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Viddy has apparently been pulled from the Apple App Store, not long after quickly rising up the ranks of free video and camera applications available for the iPhone. The removal was due to concerns over adult material that was being posted on the app. Read More »

Have a DVD that you want to watch while traveling or otherwise away from home? The latest version of the TV Anytime app will let its users rip and transfer DVDs from their desktops to mobile devices for on-the-go viewing. Read More »

 
 

Could Apple spend its $100 billion in cash to create a virtual cable operator to compete with Comcast and the like? Sure. But it would have a really hard time offering a competitively priced service and building a profitable business out of it. Read More »

Just about a month after going live with its iPhone app, Givit has dramatically increased the number of mobile devices that support its private video sharing service, with the rollout of an application for Android. Users can now upload, manage and view videos from Android phones. Read More »

IAC-owned video site Vimeo is going mobile in a big way, with the release of apps for Android, the Kindle Fire and Windows Phone marketplaces. Those new apps are designed to let users upload, share and view videos on their mobile devices. Read More »

The latest version of Dropcam’s home surveillance cameras is a big step forward in both form and functionality. The camera records 720p video and provides two-way audio functionality, but the real selling point is a cloud-based DVR system and iOS and Android mobile apps. Read More »

TED iPhone app brings big ideas to the small screen

TED talks are coming to the iPhone and iPod touch, thanks to a dedicated app from TED.com that features audio feeds for listening on the go. The release comes a year after the launch of the iPad app, which has been downloaded 1.9 million times. Read More »

Fanhattan brings its video search app to the iPhone

Video discovery startup Fanhattan rolled out a new iPhone app that will allow users to search and navigate TV shows and movies that are available on the device. The release follows Fanhattan’s launch of an app for the iPad, which was introduced earlier this year. Read More »

Startup Flixmaster is making it easier for video creators to make interactive applications. Its platform provides a drag-and-drop interface for creating branching relationships between videos and publishing them online. The platform publishes in HTML5 video, aiming at the growing number of mobile devices that support video. Read More »

The possible combination of Apple and Hulu has got the world buzzing with excitement, as such a deal could combine one of the top consumer electronics manufacturers with everyone’s favorite broadcast TV destination online. But the deal seems unlikely, given the lack of a strategic fit. … Read More »

Qualcomm’s FLO TV may have flopped, but that doesn’t mean that consumers will ignore mobile TV forever: PricewaterhouseCoopers predicts that mobile TV subscription revenue will double over the next four years. And that money could be an indicator for a much bigger trend. Read More »

Showyou is updating its iPad and iPhone apps to make the consumption of videos shared on social networks easier. In particular, Showyou gets “watch later” capability, as well as its own website and a bookmarklet for video sharing. Next up for Showyou: an Android app. Read More »

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Video chat provider ooVoo has just released an iPhone app, allowing users to leverage multiplatform video chat on their Apple devices. By doing so, iPhone and iPod touch users can launch video chat sessions with up to five of their friends, wherever they are. Read More »

Brightcove is stepping beyond managing and distributing online video with a new product for easily creating iOS, Android and mobile web apps. The Brightcove App Cloud is designed to take the pain out of making content available through native apps on the most popular mobile platforms. Read More »

Mobile video is still a small part of overall online viewing, but it’s a part that Apple dominates. According to new data from video ad startup FreeWheel, the vast majority of video views that occur on mobile devices happen on Apple’s iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Read More »

Netflix has expanded the availability of closed captioning on its streaming service with the latest update of its iOS application. With the update, the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch join a growing list of consumer electronics devices that support streaming subtitles through the service. Read More »

The Peel TV Universal Remote turns your iPhone into a universal remote control. It also offers recommendations for shows to watch as well as alerts so you don’t miss anything. But how well does it work if you watch most of your video content online? Read More »

Want to play a DivX or an MKV file on your iPad, iPhone or Apple TV? Then check out this Cord Cutters quick tip, where we show and explain how to easily convert any kind of video file to make it playable on iOS devices. Read More »

A new mobile app called Vtok now lets users video chat with friends and family on Google Talk. The app, which works over 3G and Wi-Fi networks, will enable Google users to make and receive voice and video calls on their iPhones and iPod Touch devices. Read More »

YouTube’s new Android app is a step backwards from Google’s overall web apps strategy. It also limits the availability of new features not just to Android users, but since it is available on Android 2.2 devices or above, still a minority of Android users, at that. Read More »

MTV has had decades of success serving up music videos to viewers on cable television, but it’s not for Vevo. At NewTeeVee Live today, Vevo CEO Rio Carareff said it won’t be building a linear cable channel anytime soon, because it’s not “the future of television.” Read More »

Google TV is based on Google’s Android mobile operating system, but one of the biggest inspirations for the company’s new TV platform was actually the iPhone. Apple brought the full web to the mobile space, and Google wants to do the same for the living room. Read More »

