Two decades after its birth, the World Wide Web is in decline, as simpler, sleeker services — think apps — are less about the searching and more about the getting. Chris Anderson explains how this new paradigm reflects the inevitable course of capitalism.
A great interview with the CEO of the best online television guide: Clicker.com. You can find us on the site here.
Why rent the cow when you can borrow the milk for free? That seems to be the mindset of many Americans, as a new study claims that more DVDs are borrowed from libraries each day than are rented via Netflix, Redbox or Blockbuster.
Clicker is bringing new features to its video search and discovery engine, with the launch of social tools that will allow its users to “check in” and rate their favorite programs, make recommendations to other users and find out what their friends are watching, as well as mobile apps for accessing those tools on iPhone and Android devices.
The new service, called Ultraviolet, “would let consumers buy and access the material through smartphones, Web-connected televisions, tablet computers, PCs and game consoles.” They’re promising a single price for permanent access to movies and television programs across multiple platforms and devices. Of course, no one knows what that price will be … yet.
The rumor that Apple would be taking on the cable & satellite TV market is almost as old as the rumor that Apple might release an iPod with a phone in it. As with most Apple unveilings, they are usually preceded by a huge surge in rumors and leaks. Are we seeing that surge today?
Over at the VidCon 2010 conference, YouTube officially announced support for videos shot in 4K (a reference resolution of 4096 x 3072), which means that the famed online clip portal now supports resolutions from 360p to 4,096p.
More bad news for Blockbuster: the DVD rental firm announced yesterday that it will lose its place on the New York Stock Exchange next Wednesday, after it failed to get enough shareholder votes on proposals designed to help it comply with NYSE requirements.
For most who have been following the debate between Flash and HTML5 video, the reasons are nothing new; among other things, Harding cited the lack of a standard video format for HTML5, less-than-robust streaming technologies, a dearth of content protection and problems with creating embeddable and full-screen video.
Google’s victory in the $1 billion lawsuit between YouTube and Viacom can teach online service providers important lessons about compliance with U.S. copyright laws.
Rather than follow other Hollywood studios by restricting Redbox from offering new release DVDs until a month after they’re released, Paramount Pictures has decided to make its movies available on the same day and date that they’re available for sale.
Jeroen Wijering and Zachary Ozer over at LongTail Video break down the HTML5 Video hype.
