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The Cheapest Ways to Get HBO, Showtime, and Most Other TV Channels You Really Want

Life has never been better for those wanting to get some quality television programming beamed towards their eyeballs: Channels like HBO, Showtime, and many others are now available in all kinds of formats on all kinds of apps, including whatever it is that Apple is rolling out later this year. So for those of us…

Gadgets David Nield Mar 27

A Driver for Uber and Lyft Covertly Streamed Hundreds of Rides on Twitch Without Rider Consent [Updated]

In the past few months, wannabe online video stars have filmed themselves doing a suicide bomb “prank” at college and spreading a fake rumor about a mass shooting at a Disney resort. They have also landed themselves in court for things as varied as feeding toothpaste-filled Oreos to a homeless man and shooting their significant…

Privacy & Security Tom McKay Jul 21

Vimeo Secretly Launches an Improved, Super Fast HTML 5 Player

Vimeo is officially launching a new default HTML 5 player that’s 50 percent faster than the the flash module that came before. In fact, you may have already been using it for months as the service has been slowly rolling it out to users. Sneaky, sneaky! Pretty much the only way you’ll use the oldness…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jan 7

YouTube Rumored to Launch Their Professionally-Produced, Original Content ‘Channels’ Next Week

The Wall Street Journal expects the next generation of YouTube to begin next week with Channels, a handful of hubs focused around a particular theme that feature hours of original, studio-produced programming. But more than just shoehorning these channels into the current working design of YouTube, the entire site is expected to be reorganized around…

Tech News Adrian Covert Oct 27

Welcome to the Era of Hyper-Connected Super Bowl Ads

From the way people are already drooling over tonight’s tweetable, social media-savvy Super Bowl ads, you would be forgiven for thinking that the famed Lombardi Trophy will be awarded to an ad agency, instead of the usual football-playing recipient. But it’s not! Sporting event integrity, saved. Nevertheless, the annual Super Bowl ad buzz is again…

Social Media Jack Loftus Feb 6

Hulu’s Working on a Show of Their Own: Die, Cable Providers, Die

Hulu just put out a casting call in search of hosts for a new clip show they have in the works. While seemingly innocuous, could this be the birth of the internet’s first major TV studio/broadcaster? According to All Things D, Hulu’s new show will reportedly run five minutes per episode, and appear daily on…

Television Adrian Covert Dec 7

Get Hulu Plus for Only $7.99 Now

Boy, that was quick—Hulu Plus has dropped in price to just $7.99 a month. It’s not quite the $5 price cut we were hearing before, but every dollar helps—particularly as Roku now supports it. [Hulu Plus] https://gizmodo.com/hulu-plus-for-5-a-month-sounds-a-lot-more-reasonable-5670155

Tech News Kat Hannaford Nov 17

Want to Break Online Video Records? Hire Snoop Dogg to Blow Shit Up

To promote online game Mafia Wars Las Vegas, game developer Zynga hired Snoop Dogg to blow up a 4-ton armored truck in the Nevada desert, while it was live-streamed to Ustream. It pulled in more viewers than TV broadcasts attract. Obviously it varies depending on the channel and TV show, but as TechCrunch points out,…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Aug 23

Watch Vimeo Videos on iPad Using New HTML5 Universal Player

Sticking a couple big ones up Adobe’s way, Vimeo’s embeddable Universal Player allows for playback of Vimeo videos on iPads and other non-Flash-supporting devices, using HTML5—but also detects other supported video formats, playing in Flash or native too. https://gizmodo.com/first-youtube-now-vimeo-how-html5-could-finally-kill-5454115 Vimeo’s been busy in the kitchen, as they’ve also cooked up a Watch Later feature, for…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Aug 17

HTML5 vs. Flash: The Video Benchmark Deathmatch

With the release of the iPad, among other things, HTML5’s been pitted against Flash as the savior of web video. It might be! (Or not!) Either way, a crucial arguing point is that it’s more efficient. So, uh, is it? https://gizmodo.com/giz-explains-why-html5-isnt-going-to-save-the-internet-5461711 Jan Ozer at Streaming Learning Center decided to run some tests—simple tests—comparing CPU utilization…

Tech News John Herrman Mar 10

So, Comcast, About That Hulu Pay Wall

That’s a resounding no from Comcast chief operating officer Steve Burke, who unfortunately isn’t able to make this call, at all. But at least he means well! In claiming the Hulu is safe from potential fees, Burke is speaking of behalf of the Comcast’s recently absorbed NBC Universal, which has a 27% stake in the…

Television John Herrman Dec 3

Google Acquires On2, Could Mean Big Things For Online Video

Google has entered into an agreement to acquire On2 and their video compression technology. With YouTube in it’s back pocket, it seems likely that Google could push this technology all over the web—giving them even broader control. [BusinessWire]

