published by Internet video specialist Simply has revealed that as online video usage goes mainstream, the PC has become the second TV in many homes. Men in particular are using Internet video as a way of indulging their interests and escaping into a 'virtual shed'. Research also revealed that online video viewers are thoroughly […]

Telefónica O2 Czech Republic plans to raise the number of clients using its Internet TV services to 140,000 by the end of 2008 from the current 80,000 users, Czech Telefónica’s CEO said. Salvador Anglada also said he expects the number of its high speed Internet connection users to reach one million in five years, versus […]

After installing TiVo's Desktop Plus PC software, users will be able to subscribe to RSS feeds of their favorite Web shows. Users will also be able to transfer home videos from their computers to their DVRs. “Through the addition of new applications such as Web video, we continue to build toward our goal of making […]

ITV is to revamp its broadband catch-up TV offering and is considering rebranding the online video service less than a year after it first launched. The overhaul of the 30-day catch-up service, a key part of ITV.com’s overall broadband TV service, will be followed by the first major marketing campaign to drive usage since launch […]

TiVo has announced an agreement with YouTube that will deliver millions of Web videos directly to users' TV screens. “TiVo's strategy is to bridge the gap between Web video and television and make as much content available as possible for our subscribers,” said Tara Maitra, TiVo's vice president and general manager for content services. Just […]