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I did it. I broke down and bought a Blu-ray player. In the middle of the worst recession of my lifetime, I spent nearly $300 on a gadget that I didn’t really need. And you know what? I love it. But not everyone is ready to … Read More »

 
 

Amimon announced today the availability of the second generation of its wireless HD transmitter and receiver chips. Designed for the Wireless Home Digital Interface (WHDI) standard, the company says its AMN 2120 and 2220 can wirelessly deliver full uncompressed 1080p/60Hz HD content around the home. According … Read More »

The verdict against The Pirate Bay could turn out to be something of a game changer for P2P file sharing. Granted, the four defendants have already filed their appeals, and the site is currently up and running. In fact, there are 22 million … Read More »

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Crackle.com‘s high-profile action web series Angel of Death has generated 4.7 million views since it debuted on March 2, according to a Crackle representative. Angel of Death, which cost roughly $1 million to produce, was notable because it was written by famed comics writer … Read More »

A report out today from Nielsen shows why Internet Service Providers and telecommunications equipment vendors are increasingly demonizing video. It consumes a lot of bandwidth, and could compete with an ISP’s existing video businesses, but the worst part is that it’s rapidly becoming … Read More »

Grid Networks, a Seattle-based peer-to-peer content delivery technology startup that’s raised more than $10 million in funding from Comcast Interactive Capital, Cisco Systems and Panorama Capital has merged with Global Media Services (GMS), a New York-based digital media services company that counts nearly 100 … Read More »

I’ll admit it: I’ve always been intimidated by servers and network storage devices. But Western Digital’s recently revamped My Book World Edition network hard drive has changed that. I spent several days testing out this drive, and I’ve come to realize that not only is it incredibly … Read More »

Thanks to Our NewTeeVee Sponsors!

We’d like to thank this month’s NewTeeVee sponsors: thePlatform: Download a free white paper on video syndication Ooyala: Video Publishing and Monetization Mozy: Back up your photos, music, and files with Mozy for as low as $4.34 per month Read More »

Last year I had the opportunity to author a chapter in an academic book called Television Goes Digital. It just came out and I have permission to share with you the text of my chapter in its entirety. Though our blogger birthright is to … Read More »

Harper’s Island, the 13-episode “mystery event,” debuts tonight on CBS, where it will spin a gory yarn about a wedding gone wrong in a town with a bloody past.  Fans of companion web series Harper’s Globe are already four weeks ahead of the game, having … Read More »

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Don’t get me wrong — Los Angeles is a wonderful place to live. San Francisco, you know I adore your bay views. And New York! So vibrant, so full of culture! But little stirs my heart like the opportunity to watch a … Read More »

We’d like to thank this month’s NewTeeVee sponsors: thePlatform: Download a free white paper on video syndication Ooyala: Video Publishing and Monetization Mozy: Back up your photos, music, and files with Mozy for as low as $4.34 per month Read More »

The Hugh Jackman cat is out of the bag, as a workprint of X-Men Origins: Wolverine dated March 2nd (the film’s release date is currently scheduled for May 1st.) is now roaming the Internet. The copy is being called “DVD quality,” because it’s clearly … Read More »

Web series production, let’s face it, can be a gamble — especially for the independent creator, who’s often funding the bulk of the production out-of-pocket, with no guarantee of success. But for those who put all their metaphorical chips on black, sometimes the YouTube roulette … Read More »

The makers of the popular file-sharing client Limewire have started to develop a podcast directory called LimeCast. The company is currently in the process of gathering content as well as building the actual platform, which is already online as a work-in-progress, Read More »

If you were interested in checking out this Saturday’s high-profile celebration of excellence in online video, well, we can help you out. NewTeeVee has a limited number of tickets to give away for the Streamy Awards in Los Angeles, and what better way to determine … Read More »

When was the last time you rented a DVD from a Blockbuster store? If it was recent enough for you to remember the exact date, you’re in a shrinking club. The video retailer behemoth that stomped many a mom-and-pop store out of existence is now finding people … Read More »

We’d like to thank this month’s NewTeeVee sponsors: thePlatform: Download a free white paper on video syndication Ooyala: Video Publishing and Monetization Mozy: Back up your photos, music, and files with Mozy for as low as $4.34 per month Read More »

Butch Trucks, one of the original members of the Allman Brothers Band, may seem like an unlikely candidate to reinvent the world of online music. But that’s what he hopes to do with Moogis.com, an online music community he founded that offers high-def streaming of … Read More »

