Digital Video Downloads

Is YouTube Going Offline?

Jan 12th, 2007 | By | Category: Digital Video Downloads, Streaming Video

YouTube is reported to be considering creating a offline TV channel made up of content culled from the thousands of clips posted on its site, according to YouTube vice president of content Kevin Donahue. Donahue, speaking on the ‚ÄúHollywood and the Digital Consumer‚Äù panel at the Consumer Electronics Show, said YouTube has been toying with […]



New Flash Plug-in Will Include Peer-To-Peer Video Delivery

Jan 11th, 2007 | By | Category: Digital Video Downloads, Streaming Video, Video

VeriSign and Adobe have announced their intent to collaborate on integrating Adobe Flash technologies with VeriSign‚Äôs peer assisted content distribution technology. The first phase of the expected collaboration consists of VeriSign incorporating Adobe Flash Media Server 2 into its new globally deployed Intelligent Content Delivery Network (CDN), letting publishers deliver high fidelity video on-demand and […]



Thomas Dolby’s Video Podcast

Jan 11th, 2007 | By | Category: Digital Video Downloads, Podcast Quickies, Video Podcasts

Thomas Dolby’s Sole Inhabitant video podcast offers an unique look into the English electronica artist and entrepreneur’s November-December tour. Dolby uses the video podcast format effectively and does some interesting things with video viewpoints, including using a camera that provides a first-person perspective of what he’s doing during a performance. The series includes live performances […]



Brazillian Supermodel Only Wants Sex Video Banned, Not YouTube

Jan 10th, 2007 | By | Category: Digital Video Downloads, Streaming Video, Video

Brazilian supermodel Daniela Cicarelli, right, says she doesn’t want YouTube to be banned, just the steamy footage of her and her boyfriend. The ban has prompted thousands of Brazilian YouTube users to launch an e-mail protest against her and raised calls for a boycott of her television program. Cicarelli said the ban wasn’t her fault […]



Apple TV Puts Podcasting At The Center Of Home Theaters

Jan 9th, 2007 | By | Category: Computer Hardware, Digital Video Downloads, iPod Accessories, Streaming Video, Video Podcasts

Macworld Update: Apple today premiered Apple TV, a media router that can wirelessly play iTunes content from a Mac or PC on your widescreen TV, including movies, TV shows, music, photos and podcasts. Users can quickly browse and view their entire collection of digital media from across the room using the simple and intuitive Apple […]



CES Update: XBox 360 To Get Internet Television

Jan 8th, 2007 | By | Category: Digital Video Downloads, Streaming Video, Video, Video Podcasts

At the 2007 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), being held in Las Vegas, Microsoft Entertainment and Devices Division President Robbie Bach¬†provided an early look at a new service, IPTV on Xbox 360. According to Microsoft, the offering will deliver world-class TV experiences such as digital video recording capabilities, with gaming, movie viewing, and even voice and […]



NetGear Announces BitTorrent HDTV Agreement

Jan 8th, 2007 | By | Category: Digital Video Downloads, Digital Video Recorder, Streaming Video, Video, Video Podcasts

NetGear today announced a collaboration and agreement with BitTorrent, Inc. to promote video downloads streamed to high-definition televisions (HDTVs) through the new NetGear Digital Entertainer HD (EVA8000) media receiver. BitTorrent will work with NetGear on marketing and technology initiatives to deliver the highest quality and fastest distribution of media files over home networks. The Digital […]



CES Update: Sony Bringing Internet Video To HDTV

Jan 8th, 2007 | By | Category: Digital Video Downloads, Streaming Video, Video, Video Podcasts

Sony Electronics today announced a first of its kind TV feature called BRAVIA Internet Video Link that will allow most of its new televisions to access free Internet video content, including high-definition, from providers including AOL, Yahoo! and Grouper, as well as Sony Pictures Entertainment and Sony BMG Music.According to Stan Glasgow, president and chief […]



NetGear Beats Apple iTV To The Punch

Jan 7th, 2007 | By | Category: Computer Hardware, Digital Video Downloads, iPod Accessories, Streaming Video, Video, Video Podcasts

NetGear, a networking products provider, has introduced the Digital Entertainer HD (EVA8000), a wireless networking router designed to bring the digital media to television sets. NetGear made its introduction a week before MacWorld Expo, where Apple is expected to introduce its own wireless media router, the “iTV”. NetGear’s digital media receiver offers lets high-definition televisions […]



Brazillian Sex Video Threatens To Shut Down YouTube

Jan 4th, 2007 | By | Category: Digital Video Downloads, General, Strange, Streaming Video

A Brazilian court has ordered YouTube to be shut down until it removes a celebrity sex video featuring Daniela Cicarelli, a model and ex-wife of soccer great Ronaldo. Cicarelli sued YouTube after a video of her apparently having sex in shallow water on a beach with her boyfriend Tato Malzoni was posted to the site. […]