Netflix, the popular online movie and TV streaming site, is finally coming to the Nintendo Wii. It has recently announced that they have started shipping instant-streaming discs for Nintendo Wii console owners who are also Netflix members. This will enable Nintendo Wii owners to be able to enjoy watching streaming movies and TV shows through their console via Netflix. The initial shipping of the Netflix instant s...

Google really has big plans for YouTube. As today’s most popular online video site, it can take advantage of its wide global reach of daily users and visitors in the tens of millions. It may be easy to find ways to monetize this advantage aside from the money that come from ads on its pages. Not quite. At least, YouTube is trying to get there. An effort to maybe take advantage of its reach or just to simply ...

The online world has become the source of breaking news. It seems that news now travels faster on the Internet. More and more people, thanks to technology are now more able to offer news in almost real time with the likes of Twitter and Facebook. And now, YouTube may be getting in on the deal of providing news as they happen all around the world through YouTube Direct. YouTube Direct is simply another feature add...

Twitter recently made some cleaning on their system to get rid of spam accounts. This was according to a recent entry to their Twitter.status site. The people at Twitter became aware that the displayed following and follower counts on some member profiles seem to be inconsistent and inaccurate. They tried to institute some changes so that the following and follower counts on the Twitter sidebar would be similar t...

Widely popular online video hosting site YouTube may be on the way of following in Hulu’s footsteps in terms of having uploaded studio content. It has recently made deals with several entertainment companies such as Sony Pictures, CBS, MGM, BBC and Lionsgate Entertainment in order to acquire thousands of television shows and films for viewing on the website. The new content would only be made available in th...

Hulu and Boxee may have something in common in that they provide online media content to people but do it in different ways. Hulu offers its popular TV media content for PC viewing while Boxee offers online media content being viewed from the ordinary TV set using its software. Both companies had an informal relationship where Hulu allows Boxee owners to source the wealth of online TV content from the former. Tha...

Youtube is now available in your living room.  Now you can watch Youtube while lazily slumped on your couch in your living room with your good old television set.  And no it’s not because Youtube is on the airwaves.  Instead, Youtube can now be watched through the browser of your PS3 or Wii game console. Actually, Youtube did announce its partnership with Sony and Nintendo a while back but th...

In the 1980’s, the world was introduced to a new format of video storage, the Video Home System or VHS casette tape.  Today, the last distributor of VHS movies and videos shipped their last shipment. "It was a sea change," says Leonard Maltin, the film critic and author who has written stacks of books to meet the consumer need for video recommendations. "Hollywood thought it would hurt mov...

Warner Music is taking down all their videos from Youtube.  These include everything they uploaded as well as every video they claim ownership to.  This means no more music videos from Warner artists altogether.  The reason?  As usual, copyright and Youtube’s inability to monetize their content. Actually, Warner and Youtube were working on a deal until late Friday night.  The deal w...

Yes, layoffs are a real thing and it’s becoming a lot more common these days.  This piece however is a report on the layoffs at Real Networks, that company that provides some video and music and the Real Player. This morning we told about 130 employees around the world that we are eliminating their positions at the end of the year.  That’s roughly 7.5 percent of our worldwide employment base...