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 »
Charter to antenna maker: don’t tell our customers about cord cutting
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 »
PeerCDN uses WebRTC to build a browser-based P2P CDN
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 »
Quietly, Opera is working on becoming a Smart TV powerhouse
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 gets DLNA, 3-D streaming and 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 »
Podcast: How Indie Game stayed “indie” and became a hit
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 video service Crunchyroll reaches 200,000 paying subscribers
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 »
Blip to publishers: we’re going to monetize your videos, whether you like it or not
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 »
D.me: Is this the new Delicious?
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 wants you to share videos of your mobile game wins
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 »
M-Go signs up Lionsgate, gets Mad Men, Hunger Games and Twilight
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 »
Do we need internet exchanges for public cloud data portability?
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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 »
Little-known Viewster scores big with free movies and TV shows
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 »
Let the video SEO madness begin: Google Trends adds YouTube data
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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 »
Redbox Instant app arrives on Xbox Live
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 Plus rolls out new UI on Apple TV
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 »
Five companies that want to break up your cable bundle
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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 »
Leo Laporte’s TWiT takes on YouTube hits with new show
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: where to watch the 2013 NCAA Tournament live online
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’s content chief Andy Forssell officially takes over as acting CEO
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 launches publicly, CEO calls original content talk premature
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 »
Redbox Instant ready to open its doors to the public
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 movie hits $2M Kickstarter goal in 10 hours
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 »
Don’t touch that dial: How YouTube is bringing adaptive streaming to mobile, TVs
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 music app ready to launch on iOS soon?
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 goes social, turns on Facebook integration for U.S. subscribers
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 new live TV channel: it’s all about devices
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 »
BitTorrent opens up its P2P live streaming service to anyone with a webcam
Watch out, Ustream and Co: BitTorrent officially launched the open beta of its live streaming service at SXSW Tuesday morning. Read more »
Rdio expands global footprint, Spotify reportedly extends free mobile offering
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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 »
Netflix launches global ISP speed index website
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 »
Cord Cutters: Taking a first look at the Roku 3
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 Chairman and CEO to step down, search for successor begins
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 »
Google strikes deal with MPEG LA for its VP8 video codec
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 »
iPad, meet Android: RemotePlay makes sharing media between mobile devices easy
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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 »
Survey says: People start caring about internet on their TVs, but price trumps everything
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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’s iPhone app gets private video sharing
Telly has added private video sharing to its iPhone app. Upgrades for Adroid and iPad are in the works as well. Read more »
Roku unveils Roku 3 box with new UI and headphone-friendly remote
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 charge users to remove ads, patent application reveals
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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 »
NBC’s piracy takedowns skyrocket: Wait, wasn’t file sharing supposed to be dead?
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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 »
Want some 4k video with your broadband cap? Good luck with that
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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 »