Apple will soon have a whole bunch of new users for its FaceTime video chat application. At today’s “Back to the Mac” event, Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced that the company is making a beta version of FaceTime video chat available today from Apple.com. Read More »

Apple should prepare for some competition for its FaceTime mobile video chat application, with the upcoming launch of a series of apps that would allow Yahoo Messenger users to video chat with each other on both iPhone and Android mobile devices. Read More »

Accessing Netflix in your living room just keeps getting easier and easier, thanks to recent updates to the service, including on-screen search for the Wii as well as the ability to play the Watch Instantly service from one’s iPhone onto the TV. Read More »

20 percent of all broadcasts on Justin.tv now originate from the recently launched Android and iPhone apps. This number is poised to grow even further with a new iOS app supporting streams from the new iPod touch. Next up could be an app for Blackberry phones. Read More »

AOL has acquired video syndication specialist 5min Media to boost the amount of video it serves on its sites, while boosting distribution of its own video assets. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, although estimates place the value of the deal at around $50-$65 million. Read More »

Google Instant-like search interfaces are all the rage with YouTube mash-up developers right now: First, there was YTinstant.com, and now there is Listandplay.com – a site that makes it possible to instantly search for clips, compile them to a playlist and share it with your networks. Read More »

Akamai is set to announce new capabilities making it easier for companies to deliver video to the iPhone or iPad. With its new “in the network” video packaging, content providers will be able to serve up video to multiple Apple devices without changing their existing workflow. Read More »

Om loves Netflix on the iPhone, but others aren’t so sure about it, noting that there are too many bugs and quirks to make this a good experience. So what do you think: How do you like the app, and what do you use it for? Read More »

Netflix today released its iPhone/iPod touch app that allows subscribers of its video streaming service to get video on their iPhones and iPod touches. Netflix is on a path of diversification away from DVD by emails, as it is betting that streaming is the future. Read More »

Vevo released its first mobile app yesterday, making all of its music videos available on the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch. The release makes music videos from major labels available for the first time on the iPhone, where users previously didn’t have access to them. Read More »

Vimeo is expanding the availability of its online video site with a new universal player that will work on iPhone and iPad mobile devices, as well as a channel on Roku broadband set-top boxes. The site is also adding a “Watch Later” feature to its player. Read More »

iPhone users have long been accused of being data hogs, gobbling up bandwidth and crushing AT&T’s 3G network. But it’s Android users that could be pushing their carrier’s limits by watching mobile video over 3G networks rather than WiFi, according to new research from Rhythm NewMedia. Read More »

AT&T is launching a new mobile app to let U-verse subscribers record content on their DVR and watch it anywhere with a WiFi connection on iPhone or Blackberry Torch. Replacing the Mobile Remote Access for iPhone app, it adds available content for download on mobile devices. Read More »

Users are increasingly excited by the introduction of Apple’s new FaceTime mobile video chat application, but people use their mobile phones differently than they use other forms of video chat. What are the new rules for video chat when your phone is your camera? Read More »

PlayOn has rolled out a new HTML5-based web app that will allow users to watch movies and TV shows on the iPhone and iPod Touch. By integrating with its desktop software, users will be able to watch previously unavailable web video content like Netflix and Hulu. Read More »

Today on the Net: a new iPhone app lets users see if friends are on WiFi before trying FaceTime video chat, estimated ad sales at Hulu for June are $19 million and Blockbuster has a new TV ad touting its new release advantage over Netflix. Read More »

In just over seven months, Vevo has become one of the largest video distributors in the US, and the premier place for users to watch all their favorite music videos. But Vevo also wants to power music videos on mobile devices and in the living room. Read More »

Hulu’s new paid version, Hulu Plus, has come under fire for charging a monthly subscription fee without taking ads out of its programming. Hulu CEO Jason Kilar tells us he’s not averse taking ads out entirely; users would just have to pay a higher price for … Read More »

YouTube is now serving 100 million videos per day on its mobile site, and it hopes to better monetize these videos with a new site design that goes live this afternoon. The new site features, among other things, better video playback quality and HTML5 video optimization. Read More »

Hulu’s subscription service has finally arrived in an invite-only beta, and a number of news sites have gotten early access to the service, which means the early reviews are in. The response has generally been positive, but is it positive enough for people to pay? Read More »

The iPhone 4 has been getting great reviews in part because of its ability to record HD video. But is the phone’s camera good enough for professional productions? Ad director Jerry Dugan wanted to find out and mounted the device right next to his RED camera. Read More »

Hulu has officially announced its long-awaited premium subscription service, giving users access to more shows and a wider range of content that they’ll be able to watch on multiple consumer electronics devices, such as the iPhone, iPad and Samsung Internet-connected TVs and Blu-ray players. Read More »

Amazon’s new iPad and iPhone apps let users play audio and video clips within select book titles. The online retailer currently only offers about a dozen titles with such multimedia enhancements, but the update could mean that the next Kindle will support video playback as well. Read More »

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