Video on Demand (VOD)

Brightcove is announcing the beta version of its Brightcove 3 platform.

As both broadcast and cable networks ramp up their online video efforts, they're finding it's important to own that technology in order to give advertisers what they want: better reporting and targeting data.

Three computer scientists from the University of Washington who set out to study how people use peer-to-peer networks got some unexpected results--hundreds of takedown notices accusing them of infringing the copyright to books, movies and TV shows like "Harry Potter" and "Battlestar Galactica."

Every publisher still has its own video player implementation. On top of that, there’s a variety of downloaded players that support both streaming content and locally played content.

While Many Have Rung Its Death Knell, the Pendulum Is Swinging Back to TV.

It's still unclear if the digital home will be a consumer-controlled environment or a carrier-controlled one.

USTelematics is skipping the satellites that KVH Industries and Sirius Backseat TV rely upon and betting on WiMax wireless technology to bring TV to your car. It will deliver IPTV to its Voyager in-car entertainment systems and has announced a "mobilecast" program called 4VDO that will deliver broadcast and video programming.

Disney-ABC Television Group will begin conducting research next week on inserting multiple commercials into ad breaks for prime-time series on its broadband player.

The industry standard for streaming full-length episodes restricts commercial pods to a single marketer. "Limited commercials" has been a selling point for all platforms that provide longform programming

BEVERLY HILLS, CA--(Marketwire - May 2, 2008) - OVGuide.com, the Internet's most comprehensive guide to online video sites, including TV shows, movies, user-generated content and video games, today issued its April online video alert, identifying the most popular movie and television destinations, video genres and search terms.

Americans pile DVD players, video game machines, surround sound amplifiers, TiVo recorders, and cable or satellite boxes under their televisions, but there is only so much space to stack them. (And there are only so many remote controls that people will tolerate). The company that can combine many of those services into one single box can control the living room, and reap the financial rewards.