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How to embed Google Maps
Google Maps have become all the rage with sites like Cheap Gas and HousingMaps.com taking advantage of the service to... May 25, 2005

Clearengine simplifies on-demand Webcasting
A new player in the Webcasting market is targeting the small business owner who wants to reach customers with rich... May 24, 2005

Google clarifies Video Upload terms
There was some confusion in the blogosphere over the terms of service for the new Google Video Upload feature. The... April 21, 2005

ItsActive adds video blogging service
Want the world to see your face as your give your opinion on matters of the day? Broadband Video as... April 04, 2005

Google Video Search
Lot of hoopla today over Google's new Video Search feature that can used to find content from eight stations/networks: ABC... January 25, 2005

New TV search engine
Earlier this week, I was looking for clips of a vicious hit in an NFL game from the weekend. I... December 23, 2004

Glowpoint to rollout Web conferencing services
Glowpoint, best known for its dedicated IP videoconferencing network and services, is adding Web conferencing features to its portfolio through... November 17, 2004

Netflix, Warner Bros team up
Netflix and Warner Bros are in talks to pilot a movie-on-demand system that would allow customers to download movies and... September 24, 2004

Sonexis adds managed service, hosting options
Sonexis, which until this week has sold customer premise gear for PSTN and VoIP Web conferencing, is getting into the... September 01, 2004

What a deal!
Florida State is offering students a deal: They can get Apple iTunes for FREE and download songs for 99 cents!...

Olympic playlists
RealNetworks' Rhapsody music service is running a free trial offer during the Olympics to get people to try the on-demand... August 18, 2004

RealNetworks, Apple continue to spar
Apple is reacting to RealNetworks' new Harmony software which allows non-iTunes purchases songs to play on an iPod. Real is... July 29, 2004

V-Span offers managed service
Wrote the story on Monday, but just haven't had time to blog here since I've been covering Layer 8 this... July 21, 2004

VitalStream serves up live Flash
VitalStream can now serve up live Flash-based content. Now customers can choose Flash when delivering live events across the 'Net.... July 12, 2004

Video from beyond
Now this is a bit disturbing: Video screens for your tombstone. If people jump on board the concept and these...

IM video relay service for the deaf
Now this is pretty cool: A company called Hands On Video Relay Service is offering free service for the deaf... July 08, 2004

Marketing at its best
NetSpoke is trying to make something good out of a potentially bad situation. Unless you believe the talking heads at... June 22, 2004

Make 'muvees' on your mobile
The same company brought autoProducer is introducing similar technology to mobile phone users. muvee Technologies new muveeStyles application allows users...

Must of been the phase of the moon
This is exactly what I was thinking this weekend after puttering around with the now-free Home Media Option for my... June 16, 2004

RealNetworks, Starz team
Another group is dipping its toes into the movie download business: RealNetworks and Starz have teamed up to deliver a...

Macromedia and Speedera team
Macromedia and Speedera announced today that they've entered a partnership that will allow Speedera to host and serve Flash video... June 08, 2004

IVT adds SSL support
Interactive Video Technologies (IVT) announced it will add support for SSL encryption in version 3.1 of its MediaPlatform service for... May 12, 2004

Savvis launches CDN services
Savvis announced this week at NAB that it is launching expanded CDN services such as content delivery, streaming media production... April 20, 2004

Digital media in 2010
The IBM Institute for Business Value predicts that the way consumers will view and interact with digital media - especially... April 07, 2004

iTunes DRM cracked
A group has cracked the digital rights management scheme that's used to protect files downloaded from Apple's iTunes music service.... April 06, 2004

Big pipes needed
MSNBC's got a story on how the movie download business is improving, but still far from perfect. First, you need...

IVT, Akamai partner
Interactive Video Technologies (IVT) today launched a new component to its MediaPlatform 3.0 that allows for presenters to use the...

Look ma, no wires
Lucent is going after the 3G multimedia world with its Accelerate IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), which combines gear from partners...