To launch his SXSW panel, “Comedy on Television and the Web,” moderator Ricky Van Veen of CollegeHumor.com opened with a provocative but arguable point: Unlike previous technologies, humor and not porn is driving the adoption of online video. What followed was a smart and … Read More »

We’d like to thank this month’s NewTeeVee sponsors: thePlatform: Download a free white paper on video syndication Ooyala: Video Publishing and Monetization Mozy: Back up your photos, music, and files with Mozy for as low as $4.34 per month Read More »

The “It Girl” label is one that pops up when no one can quite put their finger on what makes a person worth caring about, despite the fact that her popularity is seemingly effortless. So, how should we define the Internet It Girl? Is … Read More »

Though Bruce Branit completed World Builder — a poignant and visually dazzling short movie about a man who literally creates a new reality for the woman he loves — in 2007, it’s likely that far more people have seen it this March than in … Read More »

We’d like to thank this month’s NewTeeVee sponsors: thePlatform: Download a free white paper on video syndication Ooyala: Video Publishing and Monetization Mozy: Back up your photos, music, and files with Mozy for as low as $4.34 per month Read More »

If you were a Deadwood fan, but found yourself wishing occasionally for a little less cursing and a lot more philosophy, Heathens might be for you. Seeking to answer the question, “If Freedom was a place, what would it look like?” the 28-episode indie … Read More »

Hacked web sites. Angry ABBA singers. Charges of media bias. Hundreds of flower bouquets for an expert who testified on behalf of the defense. The Swedish Pirate Bay trial has largely been an entertaining spectacle, especially for anyone … Read More »

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If someone told you he’d pay for your FiOS Internet connection in exchange for you putting a Network Attached Storage (NAS) server full of Russian movies in your living room, would you do it? And if someone told you that a network of residential NAS … Read More »

Tiger Woods’ return to golf didn’t end in victory (he was ousted today), but it did generate some big numbers for PGATour.com. The site announced today that it served more than 2.5 million streams during the first round of the World Golf Championships – … Read More »

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Well, there will be no live-streaming video of the Oscars this year, but if you’ve got your laptop out while you’re watching the awards show on TV Sunday night, you’ll be able to find kindred souls to chat about who wore what, who was robbed, and … Read More »

Viewed more than 1.5 million times since its YouTube debut last Thursday, Escape from City 17 is one of those rare viral videos that seems destined to launch a breakout success. In the live action indie short, a pair of argumentative rebel soldiers … Read More »

The idea behind Nero’s Move it software is a good one. This $50 application lets you move your videos, music, and photos to and from a variety of devices, including your digital camera, cell phone, Windows PC, and web sites like MySpace and YouTube. Unfortunately, … Read More »

The trial against the Pirate Bay will start in Sweden on Monday, and file sharers and P2P journalists alike can hardly contain themselves. The Times of London has dubbed it the “Internet piracy trial of the decade,” and the Pirate Bay’s … Read More »

If you live in the Boston area, you could be forgiven for thinking that the Comcast DVR with TiVo service had just launched. While highway billboards and newspaper ads tout the “new” offering, in fact it’s been available here for more than a year — and the … Read More »

The Participatory Culture Foundation (PCF) unveiled version 2.0 of its open-source video player, Miro, yesterday. The new version features a revamped UI, a smaller memory footprint and the ability to access streaming video sites like Hulu.com from right within the client. We Read More »

Canadians really know what they’re doing when it comes to showing people the Olympics online, it seems. This morning we spoke to Alon Marcovici, vice president of digital media from the country’s Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium, after reading that “every single moment” of next … Read More »

Sometimes it’s tough to be the winner. CNN attracted by far the largest online audience for its web stream of President Obama’s inauguration, delivering a total of 25 million streams on Jan. 20th. It did so by utilizing Octoshape’s P2P plug-in for Adobe’s … Read More »

What is it about time travel that makes it such a fun plot device? Is it the way in which it opens up the entirety of time and space for storytelling possibilities? Or is it the fact that while you can use it to tell … Read More »

Last week, the creators of lonelygirl15 after running a contest to open up a two-month programming slot to fan creators, selected a pilot entitled The Misfits to become an official part of the LG15 universe. However, the next day, the creators of The Misfits withdrew … Read More »

“Revenge is a dish best served cold.” Maybe so, but how funny is that? Well, pretty darn funny, according to The Hustler, a new scripted series running on Crackle. And after a rough start, the show’s creators may well be right. The Hustler stars Mark Feuerstein … Read More »

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