Archive for the 'Internet TV Websites' Category

Project Canvas Shows The Future Of Internet TV

The BBC have given a sneak view of the Project Canvas Internet tv standard, and its looking good. Erik Huggers, the BBC Future Media & Technology director showed a demo to the C21Media conference in London today.

The demo showed a the new IPTV standard in all its interactive, cross-platform glory and showed how [...]

Clicker.com Claims To Be The TV Guide For The Internet

Its a busy old life zooming from one internet tv site to another looking for a bit of tv eye candy to settle down with. To try and alleviate that small inconvenience, many aggregator websites have sprung up that basically display and link to streaming tv content from many websites.
Latest aggregator site to appear is [...]

Google Letting Viewers Skip Ads

Your not dreaming. Google are testing out an option that lets you (the viewer) click a link to skip the preroll ads and jump straight to the video stream! Amazing to think that the one thing everyone hates, but is used to can be avoided.
Google who own Youtube have launched testing on these skippable advertisments [...]

Hulu Deal With ITV UK Coming To A Conclusion

The much heralded deal between UK TV broadcasting network ITV and US TV on demand service Hulu is moving closer to a conclusion, it has been reported by Mediaweek.
The exclusive agreement, which could be signed as early as this month, will mean ITV gains a 25% equity stake in online service Hulu, which will be [...]

MSN Video Player Rebrands As Bing Video

Microsoft sre making changes to its MSN video site and merging it with Bing Videos. When you visit video.msn.com it now has the Bing Video branding. The new video search destination lets you both search for videos on the Web and watch them within the Bing player.
The main video page is set up to help [...]

Comcast and NBC $30 Billion Buyout Getting Close?

For what seems like months now, the Comcast buyout of NBC to expand its enormous business empire has been bubbling along. But what kind of price can you put on a deal like this? According to Rueters reporting in the Wall Street Journal its $30 Billion agreed by both parties and making Comcast a true [...]

Simon Cowell X Factor Hypocrite Tactics Cause Uproar in UK

Simon Cowell Runs, operates, stars in and controls the top rated UK TV show ‘The X Factor’. But after last nights show, many are claiming he has destroyed the principals of the show and doomed it to an early grave. So what did Simon ‘God’ Cowell do?
It revolves around a singing duo on the talent [...]

ABC TV Australia Boss Says Online TV is A Risk To Traditional TV

The explosion in Catch up TV and Online TV services could pose a significant risk to free to air tv industry. So says ABC TV in Australia head of television, Kim Dalton. He has called for an overhaul of Australian content regulations for TV broadcasters to ensure emerging online and mobile TV players did not [...]