No DRM download service
For those into independent music, there's a new download service that sells songs for 99 cents and places no digtial... March 19, 2004

Web turning into TV
According to an article on the BBC's Web site, TV-style Internet ads are on the rise as marketers are buoyed... March 15, 2004

Virgin to open online music store
The music download business continues to get crowded. Virgin says it will join the fray this summer with a new... March 10, 2004

A look at MobiTV
There's been a lot of hype around MobiTV, a new service/application that delivers live television to certain models of Sprint... March 04, 2004

All in the family
I was checking out ABC.com to see what time the Oscar broadcast started this evening when I noticed they offer... February 29, 2004

ViewCentral adds replay
At Demo 2004, ViewCentral demonstrated its new Replay Service for managing and tracking usage of recorded Web conferences and other... February 17, 2004

Stream your wedding
The folks at WeddingDVD.com are now offering to put your video online so everyone can share in the fun. The... February 13, 2004

Cablevision users get RealArcade
Subscribers to Cablevision's Optimum Online broadband service now have free access to RealNetworks RealArcade service, which has over 180 downloadable... February 09, 2004

A fool is born everyday
If you want to blow 99 cents on nothing, there's nine tunes available on iTunes that offer pure silence. [Via... February 08, 2004

Keynote adds QuickTime support
Keynote Systems says it can now measure the performance of QuickTime audio/video streams with its Streaming Perspective monitoring service. The... January 27, 2004

GlowPoint offers "All you can see"
GlowPoint (formerly WireOne) is now offering unlimited videoconferencing calling plans starting at $499 per month. The flat fee applies to... January 07, 2004

Real to launch pay-per-download service
Published reports say RealNetworks will announce this week at CES that it is joining the music download fray with its... January 06, 2004

ViewCentral launches version 4.6
ViewCentral has added a number of features to its Collaboration Management Solution, a service that helps customers manage, schedule and... December 19, 2003

Rolling Stone interviews Steve Jobs
As iTunes records 20 million downloads, Steve Jobs sits down with Rolling Stone magazine to discuss Apple's quest to change... December 11, 2003

Genesys adds videoconferencing
Genesys Conferencing today added self-service videoconferencing to its line of conferencing services. Based on the same technology that runs its... December 08, 2003

They're here...
Spotted the Napster Music Download gift cards at my local supermarket over the holiday weekend...... December 02, 2003

Reflect Systems tackles corporate Web casting
Reflect Systems recently unveiled a new combination of creation/management tools, servers and hosting designed to take IT out of the... November 25, 2003

ViewCentral signs partners
ViewCentral this week announced that its Collaboration Management Solution (CMS - not to be confused with the software that manages...

Comcast debuts The Fan
Comcast today introduced a new multimedia player that aggregates news, sports and entertainment videos for its broadband customers. Dubbed "The... November 20, 2003

AOL expands multimedia reach
Couple interesting items involving AOL today. First, the company announced it has launched a new audio/video search feature while at... November 19, 2003

Good news for RealNetworks
Comcast announced it will begin offering RealNetworks Rhapsody music service to its 4.9 million broadband users worldwide (see story). Customers... November 13, 2003

Whose 99 cents is it?
According to an article in The Register, Apple admitted that it makes no revenue off of the 99-cents per song... November 12, 2003

Would you like an iTunes song with that?
The New York Post is reporting McDonald's is close to a deal with Apple that would have the fast-food giant... November 07, 2003

Music service roundup
The New York Time's "State of the Art: Paying the Piper, Round 2: The Repertory Grows" article looks at and... October 31, 2003

Pick your colors
Istockpro offers customers the ability to browse its catalog of royalty-free stock photographs by color scheme. Great way to find... October 30, 2003

Giving iTunes a try
I downloaded the new Apple iTunes for Windows last week and so far I am impressed. My impetus for doing... October 28, 2003

Just in time for the holidays
The newly relaunched Napster (now featuring legal song downloads) will begin offering pre-paid music cards in 14,000 retail stores around...

iTunes for Windows is here
As expected, Apple launched its iTunes for Windows service today, giving Windows users the same access Mac aficionados have had... October 16, 2003

Keynote updates streaming monitoring service
Keynote yesterday debuted a new version of its Streaming Perspective performance monitoring service for streaming media files. Version 3.0 is... October 15, 2003

Sawyer Media debuts Enterprise Media Producer 2.0
Companies with an interest in rich media corporate communications and training have another option for producing, managing and delivering media... October 14, 2003

MSN to launch video service
In an effort to gain more consumer eyeballs, MSN announced today it will offer a free broadband video player sometime...

