Online video and its providers have definitely made their presence known to the television industry, and we’ve seen several shows from YouTube and/or Revision3 get picked up by cable channels for TV distribution.
This week on the Reel Web, we review the latest online video news and trends from the past week including, YouTube expanding it’s partner program to more video channels, Pinterest integrating video into their system, projected changes to the cable industry and more… YouTube Expands Its Partner Program To All Recently Youtube Announced that they ...
There’s only one more day until YouTube will automatically upgrade all channels to the new look and layout. So for this week’s Reel Web episode, we’ve got a helpful checklist to guide you through your YouTube channel upgrade
The Hollywood Reporter have cited a source that says Google has made some regulatory filings that look like a pre-cursor to a pay TV system and would see Google filing for “cable TV franchise licenses” in Kansas City (both MO and KA). So the way I see it is this, cable operators and MSOs are not going to be too happy with Google trying to muscle in on their territory and clogging their bandwidth with great video content.
More consumers are relying on broadband-only connections in their homes, but that doesn't necessarily mean they're cutting the cord. Nielsen's latest three-screen report reveals that there are now 5.1 million broadcast only/broadband homes in the United States, up 23% from last year.
Alexei Oreskovic of Reuters reports that “roughly 60 hours of video is now uploaded to YouTube every minute.”
Google TV looks to be on the verge of creating an app marketplace specifically for video channels much like Boxee and Roku have. In a recently updated patent (20110321072) they describe a system that, "...allows content providers to create channels of video content and make them available to users in a marketplace. Users can search or browse for channels of interest, and selectively subscribe to channels." So it's pretty much an app marketplace specifically for content channels it seems
One of the biggest stories of 2011 is what the future of television will look like as service providers, consumer electronics manufacturers and content aggregators all jockey for the prime position in your living room. One company seeking to help consumers "cut the cord" is Seattle-based ivi , an online cable company, and has been embroiled in a lawsuit with broadcasters seeking to stop it from rebroadcasting their content online
Time Warner Cable has announced that their TWCTV app is coming to Android Tablets but it won't allow you to watch TV, only to do some things like control your DVR and act as a remote. That's sort of a let down, really. The iPad app allows streaming of some channels at least.
Remember when I was writing about Sony the other day, well really it was about Google TV and stuff, but I mentioned that Howard Stringer, the Sony CEO, was talking about big R&D in a new TV.
