Video
May 21st, 2010 |
By James Lewin |
Category: Internet TV, iPods & Portable Media Players, Video
The buzz of the day is Google TV – with most analysts having a Googlegasm and saying things like Louis Gray’s “While Apple Slept On Their Hobby, Google Executed” or Vince Veneziani’s “Google TV Is Now The Most Important Thing In Television”. Google TV is certainly interesting – but it’s not likely to beat Apple […]
Tags: Apple TV, Google TV, Hulu, Internet television, Internet TV
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May 18th, 2010 |
By James Lewin |
Category: Internet TV, Video
The first episode of Universal Dead – a web series about the undead – is up and it looks like it’s going to be chock-full of hungry zombie goodness. Here’s the synopsis: Earth is ravaged by a strange disease that turns people into mindless murderers. As civilization struggles to survive, a small team of US […]
Tags: Internet video, the future of cinema, the future of movies, YouTube, zombies
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May 17th, 2010 |
By James Lewin |
Category: Internet TV, Video
YouTube has announced that it has reached a new milestone, serving over 2 billion views per day: Today, thanks to you, our site has crossed another milestone: YouTube exceeds over two billion views a day. That’s nearly double the prime-time audience of all three major U.S. television networks combined. What started as a site for […]
Tags: Internet video, new media researc, new media trends, YouTube
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May 10th, 2010 |
By James Lewin |
Category: Video, Video Software
1stVideo (App Store link) is a new $9.99 iPhone video editor that’s described as the”world’s most advanced video editing suite running on a mobile device.” Features: Use the onboard camera from within the App, or import h.264 video or pictures already saved in the Camera Roll. Edit with VeriCorder’s unique, multitrack, patent-pending editor. Send smaller […]
Tags: iPhone, iPhone video, mobilecasting, video blogging, video editor
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May 3rd, 2010 |
By James Lewin |
Category: Featured Story, Internet TV, iPods & Portable Media Players, Video
It looks like Microsoft is joining the Flash Is Dead bandwagon, announcing that its new direction for video in Internet Explorer is to focus on HTML5 + H.264…..
Tags: flash, Microsoft, new media trends, the future of the internet
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Apr 22nd, 2010 |
By James Lewin |
Category: General, Internet TV, Video
Henge Docks has introduced a new line of docking stations for Apple notebook computers that are designed to make it easy to use your MacBook as a media center. Each Henge Dock model is designed for a specific type of MacBook computer. Included with each dock is a compliment of USB, Ethernet, Audio cables and […]
Tags: Apple, docking station, MacBook
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Apr 15th, 2010 |
By James Lewin |
Category: Citizen Media, Internet TV, Video
Remember Star Wars Uncut – the crowdsourced remake of Star Wars? Organizers chopped Star Wars into 473 chunks and asked people to make their own versions of one of the chunks. Now the circle is complete. The parts have been recombined, and the entire Star Wars Uncut: A New Hope will be screened in Copenhagen […]
Tags: Citizen Media, crowdsourcing
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Mar 26th, 2010 |
By James Lewin |
Category: Internet TV, Video
GetMiro has announced that Miro 3 – the latest version of the free, open source multi-platform Internet TV application – is now available. Here’s what’s new in Miro 3: Subtitles! If subtitles are embedded or in the same folder as your video, they will be available automatically in a new drop-down menu. Or pick any […]
Tags: Internet television, Internet TV, Miro, open source
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Mar 25th, 2010 |
By James Lewin |
Category: Internet TV, Video
Variety reports that YouTube wunderkind Lucas Cruikshank is making the jump to television, taking his “Fred” character to Nickelodeon via a series of TV movies: Fred: The Movie is based on the YouTube character Fred Figglehorn, created and played by Lucas Cruikshank. “Fred” centers on a socially awkward and emotionally immature kid with a wild […]
Tags: Fred, new media trends, the future of cinema, YouTube
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Mar 22nd, 2010 |
By James Lewin |
Category: Commentary, Internet TV, Video
Many Americans spend more time watching TV than they do working, according to The Nielsen Company. According to Nielsen, Americans are watching more and more television – seven hours a day or more. Other highlights of Nielsen’s research: Online video consumption is up 16% from last year; 44% of all online video is being viewed […]
Tags: new media trends, Nielsen, the future of television
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