Did they copy Wendy's?
How did music download services such as iTunes and Rhapsody come up with the $.99 per song cost? Did they...

Bad news for eMusic customers
Beginning November 8, eMusic will no longer offer unlimited downloads. Reviews of the new pricing policy are mixed, based on... October 10, 2003

Who would have thought...
... that Napster would one day be offered as a premium service in Windows XP Media Center? Created (at my...

iTunes for Windows is coming
Looks like Apple will announce its iTunes music download service for Windows on October 16. Not sure of all the...

Glowpoint offers Webcasting
The company formerly known as WireOne has been quite busy recently. First, the company sold off its equipment sales business... October 09, 2003

Musicmatch launches new download service
Windows users now have another option for buying music online. Musicmatch has launched a download service offering some 200,000 songs... September 29, 2003

iTunes for Windows?
May be here sooner than we think, according to this Newsweek article.... September 16, 2003

Mobile streaming
According to a report in The Register, BT Broadcast Services is working with Vemotion to deliver streaming media over a... September 15, 2003

New Verizon business DSL service
We don't usually cover DSL announcements in this space, but this one could be interesting for those using videoconferencing in... September 10, 2003

Making a switch
Notice anything different about Fusion this week? Hopefully you haven't, but there is a change: We've switched our streaming service... September 05, 2003

Opening up iTunes
BusinessWeek's Alex Salkever believes Apple should take advantage of the iTunes success by opening it up to PC users and... September 03, 2003

SkyStream working to enable video over DSL
At SuperComm this week, SkyStream announced it is partnering with Paradyne Networks to work on getting video over broadband capabilities... June 03, 2003

Apple iTunes update disables sharing
The latest version of Apple's iTunes music service limits file streaming to the local network. Prior to version 4.0.1, users... May 28, 2003

The definition of irony?
Pressplay, a service developed by Sony and Universal Music Group to combat Napster, has been sold to Roxio, which recently... May 20, 2003

Equant launches IP video service
Equant announced today that it is now offering a fixed-fee IP video service that will run over the company's private... May 15, 2003

Savvis adds video service
Last week at N+I I got a demo from Savvis of one piece of its new video offering the company... May 07, 2003

Apple launches online music service
Well, it's not buying a music company, but Apple has launched a much anticipated music service that will allow iTunes... April 29, 2003

MCI teams with Yahoo Broadcast
Soon-to-emerge-from-bankruptcy MCI announced yesterday it is partnering with Yahoo Broadcast to offer both live and on-demand streaming services to MCI... April 23, 2003

Good source for royalty-free music
I was looking for a small clip of music for use in a video promotion for Network World's upcoming Vortex... March 21, 2003

Yahoo adds Platinum streaming service
As we mentioned about a month ago, Yahoo this week is launching its Platinum Yahoo premium streaming service that competes... March 17, 2003

IBM gets into surveillance business
Big Blue is putting its network and rich media management skills to work on IP-based video surveillance service practice. The... March 11, 2003

LA Times details new Apple music service
There have been rumors of late about a new music service being launched by Apple that will allow Mac and... March 05, 2003

Singingfish to accept paid inclusions
Like many text-based search engines not named Google, multimedia search engine Singingfish, which powers the search in RealPlayer and Windows... February 27, 2003

Listen.com gets Real cash infusion
RealNetworks has taken an undisclosed minority stake in struggling online music provider Listen.com, helping the company stay afloat a while...

AOL launches own subscription music service
The music subscription business can't be all bad. America Online announced this week that it is launching its own premium...

Will capping bandwidth usage hamper streaming?
After a warning from Jupiter Research that many broadband ISPs could start limiting bandwidth usage, Matthew's Geek.com post laments the... February 20, 2003

Yahoo to challenge RealNetworks
Business 2.0 takes a look at the threat posed by Yahoo's proposed Yahoo Platinum service to RealNetworks' SuperPass subscription offering....

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