So you know who believes in Santa? NORAD. While everyone else today gets ready to shut down for the holiday weekend, the fat guy in red is just started on his yearly mission to deliver toys to all the nice little Christmas-celebrating boys and girls —… Read More »
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Following on the heels of cable networks like Discovery, AMC and others, HBO launched its own iPhone app yesterday, with detailed program guides, scheduling, and social sharing features for some of its most popular shows. The app has plenty of interactive features, including detailed… Read More »
Among cat video aficionados, Paul Klusman is seen as a special hero of the movement. The Wichita, Kan., engineer went viral with his low-key and charming An Engineer’s Guide to Cats, a technically minded documentation of Klusman’s three cats and their myriad habits… Read More »
News Corp. Plans to ‘Reinvent’Content for the Mobile Web; the company outlined its plans to use some of its broadcast spectrum to deliver TV, newspapers and other content to mobile devices. (MediaPost) Warner Launches Video-on-Demand in Europe; Hollywood studios are considering changes to the way they… Read More »
A group of Hollywood studios, including Disney, Twentieth Century Fox, Universal, Warner Bros and others in September 2006 brought a case against Canada-based torrent search site isoHunt and its owner, Gary Fung, alleging that they enabled and encouraged wide-scale copyright infringement. Well, earlier this week, a… Read More »
Organizing For America, the Democratic Party’s organization for people formerly associated with Barack Obama’s election campaign, has been sending out millions of holiday videos that show the President, as well as ordinary Democrats from around the country, thanking supporters for their dedication. The neat… Read More »
TiVo, in response to an FCC request for comment on “video device innovation” yesterday, pointed to abuse by cable companies that put their own business considerations ahead of the best interests of consumers, and… Read More »
Sherlock Holmes is one of those timeless characters whose incarnations have been numerous — from a literary icon to an animated mouse to a swashbuckling superhero in the upcoming Robert Downey Jr. film. But yesterday, Babelgum uploaded four original Sherlock Homes adventures from… Read More »
UPDATED Following on the heels of similar announcements from Ustream and Bambuser, Qik’s application for live video streaming on the Apple iPhone has finally been approved, and the app should arrive in the App Store shortly. But with so many live… Read More »
Mobile phones and connected devices are gaining ground among users of the iPlayer. Phones, game consoles, set-top boxes and connected TVs now make up for 14 percent of the BBC’s immensely popular online TV service, according to new numbers from the broadcaster. The iPlayer… Read More »
YouTube Renegotiates Another Music Contract; video site renewed its deal with Dutch royalty collector Buma/Stemra, allowing it to show professionally-produced music videos and homemade videos with music included, as well as videos embedded off-site. (paidContent) Comcast Signs Burke to Five-Year Deal; Stephen Burke, the No. 2… Read More »
Comcast yesterday settled a long-running class action lawsuit brought against it for throttling BitTorrent file transfers. The cable giant has agreed to pay a total of up to $16 million to users that claim to have been affected — which on a… Read More »