Tech News Sean Fallon Aug 5

Microsoft Silverlight Now Supports GPU Video Acceleration

Download links are live for the latest version of Microsoft’s softly maligned not-Flash plugin, and they come bearing gifts. Ars breaks the new features down: • Media: GPU hardware acceleration, new codec support (H.264, AAC, MPEG-4), raw bitstream Audio/Video API, and improved logging for media analytics • Graphics: GPU Acceleration and hardware compositing, perspective 3D,…

Tech News John Herrman Jul 10

Hulu and Disney Deal “Could Be Struck Any Day” Now

Disney’s talks with Hulu are wrapping up and a deal could come any day now, according to All Things D. Three of the four major networks will be on Hulu. So what’s Disney bringing to Hulu? Peter Kafka hears that all of ABC’s big shows, like Lost, will be available on Hulu—what’s up in the…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Apr 2

Flickr Opens Video Uploads to Everyone, Adds HD Option for Pro Users

Flickr’s somewhat stunted video feature always seemed kind of basic for a “pro” service. Now, finally, uploads have been opened to regular users, with added HD support for paid subscribers. https://gizmodo.com/flickr-adds-videos-long-photos-377684 As with photos, regular users are severely limited in what they can upload: two standard-quality uploads a month. Pro users can upload to their…

Tech News John Herrman Mar 3

Google Video Finally Falls to YouTube

YouTube stablemate Google Video, which tragicomically never made it out of beta, will stop accepting uploads in a few months. Plus, other no-name Google services are dying. Goodbye! [Google Blog via NoWhereElse]

Tech News John Herrman Jan 15

Netflix Available on Tivo NOW!

Dooooooods! Not only can you order pizza and carry on a technosexual relationship with your Tivo, but as of today, you can watch Netflix on it. I’m never leaving the house again…ever. https://gizmodo.com/tivo-completes-the-evening-tv-dinner-adds-dominos-pizz-5090418 LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION! MOVIES AND TV EPISODES FROM NETFLIX DIRECTLY TO THE TV THROUGH TIVO DVRs AVAILABLE TODAY Just in Time for…

Movies Adrian Covert Dec 8

Internet on Verge of Exploding: YouTube Now World’s No. 2 Search Engine

Productivity is dead, the internet is going to explode. According to ComScore’s August 2008 search engine rankings, YouTube is now the number two search engine in the world, surpassing Yahoo. YouTube fetched over 2.6 billion search queries that month, trumping Yahoo’s 2.4 billion—though Google itself still reigns supreme with 7.6 billion queries (together, Google and…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Oct 17

Joost Flash Player Launches Tonight, Has Serious Hulu Envy

The poor kids at Joost—and their partners at Viacom—thought the future of TV on the computer would be a discrete app that blended a slick TV emulator with internets! power. They were wrong, Hulu and Google were right: It’s all about the browser. So that’s where Joost is going. Its Flash-based player officially launches full-throttle…

Television Matt Buchanan Oct 13

Vudu Version 1.5 Update Lets You Extend Expired Movies (Every Video Service Needs This)

Vudu has just been bumped to version 1.5, and the headlining feature should make its way to every video rental setup: Extensions! If you only get halfway through No Country for Old Men (or any other flick) before the 24-hour window is up, you can extend the rental period for a discounted price, $2 off…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan May 28

Online Video

The Cheapest Ways to Get HBO, Showtime, and Most Other TV Channels You Really Want

A Driver for Uber and Lyft Covertly Streamed Hundreds of Rides on Twitch Without Rider Consent [Updated]

Vimeo Secretly Launches an Improved, Super Fast HTML 5 Player

YouTube Rumored to Launch Their Professionally-Produced, Original Content ‘Channels’ Next Week

Welcome to the Era of Hyper-Connected Super Bowl Ads

Hulu’s Working on a Show of Their Own: Die, Cable Providers, Die

Get Hulu Plus for Only $7.99 Now

Want to Break Online Video Records? Hire Snoop Dogg to Blow Shit Up

Watch Vimeo Videos on iPad Using New HTML5 Universal Player

HTML5 vs. Flash: The Video Benchmark Deathmatch

So, Comcast, About That Hulu Pay Wall

Google Acquires On2, Could Mean Big Things For Online Video

Microsoft Silverlight Now Supports GPU Video Acceleration

Hulu and Disney Deal “Could Be Struck Any Day” Now

Flickr Opens Video Uploads to Everyone, Adds HD Option for Pro Users

Google Video Finally Falls to YouTube

Netflix Available on Tivo NOW!

Internet on Verge of Exploding: YouTube Now World’s No. 2 Search Engine

Joost Flash Player Launches Tonight, Has Serious Hulu Envy

Vudu Version 1.5 Update Lets You Extend Expired Movies (Every Video Service Needs This)

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