Youtube’s Dominance Of Web Video Grows (techweb)

April 18th, 2009

TechWeb – InformationWeek – YouTube accounted for more than 75% of U.S. traffic to video sites, an increase of 26% from a year ago, said Hitwise.

Sony To Start Us Movie Service For Ps3 (ap)

April 16th, 2009

Sony Chief Executive Howard Stringer, center, poses with Sony President & Electronics CEO Ryoji Chubashi, right, and Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. President & Group CEO Kazuo Hirai  before a press conference  in Tokyo, Thursday, June 26, 2008. Sony outlined its strategy for growth Thursday geared at regaining its lead in TVs, wiping out the red ink in video games and rolling out movie services to woo Net-savvy consumers.   (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)AP – Sony says it will start a movie download service for its PlayStation 3 home console this summer in the U.S.


An Ode To Imdb.com, Internet Movie Database (ap)

April 14th, 2009

AP – There are things that make modern life truly special: Tivo, Charles Barkley, SpongeBob SquarePants, etc.

Market For Local Online Video Ads Will Reach $1.5 Billion By 2021 (techweb)

April 11th, 2009

TechWeb – InformationWeek – Small to medium-sized businesses will spend 11.6% of their online budgets on video ads by 2012, The Kelsey Group estimates.

Vizio Announces Inexpensive 120-hz Lcd Tvs (pc Magazine)

April 9th, 2009

PC Magazine – Vizio’s three new competitively priced flat-panel HDTVs offer full 1080p screen resolution and enhanced video-processing features.

Abc, Espn To Run Tv Shows, Clips On Web Service (reuters)

April 6th, 2009

Reuters – Walt Disney Co’s ABC television network and ESPN cable sports network said they will run television shows and clips on the Veoh Web video service.

Obama Vs. Mccain: It’s Twitter Time (cnet)

April 4th, 2009

CNET – And we thought the YouTube and Facebook presidential debates were all that.