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Vevo Launches Linear Web Network With An Eye On Cable (Adweek)

Music videos are coming back to your TV, 24 hours a day. MTV has nothing to do with it. And neither do any computer algorithms. Instead, Vevo, which was built as the ultimate on-d... More

Conde Nast Launches Slate of Original Programming (Associated Press)

Conde Nast is launching a slate of original Web series, continuing the publisher's push to expand its stable of magazines into multimedia programming. Conde Nast will debut on Tues... More

The UV LED Market Is Booming (SolidState Technology)

Thanks to its compactness, low cost of ownership and environmentally-friendly composition, UV LED continues to replace incumbent technologies like mercury. Hence, the UV LED busine... More

Pay Up! Vimeo Adds Rentals, Downloads (All Things D)

Vimeo is a much smaller video site than YouTube, so it tries to compete in other areas. It tends to emphasize videos that are artier and more ambitious than dogs on skateboards, fo... More

Multimedia Gateway Shipments Expected To Grow A Hundredfold By 2015 (Digital TV Europe)

According to IHS Screen Digest’s report, Multimedia Home Gateways: The Future of the Digital Home, global multimedia home gateway shipments are set to climb to 9.6 million units ... More

The Connected STB, Not Cloud, Will Dominate The Next Decade (Videonet)

Decipher, the UK media consultancy, has just published research that indicates that cord cutting is finally starting to be felt in the UK but points to weaknesses in the Smart TV c... More

Redbox Instant Eying Original Programming? (HMM)

With the launch of Redbox Instant by Verizon expected shortly, the subscription video-on-demand and disc rental platform is considering entering into original content production, a... More

SoundCloud May Finally Be Gearing Up To Make Some Serious Money (GigaOm)

SoundCloud is one of those rare European online startups that is cornering its market: if you want to embed or share pure audio, whether it be music or podcasts, you’ll probably ... More

TiVo Mini Puts Multi-Room DVR and Apps in $99 Box (PC Mag)

TiVo has launched a new companion box for its Premiere 4 and Premiere XL4 DVRs that lets you use TiVo and online services in any room of the house. The TiVo Mini is a small, square... More

Broadcom Introduces HD, IP Video-Focused SoC For Cable Operators (Rapid TV News)

More than 45 million TVs in North America are still connected to analogue cable service, but increasingly cable operators are feeling a requirement to convert these customers to ba... More

Smart TV Taking Off In Italy (Advanced Television)

‘Smart TV in Italy’, the first of a series of reports from Deadline Media TV on OTT and connected television, details the current market for Smart TVs in Italy within the frame... More

Deltatre and Elemental Target Multi-Screen Sports Delivery (Streaming Media)

As the balance of viewing of international sports events shifts inexorably from linear TV to multi-screen consumption, comes announcement of a significant technology pact which loo... More

Nielsen Examines Viewing Habits In 'Zero TV' Households (Los Angeles Times)

Measurement firm Nielsen has begun tracking the viewing habits of some 5 million American households that receive entertainment on Internet-connected devices and television sets. I... More

Are Apple and Google Being Forced Out Of TV? (Forbes)

Over the past three months the news around Google and Apple has been about wearables -specifically about Glass and iWatch. But go back six months and the talk was all about TV. So ... More

Prisoners of Cable (The Atlantic)

On the Internet, news and entertainment famously want to be free. But in June, tens of thousands of people staged an online protest that was bizarre for its medium. They offered—... More

YouTube Co-founder Prepping Possible Rival (Adweek)

YouTube has had its share of competition over the years. Companies like Vimeo and DailyMotion (plus copyrightlawsuits and crushing overhead costs) led Chad Hurley and the video-sha... More

Inside Amazon's Open-Source Original Content Strategy (Fast Company)

In December, while Netflix was gearing up to make its 2013 programming splash with House of Cards and Arrested Development, Amazon was also busy greenlighting six comedy pilots tha... More

Why Slingbox Is Finally Getting the Aereo Treatment (Variety)

A mantra is often used as proof that “old” media “gets it” when it comes to digital: Give consumers what they want, when they want it. As evidenced by a wave of recent liti... More

Google Fiber TV adds 3D channels (CNET)

Subscribers of Google's Fiber TV service who own a 3D TV and glasses can now opt to watch a couple of new channels in 3D. Announced yesterday, Google has launched 3net and ESPN3D. ... More