Internet video site Joost today launched its new Flash-based web video service and introduced social networking tools designed to make it easier to share and find videos. “People have always relied on their friends’ recommendations to figure out which movies they want to watch, or talked about their favorite TV shows and moments with friends […]

Wine Library‘s Gary Vaynerchuk hits the nail on the head with this awesome rant on the state of advertising in the economic downturn.

The New York Times reports that CBS anchor Katie Couric is getting a bump from her presence on the Internet: Katie Couric has been the most watched, most talked-about network news anchor this election season. Just not necessarily on CBS. Consider that the three most popular YouTube videos of her interviews with Gov. Sarah Palin […]

This is an unsubstantiated rumor – but at least it’s an interesting one.  CNet’s Nate Lanxon reports, via Jason Calacanis, that Apple is working on a networked television. The rumored Apple Television will be fully networked LCD HDTVs, with the ability to stream all your iTunes content from your Mac or PC. In a nutshell,the Apple Television […]

Internet TV site Current TV and microblogging platform Twitter are teaming up for interactive coverage of the Oct 7 presidential debate. The project overlays real-time Twitter posts over a live broadcast of the debate. Here’s how it works: Tune in on October 7th at 9pm EST/ 6pm PST for the Live Presidential Debate. Find Current […]

Apple today announced some minor updates to Apple TV: Feature How To HD TV shows Purchase the leading HD TV shows directly from the iTunes Store. (US only) Movie browsing by actor and director Browse movies on the iTunes store by actor and director. Select “More” on the movie page and browse the actor and […]

Popular Internet television site Hulu today introduced two new features. The first, Channels, aims to simplify navigation, while the second, Discussion Boards, introduces a social media aspect to the site.

Yesterday, we noted that it looked like proprietary video viewers are dead, because Joost and blinkx were focusing on delivering video to your Web browser.  It looks like Veoh is moving in the same direction.  NewTeeVee reports that Veoh plans to release a browser plug-in that’s “significantly lighter than the VeohTV app.” “We continue to […]

Want to know why Steve Jobs is still calling Apple TV his “hobby”? New research by The NPD Group offers an explanation: 41 percent of dollars budgeted for movies and video is spent on DVD movie purchases; 11 percent for purchases of TV programs on DVD; 29 percent on DVD rentals including Netflix and other […]

blinkx announced today that it is the fastest growing video site in the U.S., and also one of the fastest growing online sites in the U.K. According to findings by Compete.com, blinkx is the fastest growing video site among the top 20 video competitors in the U.S. Its traffic grew by 1,036% between July 2007 and […]