MySpace has joined YouTube, introducing tools for copyright holders to make it easy for them to remove material that they allege is unauthorized. The tool is being tested with FOX and MLB Advanced Media and will be expanded to include other verified copyright holders. The new tool will allow copyright holders to digitally flag any […]

Sling Media and the 3 Group, a leader in 3G mobile broadband, have announced that they are partnering to give customers access to their home TV channels on mobile handsets. Using the latest mobile broadband handsets and a Slingbox, mobile customers will be able to watch anything they are able to watch on their own […]

YouTube has sent TechCrunch, a popular tech blog that covers emerging Web sites, a cease and desist letter over TechCrunch’s YouTube Video Download Tool. YouTube claims ‚Äútortious interference of a business relationship, and in fact, many business relationships,‚Äù of committing an ‚Äúunfair business practice,‚Äù and ‚Äúfalse advertising.‚Äù While there does not appear to be anything […]

TiVo has announced a major new initiative to let TiVo subscribers convert and transfer broadband video from their PC to their television sets. The move affirms the growing importance of video podcasts, vlogs and other Internet video to the future of television. Through an expansion of its Desktop PC software later this year, TiVo subscribers […]

Early reviews are in on the Microsoft Zune, which debuts today. The consensus is….the Zune zucks. The Zune has benefited from a tremendous amount of buzz. Unfortunately, it appears that Microsoft’s second attempt at an iPod/iTunes killer suffers seriously in comparision to its 5th generation competition. Engadget has a blow-by-blow walkthrough of installing the Zune […]

While Microsoft’s soon-to-be-released Zune portable media player has generated a lot more hype, it looks like the Xbox 360 may prove to be an even bigger threat to Apple’s iPod/iTunes juggernaut. The move promises to put digital video downloads where people want them most – on their TV’s. Microsoft today announced agreements with CBS, MTV […]

Time has recognized YouTube as the Best Invention of the Year for 2006: Meet Peter. Peter is a 79-year-old English retiree. Back in WW II he served as a radar technician. He is now an international star. One year ago, this would not have been possible, but the world has changed. In the past 12 […]

Apple today announced the launch of iTunes Latino, a dedicated area within the US iTunes Store (www.itunes.com) featuring Latin music, music videos, television shows, audiobooks and podcasts. iTunes Latino offers hundreds of thousands of Latin and international music tracks, including exclusive tracks and albums available only on iTunes.‚ÄúLatin music has been a huge hit on […]

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is fighting a self-help group‚Äôs subpoenas that seek to identify anonymous users of several video sharing sites. According to EFF, San Francisco-based Landmark Education, known for its Landmark Forum motivational workshops, is trying to suppress an investigative television news piece critical of its methods. Citing alleged copyright violation, Landmark subpoenaed […]

Ad Age reports that Dove Evolution, a 75-second viral film created by Ogilvy & Mather, Toronto, for the Unilever brand, has reaped more than 1.7 million views on YouTube and has gotten significant play on TV talk shows “Ellen” and “The View” as well as on “Entertainment Tonight.” Its also brought the biggest-ever traffic spike […]