Posts Tagged ‘ streaming media ’

Blinkx Offers Its Take On Internet Television

Apr 2nd, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: Streaming Video

Video search company blinkx today announced the availability of blinkx BBTV, a new online television service that leverages blinkx’s speech and visual recognition technology to deliver Internet television with contextually linked information.
blinkx BBTV enables users to instantly browse or interact with online sources related to what they are watching, whether it’s Google, Wikipedia, IMDB or [...]



24-Hour Podcast Marathon To Raise Money For One Laptop Per Child

Dec 19th, 2007 | By Elisabeth Lewin | Category: Audio Podcasting, Podcasting Events, Streaming Video

Todd Cochrane, the host of the Geek News Central Podcast, is hosting a live, interactive event that will last 24 hours.
During the 24-hour Podcast Marathon, Todd will stream live from his Hawaii-based studio on Ustream.TV and will have interactive talk via TalkShoe.com.
The marathon gets underway at 11am EST on Friday. Guests are going to be [...]



First Jon Stewart, Now South Park To Offer Free Internet Video

Nov 29th, 2007 | By James Lewin | Category: Digital Video Downloads, Internet TV, Strange, Streaming Video, Video

MTV Networks is planning to make every clip from every episode of South Park available online for free next year.
The decision follows the recent introduction of an all-you-can-eat Web 2.0-style video site for fellow Viacom media property The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. The Daily Show site offers 13,000 high-quality clips, from episodes dating back [...]



Dell Buys Mobile Media Startup Zing

Aug 7th, 2007 | By James Lewin | Category: Audio Podcasting, Citizen Media, Digital Music, iPods & Portable Media Players

Dell has announced that it has entered into an agreement to buy privately-held ZING Systems, a company that focuses on always-connected audio and entertainment devices. Dell plans to use ZING and its capabilities to continue improving the entertainment experiences it provides its customers.
ZING introduced itself in June of 2006, stating its plans to build “an audio [...]



Media Budgets To Shift To Internet Video

Jul 26th, 2007 | By James Lewin | Category: General

According to a new report from the Yankee Group, a media research firm, online video will soon be a dominant component of brand advertising. They offer the following reasons:

Video conveys emotion better than text, images and audio.
Non-linear online video combines the emotive power of television with the interactivity and measurability of internet advertising.
Advertising in and [...]



RodeoUP Like YouTube For Cowboys

Jun 22nd, 2007 | By James Lewin | Category: Streaming Video

RodeoUP is a free video sharing site that’s like YouTube for cowboys.
It’s the official video community of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association. But you don’t have to be a cowboy to enjoy the site.
Anybody can rate videos, embed them in their blogs or just enjoy watching what happens when you put a cowboy [...]