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NEWS ABOUT: web video

web video stories: 12 news summaries
no free lunch

 Hulu Fees Likely in 2010 

News Corp. talks subscription model; paywall unlikely

Oct 23, 09 10:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - The days of free TV shows on Hulu are likely ending: A News Corp. exec says “it’s time to start getting paid for broadcast content online,” adding that “Hulu concurs with that.” Asked by Broadcasting & Cable what exactly that means, Chase Carey was... More »

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entertainment • television • Internet • NBC • online videos • Fox • Hulu • web video • News Corp • Chase Carey • paywall

(Newser) - Police have busted a Phoenix man they say posted a live feed of his rape of a woman on the Internet, reports the Arizona Republic. Suspect Jonathan Hock, 20, set up a web cam before assaulting an unconscious date in his home, according to investigators. The victim learned of the... More »

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Internet • crime • Arizona • rape • web video • sexual assault

(Newser) - Some in the technology world are questioning Microsoft’s decision to enable its new search engine, Bing, to display video on the site itself, the Telegraph reports. The new technology—not shared by Google and the like—allows for pornographic film to run on the search page should the searcher... More »

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Internet • Microsoft • pornography • search engine • web video • Bing

 YouTube Partners Carve Out Niche, Rake In Cash

Sharing ad revenue boosts income for YouTube and lets videomakers hone skills

Dec 11, 08 8:17 AM CST
(Newser) - YouTube's "partnership" deal with users is generating cash for both sides, the New York Times reports. Splitting ad revenues helps YouTube avoid the copyright kerfuffles that have hamstrung much of its moneymaking potential. Hundreds of partners are making thousands of dollars a month, the company says, allowing some self-made... More »

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Google • Internet • YouTube • advertising • user generated content • online advertising • video • web video

 Florida Teen 
 Kills Himself 
 on Web TV 
 as Viewers LOL 

Users egged on bodybuilder as he
swallowed pills

Nov 21, 08 3:11 AM CST
(Newser) - A Florida teenager broadcast his hours-long suicide on an internet video-streaming channel as viewers watched, reports Newteevee. After threatening to kill himself on Justin.tv, the teen was egged on by viewers as well as posters on a chat room he used. The young bodybuilder, 19, took a fatal overdose... More »

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Internet • suicide • suicide note • web video • teenager • streaming video • webcam

 Gmail Adds Voice, Video Chat 

Google becomes first of email's big 3 to integrate audio, video

Nov 12, 08 5:39 AM CST
(Newser) - Users of Google's Gmail service can now see and hear each other, the San Jose Mercury News reports. The company rolled out video and voice additions to the chat function in its Gmail interface yesterday, putting the world's third-biggest free email provider a step ahead of rivals Microsoft and Yahoo... More »

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Google • Internet • email • voice service • webmail • web video

New Site Lets Microbloggers Post Short Videos

'12 Seconds' aims to do for video what Twitter did for sentences: shorten

Jul 24, 08 5:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sick of spreading your message by text alone on sites such as Twitter, but not ready to actually talk to your friends face to face? Worry not: a new site, “12 Seconds,” allows you to post video updates from home or on your mobile device, Mashable reports. The... More »

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social networking • blogging • digital camera • web video • mobile devices • Twitter

Networks Aiming to Rein in RedLasso

Copyright showdown looms for video streaming site

May 21, 08 3:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Three of the big networks are trying to get a handle on video syndication website RedLasso, cNet reports. The site records and indexes clips from TV and radio shows, making it easy for bloggers to share and embed them. NBC, CBS and Fox News have issued a cease-and-desist letter ordering... More »

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television • NBC • blogging • online videos • copyright • TV networks • Fox • web video • copyright infringement • RedLasso

 More Than Ever 
 Like To Watch on Web 

US online video views hit 10B in February

Apr 16, 08 4:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - US Internet users watched 10 billion online videos in February, cNet reports, with statistics released by ComScore showing a 66% gain from February 2006. Unsurprisingly, Google’s video sites (chiefly YouTube) accounted for 35.4% of the 10 billion views, the largest portion for any one site. More »

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Google • YouTube • MySpace • online videos • TV networks • web video • News Corp • MySpace TV

Office Lunch, With a Side
of YouTube

White collars
snacking on web clips during their break

Jan 5, 08 5:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Byte is meeting bite in offices around the country as workers opt to stay in during their lunch breaks to watch web videos, the New York Times says. Websites are eating up the “video snacking” trend, developing net-exclusive content that’s targeted at the lunch crowd, and workers... More »

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web video • MyDamnChannel.com • video snacking • FunnyOrDie.com • CollegeHumor.com • political lunch

NetFlix Box Will Bring Web Movies to TV

DVD firm teams up with LG Electronics to make stream-to-set device

Jan 3, 08 4:24 AM CST
(Newser) - DVD rental company NetFlix is teaming up with LG Electronics to make a set-top box that will let customers stream movies from the web straight onto their TVs, Reuters reports. NetFlix hopes to have the device ready later this year. The deal looks set to make the crowded web video... More »

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television • Internet • Netflix • consumer electronics • web video • movies

Americans Turn to Web TV, And Advertisers Too

Madison Avenue product placements court cyber-audiences

Nov 16, 07 12:56 PM CST
(Newser) - As broadband Internet access becomes all-pervasive, more Americans are turning from the tube to YouTube—and Madison Avenue is taking notice. The New York Times looks at the advertising industry's foray into online television, eager to get their products in front of the young, male, affluent audiences of Internet channels... More »

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television • YouTube • advertising • McDonald's • web video • Madison Avenue • Fantastic Two • Blip.TV • Blame Society • Internet advertising

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