Walmart owned, streaming online video provider Vudu has expanded the number of electronics devices that its VOD service is available on. Now with over 300 supported connected devices and a web browser option as well.
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Yesterday saw a celebration of the 50th anniversery of human spaceflight (1961 saw astronaut Yuri Gagarin (of the former Soviet Union) become the first man to reach outer space), Google got in on the act with a themed wordmark on their homepage, while Google-owned video hosting site YouTube also got in on the special day.
Whilst a custom wordmark on its own might seem fitting, YouTube usually combine such short-term changes with some themed videos and features (as seen in their April Fool’s Day ‘YouTube 1911′ theme), and yesterday was no different, with the online premiere of feature-length film First Orbit. The movie serves as a recreation of Gagarin’s first 108-minute-long orbit of the Earth in 1961, complete with a recorded original radio conversation throughout the duration of the historic flight.
The producion company behind First Orbit were The Attic Room, who worked in association with the ISS (International Space Station) with the aim of gaining footage to show ‘a new view of what Yuri would have seen as he travelled around the planet’.
They described their work, and their opinions on the film: “Weaving these new views together with historic voice recordings from Yuri’s flight and an original score by composer Philip Sheppard, we have created a spellbinding film to share with people around the World on this historic anniversary.”
The video shows archived footage of Gagarin just before the launch, with his speech allowing the movie to merge into new footage, that is supposed to represent the exact route that was taken by the shuttle as Yuri describes it. The video seems to have gone down well thanks to its featured video spot on the homepage of YouTube, with the current viewcount currently listed at over 2.25M in just 24 hours of its upload.
The hosting of First Orbit might also be considered a good test of the public response to this type of content being featured on the website, with official feature-length films adding to the usual user-based content that is available to the world. Will YouTube continue to host high-rising efforts of movies, or would a foray into the offical movie business crash and burn?
The movie itself can be seen below in full (if you have 109 minutes to spare):
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Is the long rumored Apple TV set coming out this year? Quite possibly yes according to reports. Apple already have ways to get content onto tv sets via Apple TV set-top box and the new iPad 2, that can be connected to TV sets. But the obvious progression is Apple producing it’s own HDTV set full of iTunes content, that will compete with both Google TV and Netflix.
As more and more TV viewers in the US continue to embrace the Web to watch the latest tv shows and movies, the revenue made online continues to grow with them. According to IHS Screen Digest, online broadcasters in the US saw a very nice 34% growth in revenue in 2010.
Sitting down and watching a movie has hardly been the most strenuous activity on the planet, but it seems as though users of the Xbox 360 will soon be able to change that with the new plan to intergrate Xbox Kinect (a motion sensor-based gaming addition) with the Xbox version of Netflix (online movie rental) to add a little exerting to your home cinematic experience.
It is the end of a video hosting era. If you have any videos stored at Google’s “Google Video” service, then maybe you should head over there and grab them. Google have decided to inform via email to users that it is closing down the video hosting service. Most users probably realise by now as Google has stopped taking video uploads for 2 of years now.
A video on demand platform service just like Hulu, which was planned by German TV networks but then stopped could still come to fruition. The judgement is to be appealed against by the two biggest networks.
A company from New York, Bamboom Labs, are planning to stream local TV content and include dvr facilities remotely too.If they can overcome the legal implications first to get around braodcasting restrictions, that is.
LoveFilm has cut a deal with Disney to allow them to stream Disney film content in the UK, in an agreement that takes in both paid-for and subscription based VOD services.
DirecTV have announced the launch of their new premium video-on-demand service for new movies (from producers Fox, Sony, Universal, and Warner Bros.) for subscribers. The service was rumored back in April, but many thought it may have been an April Fool’s prank.
But it begins with the relase of Just Go With It on Tuesday, allowing DirectTV subscribers (who owns an official HD-DVR recorder), to have purchase a 48-hour download rental (before removal from the hard drive) of a movie (in 1080p and Dolby 5.1 Surround Sound) all for the meager fee of $29.99.
Although Apple products are great for watching TV and movie streaming, it generally comes at a cost. So good news for all freeloaders out there as Sony have released a Crackle app for iOS 4.0 and above that is free to view.
Move over Wal-Mart, the UK’s biggest foodchain, Tesco is moving into the online TV arena. Their home entertainment sector has acquired a majority stake in the Blinkbox VOD service that the company says will help position them for
The Blackberry Playbook tablet has not been that well received, but it had a saving grace. It could access Hulu streaming. But now Playbook owners have had it taken away. The tablet won’t be able to access the full web anymore well not if Hulu has anything to do with it.
Fight fans of UFC will certainly want to be frequenting Facebook, as there will be full streaming of the five UFC 129 preliminary fights on the social networking website.
After the Blockbuster buyout by Dish Network, many were wondering why they wanted the failed DVD by mail company. It seems that the answer is the streaming side of the business, the web streaming licensing deals and the 20 million plus Netflix subscribers.
The thorny issue of subscribers ‘cutting the cord‘ has been raised before and quickly shot down again. Usually by the cable companies themselves. However a new report from In-Stat research shows that internet tv could convince 30% of US homes to become cord cutters.
