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When Internet TV startup Joost was launched in 2007, the buzz was that it would redefine television. After all, the company was backed by Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis, the legendary European entrepreneurs behind music download site Kazaa and Net telephony giant Skype (EBAY). But a year later, after a variety of missteps, it's Joost that is redefining itself.
Music pirates can be deterred by warnings from their internet service provider (ISP), suggests a survey. Almost 75% of music pirates would stop if told to by their ISP, the survey of 1500 UK consumers found.
The research looked at the digital habits of consumers and found that the abundance of online music services was convincing many to go straight. Just over half of those questioned said they got music from legal subscription sites, or those supported by ads.
YOUTUBE said on Friday it is adding full-length television shows to the menu at its globally popular website famous for snack-sized video snippets.
Episodes of classic television programs including Star Trek, MacGyver and Beverly Hills 90210 will be available in a theatre view format unveiled at YouTube earlier this week.
Nokia is launching its online Music Store service in the UAE in December, offering people the chance to enjoy music directly on their Nokia device or personal computer.
Part of the Ovi by Nokia offering, the new online music store (http://music.nokia.ae) is the twelfth store that the company is rolling out globally and will feature tracks from major international labels such as Universal, Sony BMG, EMI, Warner and other independent acts.
Terrorist training videos will be banned from appearing on YouTube, under revised new guidelines being implemented by the popular video-sharing site. The Google-owned portal will ban footage that advertises terrorism or extremist causes and supporters of the change hope it will blunt al-Qaeda's strong media online campaign.
As online video (particularly online TV) grows in popularity, at least one provider has been left in the rear view mirror. Joost, which excited many people upon its launch, isn't so exciting anymore.
In a display of hypocrisy that seems like it could almost be taken directly out of a lyrical interpretation of a track from Metallica's own "...And Justice for All" album, the band's drummer and well-known music piracy combatant, Lars Ulrich, has now said that he doesn't care if Metallica's new album is pirated.
The next time U2 manager Paul McGuiness wants to rant about music piracy on the Internet, he may have to add his own boss to his list of targets.
When BuckCherry found out that their latest single had leaked on BitTorrent, they didn’t try to cover this up, or take the file down. No, instead, they issued a press release, where they stated: “Honestly, we hate it when this s*** happens, because we want our FANS to have any new songs first.”
