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Keep on posting latest fresh news regarding intricate online video and web TV stories, reviews and articles that make our life regular, interesting and informative. By way of news I’ll make you a real video geek and open your eyes on popular internet TV & video niches. There’s been a lot of news over the last week:
MySpace Bullshits on “User”-Created Movie. “For a movie being billed as the first user-generated feature film, “users” have little to do with the production of Faintheart. The lead roles will be played by professional actors, while the script was already written and was first developed by the independent production company Slingshot Studios.
Opinions on Hulu.com. Hulu.com, a joint venture between NBC Universal and News Corp., launched with many episodes of hit NBC and Fox shows and a small sampling of movies, all with one-quarter the commercial minutes of regular TV, writes latimes.com. Hulu is easier on the viewer than television-like Web services such as Joost and Veoh because it works in any Web browser without any software downloads.
- “I really am impressed that NBC and Fox have been aggressive enough to permit this super-distribution of their copyrighted content,” said analyst Phil Leigh of Inside Digital Media. “I had assumed the networks would be slow to adapt.”
- According to dmwmedia, HULU also has something YouTube lacks: With so much television-based content, expect no shortage of references to the site, constantly reminding you it’s there.
Metacafe Launches ”Director’s Cut” Channel. Metacafe launches its new “Director’s
Cut” channel. Now live at Metacafe, the channel showcases short videos made for the interactive Internet medium that honor the art of storytelling and the craft of filmmaking. Adobe Systems is the current sponsor of “Director’s Cut” and provides information about Adobe Creative Suite 3 Production Premium software.
TV Worldwide Launched Internet TV Channel VON TV. Worldwide showcased the channel during webcast coverage of the Fall VON Show in Boston, October 29 - November 1 including extensive coverage of the show’s Video on the Net conference. The new VON TV channel will host live and taped webcasts, archived event footage and other IP industry video programming.
Men also avid players of casual video games: study. Men are just as likely as women to play casual video games, but they’re less likely to admit it, according to an industry report that shatters a widely held industry belief that such games appeal mainly to women.
Sony Predicts Larger Game Loss in Second Half of Year. Sony, which originally predicted a 50 million yen loss for Q3 and Q4, has now upped that figure to over 100 billion yen. Sony remains optimistic about the year however, predicting an overall profit for fiscal 2007 with TV, computer and digital camera sales recouping the losses suffered from the PlayStation division.
Reel Life: 5 Stories Hollywood Fudged in the Movies. They say art imitates life, but sometimes the facts get screwed up. And in Hollywood, truth inevitably takes a back seat to drama. Here are a few examples.
Top Ten (10) Military Movies of All Time. The first place share Full Metal Jacket, Tora Tora Tora, Master and Commander, A Bridge Too Far and Letters from Iwo Jima. Most of the winners are the old, so to say classical movies.
NBC v. Apple. The fun continues in the public debate between NBC and Apple. More revenues? NBC wanted to experiment with a $2.99 show for one series instead of $1.99. NBC’s new HULU project (free but with ads) will demonstrate its value in practice. NBC Universal also wants iTunes to stiffen anti-piracy provisions so computer users would not have easy
access to illegal downloads.
- “I think there is a general perception in the industry that we need to get tough with Apple and break the lock they have on the consumer market,” Castle said. “I think what’s happening is that there is a general gestalt of ‘Apple is a pain in the (butt) so let’s help some other companies out. Let’s do something to build up a retailer other than Apple.”
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