YouTube today announced support for videos shot in 4K (4096 x 3072 pixels) – a mega HD format designed for screens up to 25 feet wide. This level of resolution may seem like overkill – but devices like the iPhone are demonstrating that more pixels per inch is better, and TV screens are likely to [...]

Variety reports that YouTube will update it site as early as next week to integrate advertising with its vast library of videos. Content creators who upload their videos to the site will be offered the option of having short ads shown at the beginning or end, with the resulting revenues split 50-50. In order to [...]

The 2007 iPod Film Fest is now online. This year, the festival features 25 films from seven countries. The films are competing in three categories: Student Films: These film were created as part of a class or for credit at any high-school or college. Indie Films: This category covers any film or music video made [...]

YouTube has begun removing more than 100,000 unauthorized clips belonging to Viacom. The clips include everything from snippets of Jon Stewarts “The Daily Show” to Nickelodeons “SpongeBob SquarePants.” The purge comes after Viacom demanded that YouTube take down the material, accusing the site of violating its copyrights. Viacom says its the largest order to delete [...]

SageTV Media Center, a personal video recording (PVR) and media center software package for Windows and Linux PCs, has added new features that include bringing online video to the TV, support for the global DVB broadcasting standard, the ability to play unencrypted DVD libraries on the TV with SageTV Media Extender, and expanded file support [...]

StumbleVideo is a new site that lets visitors browse through video content from MySpace, Google Video and YouTube using a simple interface, and vote videos up or down, like a video Hot or Not. The site is based on the technology of StumbleUpon, a company that provides a toolbar for “stumbling” onto new Web sites. [...]

Makayama Interactive has released version 3.0 of iPod Media Studio, an application that streamlines copying video or DVDs to iPods. The upgraded software supports new video formats, such as Youtube content and subtitles are rendered much faster then before. Windows Media files (wmv and dvr-ms) and Flash video, such as Youtube content, may now be [...]

According to initial reviews of the Xbox Live Video Marketplace, Apple won’t have to worry about Microsoft’s iTunes Store-killer for the near future. The Microsoft movie download service is apparently struggling under the weight of all that high-definition content. Some people are reporting extraordinarily long download times, and others report being charged for videos they [...]

Microsoft has announced that the XBox Live Video Marketplace is now open. “Xbox Live Marketplace will now provide gamers with easy access to hundreds of full-length TV shows for download to own and movies for download to rent from CBS, MTV Networks, Paramount Pictures, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (TBS, Inc.), Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and [...]

NBC Universal today announced that it was laying off hundreds and refocusing its strategy with Internet media in mind. The company’s new strategy, which they are calling NBCU 2.0, is a wide-ranging strategic initiative to assure future growth, streamline and strengthen operations, and exploit opportunities created by the rapidly evolving digital and global marketplace. “Success [...]