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NEWS ABOUT: streaming content

streaming content stories: 13 news summaries

 U2 to Stream 
 Concert on YouTube 

Sunday's show will stream live, for free

Oct 20, 09 4:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - U2 will offer a video stream of a live concert for free on YouTube this Sunday. The stream of the sold-out show at the Pasadena Rose Bowl in California will be available in 16 countries, including the US, Brazil, Israel, and Australia. U2 has "wanted to do something like... More »

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music • YouTube • Bono • concert • streaming media • streaming content

 5 Sites Keeping You 
 Tuned Into Online Music 

Streaming music gets a foothold among listeners

Jul 23, 09 1:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - The wide world of online music now offers a range of ways to stream your tunes, from pay sites to musical social-networking services. It’s hard to tell which will stick around, but experts say they may help save the music industry, CNN reports. A sampling:
  • Napster: It’s
... More »

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entertainment • music • Internet • music industry • online music • Kazaa • Napster • Pandora • Imeem • eMusic • streaming media • streaming content • Jay-ZTV • The Hype Machine

Pirate Bay Launches New YouTube Clone

VideoBay streams content, without that pesky copyright stuff

Jun 30, 09 8:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - If YouTube's limits on copyrighted material have exhausted you, the Swedish hackers who call themselves Pirate Bay have a solution: VideoBay, a new streaming video site that's utterly indifferent to intellectual property laws. The new service, rolled out just as Pirate Bay was sold to a Swedish software company that... More »

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YouTube • Web 2.0 • video • hackers • digital video • The Pirate Bay • streaming content

(Newser) - The founder of IMDb said he hopes to someday offer users one-click streaming of the 1.3 million movies and TV shows the site indexes, CNET reports. Significant hurdles remain—particularly obtaining rights from so many different owners—but full streaming is a “major goal” of the company beginning... More »

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film • IMDB • streaming movies • movies • streaming content

And Now,
a Tune From
Our Sponsor

MySpace Music enlists advertisers to enable free downloads

Sep 15, 08 3:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - The soon-to-launch MySpace Music service will consist mostly of sponsored streaming and downloads, Wired reports. MySpace will likely not start up its own pay-download service, along the lines of iTunes, instead maintaining its partnership with Amazon’s online store. Critics worry MySpace’s rather thin roster of major-label partnerships will... More »

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social networking • music downloads • iTunes Store • Internet advertising • music label • streaming content • corporate sponsorship • MySpace Music

OPINION

Amazon's On-Demand Video Good, Not Great: Mossberg

Streaming service works well; selection could be better

Sep 11, 08 1:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Amazon’s new Video on Demand service works well, Walter Mossberg writes in the Wall Street Journal, although the selection of titles could be better. The service allows users to individually purchase movies and TV to stream, with most rentals lasting 24 hours. The videos are stored on an Amazon... More »

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television • Internet • Walt Mossberg • iTunes • video on demand • Netflix • iTunes Store • Hulu • streaming content • Amazon.com • Amazon

 Online Olympics
 Viewing Shatters Records

But TV's still tops, NBC says

Aug 25, 08 6:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Internet played an unprecedented role in Olympics viewing this year, with NBCOlympics.com and Yahoo leading the online-coverage pack, the New York Times reports. With 1.2 billion page hits and 72 million video streams, NBC more than doubled its Web traffic from the past two Olympics combined. The... More »

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Yahoo • NBC • 2008 Beijing Olympics • online videos • streaming content

ANALYSIS

Amazon's New Video Service Part Netflix, Part YouTube

Movies, TV shows will stream directly computer, no huge download required

Jul 17, 08 5:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Amazon entered the streaming video tangle today with Amazon Video on Demand, a service that resembles Netflix and Hulu far more than the company’s Unbox service, Ars Technica notes. While Unbox functioned on a principle similar to the iTunes Store, Amazon Video will stream movies and TV shows directly... More »

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YouTube • Web 2.0 • Netflix • iTunes Store • Hulu • streaming content • Amazon.com • Unbox

GADGETS

 Not Just iPhone—iRadio! 

The new gadget supports AOL Radio's new app, for free

Jun 13, 08 9:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Apple’s new iPhone will provide free, CD-quality radio from 200 stations in 25 genres—even if that does cut into iTunes' music business, Saul Hansell blogs in the New York Times. But Apple knows that it will "fare best if it makes the iPhone as useful as possible,... More »

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radio • AOL • CBS • iPhone • Apple • AT&T • iPhone applications • streaming content

Disney Now
Offering Free
Movies Online

Ad-supported films
a new strategy
for company

Jun 11, 08 3:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Disney has launched a new internet service streaming full-length movies for free, CNET reports. The company will be offering one movie a week on its website, making it available for a few days after it's shown on ABC's Wonderful World of Disney. This week's offering is Finding Nemo. More »

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Walt Disney Co. • movie on demand • online videos • Disney • streaming movies • streaming content

Video Service Could Be Behind Amazon Glitches

Pending TV and movie streaming may be snarling system

Jun 10, 08 2:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Amazon's new digital video service could be behind the glitches that have been plaguing the site, reports the New York Times. The online retailer was knocked offline for two hours last week and suffered sporadic problems yesterday. Analysts believe the company may be rejigging its distribution system ahead of the... More »

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downloads • digital video • Jeff Bezos • video downloads • streaming content • Amazon.com

Amazon to Launch On-Demand Video Streaming

Service to rival Netflix will be up and running within weeks

May 29, 08 9:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Amazon plans to open the sluices for pay-per-view video streaming within weeks, Reuters reports. The Internet retail giant already rents videos for download via the Web but is enhancing its digital media service to better compete with rivals like Apple and Netflix. Amazon boss Jeff Bezos told a conference yesterday... More »

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online videos • AppleTV • Netflix • Jeff Bezos • streaming movies • streaming content • Amazon.com • Amazon

DirecTV to Get With Times, Add On-Demand

Satellite service will combine DVR, web streaming to deliver it

Mar 13, 08 2:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Challenged by cable and phone-company competitors, DirecTV will offer video-on-demand for the first time, a combination of DVR and broadband-connected content with significant limitations. Because the biggest satellite-TV provider doesn’t use terrestrial connections, it’s been long unable to offer instant play options. Its new plan will store some... More »

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DirecTV • Comcast • video on demand • DVR • satellite TV • streaming content

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