Western Digital, better known for storage than HD video equipment, looks to have thrown their hat into the video streaming ring with the WD TV HD Media Player. With two USB 2.0 drives working simultaneously, you can plug in your USB storage and stream to your HDTV in 1080p over HDMI or composite. The diminutive [...]

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So says a report from News.com, and it seems a no brainer on the face of it: YouTube, owned by Google (NSDQ: GOOG), has tried to get full length movies and TV shows from major networks and studios for a while now, but has failed to make major headway due to queasiness [...]

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YouTube has turned down the McCain campaign’s request to personally evaluate the presidential candidates’ clips before removing them for alleged copyright infringement.
In a letter dated Oct. 14, YouTube Chief Counsel Zahavah Levine said the site removes clips once it receives takedown notices because the Digital Millennium Copyright Act requires it to do [...]

After only five months since going live, Hulu has reached 105 million streams in July, according to numbers released by Nielsen’s VideoCensus. The NBC Universal-News Corp (NYSE: NWS). joint venture’s streaming numbers were fairly strong early on. In April, Nielsen reported that it had 63 million. Still, Nielsen is a little wary of offering any [...]

Dispatch From CES 2008
» Video, Rich & Streaming MediaBy Ian Schafer, The ClickZ Network, Jan 11, 2008
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I spent this week at CES 2008, where innovation was everywhere. I’m the CEO of an agency for which innovation is everything, so this was a can’t-miss for me. The event got me [...]

If you haven’t noticed it yet, the TV industry is in a bit of trouble.Between the writers’ strike, Arbitron’s delay of the TV “piracy” — it’s tough to see a happy future for the traditional television business.
Like any giant industry in its death throes, the TV folks aren’t taking the end of their business model [...]

The audience for newspaper web sites is growing faster percentage-wise than the Internet audience at large, according to a study commissioned by the Newspaper Association of America and released on Monday. The study, done by Nielsen//NetRatings, found a monthly average of 59 million people visiting Web sites in the first quarter of 2007–representing 5.3% growth [...]

Summary

Pros: Streaming works remarkably well over moderate-to-fast networks; easy to set up and use; solid picture quality; beautiful interface.
Cons: No support for 5.1 channel surround-sound; supports a limited variety of video formats.
OS Compatibility: 10.3 (Panther), 10.4 (Tiger)
Price as rated: $299
Company: Apple, www.apple.com
After months of anticipation, Apple’s $299 Apple TV, a set-top box for syncing [...]

Streaming video is becoming more prevelant on websites of all media outlets, and radio is no exception - a trend that is making for big changes in the way stations are run and personalities act, according to the New York Times.
The embracing of online video by radio stations is fueled by a desire to both [...]