Michael Moore appears to be using bootlegging to ensure distribution of his latest film, Slacker Uprising, outside the US and Canada.  Torrentfreak reports that the film is actively being shared on bitTorrent around the world, despite only being freely available from the official source to people in the US and Canada. “What do you think I’m up to? […]

  The Vodpod WordPress plugin lets you collect videos from thousands of sites on the Net, and add them to your WordPress blog with an interactive gallery. If you’re interested in sharing a curated collection of videos, this could be a good option.  Readers can scroll through videos you’ve collected without having to leave your blog. […]

Netflix today announced an agreement with Starz Play that adds around 1,000 choices to what you can watch instantly today, and will add another 1,500 by the end of the year. Movies include “No Country for Old Men”, “Ratatouille,” “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End,” “Superbad,” and more. A list of all the newly […]

YouTube has announced an updated video uploader and bumped up the maximum file size for uploads. A random sample of YouTube users have already been using the beta version. YouTube is opening up the streamlined uploader to everyone; just login to your YouTube account and click this link to opt in. The new video upload […]

It looks like proprietary web video viewers are dead. Today, both blinkx and Joost announced that they were following the lead of YouTube, Hulu and others and focusing on delivering Internet content straight to your Web browser: blinkx announced that blinkx BBTV will now be available without download, straight from your browser. BBTV simultaneously delivers […]

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 […]

HBO wants you to try “Hooking Up” on the web.  It’s announced a new web video show, Hooking UP, that will feature microcelebrities Jessica Rose (lonelygirl15) and video bloggers sxePhil (Philip DeFranco) and KevJumba (Kevin Wu). HBO hopes that, by using faces familiar to Internet viewers, they’ll be hooking up with the Internet video audience.  “I think […]

Open source video platform Kaltura has officially released its Interactive Video Plugin for WordPress. The free plugin is designed to enable both basic and advanced video capabilities on any WordPress blog (using version 2.5 and higher) – from simple video posting and playing to video commenting and collaborative video editing. Features: Upload, and import videos […]

Worldwide online video revenue is expected to top US$4.5 billion by 2012, up from $1.2 billion in 2008, predicts research firm In-Stat. Much of that revenue is expected to come from online video rentals, with ad-supported online video making up a major part, too. Research Highlights: By 2012, 39% of adults in the US are […]

The Disposable Film Festival celebrates the artistic potential of disposable video: short films made on non-professional devices such as one-time use video cameras, cell phones, point and shoot cameras, webcams, computer screen capture software and other readily available video capture devices. You can see examples at the DFF site. Here are the details: