Mark Cuban has a must-read post over at Blog Maverick looking at Internet television service Hulu and Google‘s struggle to make its investment in YouTube pay off. Cuban argues that Google made a billion-dollar mistake buying YouTube, and that Hulu is “kicking YouTube’s ass”. It’s an interesting comparison, and one that may provide some insight […]

Internet research firm HitWise reports that, while Hulu is getting big shows, it’s not getting big audiences.  Hulu.com., the joint venture between Fox and NBC that provides streaming video content online, came out of beta on March 15 and has seen a steady share of US Internet traffic since: Alexa’s reach chart mirrors this: The […]

Somebody at the BBC gets the idea of making the most of niche content – they’ve announced plans to put 81 years of classic British television online: Spanning 81 years of radio and television, the project will create a web page for every episode of every single programme ever broadcast on the BBC, and be […]

Disney announced today that for the first time, the company will stream its full-length movies online. The films will first air on ABC as part of the network’s weekly Wonderful World of Disney presentation on Saturday nights throughout summer 2008. The full-length films will then be available for free streaming online for the following week. Here’s what […]

NewTeeVee has introduced a new site and video podcast, NewTeeVee Station, that offers their take on the best in Internet television. According to Om Malik’s announcement, the site: Features editorial reviews of online videos written by a team lead by Liz Shannon Miller, who comes to us from Variety and the Daily Reel. Has over […]

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart & The Colbert Report are among the two latest additions to Hulu’s offerings. This could take Hulu’s traffic to another level, given the two shows’ popularity and late-night time slots. We’d still like to see Hulu fix its ad targeting and for it to work with set-top boxes to […]

Apple TV is seen by many as a technology also-ran.

While it’s sold several million units, it’s missing that certain something that would turn the device into a hit, like the iPod, the iPhone, or even Apple’s notebook computers.

Apple TV is perfectly positioned to take off. It’s the most successful Internet TV device to date, and Apple has successfully lined up a lot of content partners. And the Internet television audience is growing rapidly.

The problem is – nobody is sure what it’s going to take to turn Apple TV into another hit.

In a wide-ranging interview with the Washington Post, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer offers his views on upcoming changes in technology and media. His outlook for the future of traditional media is bleak: In the next 10 years, the whole world of media, communications and advertising are going to be turned upside down — my opinion. […]

Verismo Networks has announced a sort of poor-man’s Apple TV, the PoD. The $99 device uses your broadband connection to deliver Internet television to your HD TV. It can play videos from YouTube, BitTorrent and other sources, without the need for a PC. NewTeeVee got a preview of the device from Verismo CEO Prakash Bhalerao […]

The BBC has announced that it will broadcast BBC1 live to the Internet, making it the first of the BBC’s stations to be simulcast online. BBC1 will be available via bbc.co.uk, which is being relaunched. “Building on the success of the iPlayer, we want to develop bbc.co.uk to include a broad range of the BBC’s […]