Wanting to find that exact clip from Jaws for your Facebook page? What about that perfect moment from Mamma Mia? Well, they’ll both soon be not only available, but increasingly easy to find; Universal has become the first major movie studio to license parts of its library to AnyClip, a company that specializes in digitalizing films and …
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Revamped Netflix iPad App Drops Information, Features
Without any fanfare, Netflix quietly updated its iPad app yesterday, making it easier and more attractive to use – but removing some important information and the ability to update your DVD queue in the process. The update changes the app from what was pretty much an adaptation of the Netflix website to something more closely …
Apple to Lift One-Time Download Limits for iTunes Songs?
Did you know: If you purchase a song from iTunes, download it to your computer and neglect to transfer it to a compatible device before your hard drive dies in a spectacular symphony of clicking and grinding sounds, that song is gone forever.
Per Apple’s terms and conditions for the iTunes store:
“Products may be downloaded only once
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BBC’s Global iPlayer to Cost Less than $10 a Month, Offer Uncut British Shows
We might not know exactly when the BBC will launch their iPad-only global iPlayer app, but at least we know that it won’t be too expensive to sign up. BBC Director General Mark Thompson has announced that the subscription cost of the international iPlayer, which will give users access to new and archived content from multiple British …
Boxee Raises $16.5 Million in Funding to Convince Users, Content Providers of Its Worth
With traditional television subscribers up during the last quarter of 2010, you might think that the idea of cord-cutting in favor of the internet is losing its luster for investors. But the dream is alive for Boxee, which has just picked up an additional $16.5 million in funding with which it plans to woo more content providers and …
Is Dish Network Aiming To Be The Next Netflix Instant?
Comcast may have no interest in offering Video on Demand to anyone other than its existing customers, but the same doesn’t appear to be true for Dish Network. On a recent conference call with investors, CEO Charlie Ergen admitted that the company is talking to providers about obtaining streaming rights to content beyond current …
Most People Are Basically Thieves. (At Least Online.)
The majority of people don’t have qualms about downloading material illegally, according to a new Danish study by the Rockwool Foundation Research Unit that looked at today’s moral standards.
Seventy percent of people surveyed said they saw nothing wrong with illicit file sharing as long as no one was making a profit. Sadly, my grade …
Comcast CEO: We’re Not Launching Netflix Competitor, But We Like Netflix Revenue
Netflix Instant isn’t offering anything that NBC hasn’t been offering for years, according to Comcast CEO Brian Roberts – but that isn’t the reason why Comcast won’t be going to go down a similar route, as it turns out.
Roberts seemed impressively calm about online video streaming in a recent interview with the Wall Street Journal, …
What’s The URL, Kenneth? REM Releases New Album Early Through Spotify
Has streaming music online replaced radioplay? As some British music labels are moving towards offering songs to buy online as soon as they’ve been played on the radio, REM seems to be moving in the opposite direction, releasing their new album Collapse Into Now to stream for European fans through Spotify a week before it’s available to …
MTV Unveils Digital Music Awards, Embarrassing Attempts to Be “Hip” with the Internet
MTV has announced details of its digital music awards show by proving that it’s “down with the kids” and releasing the details on its own Tumblr site. But, wait, it gets better. Officially titled the O__ Music Awards – MTV is officially saying that “the O preceding the Music Awards in OMAs will be purposely left unassigned and open for …
YouTube UK: No Plans for Movie Rentals in the Near Future
Don’t believe what you read. That’s Google’s response to a New York Post article reporting that YouTube is about to launch a subscription streaming video movie rental service in Europe, as a trial for a similar service in the U.S.
The Post piece seemed very confident about the story, mentioning months of talks with Hollywood studios …
Get ‘Em While They’re Young: Disney Buys Under-10s Social Networking Site
Disney clearly believes that children are the future… of social networking. The Walt Disney Co. has purchased Togetherville, a social networking site for children under the age of 10 that allows them their own Facebook-style environment in a closely monitored, age-appropriate setting.