The Web is set to become the largest video platform ever, according to ClipBlast, a video search site. ‚ÄúIn 2007, the Web will become the largest distribution platform of video ever,‚Äù said Gary Baker, founder and CEO, ClipBlast! ‚ÄúWe‚Äôre witnessing a profound transformation ‚Äì really, a series of transformations ‚Äì in how information and entertainment […]

Juniper Research is predicting that the increasing influence of mobile video enabled on 3G networks will drive the uptake of many mobile sports, leisure and information services over the next five years.¬†The global market for sports, leisure and information content (infotainment) is set to grow from its 2006 value of just under $4.2 billion to […]

PodZinger has announced that it is now indexing the audio content of YouTube videos, letting you search YouTube videos for spoken words or phrases. “YouTube has garnered a huge amount of press and interest over the past year. Its reputation as a grass roots online forum for sharing is cemented by it being the driving […]

Failed Internet video site Intertainer has filed a lawsuit asserting that Apple, Google and Napster are infringing on a 2005 patent that covers the commercial distribution of audio and video over the Internet. Founded by Jonathan T. Taplin and two other Hollywood entertainment executives in 1996, Intertainer developed technology to distribute movies on demand through […]

Video clips of Saddam Hussein‚Äôs execution have been published to YouTube, Google Video and other video sharing sites. The grainy, poorly-filmed footage is a chilling example of the state of user-created media. ‚ÄúWe won‚Äôt pass judgement on those that want to see the clip, but what‚Äôs becoming abundantly clear is that information can no longer […]

Entrepreneur Mark Cuban, Chairman of HDNet, thinks that HDTV is a Internet video killer: HDTV is the Internet video killer. Deal with it. Internet bandwidth to the home places a cap on the quality and simplicity of video delivery to the home, and to HDTVs in particular. Not only does internet capacity create an issue, […]

Rocketboom founder Andrew Baron hopes that his new video podcasting studio will be less about advertising and more about creating interesting shows: Abby Corps is about enabling content creators by building community. When the emphasis is shifted towards supporting great quality content and the options for monetizing that content remain open to outside partnerships and […]

MTV today announced the launch of Bananas, an MTV-branded mobile content subscription service. MTV’s Bananas is a cross-carrier, direct-to-consumer service that features exclusive content from MTV, MTV2 and mtvU including material from hit shows such as Laguna Beach, The Real World, and The Hills. Bananas offers two tiers of service, each delivering an array of […]

What do you get when you mix Amanda Condgon, body oil and video chat? Starring Amanda Congdon, a new video blog, featuring the video blogger and former Rocketboom host scheduled, to debut today on Blip.tv. The show is one of the first video blogs to debut with the support of major sponsors, Dove Cream Oil […]

SageTV Media Center, a personal video recording (PVR) and media center software package for Windows and Linux PCs, has added new features that include bringing online video to the TV, support for the global DVB broadcasting standard, the ability to play unencrypted DVD libraries on the TV with SageTV Media Extender, and expanded file support […]