Knocking Live Video Launches New Version Of FaceTime Competitor; the developer of video streaming phone-to-phone app Knocking Live Video is launching a new version of its iPhone app today, which has been optimized for Apple’s iOS 4. (TechCrunch)
Flash Player Hardware Video Acceleration for Macs Enabled; support for H.264 GPU decoding on Mac OS X is now officially enabled in the latest Flash Player, which can significantly improve the performance of HD video. (Adobe Flash Player blog)
Sony Bravia Adds Sevenload Channels; Sony will add 100 “channels” from the German online video portal sevenload to all its Bravia TV sets, as well as other connected devices such as Blu-ray players and home cinema sets. (Broadband TV News)
Virgin And Sky Involved In Connected-TV Spec Development; Virgin Media (NSDQ: VMED) and BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) have been helping shape specs related to the Canvas connected-TV project, though each opposes it and the former has complained Canvas is anti-competitive. (paidContent:UK)
KickassTorrents Taken Down After Copyright Concerns; one of the fastest growing and most visited torrent sites on the Internet has been pulled offline after an inquiry from the Ukrainian authorities. (TorrentFreak)
MTV UK Launches First Web Drama; MTV Networks UK & Ireland has announced plans to run a web-only drama, Being Victor, on the mtv.co.uk website. (Broadband TV News)
Anti-Piracy Failure Takes Down Creative Commons Videos; an anti-piracy group called GVU successfully ordered video hosting site Vimeo to take down several Creative Commons videos created by a journalist and an independent filmmaker. (TorrentFreak)
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