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Netflix retains lead in streaming video, YouTube in second

, May 14th 2013 Discuss [0]

With YouTube hitting over one billion monthly users back in March, one would assume that the streaming video website leads the way in the category, but it's actually Netflix that's number one in streaming video. Netflix has accounted for a third of all internet traffic for the past three years, and today's latest ratings keep the streak going. Read The Full Story

PLAiR device recollects Nexus Q laptop-to-TV video streaming

, Apr 24th 2013 Discuss [0]

It would appear that the lost product that was the Google Nexus Q is back again - though not created with the same technology, exactly, and certainly not manufactured by the same brand. What's appearing this week is a device by the name of PLAiR, made approximately the size of the palm of a human hand and attachable to the back of your television via its full-sized HDMI port (if your television was made in the past 10 years, you've got one). This device will allow users to play video from their laptop or smartphone wirelessly to the screen of their TV. Read The Full Story

Time Warner to bring out-of-home streaming to iOS live TV app

, Apr 16th 2013 Discuss [0]

Two years ago, Time Warner Cable released a live TV streaming app for the iPad, however, one caveat was that you could only stream live TV while inside of your home, and while connected to Time Warner's internet. Now Time Warner is looking to change that up, tomorrow, by updating its live TV streaming app for iOS devices that will let its customers stream live TV even if they're not at home. Read The Full Story

Netflix switching to HTML5 video from Silverlight

, Apr 15th 2013 Discuss [0]

When Microsoft announced that Silverlight would be coming to an end in 2021, it gave companies that utilize the video technology less than a decade to gravitate to an alternative. Perhaps the biggest and most prolific user of Silverlight is Netflix, which takes advantage of its "high-quality streaming experience" for Watch Instantly. Today the company announced that in light of Microsoft's announcement, it will be switching to HTML5 video. Read The Full Story

Roku hits 5 million players shipped milestone

, Apr 10th 2013 Discuss [0]

Roku, the nifty streaming video device that brings a variety of easily-accessible content to your television, just reached its newest milestone: the shipment of its 5 millionth device in the United States. The massively popular device is used to stream what has amounted to billions of hours of TV shows and movies, among other content. As part of its celebration, the company has released an infograph on the evolution of streamed television. Read The Full Story

Netflix app hits 720p on Windows Phone 8

, Apr 5th 2013 Discuss [0]

It's been far too long since Netflix was fullscreen on all Windows Phone devices - this week the app has been updated to include 720p displays for Windows Phone 8. As an added bonus, this update will work for not just Windows Phone 8, but Windows Phone 7.8 devices as well. As Microsoft's push for a fully-stocked app store continues, big names like Netflix kicks like this are a bit of a high-five on the way up. Read The Full Story

Spotify reportedly plans to add video on-demand service

, Mar 25th 2013 Discuss [0]

Spotify is looking to change things up by adding exclusive video on-demand (VOD) content to its list of services. It wants to compete with the likes of Netflix, Amazon, and HBO, all of which who have their own exclusive video series that help generate revenue and attract subscribers. Spotify hopes that by developing its own original video content or TV series, it can increase its profit margins. Read The Full Story

Vimeo on Demand lets content creators charge for videos

, Mar 12th 2013 Discuss [0]

Vimeo, one of the top video content sharing websites, is implementing a new feature today that will allow Vimeo users with Pro accounts to sell their videos to their audience. The feature is called "Vimeo on Demand", and content creators can choose whatever content they want to sell, whether its films, episodes, skits, anything for whatever price they want. The sellers are able to sell their content through Vimeo or their own personal website. Read The Full Story

Koozoo turns old smartphones into streaming web cams

, Mar 1st 2013 Discuss [0]

A new service called Koozoo has launched and promises to be the first platform dedicated to unlocking the potential of sharing live video of public places around the world. The service is able to do this using a new mobile application that runs on a network of smartphone video cameras. The idea is to create a crowd-sourced network of continuously broadcasted video that is streamed to the Internet via smartphones. Read The Full Story

Amazon and CBS adding additional Prime Instant Video content

, Feb 13th 2013 Discuss [0]

Amazon recently announced they would begin streaming Stephen King's Under The Dome, however it looks like that will not be the only CBS content coming for Prime subscribers. Coming by way of Amazon, we now have word of an expanded licensing agreement with CBS. Simply put, Prime subscribers will soon be getting quite a bit more CBS content. Read The Full Story

Super Bowl 2013 streaming video sources: a brief guide

, Feb 1st 2013 Discuss [0]

This Super Bowl Sunday you’re going to be working with slim pickings as far as choices for real live streams of the big game, but they do indeed exist. You can certainly go ahead and watch the game on your television with a regular ol’ cable connection, of course, and that will bring you the highest-definition delivery without a doubt. But if you’re all about the web and maybe even don’t have a massive television or cable to connect, the internet will be your friend all day long.

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Netflix Player stand-alone hardware revealed (and why you can’t have it)

, Jan 23rd 2013 Discuss [0]

This week we're coming into the understanding that Netflix has had and likely still has a working collection of stand-alone Roku-like devices in their warehouse collecting dust - and why they were cut from production at the zero hour back in 2007. This device was known as the Netflix Player and was outlined in a lovely video presentation made in-house by Netflix under the title "The Griffin Initiative". This project was, as its creators recall, just "weeks" away from launch when it was cut down to the ground by Netflix CEO Reed Hastings. Read The Full Story
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