Get ready for MixBit: YouTube co-founder teases new video site
YouTube may not really be shutting down, but that didn’t stop its cofounder Chad Hurley from announcing a new site. Read more »
YouTube may not really be shutting down, but that didn’t stop its cofounder Chad Hurley from announcing a new site. Read more »
Charter rejected an ad that tells people how to get over-the-air TV without paying for cable. Maybe cord cutting is a threat, after all? Read more »
Instead of relying on an army of servers, PeerCDN sends data directly from web browser to web browser. Site visitors don’t even have to install any plugin to participate. Read more »
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Apple TV, Roku and… Opera? The Norway-based browser maker isn’t exactly famous for smart TV innovation. But the company is already powering millions of devices. Read more »
Boxee TV devices can finally play videos stored on a network attached storage drive, and even receive Airplay-like streams from a mobile device, thanks to a new firmware update. Read more »
We’re triple indie on this podcast as we talk with the indie filmmakers of Indie Game about carving out their indie success. Read more »
Anime site Crunchyroll doubled its paying subscriber base in just a few months. Now it’s looking to offer its members more than just videos. Read more at paidContent »
Video site Blip is looking to increase the ad load on the content it’s hosting by making advertising mandatory. The changes are going in effect early next month. Read more at paidContent »
AVOS, the company that now owns Delicious, is working on a mysterious site that takes data from Delicious to serve up news, videos and products. Read more at paidContent »
Everyplay instantly records your iPhone gameplay, and makes replay clips available for sharing online. The service promises developers new ways to find an audience for their games. Read more »
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Pay-as-you-go online video service M-Go has inked a deal with Lionsgate that will allow M-Go customers to access episodes of Mad Men and other fare from the studio. Read more at paidContent »

Companies often need to decide between innovation and open standards when they put their data into the cloud. So how can we improve data portability? Read more »
Watch out, Crackle: Zurich-based VOD startup Viewster is starting to rack up more views than some of its established U.S. competitors. Read more at paidContent »

Google Trends just added YouTube search data to its search term database. Many video publishers could use the tool to look for video titles. Read more »
Microsoft’s Xbox 360 is getting yet another video service with the launch of a Redbox Instant app. This marks the first time Redbox Instant is available on a game console. Read more »
Hulu’s Apple TV app has been given a major facelift to better highlight new content. The relaunch could set off a revamp of the service across various CE devices. Read more »

Want to get rid of your big and expensive cable bundle? So does your cable company. And in that quest, it is joined by some unlikely frenemies. Read more at paidContent »
TWiT’s Leo Laporte teamed up with YouTuber Lamarr Wilson for a new show called This Week In YouTube. The show is another sign of how far TWiT has come. Read more at paidContent »
March Madness is once again streaming each and every game live online. However, this time around, viewing live streams will require a cable subscription – unless the game airs on CBS. Confused? Then check out our guide. Read more »
Hulu has a new CEO — for now, anyway: SVP of Content Andy Forssell will take over as acting CEO when Jason Kilar leaves by the end of the month. Read more at paidContent »
Redbox Instant is available to all after a closed beta test that netted the company tens of thousands of paying customers. CEO Shawn Strickland told us that his company won’t do original content any time soon. Read more »
Still waiting to try out Redbox Instant? Then better get ready: The service is set to open up to the public as early as Thursday. Read more »
Veronica Mars is coming back, thanks to Kickstarter: A crowdsourced fundraising campaign to make a Veronica Mars movie has hit its $2 million goal in just 10 hours. Read more at paidContent »
YouTube switched to adaptive streaming for its desktop player last year, reducing buffering by 20 percent as a result. Now it wants to bring the technology to TVs and mobile devices. Read more »
Twitter is reportedly getting ready to launch its own social music discovery app on iOS. The app has been built by the team behind the music site We Are Hunted. Read more »
Netflix rolled out its Facebook integration for U.S. subscribers Wednesday, offering them an easy way to see what they friends are watching on the service. Read more »
Vevo’s newest offering may seem a big of a throwback: The on-demand music video platform launched a curated live stream that looks and feels like MTV – but is all about devices. Read more at paidContent »
Watch out, Ustream and Co: BitTorrent officially launched the open beta of its live streaming service at SXSW Tuesday morning. Read more »

Rdio is coming to Austria, Ireland, Italy and four other countries. Spotify, meanwhile, plans to offer free mobile radio around the world. Read more at paidContent »
Google Fiber is the world’s fastest ISP… for Netflix viewing, anyway: Netflix is now aggregating all of its ISP speed data on one website. Read more »
Roku’s got a new box, with a surprise: The Roku 3 remote control sports a headphone jack. What’s that all about, and what else is new? Check our review for answers. Read more »
Pandora’s CEO Joe Kennedy is leaving the company after a fiscal quarter that saw both growing revenue and big losses. Kennedy will stay on until a successor is named. Read more »
MPEG LA won’t go after Google’s open video codec VP8. This is a breakthrough for VP8, and could have implications for both video services and real-time communication. Read more »

Sharing content between mobile devices can be a pain, especially when you’re mixing iOS and Android. However, a new app called RemotePlay is bridging the divide. Read more »
More than 30 percent of consumers in the market for a new TV want it to be connected to the internet, according to a new survey. 3-D is also gaining some momentum. Read more »
Telly has added private video sharing to its iPhone app. Upgrades for Adroid and iPad are in the works as well. Read more »
The Roku 3 is here: The new video streaming box features a revamped UI for better content discovery and a remote control with a headphone jack. Read more »
Facebook may offer users to get rid of ads, highlight custom messages or even select the friends displayed on their personal profile in exchange for a monthly payment, a newly-surfaced patent application suggests. Read more »

File sharing is exploding, and the studios are barely keeping up fighting the pirates: That’s the gist of a WSJ story detailing NBC’s anti-piracy work. But is it really that simple? Read more at paidContent »
Most users don’t go over their ISP’s broadband caps – but this could change quickly once 4K movies are delivered to consumers online. Read more »
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