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Twitter video community 12seconds has announced that it is going to shut down by October 22. 12seconds was self-funded, which didn’t exactly help it to compete with other start-ups in this space – but don’t expect CEO Sol Lipman to blame the lack of funding. Read more »

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CBS Launching Katie Couric Web Show; weekly “online conversations” with the CBS news anchor to feature big names and run for 20-30 minutes each. (Media Decoder) Report: MySpace Plans to Launch New Vid Service; with some help from Hulu, the site will supposedly offer more feature […] Read more »

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Iger Talks Authentication; during Disney earnings call CEO expressed concern over TV Everywhere ideas that deliver content at no extra cost to subscribers. (paidContent) RealDVD Lawsuit Drags Down Real Earnings; company spent $4.3 million on litigation in the second quarter defending the controversial DVD ripping software; […] Read more »

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With Twitter reaching new heights of mainstream popularity (thank you, Oprah!), it’s only natural that a generation of services would spring up to try and get a piece of that sweet micro-blogging action. And the action right now is in video. Since Twitter doesn’t host video, […] Read more »

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User-generated commercial contests are a dime a dozen. But what if the people putting on such a contest asked you to put in little to no effort — only a few seconds of work — to enter? That’s the idea behind bootstrapped startup 12seconds.tv‘s new “Tweetable […] Read more »

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12seconds.tv is a boot-strapped startup that has been a labor of love for the three founders, Sol Lipman, Jacob Knobel, and David Beach. A host of other characters have helped along the way, influenced by promises of burritos, but the small group hasn’t taken any outside […] Read more »

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12seconds.tv has just launched a new iPhone app ($0.99) in the App Store that allows you to output video files from your iPhone and share them with your friends on the web. It’s just not the video that you had in mind. This clever little app […] Read more »

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Sling to Launch Blackberry Application; SlingPlayer Mobile for Blackberry, which lets you control your home TV and DVR while on the go, will be available as a public beta starting on Dec. 30. (jkOnTheRun) Macrovision Sells Off TV Guide Network and TV Guide Online; units sold […] Read more »

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Talk Like A Pirate Day is arrrrrguably one of the Internet’s most ridiculous holidays, but hey, what better day than Friday for a few minutes of swashbuckler-themed frivolity? And there’s a decent variety of activity to choose from: Ninja of Ask a Ninja will be doing […] Read more »

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Haagen Dazs Hearts Bees; ice-cream maker’s viral video campaign has been viewed more than 2 million times online. (MediaPost) 12seconds Launches APIs; first three partners are TweetDeck, Blippr and Phreadz. (VentureBeat) Crackle Kicks Off Coma; Sony-branded web series stars Michael Madsen and George Hamilton. (MediaWeek) Paramount […] Read more »

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This week we learned of the existence of 12seconds, a startup that isn’t afraid to call itself a “video Twitter.” The idea is simple: video status updates. From the about page: “Why only 12 seconds? Because anything longer is boring.” The site is a side project […] Read more »