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Is YouTube’s Safety Mode Safe? Not Very; Google released Safety Mode on YouTube in February, but unfortunately the filter didn’t work. (NY Times Gadgetwise Blog) NBCU Profit Dips in Q1; NBC Universal recorded a 49% fall in profit in the first quarter to $199 million. (Multichannel […] Read more »

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Boxee so far has put most of its efforts into helping users to watch Internet video on their TV screens, but it could be expanding those plans to include video watching on the tablets and other mobile devices. To do so, the video startup is looking […] Read more »

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Netflix has enabled closed captions on a limited number of titles available through its Watch Instantly service, the company’s chief product officer, Neil Hunt, wrote in a blog post this morning. Closed captioning has long been one of the most requested features for the streaming service. […] Read more »

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UPDATED The latest volley has been filed in the copyright infringement suit between Viacom and Google: Just hours before Google faced analysts and investors on its first-quarter earnings call, Viacom released newly unsealed documents from the suit. The filings seek to strengthen Viacom’s argument that Google […] Read more »

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Online video analytics, distribution — and now advertising — firm TubeMogul announced a new publishing product today that will allow its publisher partners to easily publish and distribute their content to any site for free. The company’s new Destinations product enables media companies and content creators […] Read more »

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MTV Networks has chosen Yangaroo’s Digital Media Distribution System (DMDS) 5.0 to simplify its video workflows and make it faster and easier for the cable programmer to receive and distribute video content to its cable channels. Toronto-based Yangaroo got its start by helping music labels to […] Read more »

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Vidyo, in a bid to widen its market share, is launching a line of video conferencing solutions priced under $1,000. The VidyoDesktop Executive combines low-cost touchscreen computers with the VidyoDesktop 2.0 software to enable video conferencing at one-tenth the price of other dedicated solutions. The Executive […] Read more »

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Limelight Shows Off Adobe’s HTTP Dynamic Streaming; at NAB this week, Limelight and DirecTV provided a joint demo of Adobe’s new HTTP Dynamic Streaming technology, which combines the benefits of Flash streaming with the benefits of HTTP delivery. (Limelight blog) Irdeto Secures Adobe Flash Access 2.0; […] Read more »

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Here’s more validation that Microsoft Silverlight might finally have passed a tipping point as a video delivery platform — with announcements from YuMe and EyeWonder, it now has advanced ad support for publishers that want tools to monetize their video ads using the rich Internet application […] Read more »

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For those that questioned the acquisition of Joost by ad firm Adconion last year, or the subsequent transformation of the online video portal into a video ad network, the early results are in, and they are surprisingly positive. Hidden in yesterday’s comScore release of February stats […] Read more »

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Kaltura has just launched a virtual marketplace where publishers and developers can exchange plugins, skins, extensions and applications that can be used with its open-source video management platform. The Kaltura Exchange, which is now in beta, enables developers to re-use and share code been written for […] Read more »

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Adobe Might Sue Apple Over Apps; Sources say that Adobe will take Apple to court within a few weeks if the companies aren’t able to resolve an issue of whether or not Adobe can sell tools that will allow Flash developers to build iPhone apps. (IT […] Read more »

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The nominees for the 14th Annual Webby Awards were announced today, highlighting some of the best of the best on the web (including NewTeeVee parent site GigaOM, which was nominated in the “Blog – Business” category — way to go, guys!). This year, NYTimes.com leads all […] Read more »

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Webcasting and virtual event firm ON24 is adding new social features to its webcasting platform in an effort to drive deeper engagement between audience members and webcast participants. The new social webcasting tools will connect users through group chat, hosted Q&A discussions, and integration with Twitter […] Read more »

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3Crowd Technologies, which provides a set of tools for managing content delivery through the cloud, has raised $6.6 million in a Series A round of financing from Canaan Partners and Storm Ventures, the San Mateo-based startup said today. The funding follows an angel round announced late […] Read more »

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Mobile video firm MobiTV has launched a new application on Apple’s iPhone that will allow viewers to watch live and on-demand programming from TV programmers such as ABC and NBC. The application download is free, but you have to be a subscriber to the MobiTV service […] Read more »

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Google will soon make its VP8 video codec open source, we’ve learned from multiple sources. The company is scheduled to officially announce the release at its Google I/O developers conference next month, a source with knowledge of the announcement said. And with that release, Mozilla — […] Read more »

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Apple’s Jobs Responds To Developer Complaints; In a couple of emails, Jobs said Apple doesn’t want apps to work the same across devices, but wants iPhone/iPad apps to be singular and best used on its own devices. (paidContent) Meanwhile, Adobe CTO Lynch Smacks Back at Apple’s […] Read more »

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Content delivery network Edgecast Networks has raised $10 million in a Series C financing round that was led by Menlo Ventures and included existing investor Steamboat Ventures. In addition to the funding, Menlo managing director Pravin Vazirani will join the Edgecast board. The new funding comes […] Read more »

