Last week, a US court heard that YouTube "hoped" to have its long awaited copyrighted content filtering system by September, according to an Associated Press report. The key questions are will Google once again fudge its self imposed deadline and, more importantly, could YouTube survive with such a system in place.
Yahoo is saying goodbye to its Musicmatch Jukebox program, and in a move highly reminiscent of its ongoing Yahoo Photos shut-down is migrating users to Yahoo Music Jukebox. The company says it has discontinued distribution of the program, and as of August 31, it "will no longer be offering Musicmatch services (On Demand, Radio Gold, Music Store) to existing subscribers."
A video posted to YouTube in April offers a primer on how to use Google to pilfer music and video files in less time than it takes to download them from a peer-to-peer service.
"I'll be teaching you how to use Google as your own peer-to-peer network," said Jimmy Ruska, the 21-year-old who posted the video according to a report in The Financial Times.
It seems as though all of the hype over Joost has settled down, way down. In fact, it’s been a while since I’ve seen Joost in the news, until today. This week Joost and VH1 are expected to announce an unprecedented arrangement that may just give Joost a nice boost.
Facts about the Deal:
* VH1 will premier their entire season of a new series called “I Hate My 30s” exclusively on Joost.
* The show will start on Joost on July 16th
* This is 10 days ahead of the actual premier
The European Commission has launched its very own channel on YouTube to make its audiovisual content more widely available to the public.
EUTube contains video content ranging from documentaries covering the EU's activities and history to interviews with European commissioners. Issues such as climate change, energy and immigration will all be covered by the content available on the channel.
The BBC's on demand TV service, the BBC iPlayer, will launch to the public on 27 July, the corporation has revealed.
UK users will be able to download popular shows over the net seven days after broadcast to watch on their PC.
Later this year, the service will also be available via links from YouTube and could also appear on other websites such as MSN, Bebo, and Facebook.
This past month, I’ve been inundated with iMovies. From end of school year celebrations to sports season mashups, everytime I turn around someone is handing me a CD filled with cool editing. Here are 8 online tools that might have you directing your own box office smash:
Jumpcut: The most iMovie-like of the bunch, it’s flash-based interface lets you upload video, audio and stills and gives you features like transitions, effects, split and crop, and even import from Facebook or Flickr. No way to export video off site.
Steve Chen, co-founder of wildly popular video sharing Web site YouTube, said today consumers in many parts of the world will be able to access the site on mobile phones by next year.
Chen was speaking to hundreds of enthusiastic Web users at a forum on Internet developments in Taipei.
Commuters on subways or buses are likely to access videos of between 30 to 60 seconds each, while people travelling on longer train journeys would probably go for files of up to 10 minutes in length, he said.
Babelgum has pushed itself public yesterday. On the surface it looks very similar to its more famous competitor, Joost. Both are P2P IPTV applications that let you flip through channels and shows streamed to your computer. Both are backed by deep pockets and big names. In Joost’s corner, Skype and Kazaa veterans Niklas Zenstrom and Janus Friis with $45 million in financing. Babelgum was started by FASTWEB founder Silvio Scaglia with $13.2 million invested.
Yet while the market and pedigree may be similar, the execution in each case differs.
Right now, tinseltown is all agog over Johnny Depp's latest, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. But a different piracy saga may have a more lasting impact on the industry. By the end of May, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) will report to its member studios the results of tests of a dozen computerized video-fingerprinting systems. This technology is designed to identify pirated movies wherever they exist on the Internet, automating a job that is now done by staffers who look for infringing clips with their own eyes.
