Streaming Video
Dec 16th, 2010 |
By Elisabeth Lewin |
Category: Featured Story, iPods & Portable Media Players, Podcasting, Streaming Video, The New Media Update
Pew Internet has a new report out today, Generations 2010, that looks at Americans’ daily use of the Internet. While some of the findings are just what you’d expect [more young people are accessing the Internet via mobile devices like phones and laptops? Gee!], other results of the study were somewhat unexpected. Following up on […]
Tags: blogging, Facebook, millenials, online video, Pew Internet, social media, twitter
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Nov 10th, 2010 |
By James Lewin |
Category: Internet TV, Streaming Video
YouTube today announced that users are now uploading 35 hours of video to the site every minute: That breaks out to 2,100 hours uploaded every 60 minutes, or 50,400 hours uploaded to YouTube every day. If we were to measure that in movie terms (assuming the average Hollywood film is around 120 minutes long), 35 […]
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Oct 19th, 2010 |
By James Lewin |
Category: Internet TV, Streaming Video, Video
Media Research firm Say Media reports that one out of three people in the US has given up watching live TV for Internet TV and time-shifted video. Consumers are spending less time with live television and more time with online content as well as time-and-device-shifted premium video content. This group is young, educated and affluent […]
Tags: new media trends, research, the future of television
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Aug 27th, 2010 |
By James Lewin |
Category: Internet TV, Streaming Video, Video
YouTube has introduced a new YouTube Movies section, which offers about 400 free full-length films. If you’re looking for YouTube to offer an alternative to Netflix or Blockbuster, this ain’t it. On the other hand, if you want to take a trip back to the 70’s drive-in grindhouse, you have hit the motherlode!
Tags: the future of cinema, YouTube, YouTube Movies
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Aug 11th, 2010 |
By James Lewin |
Category: Apple iPad, Internet TV, iPods & Portable Media Players, Streaming Video, Video
Apple will replace its Apple TV hobby with a new member of the iOS family, Apple iTV, according to an Engadget report. Apple iTV will be priced starting at $99 and will be similar in size and specs to the iPhone 4 (A4 CPU, 16GB of flash storage). It is expected to support a new […]
Tags: Apple, Apple iTV, Apple TV
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Aug 5th, 2010 |
By James Lewin |
Category: Internet TV, Streaming Video, Video
Nielsen has released a new report on video and the Internet, based on input from people in 55 countries, and has found that most people, around the world, are now watching online video. Furthermore, interest in Internet-ready TVs is now at 20%. “The research reveals how connected consumers all over the world are expanding their […]
Tags: Internet television, new media, new media trends, the future of television
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Jul 9th, 2010 |
By James Lewin |
Category: Internet TV, Streaming Video, Video
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=5BF9E09ECEC8F88F YouTube today announced support for videos shot in 4K (4096 x 3072 pixels) – a mega HD format designed for screens up to 25 feet wide. This level of resolution may seem like overkill – but devices like the iPhone are demonstrating that more pixels per inch is better, and TV screens are likely […]
Tags: digital-video, HD, YouTube
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Jun 15th, 2010 |
By James Lewin |
Category: Internet TV, Streaming Video, Video, Vlogs
Google today published this YouTube video that explains “What is Google TV?” It doesn’t offer new info, but the video does help position the Google TV solution. With Google TV, it looks like Google is trying to fork the Web, like the Apple iPad forks the Web – creating a new platform for Interacting with […]
Tags: Google TV, iJustine, Internet television, Internet TV, new media trends, the future of television, vlogging, Vlogs
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Mar 13th, 2010 |
By James Lewin |
Category: Internet TV, Streaming Video, Video
The number of unique viewers of online video increased 10.5% year-over-year, according to The Nielsen Company. While still impressive numbers, the explosive growth of a few years ago appears to be gone, replaced by slower, but still respectable organic growth. Other highlights of Nielsen’s stats: People are watching more video – the number of streams […]
Tags: Hulu, Internet television, Internet TV, new media statistics, YouTube
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Feb 25th, 2010 |
By James Lewin |
Category: Internet TV, Streaming Video, Video
Tired of Apple’s “Apple TV is a hobby” attitude? Boxxee wants to help you “pwn your AppleTV” and run Boxxee – a free Internet media platform – on your Apple hardware. Here’s Boxxee’s instructions: Installing Boxee on Apple TV In order to install Boxee on the AppleTV you need to do the following: Download the […]
Tags: Apple, Apple TV, Boxxee, Internet television, Internet TV
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