Verizon FiOS doubles down on speed with new 300 Mbps broadband service

May 30, 2012 6:54 PM Ricardo Bilton
Ricardo Bilton

Data hogs, meet your Holy Grail.

Verizon is adding a major new option for its high-speed FiOS fiber customers: a 300 megabits-per-second data service for households with heavy Internet habits. Using the new level, customers can download a 1.5-gigabyte file …

Xbox Live finally gets an Amazon Instant Video app

May 29, 2012 10:48 AM Tom Cheredar
Tom Cheredar

Amazon will now offer its streaming Instant Video service to Xbox 360 owners via a brand new app that was released today.

The move will make all streaming purchases, rentals, and free Prime videos available through the popular gaming console. …

Verizon’s Viewdini lets you watch Netflix, Comcast, & Hulu videos from a single app

May 22, 2012 8:13 AM Tom Cheredar
Tom Cheredar

Verizon is launching a new video search platform called Viewdini that will aggregate videos from a variety of different services for use on mobile devices, the company’s CEO Dan Mead said during a panel today at The Cable Show event.…

Twitvid buys music video curation site Cull TV for its rockin’ tech

May 15, 2012 1:48 PM Tom Cheredar
Tom Cheredar

Cull TV, a site that features curated playlists of music videos from indie artists, has been acquired by social video network Twitvid, the companies announced today.

Cull TV is sort of what the internet version of Mtv would probably look …

Netflix brings Fox TV shows and movies to Latin America

May 9, 2012 2:47 PM Tom Cheredar
Tom Cheredar

Netflix has reached an agreement with Twentieth Century Fox that will bring a ton of popular TV shows and movies to subscribers in Latin America, the company announced today.

The move is part of Netflix’s effort to drive its streaming …

Comcast customers finally score access to ESPN’s live streaming service

May 8, 2012 9:37 AM Tom Cheredar
Tom Cheredar

Comcast is finally letting Xfinity TV subscribers get access to ESPN’s live streaming sports service, WatchESPN.

The cable and Internet service giant announced today that its customers can now log into the WatchESPN iOS app using their Xfinity ID to …

Amazon is developing its own lineup of original TV shows to battle Netflix, Hulu

May 2, 2012 10:03 AM Tom Cheredar
Tom Cheredar

Not satisfied with its already extensive library of old TV shows via its Prime streaming video service, Amazon is now planning to develop its own lineup of original children’s shows and sitcoms, the company announced today.

Amazon is the latest …

Dailymotion adds Flattr’s crowdfunding button to original videos

May 2, 2012 5:43 AM Tom Cheredar
Tom Cheredar

Creators wishing to distribute their video content online for consumption by the masses have plenty of services to choose from, but the same isn’t always true for getting compensated for the work. Fortunately, web video site Dailymotion thinks its found …

Vimeo’s Festival + Awards reveals how it is intensely embracing past and future

April 26, 2012 3:33 PM Sean Ludwig
Sean Ludwig

Popular video-sharing site Vimeo is entering a new era. Already this year, a new CEO has taken the reins, the company has drastically redesigned its main site, and it has launched a wide array of mobile apps to bring more …

Redux steps into video distribution, teams up with Humble Bundle for Czech film “Kooky”

April 26, 2012 10:00 AM Devindra Hardawar
Devindra Hardawar

Redux is aiming to move beyond the realm of web video aggregation with its new video distribution platform, which will allow artists to directly sell video on the web. The company has teamed up with Humble Bundle, the folks behind …

AOL starts building its own TV network with newly launched video site ‘AOL On’

April 25, 2012 4:30 AM Tom Cheredar
Tom Cheredar

We’ve known for a while now that AOL has aspirations of transforming its media empire into a fully fledged TV network built for the web. It announced a new live streaming video channel for the HuffingtonPost web publication back in …

NimbleTV aims to succeed where Comcast and Time Warner failed with a TV anywhere platform

April 23, 2012 4:27 AM Ben Popper
Ben Popper

 

Earlier this year we reported quite a bit on Aereo, a New York startup that offers customers the ability to watch network TV (the free stuff you get over rabbit ears) on any internet-connected device. It is now embroiled …

Hulu adds four more original series to its lineup

April 19, 2012 1:42 PM Tom Cheredar
Tom Cheredar

After announcing record growth earlier this week, Hulu shed some details about the slate of original series heading to the streaming video service.

Hulu’s current lineup of original programing includes scripted comedy Battleground, Morgan Spurlock’s A Day in the …

Netflix gets it: Arrested Development’s 10 new episodes to premiere at the same time

April 18, 2012 1:32 PM Tom Cheredar
Tom Cheredar

Arrested Development fans have another reason to love Netflix. Actually, they have about 10 reasons, to be exact.

Netflix first won fans over back in November when it announced it was producing 10 new Arrested Development episodes for its streaming …

Netflix’s Reed Hastings takes a swing at Comcast in the name of net neutrality

April 16, 2012 8:03 AM Tom Cheredar
Tom Cheredar

Netflix head honcho Reed Hastings isn’t one to keep quiet when he thinks his company isn’t getting a fair shake against the competition. But unlike most CEOs who use official channels like press releases or company blogs, Hastings doesn’t hesitate …

Ooyala boosts viewer engagement 4X with new, personalized, video discovery tools

April 13, 2012 5:48 AM Ben Popper
Ben Popper

If you’ve been by the websites of big names like ESPN, Rolling Stone or Victoria’s Secret (not guilty) then you’ve probably watched video powered by Ooyala’s white label service. Today the company is rolling out a new set of tools …

Tablets a TV friend: 85 percent of tablet owners use the device while watching shows

April 11, 2012 10:39 AM Meghan Kelly
Meghan Kelly

The tablet’s ability to deliver content has been considered a threat to PC and cable companies, but new data shows 85 percent of people using their tablets while watching the television, according to a report by Forrester.

The tablet is …

Xfinity customers are finally getting HBO Go on the Xbox

April 6, 2012 4:54 PM Sarah Mitroff
Sarah Mitroff

Earlier this week, Comcast was rumored to be in discussions about letting its subscribers finally access HBO Go on the Xbox. Friday, the company made it official, saying that “early next week” Comcast subscribers can watch their favorite HBO shows …

Reed Hastings & Comcast’s 22M subscribers may gain access to Xbox HBO Go app

April 4, 2012 4:03 PM Tom Cheredar
Tom Cheredar

Comcast is finalizing a deal to make the HBO Go Xbox app available to its 22.3 million customers, reports the New York Times.

That means Comcast customers will be able to watch new episodes of Game of Thrones anytime they …

PlayStation one-ups Xbox with new Amazon Instant Video app

April 3, 2012 12:50 PM Tom Cheredar
Tom Cheredar

Online retail giant Amazon has launched a new streaming video app for Sony’s PlayStation 3 game console, the company announced today.

As part of the agreement between Sony and Amazon, the Amazon Instant Video App will be prominently featured on …