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Microsoft Submits Patent for TV Recommendations; in a recent patent filed with the USPTO, Microsoft has sought to bolster its product offerings with a recommendation engine for TV shows and movies based on user interests. (Go Rumors) Sony Plans 3-D Public Viewing Venues; Sony, which owns […] Read more »

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Dish Network subscribers will soon be able to watch their TV anywhere through PCs and mobile phones, as the satellite TV provider is finally making Sling-enabled DVRs available to its customers, about a year after they were expected to ship. Dish will sell the ViP922 SlingLoaded […] Read more »

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Netflix subscribers, we have good news and bad news. First, the good news: The company has added a ton of new streaming content, including all prior seasons of TV shows such as 24 and Bones, as well as movies including Aliens, Being John Malkovich and The […] Read more »

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Apple Announces iAd Mobile Advertising Platform; Apple will sell and host the ads, giving 60 percent of ad revenue back to developers. Unlike most mobile ads, which kick users out of the application they’re currently using, iAd keeps users in the same app. (TechCrunch) Juniper Acquires […] Read more »

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UPDATED So much for Adobe trying to provide a workaround for Flash developers to create iPhone and iPad applications. Apple today fired its latest salvo in its war against Flash, with an update to its iPhone Developer Program License Agreement that specifically bans the use of […] Read more »

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Now that Silverlight has reached decent traction in the PC and mobile space, Microsoft is working to get the rich Internet application framework deployed on connected CE devices. New partnerships with Intel and Broadcom will get Silverlight included in system-on-chip (SoC) reference designs used by next-generation […] Read more »

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In terms of user and customer adoption, Microsoft Silverlight has been playing catch-up with Adobe Flash ever since it was released back in 2007. But there’s reason to believe that it’s catching on, with online video platforms Ooyala and Kaltura both adding support for the latest […] Read more »

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Mobile live-streaming video firm Qik has released a new mobile application that is chock full of goodies and will allow its users to add digital effects to their videos on the fly. The new Qik Video Pro application, which is available now in the Apple iPhone […] Read more »

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Adobe is announcing a strategic partnership with Conviva today that aims to improve Flash video streaming through advanced analytics and CDN optimization. Conviva’s technology works by offering a real-time view into how certain video streams are performing and adjusts those streams as necessary, enabling media companies […] Read more »

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Inside YouTube’s War Room; every day since the redesign, core members of the team have met in what has been dubbed the “YouTube War Room,” a conference center where the team gathers to discuss and address the feedback coming from YouTube’s forums, blog post comments and […] Read more »

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Social video firm KickApps announced this morning that it has hired online video sales veteran Trish Iboshi. Prior to joining KickApps, Iboshi was vice president of sales for thePlatform and one of its co-founders, spending the last 10 years helping to build it into one of […] Read more »

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Video analytics — and now advertising — firm TubeMogul has gotten some early love for its recently launched PlayTime ad platform, with more than 25 major ad campaigns since the product was announced just a few weeks ago. Now TubeMogul is looking to extend its early […] Read more »

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Long before the iPad was launched, we posited that it would change the way people consumed video. Well, based on some very (very!) early data from MeFeedia, Apple tablet is already considered an ideal device for watching online video by its users. Despite a limited number […] Read more »

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Blockbuster has signed deals with two more Hollywood studios that could give it a head start on new release rentals — as well as “enhanced payment terms” that could keep it alive for just a bit longer. Sony Pictures Entertainment and 20th Century Fox are at […] Read more »

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Compared to many online video firms, Sorenson Media is a veteran of the industry, lasting 14 years mainly on the strength of its Spark codec and encoding business. But despite its longevity and a healthy balance sheet, the company a significant shareholder is looking to sell […] Read more »

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Redbox could get into the online video streaming business, if a recent survey is any indication. According to High-Def Digest, Redbox has reportedly asked customers if they would be interested in a streaming service that would put the kiosk rental company in direct competition with industry […] Read more »

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So you want publish video on your web site, and you want to make sure it plays on the iPad? Furthermore, maybe you want to be able to track or monetize those videos? Unfortunately, since the iPad doesn’t support Adobe Flash, publishers have to find other […] Read more »

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Change Up At NBC Sports Digital, as Miller Shifts To Universal Sports; NBC Sports has rewritten its digital org chart, shifting Perkins Miller to COO of Universal Sports; meanwhile, Kevin Monaghan, SVP of Business Development, adds the Managing Director of NBC Sports Digital Media title, while […] Read more »

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Elemental Technologies today unveiled the latest version of its video encoding platform, aimed at giving video distributors a more efficient way to encode live and on-demand video streams. With a GPU-accelerated processing system and proprietary algorithms for video encoding, the new Elemental Live system is designed […] Read more »

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Paltalk is extending the ability for its users to video chat with each other by rolling out a new feature for users to connect with one another. With the addition of a web service dubbed SuperIM, the long-time video chat company will allow its users to […] Read more »

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