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Music blogs traffic in mainstream MP4 videos (Reuters)
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 00:12:48 GMT

Reuters - By now the practice has become old hat: an eagerly anticipated album gets distributed and devoured by MP3 bloggers before it ever hits stores. But when Columbia Records released Beyonce's "B'Day Anthology Video Album" on April 3, it marked a rare instance of a similar phenomenon happening with a music DVD.

YouTubers dramatize VT killer's plays (AP)
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 15:11:37 GMT

AP - It was inevitable that the online video world would offer its take on a crime glimpsed as it unfolded most dramatically via a cell phone camera, carried out by a student who put together a CD-ROM of his manifesto and mailed it to a TV news network.

Google streamlining YouTube video copyright claims (AFP)
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 22:07:43 GMT

AFP - Google said Thursday that it is building a tool for television and film studios to get copyrighted video clips quickly removed from its superstar website YouTube.

Sharing the YouTube fame (USATODAY.com)
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 12:22:09 GMT

USATODAY.com - YouTube.com is an early achiever: In just over two years, the video-sharing website has transformed next-door neighbors almost into celebrities. YouTube recently recognized some of its biggest stars. USA TODAY chats with four of the winners.

HP Performs A PC Desktop Makeover (TechWeb)
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 10:00:00 GMT

TechWeb - New Pavilion and Compaq lines include lower prices and digital entertainment packages.

Mobile Services for Work and Play (PC World)
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 08:00:00 GMT

PC World - Use your cell phone to view home videos, send voice mail to groups, and instantly share phone-camera photos.

Google Testing Tool To Protect Copyrights on YouTube (NewsFactor)
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 18:26:25 GMT

NewsFactor - Can Google and YouTube filter their way out of the $1 billion lawsuit filed by Viacom? That's a question that Google CEO Eric Schmidt hopes he'll be able to answer very soon.

Politicians fall behind in online race (Reuters)
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:12:10 GMT

Reuters - Politicians are lost deep in cyberspace, struggling to reach a new generation of tech-savvy voters through blogs, social networking sites and video-sharing.

What Could Kill Today's Top Tech Trends (PC Magazine)
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 23:00:15 GMT

PC Magazine - Users have fallen in love with online video. It's so easy to use, and it's free. But if nobody can figure out a way to generate income from it, this trend is dead.

So Long, TiVo; Hello DVR (PC Magazine)
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 23:00:09 GMT

PC Magazine - I felt wistful that my little daughter wouldn't get to use TiVo's kids-only programming menu, wield the peanut-shaped remote, or watch that little antennaed guy bobble down his slide. But then I turned on my HDTV.

Google knocks Viacom tactics in piracy suit (Reuters)
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 20:47:59 GMT

Reuters - Google Inc. is ready to introduce a copyright protection tool that helps media owners to automatically report acts of piracy on its YouTube video site, Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said on Tuesday.

Religious Web sites ape MySpace, YouTube (AP)
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 19:00:13 GMT

AP - In the name of MySpace, YouTube and the holy Internet, amen.

'Virtual Me' Bridges TV-Videogame Gap (NewsFactor)
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 16:25:57 GMT

NewsFactor - With your palms practically sweating, your virtual hand reaches out to smack the virtual button and take the deal on "Deal or No Deal." That's the way an online version of the hit TV game show might take place someday because of the deal announced Monday between Electronic Arts and Endemol to create "a new digital entertainment concept."

Shooting story spreads quickly on TV (AP)
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 01:34:48 GMT

AP - A student's shaky cell phone video with the sound of multiple gunshots provided the most riveting impression Monday as television networks rushed to cover the sickening massacre at Virginia Tech.

Microsoft, Adobe competition heats up (AP)
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 22:02:04 GMT

AP - It has not escaped Microsoft's attention that some of the coolest sites on the Web  YouTube and MySpace included  get much of their flash from Flash and other design programs sold by Adobe Systems Inc.

Comcast joins News Corp, NBC online venture (Reuters)
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 16:14:17 GMT

Reuters - Comcast Corp. on Monday said it would join the News Corp. and NBC Universal planned online video site as a distributor and content provider.

Nokia, Samsung agree on joint mobile TV standards (Reuters)
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 11:05:29 GMT

Reuters - Mobile handset firm Nokia (NOK1V.HE) said on Monday it had agreed to work with Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (005930.KS) to boost open standards in mobile television, based on its favored DVB-H technology.

AP: DirecTV to carry Tennis Channel (AP)
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 10:54:44 GMT

AP - The Tennis Channel will be carried by satellite provider DirecTV beginning this summer under a multiyear distribution agreement that was to be announced Monday.

Online marketplace for video and TV launched (Reuters)
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 09:53:56 GMT

Reuters - Jalipo, a new online distribution network for high-quality TV and video content that aims to act as an alternative to YouTube, launched on Monday with partners including BBC World and Al Jazeera English.

Adobe player frees viewers to watch video offline (Reuters)
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 05:02:32 GMT

Reuters - Adobe Systems Inc. unveiled on Sunday video-player software that lets consumers play back video online or offline, a move that could help reshape an acrimonious debate over video-sharing.