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Internet TV set for acceptance

In the modern-day media age, consumers are being afforded more choice and control when it comes to content. Whether it’s PVRs, User Generated Content, or TV shows online, the market has fundamentally started the process of 'unbundling television/video entertainment', and this redistribution of control will likely come to dominate the overall consumer landscape in years […]

October 16, 2007

ITN channel on YouTube

ITN's multimedia division, ITN On today, has unveiled its latest online initiative with the launch of an ITN channel on YouTube. The ad-funded channel will have entertainment at its heart, plus sports, film and Bollywood programmes made specifically for online platforms allowing YouTube users to view, comment on and link to their favourite ITN content.

October 16, 2007

Brightcove Internet TV

Brightcove has revealed a new service for delivering broadcast-quality Internet TV. Extending their Internet TV platform, the new service, Brightcove Show, will give content publishers the ability to deliver instant-on, broadcast-quality streaming video to their viewers. Brightcove Show takes advantage of new advances in the Adobe Flash Player technology, high-quality video encoding, and content delivery […]

October 15, 2007

Lin puts YouTube in TV

Lin, a multiple station owner in the US, is partnering with YouTube to launch dedicated YouTube channels for its 31 stations. The sites will feature a mix of news content from the station and user-generated video. Sixteen Hearst-Argyle stations already feature YouTube channels.

October 15, 2007

Dailymotion brings CNN to Europe

Dailymotion, the independent video sharing site, and Turner Broadcasting System (TBS) Europe have confirmed an agreement to make news, entertainment and animation programming available to audiences across Europe. The agreement marks Turner's choice of Dailymotion as partner in the wider distribution of its content across non-linear platforms and the continued distribution of Adult Swim outside […]

October 12, 2007

Virgin Media’s 'Fan Van'

Virgin are offering sports fan the Virgin Media Fan Van service. By visiting Virgin Media’s sports portal on Saturdays, sports fans are able to immerse themselves in near live content including interviews, commentary, fans’ views, comedy and other fan-related footage from a sporting venue. The content is also archived on the site so it can […]

October 12, 2007

blinkx shares 50/50 on ads for UGC

blinkx, the video search engine, has revealed a unique technology to remunerate consumers who have embedded video clips into their blogs or webpages. Based on blinkx’s AdHoc platform, the new application places highly-relevant text advertisements against embedded video from popular sharing sites such as YouTube, GoogleVideo and DailyMotion. blinkx will share 50 per cent of […]

October 11, 2007

CNN on Joost

From Colin Mann in Cannes CNN International is launching on Internet TV service Joost in Europe. In an agreement with parent company Turner Broadcasting, the deal with Joost also includes Turner’s entertainment brand Adult Swim. Turner’s content will roll out on Joost in Europe from October. Previously available via invitation only, Joost became publicly available […]

October 11, 2007

No comment from EuroNews on YouTube

From Colin Mann in Cannes International news channel EuroNews has created a new channel based on its No Comment programme. On No Comment TV, Internet users will be able to view a selection of images renewed daily by EuroNews, including images that can’t be seen elsewhere. The stories are always topical and may be spectacular […]

October 11, 2007

JumpTV growth

Internet broadcaster JumpTV says subscribers increased by about 19 per cent to 86,000 between August 9 and September 30, while Q3 ended with a record level of subscribers for its international and sports divisions.

October 11, 2007