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Due to Microsoft’s confirmation that support for its Silverlight plugin will end and the rise of plugin-free browsers, Netflix will eventually need to stream to PCs using something other than the tech it’s had in place since 2008. The company has already implemented one example of the technology for Samsung’s ARM Chromebooks, and plans to Continue Reading →

Google, we have to talk about your sense of timing. You’ve just streamed Coachella’s first weekend on YouTube, and now you update the YouTube app for iOS to support live video? Better late than never, we suppose. Thankfully, there’s a pair of extra features in the bargain, including the ability to queue multiple videos for Continue Reading →

Now that Twitter has very tentatively launched Music integration, Bloomberg is reporting its next media target is TV. According to unnamed sources, Twitter is “close” to cutting deals to integrate video clips into the timeline, and sell advertising next to them. As we’ve seen with the new Cards it revealed earlier this month, bringing in Continue Reading →

Google is well known for celebrating both high-profile and obscure anniversaries (Bernardo Alberto Houssay’s 126th Birthday, anyone?) and it seems that its YouTube division is no different. The 57th anniversary of the first video cassette recorder is being celebrated today with a VHS tape icon in the bottom-right corner of videos hosted by the service. Continue Reading →

Netflix is more popular than cable, according to an analyst at BTIG Research. Netflix CEO Reed Hastings posted a public Facebook update touting that over the last three months, viewers watched more than 4 billion hours on Netflix. BTIG Research’s Richard Greenfield crunched the numbers using facts from previous statements from Hastings and came to Continue Reading →

  In today’s modern poly-device lifestyle, consumers shift seamlessly across phones, computers, televisions and tablets, devouring rich media content wherever they are. This hyper-connected culture has spawned a new breed of consumer who expects high-quality entertainment on-demand – and at lightning-fast speed. Despite consumers’ voracious appetites for such content, the ability to capture video with Continue Reading →

Anticipation reached Apple-like levels head of Samsung’s Galaxy S4 unveiling last month, and one feature in particular generated a good amount of hype. Though early reports incorrectly stated that “Smart Pause” utilized eye-tracking to automatically pause media when a user looked away from his or her phone, the new feature still achieved the same result Continue Reading →

Usually when customer info is snatched up by a ne’er-do-well, it’s done digitally. Video streaming service Vudu, however, was the victim of an old fashioned burglary on March 24th of this year when someone broke into its offices and stole hard drives with customer data on them. According to an e-mail sent out to users Continue Reading →

According to Reuters, Peter Chernin, ex-President of News Corp has bid $500 million for Hulu, the online video streaming giant. The timing of the offer isn’t surprising, as Hulu has been shopping for a buyer, but the amount is. As TNW reported recently: “Any company looking to build their profile in video content across platforms Continue Reading →

Rdio streaming music subscribers with Unlimited accounts will get access to new video service from the company called, appropriately, Vdio. (It had previously been in a closed beta.) It’s a rental and purchasing platform—not a subscription service—but it incorporates the social and content discovery features you’ve been missing for eons from basically every other video Continue Reading →