- Blockbuster Gets Into Set-Top Box Rentals
- Digital Trends News - November 25, 2008
- Video rental giant BlockBuster might be best known for its seemingly ubiquitous brick-and-mortal retail rental outlets, but the company has decided to make a serious play in the digital video market, announcing a new MediaPoint on-demand set-top medi...
- YouTube Goes Widescreen: It's About Time
- PC World News - November 25, 2008
- First, the video site added HD content. Now, you can view that content the way it was meant to be seen.
- Meebo, Universal Music strike a chord
- CNET News - November 25, 2008
- The chat start-up is the latest video syndication partner for the record label, which will in turn use "Meebo Rooms" on artist fan pages.
- Compulsive Young Gamers Are Not Addicts
- Digital Trends News - November 25, 2008
- There are plenty of kids under 18 who spend a lot of time playing video games. But just because they’re compulsive about it doesn’t mean they’re addicted, according to Keith Bakker, head of the Smith & Jones Center in Amsterdam, Eur...
- Is the video games industry recession-proof?
- CNET News - November 25, 2008
- With strong sales numbers in recent weeks, and a perceived truism that people want inexpensive entertainment in tough times, some think video games could stay strong.
- YouTube videos get widescreen treatment
- CNET News - November 25, 2008
- Reflecting the growing popularity of videos shot in the 16:9 aspect ratio, the video-sharing site expands the viewable width of all videos that appear on the site.
- Kyte gets Google AdSense, fresh new mobile sites
- CNET News - November 25, 2008
- Video-broadcasting platform Kyte is adding new ways to get revenue from its video streams, including new advertisers and neat new mobile pages.
- Video: Wi-Fi while you fly
- CNET News - November 24, 2008
- Imagine sending e-mails, browsing blogs, and booking your next trip while soaring above the clouds. CNET's Kara Tsuboi tests out Virgin America's new in-flight Wi-Fi service and concludes that we'll no longer be able to slack off during a business tr...
- Why most video games aren't profitable
- CNET News - November 24, 2008
- Only 20 percent of all video games that make it to store shelves are profitable. Don Reisinger thinks he knows why.
- Blip.tv adds iPhone support for mobile viewing
- CNET News - November 24, 2008
- You can now watch Blip.tv videos on your iPhone. Over the weekend the service upgraded to include QuickTime streams that are playable on the portable device.
- U.S. Army Puts $50 Mln into Game Unit
- Digital Trends News - November 24, 2008
- In civilian society, debate might still be raging on about whether violence in video games contributes to violent tendencies and actions among children, but the U.S. Army is betting video games can help make a more-prepared soldier: according to Star...
- YouTube's top-20 videos reveal rising corporatization of content
- CNET News - November 24, 2008
- YouTube claims to be democratized content, but this is apparently not what people really want to see.
- Microsoft Pacts on In-Game Ads, The Guild
- Digital Trends News - November 24, 2008
- Microsoft has landed an exclusive deal to distribute the second season of the "Internet cult hit" The Guild, and will be distributing the series' 12-episode run via the Xbox Live Marketplace, MSN, and the company's Zune Marketplace. The serie...
- NFL demos live 3D broadcasts
- CNET News - November 24, 2008
- The National Football League is looking beyond high-definition video to 3D as it broadcasts a game in 3D to theaters in three cities as part of a demonstration.
- Free Games At Real Networks
- Digital Trends News - November 24, 2008
- We all know that the casual gaming market is booming, and Real Networks is eager to expand its share. So it’s now offering customers a free download of a full version of a different game each day as part of a larger site re-design that includes...
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