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06:34 AM, Jan 28, 2013
New Delhi: Sharing porn or obscene videos online or through multimedia messaging services (MMS) may soon attract a prison term up to seven years and a maximum fine of Rs 5, 00,000, the government proposed Thursday. These stringent punishments are part of the amendments proposed in the Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986 (IRWA) that were approved by the union cabinet, ahead of the legislation being sent to parliament...
07:03 PM, Oct 11, 2012
San Francisco: After struggling for years, in late 2010, Driving Sports TV, a scrappy, two-person video production outfit led by Ryan Douthit, finally began supporting itself with advertising income from YouTube. It didn't matter that the channel's production set was simply a green screen in Douthit's cramped garage in a leafy Seattle suburb; Driving Sports TV's revenues were roaring like the rally car engines it featured. Achieving self-sufficiency on YouTube...
01:50 PM, Oct 05, 2012
San Francisco: Apple's new version of its iPhone and iPad software - iOS 6 - will not include a pre-loaded app for Google Inc's popular video website, YouTube, Apple said on Monday. It was the latest sign of the growing rivalry between the technology companies the once were closely aligned but now are vying for supremacy in the fast-growing mobile computing market. Earlier this year, Apple said it would dump...
07:21 AM, Aug 07, 2012
New Delhi: Online video service, iStream.com, has acquired the live streaming and video on demand rights for the India-Sri Lanka limited-overs series starting on Saturday. The series comprises five ODIs and a Twenty20 match. The deal was signed with Sporty Solutionz, which has got exclusive Internet and mobile rights for this series from Ten Sports. All the six day-night matches will be streamed live on iStream.com, and will also be...
12:26 PM, Jul 20, 2012
Beijing: China's broadcasting and Internet regulators have told Internet video providers that they must prescreen all programs before making them available, tightening state censorship of increasingly popular online drama series and mini-movies. The new rule was issued jointly by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) and the State Internet Information Office. SARFT said this week in a statement on its website that the rule is in response...
12:16 PM, Jul 11, 2012
New York: Three days before Super Bowl XLVI, US prosecutors said they seized 16 websites that illegally streamed live sports and pay-per-view events over the Internet, and charged a Michigan man with running nine of those websites. According to the government, the 16 websites provided links to give viewers easy access to other sites that hosted pirated telecasts from the National Football League, National Basketball Association, National Hockey League, World...
11:01 AM, Feb 03, 2012
Los Angeles: Hulu will broadcast its first original scripted series next month, a political comedy that will debut during the real-life Republican presidential primary. The online video service is ramping up its rivalry with Netflix Inc. Aimed squarely at an audience loyal to cutting edge comedy such as "The Office" and "The Colbert Report," Hulu's new show "Battleground" is a look at the inner workings of a Democratic primary campaign...
10:40 AM, Jan 16, 2012
New York: Rebecca Black's infamous Friday video has topped all other YouTube videos of 2011 with 180 million views. The Google Inc. video-sharing site announced its most-viewed clips of the year Tuesday. The 14-year-old Black was turned into a viral video celebrity after her parents paid a production company to make the music video for her. Friday became an unlikely, off-key global hit. Because of a legal dispute with Ark...
01:32 PM, Dec 21, 2011
San Francisco: YouTube has reprogrammed its website to make it easier for viewers to find and watch their favourite channels. The facelift, unveiled Thursday, is the latest step in YouTube's attempt to make the Internet's most popular video site as easy to navigate and as compelling to watch as cable TV. In the process, YouTube owner Google Inc. hopes to make money selling ads. As part of the redesign, YouTube...
10:34 AM, Dec 02, 2011
New Delhi: Internet major Yahoo India today announced the launch of a free online service, 'Yahoo! Video', in partnership with TV channels and film production houses. "Online video consumption is growing at a rapid pace. However, what the Indian market lacked was a safe and piracy free destination delivering high quality and strictly original content," Yahoo! India Managing Director Arun Tadanki said in a statement. Yahoo video will provide original...
03:35 PM, Nov 22, 2011
New Delhi: Mobile video service Vuclip has announced an independent mobile movie portal for Indian films. Called Starlight Cinema, the portal offers more than 9000 movie clips in 13 Indian languages including Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Bhojpuri, Gujarati, Punjabi, Oriya, Rajasthani, Kashmiri, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam. Starlight Cinema includes clips, trailers and first looks of upcoming and released films including trailers of Hollywood movies. Commenting on the reason behind launching...
08:13 PM, Nov 17, 2011
New Delhi: One of the most unusual movies of recent times is now available on a computer screen near you. Google has announced that Life in a Day is now available on YouTube. "On July 24, 2010, thousands of people around the world recorded videos of their lives to take part in Life in a Day, a cinematic experiment to document a single day on earth. From more than 4,500...
02:04 PM, Nov 01, 2011
Los Angeles: An attempted sale of online video website Hulu has fallen through after months of difficult and complex negotiations between owners such as Walt Disney Co and potential buyers. Hulu's owners, which also include News Corp, Comcast Corp's NBC Universal and Providence Equity, said in a statement on Thursday they had decided against a sale of the video service. "Our focus now rests solely on ensuring that our efforts...
01:31 PM, Oct 14, 2011
San Francisco: If the idea of being stuck on a plane for hours without access to the movies in your Netflix queue fills you with dread, software that lets you record streaming videos from the Web and watch them later on your laptop may be an appealing solution. That's the idea behind PlayLater, which bills itself as "the DVR for online videos." It can record content from a number of...
04:05 PM, Sep 30, 2011
New York: A new Nielsen survey finds that in the battle between screens, Netflix users are opting for TVs and Hulu users are siding with computers. Video game consoles have a lot to do with the discrepancy: Half of all Netflix users connect to its streaming service through their Nintendo Wii, Sony PlayStation 3 or Microsoft Xbox consoles, according to the survey. The study, conducted in 12,000 online interviews in...
04:37 PM, Jul 28, 2011
New York: Now playing: Movies at Walmart.com. The world's largest retailer on Tuesday started streaming many movies the same day they come out on DVD, in a second bid for a share of popular movie rental and streaming website Netflix Inc.'s business and just two weeks after Netflix announced new price increases. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. bought video-streaming service Vudu.com 18 months ago and now offers 20,000 titles that can be...
04:39 PM, Jul 26, 2011
San Francisco: Amazon.com Inc has licensed thousands of television shows from CBS Corp to help the largest Internet retailer compete with DVD rental and video streaming company Netflix Inc. The non-exclusive deal adds TV series that include Frasier and Cheers, along with the Star Trek franchise, to Amazon's video streaming service. Terms were not disclosed, but Barclays Capital analyst Anthony DiClemente said the deal was worth more than $100 million....
02:32 PM, Jul 21, 2011
Los Angeles: Search giant Google Inc. is one of about a dozen companies involved in talks to potentially buy online video site Hulu, a person familiar with the matter said Friday. As the owner of YouTube, it would be a strategic buy for the Silicon Valley technology company, which has had a rocky relationship with Hulu's Hollywood owners. Hulu has begun presenting its financial information to many prospective bidders, but...
09:27 AM, Jul 02, 2011
