Recently added articles from The Online Reporter:
3 major studios to offer free HD movies on the Web.(Epix)
Jun 12, 2009 ... - But Only to Pay-TV Subscribers High-def prime-time movies are coming to the Net, free to consumers who subscribe to a pay-TV service's TV and broadband service. Called Epix, the service is in private beta tests with an official launch set for October. It'll start ...
Apple's got a brand new bag.
Jun 12, 2009 ... - Getting the Upper Hand on Palm - Better Phone, Better OS; US Prices Could Be Better - Lighter, Faster, Cheaper PCs, Software There was plenty of buzz going into Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference, with this year's theme something along the lines of ...
This week in content deals.(Table)
Jun 12, 2009 ... <Pre> This Week in Content Deals Companies Details Universal Music Group, Sony Universal Music Group added Sony Music Music Entertainment, Entertainment to its music video site YouTube VEVO. Ad-supported VEVO also ...
This week in finance deals.(Table)
Jun 12, 2009 ... <Pre> This Week in Finance Deals Companies Details beeTV, Innogest Personalized video service provider beeTV raised $8 million in a second round of funding led by investor ...
Comcast thumbs its nose at telcos, cuts price of 50 Mbps service.(BROADBAND BEAT)
Jun 12, 2009 ... - Will DOCSIS 3.0 Kill DSL? Comcast is substantially cutting the monthly rate of its 50 Mbps broadband service. The new rate drops from $139.95 to $99.95 if the subscriber also has Comcast Internet or phone service. Without one of the other two services, the subscriber pays ...
BT wants online services to pay for bandwidth usage.(BROADBAND BEAT)
Jun 12, 2009 ... British broadband service providers have complained for the last several years that the online video services, especially the government-mandated BBC, should pay them for the cost of the bandwidth that's needed to carry their videos. They always fail, not surprisingly, to say ...
Hong Kong's PCCW launches eye 2, a do-it-all wireless device.(HOME NETWORKING)
Jun 12, 2009 ... - TV, Camera, Music Player, Video Phone Hong Kong's largest quad-play service PCCW has selected France's Thomson to provide a Wi-Fi-enabled wireless device called "eye 2" that can be used at home to watch TV, listen to online and in-home stored music, look at digital pictures ...
AT&T testing Ruckus' version of Wi-Fi 'n'.(HOME NETWORKING)
Jun 12, 2009 ... AT&T is testing Ruckus Wireless' supercharged version of Wi-Fi as an alternative to HomePNA for delivering TV shows throughout the house, according to LightReading.com. The big appeal is that it's wireless and thus requires no on-site installation, what the industry calls truck rolls. ...
Online HD video gets new search.(INTERNET VIDEO COMES TO THE TV)(high definition)(Ashampoo ClipFinder HD)
Jun 12, 2009 ... The online video space is starting to get a bit cluttered, which is why search and sort services are popping up and will keep doing so for quite some time. The latest online video locator is Ashampoo ClipFinder HD. The service searches for videos through multiple sites--YouTube, ...
Univision wants telenovelas pulled from Web.(LEGAL MATTERS)
Jun 12, 2009 ... Unvision has long held the "most pirated TV network on YouTube" title thanks to a legal dispute between the company and Grupo Televisa, its partner in its popular telenovelas. Televisa promised the programming exclusively to Univision in the US, and now a judge must decide ...
RIAA finds lackluster US support.(LEGAL MATTERS)
Jun 12, 2009 ... At the end of 2008, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) announced that it would forgo lawsuits and work with ISPs on a graduated response to piracy, similar to many three-strike policies. We were told that partners would be announced within six weeks. Six months ...
Hadopi pulls a Houdini.(LEGAL MATTERS)(Brief article)
Jun 12, 2009 ... It looks like in France, at least, the fundamental human rights now rank: liberty, equality, fraternity, Wi-Fi. The French Hadopi legislation was passed last month and included the infamous three-strikes policy for cutting Internet connections. However, France's constitutional ...
Peers suing the RIAA.(LEGAL MATTERS)
Jun 12, 2009 ... Two attorneys who have represented a number of accused Net pirates are planning a class-action lawsuit against the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) to recover the $100 million the RIAA "stole" from the peer-to-peer users they have sued. Harvard Law professor ...
Credit Suisse: TV networks lose money with online shows.(LIES, DAMN LIES AND STATISTICS)
Jun 12, 2009 ... - But What's Their Other Choice? Traditional TV networks are likely to lose ad revenue by distributing TV shows on Hulu, YouTube and other Internet video sites, according to a report from Credit Suisse. It attributes this to the fact that the shows on Hulu and other ...
Piracy in UK hits new high.(LIES, DAMN LIES AND STATISTICS)
Jun 12, 2009 ... Illegal downloading is at an all-time high in the UK and it's costing the economy and media owners [pounds sterling]120 billion ($195 billion) a year, according to the government's Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property. It said its research shows that 7 million people in the ...
Explosive growth seen for paid mobile video services.(LIES, DAMN LIES AND STATISTICS)
Jun 12, 2009 ... The global number of users paying for mobile video services will increase five-fold from 2008 to 2014, hitting 534 million, many from emerging countries, according to a Pyramid Research report. Pyramid defines mobile video services as including paid video clips, music videos, TV ...
80% of European residences to have broadband by 2013.(LIES, DAMN LIES AND STATISTICS)
Jun 12, 2009 ... 80% of Western European residences will have broadband installed (not just access) by 2013, according to new report from Strategy Analytics. The study says there'll be 115 million subscribers by the end of 2009 and nearly 150 million by 2013. Some 61% of Western European ...
Google accounts for 40.7% of US online video views.(LIES, DAMN LIES AND STATISTICS)
Jun 12, 2009 ... The number of online videos viewed by US consumers in April increased 16% from March to 16.8 billion, according to a new report from the comScore Video Metrix service. The biggest jump was at YouTube. <Pre> US Online Video Views in April Sites...
Nielsen delves into digital music numbers.(LIES, DAMN LIES AND STATISTICS)
Jun 12, 2009 ... Nielsen recently gave its annual presentation at this year's NARM conference, showing some insights into digital music trends. The company predicts that half of all recording music unit purchases will be digital by the end of 2010, though it'll be 2011 before digital revenues ...
Ofcom: 20% of non Internet users will connect within 6 months.(LIES, DAMN LIES AND STATISTICS)(Office of Communications )
Jun 12, 2009 ... The number of homes that do not have an Internet connection is declining rapidly, according to a report from the UK's Ofcom, which says one in five adults who do not now have Internet access at home are likely to sign up in the next six months. About 30% of UK adults do not have ...