Joost has debuted their Flash, web-only service. But the relaunch, moving away from a proprietary P2P platform, comes hot on the heels of the news that CBS, an investor in Joost, will begin releasing full length shows on YouTube. Joost, and its all-advertising model, must now compete head to head with Hulu, Veoh and others.

Time Warner Cable and ActiveVideo Networks announced the deployment of a new television experience that will bring Web content and interactivity to the TV.The new service, which is being launched in Oceanic Time Warner Cable, intelligently streams traditional and Web-based content to any digital set-top box. ActiveVideo combines the personalized, dynamic, socially-connected experience that viewers […]

When it comes to advertising, not all online video viewers are created equal, according to a new commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Veoh Networks. “Watching The Web: How Online Video Engages Audiences” reveals that while some online video viewers still only “snack” on short clips, there exists a large audience of […]

Hulu, the online web video joint venture between News Corp and NBC Universal, is set to rollout internationally and some local versions may launch before the end of the year. News Corp president Peter Chernin says it hopes to roll out a number of joint venture sites in local markets. “Hulu will eventually be the […]

YouTube will start to sell music and video games and experiment with new advertising formats to grow revenue. The Google-owned business is taking the first steps towards building an e-commerce service through which it will sell music, films, TV shows, video games, books, concert tickets and other media-related products featured on the millions of videos […]

Reasearcher IMS claims to have roadmapped the way to converged services for IPTV operators. By categorising multi-platform services into functional groups including Time-shifting, Place-shifting, Personalisation, and Socialisation, the report provides numerous examples of what new services may look like on different platforms and regions of the world. “The Millennial generation already expects video, personal communications […]

Channel Five is to make its programmes, including Neighbours and Fifth Gear, available for catch-up viewing on BT Vision’s TV service. The channel has struck a deal to launch Demand Five, its on-demand TV service, on BT Vision for programmes that have aired over the past eight days. Users will be able to access most […]

AT&T U-verse TV ranks highest in customer satisfaction among residential television customers in all three US regions where it was ranked, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2008 Residential Television Service Provider Satisfaction Study. In the annual study of TV service, customers cited AT&T's IP services for exceptional performance and reliability, customer service, cost […]

IPTV will have to deliver HD, is it ready? Joe O’Halloran finds out

Philip Hunter asks whether User Generated Content is the future of TV or just another outlet for blogging addicts, and suggests that Fixed/Mobile convergence can offer a few lessons