Silicon Alley Insider:
The Adconion Media Group today announced that it has acquired Joost -- or at least Joost's assets. In 2007, Joost was supposed to be the future of TV on the Web.The company, started by the Skype founders, raised a ton of cash but never gained traction with consumers, probably because it depended on a clunky desktop client.R (Read More)
Mashable!:
YouTube and the web have provided a new and powerful medium for video and TV commercials. The great ones can go viral, resulting in millions upon millions of views. MSI’s Acrobuttocks commercial, Microsoft’s MEGAWOOSH and Windows 7 ads, and Evian’s Roller Babies immediately come to mind.Out of the thousands of commercials (Read More)
Mashable!:
Hulu houses one of the most extensive legal video content libraries on the web. Backed equally by Disney, NBC Universal, and Fox and with plenty of content partnerships with other studios and providers, US-based users have access to thousands of episodes of TV shows and movies, plus even more clips.Although Hulu’s search fu (Read More)
Gizmodo:
When Roku released their new HD-XR box, they mentioned that big new features would be launched in the coming weeks via software update. Now the Roku Channel Store is finally here, but it's awfully short on excitement. The Roku Channel Store is an open platform for delivering content to Roku boxes beyond the already-integrat (Read More)
Mashable!:
The finals of our annual Open Web Awards are hotly contested, with 170,000+ votes cast since Wednesday. Among the most active categories: the top videos and channels on YouTube.Popular YouTube channel CardGamesFTW has a strategy to help it beat out the competition: turtles. At least, a humorous clip linking turtles, Faceb (Read More)
Mashable!:
The Open Web Awards: Social Media Edition, our annual contest highlighting the very best the web has to offer, is entering its final round. The 70,000+ nominees have been narrowed down to just 5 finalists per category, and you have from now until December 15th to pick the winners.By popular demand, here is the full list of (Read More)
Mashable!:
It’s almost time for Thanksgiving, and that means family traditions. But what if your family doesn’t really have any, or you simply want to start your own new ones? This might be the year where it’s your turn to up the heat and put together a Thanksgiving feast. With social media and the web, we’re lucky to have everything (Read More)
Mashable!:
The trend is simple and clear: video is moving more and more onto the web. Online video sites are growing, more and more TV shows are appearing on Hulu, movies now have their own destination site, and live streaming is booming with red carpet events and celebrity streams (the New Moon Premiere alone broke records).So maybe (Read More)
Silicon Alley Insider:
Flip is adding a larger screen, and WiFi, to its camcorders reports Pocket-lint.It's a smart move. Now Flip users will be able to upload their videos straight from the camera to the web, just like the iPhone 3GS, and Droid.Read the rest of this story »See Also:Check Out Flip's New TV Box (CSCO)The Droid Is Another Nail In F (Read More)
TechCrunch:
I don’t know about you, but I have a male geek crush on Cooliris, the startup behind this splendid technology that enables users to browse photos and videos from the Web, their desktops or their iPhone devices in a visually attractive 3D manner that one really has to try to get a feel of how amazing that can be.Publishers a (Read More)
All Things Digital:
By Scott Austin, Reporter, The Wall Street JournalI remember my brother showing off a new device in the late 1990s that let him navigate the Internet on the television. Back then, there were no dogs riding skateboards on YouTube or NBC dramas on Hulu, but the technology from WebTV appeared to be a breakthrough in the conver (Read More)
TechCrunch:
If you’re on the hunt for a new job, check out our CrunchBoard. We’ve added nearly 50 new jobs from leading internet businesses in the last two weeks, including two jobs here at TechCrunch. Here’s a quick sample:Conferences & Events ProducerTechCrunch – Palo Alto, CAVP, MarketingEventbrite – San Francisco, CANetwork Engin (Read More)
Gizmodo:
It's been over a year since we last heard from Sezmi—the company that promises to deliver a complete internet and broadcast entertainment solution through one set-top-box—but new developments indicate that this project alive, well, and on the way. In case you forgot, Sezmi plans to roll up live broadcast and cable TV along (Read More)
TechCrunch:
YouTube has just announced that it has partnered with Univision, the United States’ most popular Spanish language network, to bring a selection of its content to the world’s most popular video site. The agreement includes rights both to short clips and full length content.Videos will be drawn from the Univision network, Te (Read More)
Mashable!:
Welcome, music fans! Today marks another installment of Free Music Monday for your listening pleasure. We’re celebrating the #musicmonday tradition on Twitter with 10 tracks, albums, or playlists from around the web. Last week we ran a special hip-hop edition, and this week celebrates creative covers, remixes, and mashups.W (Read More)