Digital Video Downloads

iPod Media Studio Updated

Nov 27th, 2006 | By | Category: Digital Video Downloads, iPod Accessories, Video

Makayama Interactive has released version 3.0 of iPod Media Studio, an application that streamlines copying video or DVDs to iPods. The upgraded software supports new video formats, such as Youtube content and subtitles are rendered much faster then before. Windows Media files (wmv and dvr-ms) and Flash video, such as Youtube content, may now be […]



Video Podcasts, Online Video Eroding Television Audience

Nov 27th, 2006 | By | Category: Digital Video Downloads, Streaming Video, Video Podcasts, Vlogs

The BBC reports that the online video boom is starting to eat into TV viewing time. 43% of Britons who watch video from the internet or on a mobile device at least once a week said they watched less normal TV as a result. One in five people who watched online or mobile video at […]



Xbox Users Calling Video Marketplace A Nightmare

Nov 25th, 2006 | By | Category: Digital Video Downloads, Digital Video Recorder

According to initial reviews of the Xbox Live Video Marketplace, Apple won’t have to worry about Microsoft’s iTunes Store-killer for the near future. The Microsoft movie download service is apparently struggling under the weight of all that high-definition content. Some people are reporting extraordinarily long download times, and others report being charged for videos they […]



Xbox Video Marketplace Now Live

Nov 22nd, 2006 | By | Category: Digital Movie Store, Digital Video Downloads

Microsoft has announced that the XBox Live Video Marketplace is now open. “Xbox Live Marketplace will now provide gamers with easy access to hundreds of full-length TV shows for download to own and movies for download to rent from CBS, MTV Networks, Paramount Pictures, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (TBS, Inc.), Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and […]



CBS Finds YouTube Great Way To Promote Shows

Nov 22nd, 2006 | By | Category: Corporate Podcasts, Digital Video Downloads, Making Money with Podcasts, Podcasting Research, Podcasting Statistics, Streaming Video

One month after launching the CBS Brand Channel on YouTube, CBS‚Äôs daily feed of news, sports and entertainment clips have become some of the most widely viewed content on the site. CBS has uploaded more than 300 clips that have a total of 29.2 million views on YouTube, averaging 857,000 views per day, since the […]



Nielsen iPod Report Makes Media Go Insane

Nov 22nd, 2006 | By | Category: Digital Video Downloads, iPods & Portable Media Players, Video Podcasts, Vlogs

Nielsen Media Research recently announced that it has begun gathering information on usage of Apple‚Äôs iPod, and has found that most iPod owners spend far more time using them to listen to music or audio podcasts than they do using them to watch TV or movies. This report, which is of qualified significance because its […]



Webshots Intros Free Video Sharing

Nov 21st, 2006 | By | Category: Citizen Media, Digital Video Downloads, Podcast Hosting, Podcasting Services, Streaming Video

Webshots, a leading photo-sharing community today launched video sharing capabilities, letting users combine still and video images with text in publicly shared albums. According to Webshots, their video boasts a 50-percent larger viewing area and nearly 3-times the bitrate of other video sites and gives users free hosting of 100 five-minute video clips, plus an […]



CBS Poll Shows That Making It Easy To Watch TV Increases Audiences

Nov 20th, 2006 | By | Category: Corporate Podcasts, Digital Video Downloads, Making Money with Podcasts, Podcasting Research, Podcasting Statistics, Streaming Video

CBS has found that offering video downloads increases the audiences for their TV shows. A poll taken by CBS found that over half of the users who streamed CBS shows on the Web had never seen the shows before on TV. According to CBS, the new users then became fans of those shows. “We’re looking […]



Video Still Minor Part Of iPod Use

Nov 20th, 2006 | By | Category: Digital Music, Digital Video Downloads, General, iPods & Portable Media Players

Nielsen Media Research has begun gathering information on usage of Apple‚Äôs iPod, and has found that most iPod owners spend far more time on it listening to music or audio podcasts than they do using it to watch TV or movies. Nielsen monitored a panel of 400 iPod users in the U.S. from Oct. 1-27 […]



Mile-High Podcasting

Nov 19th, 2006 | By | Category: Digital Video Downloads, Educational Podcasts, Video Podcasts

Denver International Airport (DIA) has announced a new service, Sights and Sounds, that offers “podcasts” and videos that highlight interesting aspects of Denver International Airport and also provide useful information for travelers. While the DIA describes the service as a podcast, it doesn’t appear to be offering a podcast feed at this time. One of […]