There’s no official announcement from Apple on this yet, but we learned via Twitter that the delayed update to Apple TV, Apple TV Take 2, is now available. The update greatly expands the capabilities of the device, and repositions Apple TV from being just an iTunes peripheral to being an Internet peripheral for your TV. […]

Howcast Media announced the launch of its new site today, a venue for watching and sharing “instructional how-to” videos. Howcast, founded by veterans of Google and YouTube, also announced a directors’ program for “emerging filmmakers” to pad out video offerings on the site. Howcast paints itself as a hybrid of “user-generated content with the quality […]

VoIP pioneer Jeff Pulver, host of online tech show PulverTV, announced today the launch of PulverTV, which he is calling “The First 100% “Indie Internet TV” Channel.” The staff at PulverTV are creating 12-14 hours/week of original programming. In addition, they’ve enlisted several dozen producers of independently created Internet TV to include in the daily […]

TiVo announced today the launch of the high-end TiVo Series3 HD Digital Media Recorder ‚Äî the first stand-alone TiVo product that is HD compatible. With a built-in Ethernet jack and USB ports, the TiVo Series3 HD box also provides advanced connectivity and easy networking. TiVo users will also be able to access TiVoCasts such as […]

ViewSonic today showcased the world‚Äôs first Made for iPod desktop display technology with an integrated iPod dock at the 2006 Apple Expo in Paris. The ViewDock displays modernize the desktop by letting users view iPod content 65 times larger than on their iPod screens. ViewSonic‚Äôs evolution of the desktop monitor category supports growing trends in […]

In July, the daily reach of YouTube pulled ahead of MySpace. YouTube’s growth has been explosive, going from nowhere a year a go to becoming the sixteenth most popular site on the Web, as measured by Alexa. The tremendous growth reflects increasing penetration of broadband, more vloggers creating independent video content and YouTube’s ability to […]

AOL and CNN have announced new services that take the lead from YouTube and other Internet video sites, letting users post their own content to the sites. AOL is revamping its video site in an attempt to match popular do-it-yourself Web services like YouTube, while also improving its video-search tool and offering more programming as […]

iStockPhoto, a leading community-powered marketplace for stock photography and illustrations, is expanding into video, and will be selling indie video at a new site, iStockVideo. Anyone can apply to become a video contributor at the site. iStock videographers will collect downloads, earn royalties and receive “video reels” like photographer canisters to show their sales levels.

BBC News has launched several video podcasts of highlights from their news broadcasts.The BBC video podcasts will include ten ‘best of the week’ packages from Ten O’Clock News – called Ten Weekly – as well as subscribe to Newsnight reports and investigations from the previous seven days. Also available in the first phase of the […]

Brooke ‚ÄúBrookers‚Äù Brodack, aka the Crazed Numa Fan, is reported to be the first YouTuber to get a TV Deal from her vlog. Brodack was signed earlier this month to an 18-month talent and development deal with Carson Daly Productions. ‚ÄúThe Internet has become a new platform for identifying emerging artists such as Brookers. I […]