A recent article on BusinessWeek.com makes an interesting point: cable TV networks are gradually becoming more and more like video-based web sites. The fear is, of course, that if cable networks do not evolve, they will continue to lose ground to the popularity of Internet-based media sites such as YouTube and Hulu.
Cable TV Emulating the Internet
Netflix Brings Streaming TV to Macs - With Microsoft’s Help
The online film rental and streaming video company Netflix continues to expand. The company announced that it has extended its streaming TV and film service to Mac users, while noting that Mac customers would need to install a Microsoft software component in order to stream films and TV shows with the Netflix service.
CBS Brings Full Length Programs to YouTube
CBS has partnered with YouTube, the Google owned online video phenomenon, to broadcast some of the companies television shows online. The official announcement states that the selection of shows will be limited for the time being, but is expected to expand in the near future.
YouTube Reveals Video Analytics Tool
Ever since Google bought YouTube in 2006, the company has tried to improve upon the streaming video site’s winning formula. And so far, Google’s handling of YouTube has been successful, increasing the number of viewers using this site every day, and turning YouTube into a global cultural phenomenon.
Hulu: The YouTube Killer?
Last Wednesday saw the official launch of Hulu.com, a brand new video web site created by an odd partnership of NBC and Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. Hulu has been available in only a few markets for testing purposes since last October, but the new heavyweight streaming video site has already garnered 5 million members.
YouTube 2.0: Live Streaming Video?
There’s just no denying that YouTube has been a phenomenal success online. Although many members of the YouTube community feared that being bought out by Google back in 2006 would “ruin the YouTube experience,” by and large, Google has been good for YouTube, and the online video site has continued to flourish.
Upload a Video: Go to Jail
People will upload anything to YouTube. From the most mundane (read: boring) daily activities, to artistic and sublime studies of the human condition. But among all the high school students on YouTube posting videos about how much they love American Idol (or whatever), you will also find hardened criminals taunting victims and police.
Unique Video Sharing Sites to Check Out!
There are practically thousands of video sharing websites to choose from. Each of them has their own good and bad, but all of them have something different to offer. There may be sites that practically copy the domain name of popular video sites but they offer different types of videos. If you’re on the lookout for another video sharing site for whatever reason, here are some sites that you can check out. You might see the next big internet star in some of these sites.
The Latest Copyright War - Is YouTube Doomed Like Napster?
If you’ve ever used the Internet before, the chances are you have been to YouTube.com or received one of their many videos in your e-mail inbox. YouTube is one of the greatest success stories of Internet entrepreneurship. It was founded in February of 2005, received funding from Sequoia Capital later that year and launched by the end of the year. Within a year after its launch, YouTube was basically a household name. In November of 2006, less than a year after its launch, YouTube was purchased in one of the most talked about acquisitions ever for a whopping $1.65 billion. YouTube CEO Chad Hurley said, “By joining forces with Google, we can benefit from its global reach and technology leadership to deliver a more comprehensive entertainment experience for our users and to create new opportunities for our partners. I’m confident that with this partnership we’ll have the flexibility and resources needed to pursue our goal of building the next-generation platform for serving media worldwide.”
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