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Posted by Danny King on November 19, 2009
"Twenty years ago today" is now more than 32 years old, but who's counting when there are videogames to push. The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is being released this week in downloadable form for use in The Beatles: Rock Band videogame, making the 1967 classic the second Fab Four album to be downloadable for the game title. The digital version of the entire album may be purchased for $13.49, with single songs available on the Rock Band store for $2 each, Viacom's MTV Games and Harmonix units and Beatles publisher Apple Corps Ltd. said in a ...Read More 
Posted by Jennifer Netherby on November 12, 2009
Comcast has said that it plans to roll out Comcast OnDemand Online, its TV Everywhere initiative that will allow subscribers to access some TV programs online, by the end of the year, but has been careful not to give an exact date. But today, Interactive Media president Amy Banse narrowed it down a bit, to early December, while speaking at the newsy NewTeeVee TV Everywhere conference. Comcast will rollout the beta test to all subscribers, allowing them to watch HBO, Turner, TBS and others on up to three different Internet-connected devices. Users will have to download an application and log in to Comcast's Fancast video site to connect each device to their subscriber account. In a ...Read More
Posted by Jennifer Netherby on November 2, 2009
Sort of. Apple is shopping an iTunes TV subscription service to TV programmers that would give subscribers unlimited access to iTunes TV content for $30 a month, MediaMemo's Peter Kafka reports. No programmer has yet signed up, but Kafka says several have told him they're intrigued by the idea.The rumor has been making the rounds for awhile, with Apple analyst Gene Munster predicting in a report earlier this fall that Apple also might upgrade the Apple TV to include DVR capabilities, making it a more popular set-top for consumers who are already dealing with too much set-top clutter. The WSJ's Kafka reports that the proposal Apple is discussing no...Read More 
Posted by Susanne Ault on October 30, 2009
New pay movie service Epix is rolling out a free three-day online preview of its service starting today. People can access the available content, including blockbuster film Iron Man, concert title Madonna “Sticky & Sweet: Live from Other films slated for the free preview in...Read More
Posted by Jennifer Netherby on October 29, 2009
It kind of seems like a no-duh that Netflix's streaming movie service will be available on the Nintendo Wii at some point. It's been hugely popular on the Xbox 360 since the two partnered last year. Next month, it'll be available through the PlayStation 3 also. And Netflix's CFO has said the company wants to be on all game consoles out there as they have the greatest reach into consumer homes among Internet-connected devices.Now Streaming Media says it's received screenshots of Netflix on the Wii, which its sources have confirmed to be legit. Less clear is when this deal will actually happen. The service was set to launch this fourth quarter, but could be delayed until next year to be timed with the launch of the Wii HD, the site says. 
Posted by Samantha Clark on October 28, 2009
More studios are trying out a Web video business model that includes sponsors, rather than advertisers. Black Entertainment Television is launching a 10-part short-form Web series sponsored by CoverGirl on Nov. 3, according to Video Business sister publication Multichannel News. The series, called Buppies, stars Fresh Prince of Bel-Air's Tatyana Ali as a young socialite publicist trying to recover from a broken relationship. Buppies will be streamed on BET's Web site, with subsequent episodes available every Tuesday. ...Read More
Posted by Danny King on October 26, 2009
If more Netflix subscribers are streaming videos from the largest U.S. movie-rental service via mail than ordering DVDs, don't blame the postal service. That's basically the conclusion one can make from two recent posts from the FeedFlix blog, which tracks all things Red Envelope. The blog predicted in February that this would be the year videostreaming would overtake DVD rentals at Netflix and last week confirmed the results: about three videos were being streamed from Netflix's Watch Instantly service for every two DVDs ordered. That ratio was approx...Read More
Posted by Samantha Clark on October 23, 2009
Windows 7 launched yesterday with much hope for a better operating system than Microsoft's last offering, plus a surprise: Free Internet TV. With the Windows Media Center, users can watch, pause and record lie TV (with a TV tuner), and watch online TV shows and movies from a variety of services all imported into one program viewing guide. One-stop shopping. Users might be slow to jump on 7 after dealing with the problems with Vista, but if 7 lives up to its promise, it could start making a whole new set of Internet TV fans Industries: VOD/Downloads
Posted by Danny King on October 19, 2009
Netflix may be about to announce what it's hinted for a while -- that more Internet-connected videogame console owners are going to be able to video-stream titles from the largest U.S. movie-rental service via mail. Netflix, whose exclusive agreement to have Microsoft's Xbox 360 be the only videogames console to be able to play Netflix's digital titles went into effect last November, is about to broaden the number of console types with videostreaming capabilities, according to a financial analyst who covers the company. "We expect Netflix to announce an additional video game hardware console partner soon, with access to its site through the console browser," wrote Wedbush Mo...Read More
Posted by Samantha Clark on October 19, 2009
Ubisoft is getting into the online videogame, bowing three short films based on its popular Assassin's Creed videogame on YouTube on Oct. 27, according to Dintz. Created by effects studio Hybrid Technologies, which Ubisoft acquired last year and Ubisoft Digital Arts, "Assassin's Creed Lineage" will be a prequel to videogame Assassin's Creed II, which will bow Nov. 17. The live-action 38-minute short features the voice actors from the game.
Posted by Samantha Clark on October 14, 2009
Lifetime is continuing its commitment to offer original online videos and for good reason. MyLifetime.com streamed a record 11.34 million videos in September, up 281% from the previous year's month, according to Video Business sister pub Multichannel News. The women's-targeted channel is debuting three new original series online today: Rita Rocks, S...Read More Industries: VOD/Downloads
Posted by Jennifer Netherby on October 7, 2009
Cnet's Greg Sandoval reports that lawyers from Viacom, which is suing YouTube for posting its copyrighted material without permission, have found evidence that YouTube managers were among those posting unauthorized copyrighted clips to the site. Cnet, quoting unnamed sources, also says that internal emails show that YouTube employees knew that users were posting unauthorized clips and chose to allow the clips to remain on the site.The allegations are not part of the court record so far, Cnet said they surfaced during an exchange of information between the two parties in the suit. YouTube dismissed the reports in a comment to CNet. Meanwhile, the New York Times, in a ...Read More
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