More accessible technology and maturing business models are opening the floodgates for web video from both professionals and non-professionals, according to experts. According to Jeremy Allaire, the CEO of web video provider Brightcove, the internet is rapidly moving from a “text web” to a “video web”, spurred by the dropping costs of producing and hosting […]

Amazon and TiVo have announced Amazon Unbox on TiVo, a soon-to-be-launched service feature that will provide TiVo subscribers with the ability to rent and purchase movies and television shows from leading studios and networks including CBS, Fox Entertainment Group, Lionsgate, Paramount Pictures, Universal Studios Home Entertainment and Warner Bros. Entertainment. Amazon Unbox on TiVo is […]

Former Disney star and tween favorite Hilary Duff is joining the ranks of video podcasters with her Hilary Duff Video Podcast. Unfortunately, instead of offering tween geeks the style of family entertainment people associate with the star, the video podcast is little more than an advertisement for Hilary Duff branded merchandise. Adding insult to injury, […]

It looks like Internet video has reached a tipping point: two-thirds of the people surveyed in a recent study view streaming video content at least once a week. More and more, viewers are watching on-demand video, and watching less TV. While television content is popular, some of the most popular Internet videos are turning out […]

The New York Times reports that Wal-Mart is partnering with all of the six major Hollywood studios ‚Äî Walt Disney, Warner Brothers, Paramount, Sony, 20th Century Fox and Universal ‚Äî to sell digital movies and television shows on its Web site, becoming the first traditional retailer to do so. The move plunges Wal-Mart into competition […]

Recent research by Harris Interactive suggests that the biggest threat to the future of broadcast television may come from YouTube and other Internet video sources. Over four in 10 (42%) online U.S. adults say they have watched a video at YouTube, and 14 percent say they visit the site frequently. Almost one in three (32%) […]

PodZinger has announced the release of a new, larger video player. For easier viewing, the size of the player has increased to 480 x 425 pixels. They’ve also introduced ZingLinks, which include: The ability to embed audio and video on a user’s page via PodZinger-generated HTML code The ability to send audio and video to […]

The guys at Ask A Ninja have posted an interesting take on the way MySpace is limiting what users can do at the site: Over the last few months there has been a lot of debate over Net Neutrality, which basically boils down to one company blocking access to to another companies servers in order […]

YouTube has begun removing more than 100,000 unauthorized clips belonging to Viacom. The clips include everything from snippets of Jon Stewarts “The Daily Show” to Nickelodeons “SpongeBob SquarePants.” The purge comes after Viacom demanded that YouTube take down the material, accusing the site of violating its copyrights. Viacom says its the largest order to delete […]

Video blogger Lisa Donovan, aka LisaNova, has been tapped to join the cast of MADtv, which airs Saturdays (11:00 PM-Midnight ET/PT) on FOX. Donovan will first be seen in the episode airing Saturday, Feb. 17. Donavan joins a growing number of successful podcasters that have leveraged their online success into other media. Donovan has been […]