New York – Viacom’s (NYSE: VIA) MTV Networks has announced plans to make every episode of its Comedy Central network’s “South Park” animated series available online for free streaming, Reuters reports.
Comedy Central recently also put the majority of the segments from its “Daily Show” series online, and the company said that, if anything, it has seen [...]
I have been writing about Vimeo on this blog during the past month. Mashable is publishing he following news about the departure of Jakob Lodwich:
Founder of and public face on Vimeo Jakob Lodwick has announced on his blog that he’s leaving IAC/Connected Ventures/College Humor. The announcement, which was accompanied by what can only be described [...]
While some of the hoopla surrounding Molson’s Facebook debacle was warranted – it also seemed to showcase that companies are looking at new and inventive ways of using social media for marketing as opposed to the traditional mass media approach. To this end Veritas Communications has just published a survey of Canadian citizens and business leaders [...]
TechCrunch report:
British TV networks the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 will launch a new joint online TV on-demand service that will provide a one-stop shop of content from all channels.
Shows available will include locally produced content and possibly US and other non-British content as well. Like existing online offerings from the networks it is presumed that [...]
C21 Media report:
Joost CEO Mike Volpi has added his name to C21′s FutureMedia 2007 keynote speaker line-up, joining the BBC, Bebo and MySpace at what promises to be a definitive digital media event on December 13 at BAFTA.
One of the most prolific drivers of digital media, Volpi (left) confirmed his participation at the London event as [...]
Engadget just reported that Apple applied for a patent on improved multi-touch display. The new technology being patented will, among other things, allow for simultaneous tracking of “multiple finger and palm contacts” which, according to the patent, should allow for “unprecedented integration of typing, resting, pointing, scrolling, 3D manipulation, and handwriting.”
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No matter what service you pick, you won’t find everything you want, thanks in part to corporate hang-ups and in part to the primitiveness of these early stages. They’re maddeningly incomplete, like a crappy library in a rural town. Joost is probably your best bet in terms of quantity and quality, with Miro working better [...]
Backchannelmedia’s patent pending technologies link the TV and Internet platforms leveraging existing technologies already deployed in a significant portion of American homes. The Backchannelmedia solution employs the TV remote control, which enables a consumer to opt-in and ‘click through’ from TV and access deeper content and advertiser information from the consumer’s favorite Internet web sites. This [...]
The Coca-Cola Company’s European team announced that it has released the first commercial widget for Joost™ , the world’s first broadcast-quality Internet television service.
The widget, called Coke Bubbles, allows people to personalize and share specific moments from Joost with their friends. When the Coke Bubbles widget is installed in Joost, people can comment about specific scenes [...]
DivX has acquired MainConcept AG, a leading provider of H.264 and other high-quality video technologies for the broadcast, film, consumer electronics and computer software markets.
The acquisition is a stock and cash transaction valued at approximately $22 million with additional payments of up to approximately $6 million upon the achievement by MainConcept of certain product development goals [...]