Source: Steven Musil

Americans appear to be getting more comfortable watching videos online--and Google is the clear winner.

Internet users in the U.S. watched 12.7 billion online videos in November, an increase of 34 percent versus a year ago, according to numbers released Monday by market researcher ComScore.




Thanks to YouTube, Google Sites retained the crown as the top U.S. video property with nearly 5.1 billion videos viewed--or about 40 percent of all videos viewed online--with the video-sharing site accounting for more than 98 percent of Google's traffic. Fox Interactive Media was a distant second with 439 million videos watched (or 3.5 percent), followed by Viacom Digital with 325 million videos watched (2.6 percent).

The data also showed that 77 percent of all U.S. Internet users had viewed online videos in 2008, and that the average online video viewer watched 273 minutes of video.


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By Jacqueline Emigh, BetaNews

Fraught by competition from YouTube and Hulu, video start-up Joost is abandoning its P2P-enabled Windows and Mac client software in favor of a strictly Flash-based Web site for showing movies and TV.

Online video portal Joost has announced that, starting tomorrow, its Windows and Macintosh software clients will stop working.

Written by Liz Gannes

This has been the year TV networks finally embraced the web. As 2008 wraps up, nearly every broadcaster posts its shows online within half a day of first airing them on TV.

By Stuart Miller -- Multichannel News, 11/24/2008 9:42:00 AM

Live streaming of sporting events on the Internet is providing new opportunities for fans as well as networks, leagues, Internet providers and even advertisers. But the platform also faces some challenges, in terms of rights issues and differing business models.

All the main BBC television networks will be streamed online for the first time with the addition of the two main channels this week. Officially it is part of a 12-month trial, although it seems likely to become a permanent service.

By Liz Gannes
November 17, 2008: 02:34 PM ET


Some 76 percent of consumers watch video on their PC, says a new international study from IBM (IBM). That’s up 27 percent from last year, according to IBM’s second-annual survey of consumers in Australia, Germany, India, Japan, the UK and the U.S.

By Jessi Hempel, writer


Saturday Night Live isn't the only brand boosted by Tina Fey's Sarah Palin routines. If you're one of the millions who's watched those skits online within a week of their original broadcast, chances are you've seen them at Hulu.com.

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Wednesday, October 29, 2008
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MTV Networks/Geffen Records


Guns N' Roses' 'Welcome to the Jungle' music video on MTVMusic.com.
MTV's decided to fight fire with fire.

By Scott M. Fulton, III, BetaNews
Mod Note - Please Note Date of Article: April 9, 2008 [Older Beta News]

It could soon become one of the most ubiquitous examples of the AIR platform in popular use: Adobe today formally published its Adobe Media Player 1.0 software, which is designed to be both a delivery system and stand-alone console for Flash video, including high-resolution media.

During the product's beta period of almost exactly one year, it had already obtained official partners -- including CBS, MTV Networks, and NBC/Fox joint venture Hulu -- which began using the non-release version anyway as an alternate delivery platform for their shows. So the player was already receiving widespread attention even during a time when it wasn't exactly clear to partners what they should call the player.

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By NICK WINGFIELD

Kenny Johnson, a senior credit analyst for Fox Home Entertainment in Garden Grove, Calif., recently took a hard look at his finances -- and canceled his c-television subscription.

With a newborn child at home and growing household expenses, he says the decision saved him and his wife more than $40 a month -- or roughly the increase he is paying at the gas pump every month for his commute to work. The couple held onto their DSL Internet connection, which costs about $38 a month.

Now the Johnsons access most of their television shows online, through Web sites like Hulu.com, in addition to the free broadcasts they pick up over the airwaves. They also bought a set-top box that allows them to stream shows via Netflix.com to their television set, including episodes of NBC's "The Office" and Showtime's "Weeds."


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By Frank Rose

What's a hulu? In August 2007, this question ricocheted through the blogosphere to a chorus of derisive laughter. Fox and NBC were going to make the Internet safe for television! They were building a "YouTube killer"! And they were calling it Hulu! It was almost too perfect—an absurdist topper to the idea that two major broadcast networks could devise an Internet video service people would actually use.

By Nathesh - TMCnet Contributing Editor

Wi-Fi TV Inc has quoted research findings to say that Internet TV is gaining domination over traditional TV. It also has plans to expand its independent sales team by adding new recruits.

July 23, 2008 by David Mercer

Strategy Analytics’ latest forecasts show just how fast people are adopting connected TV devices. Our research indicates that, by the end of this year, consumers worldwide will own 186 million devices that allow TVs to access web content.

July 24, 2008: 07:56 AM EST

NEW YORK (Associated Press) - More than 50 popular American TV shows like "Lost" and "Grey's Anatomy" will air in Asia shortly after their U.S. debut under a deal between three Hollywood studios and a Singapore broadcaster.

»Joost Scales Back Until Broadband Speeds Up

By S.E. Kramer

hulu, the NBC Universal and FOX-owned website that offers ad-supported movies and network TV shows, launched to the public this week.

OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Zhone Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:ZHNE), a global provider of advanced communications equipment and a leading supplier for VoIP, IPTV, and Ethernet over copper and fiber access lines, today announced that, Telefónica del Sur S.A.

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Not content just being the world’s largest video search engine, technology spin-off Blinkx has set its sights on launching its own online TV service.

The London-based business, which is yet to declare a profit, hopes peer-to-peer streaming technology will enable Blinkx Broadband TV by March next year.

By Mike Snider, USA TODAY

Not long ago, TV fans searched in vain for their shows online. Now, they often have several sites to choose from.