After two and a half years of writing at NewTeeVee, we’re firmly of the belief that video wants to be social. Combining television and interactivity is one of those topics that makes sense. We like to be entertained together — even sitting with strangers in a ... Read more at GigaOM Pro »
Adobe and Time Warner are announcing Tuesday they have formed an online video alliance. It’s unclear exactly what that means, but the two companies say they’ll work on finding solutions for issues like digital rights management, audience measurement and content discovery and monetization. However, it’s a […] Read more »
Updated: Click here for links to webcasts of Obama’s 2010 State of the Union address. Technically, President Obama’s speech tomorrow night isn’t a State of the Union. Give the guy a break, he only started the job a month ago. Instead, his speech is considered a […] Read more »
Hulu to Live-stream Obama Press Conference; site will be carrying the coverage provided by FOX at 8 p.m. EST. (emailed release) (embed is below, will be active at the time of conference). MLB and NHL Partner for Combo Subscription Package; two leagues teaming up for special […] Read more »
A single linear stream that everyone watches at the same time? How retro. Live events are the epitome of traditional oldteevee fare. But while flipping between the many feeds of Barack Obama’s inauguration today, I found the best experience was offered by CNN Live with Facebook […] Read more »
With unprecedented resources for tracking yesterday’s election online, visitors flocked to news sites in droves. But notably, while web and cable viewer numbers were sizzling hot, the big three networks were down 16 percent vs. the election four years ago. ABC was down 2 percent, NBC […] Read more »
YouTube Adds Deep Linking; now you can link directly to exact moments in videos, like right when the skater gets hit in the nuts. (YouTube Blog) On Networks Signs David Lynch; famed director to do a web series for the new media network based on his […] Read more »
The 2008 election and online video have had a lot of special moments together: The CNN-YouTube primary debates. Obama Girl. Will.i.am‘s “Yes We Can.” Saturday Night Live’s “Fey-lin” skits. And even though those examples might lean to the left, online video isn’t just a liberal thing. […] Read more »
With markets and economies around the world heading into a free fall, President Bush is making an address to the nation right now. You can watch it online at ABC and CBS and CNN. UPDATE: Well, that was quick. Five minutes after posting this story, he […] Read more »
Remember last month, when a surge of viral videos made us all wonder how you could pop popcorn with cell phones? It was quickly discovered that the campaign was created to promote Cardo Systems’s line of Bluetooth headsets, but there were no answers as to how […] Read more »
Veodia Raises $8.3 Million; enterprise white-label video provider (previous coverage) gets Series A from Clearstone Venture Partners, the D. E. Shaw group and an angel group led by iParadigms chairman Steven Berger. (emailed release) Financial Web Video Shows Booming; CNNMoney.com delivered 14.6 million streams in March; […] Read more »
This week’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona hasn’t just been about battling mobile operating systems and the latest chips for cell phones, it’s also about content. For the first time ever, the GSM Association threw a party at the event focused solely on mobile entertainment, “Mobile […] Read more »
Editor’s Note: Marc Barros and Jason Green launched Twenty20Camera, maker of the vholdr hands-free digital video recorder, in 2004, just as they were graduating from colllege. They grew to a 7-man shop on little more than a $100,000-line of credit. So when they closed their first […] Read more »