Miro talks trash, takes aim at Joost with its over 2,000 channels

administrator — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 09:18:00 -0700

The makers of Miro, the open-source video player and television platform, have stepped up and challenged the big guys behind Joost. Citing Joost as the competition "with the most hype," Miro has posted a list of features and how they compare between the two platforms. The point of this chart is clearly to bring more ...

Online TV Roundup (and Battle Royale)

administrator — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 10:15:00 -0700

It's an exciting—and confusing—time for watching TV online. The big broadcast networks have finally embraced streaming video and digital downloads, and they're trying all kinds of strategies to get you to tune in, including free (but commercial-laden) Web-based video and for-pay downloads over iTunes and Amazon. Cool beans: but how you go about getting your dose of "24," "Survivor," ...

CBS gets the YouTube vibe

administrator — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 11:09:00 -0700

Posted Oct 2nd 2007 4:05PM by Tom Taulli
Filed under: Television, Google (GOOG), Interviews, Next big thing, Viacom (VIA), Media World, Videos

While television still rakes in billions, executives are getting nervous. What should be done about upstarts like Google (NASDAQ: GOOG)'s YouTube?

Well, in the case of CBS, the company is trying ...

CBS 'EyeLab' Will Give Consumers Bite-Sized Clips

administrator — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 08:25:00 -0700

by Gavin O'Malley, Monday, Oct 1, 2007 6:00 AM ET

IF SOMEONE'S GOING TO BE mashing up CBS content, it might as well be CBS. That's the rationale behind "EyeLab," a digital production studio just launched by the network to creatively edit its full-length shows, news programs, and sports coverage into bite-sized clips for a generation of YouTube-obsessed dabblers.

"Recognizing that short-form ...

Verizon Wireless and MediaFLO USA Deliver Unmatched Fall TV Lineup to Mobile Phones

administrator — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 08:36:00 -0700

- Lineup Features Rich Mix of Primetime Favorites, Exciting New Shows and
World-class News -
BASKING RIDGE, N.J. and SAN DIEGO, Sept. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Verizon Wireless, the company with the most customers of any wireless
brand, and MediaFLO USA, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Qualcomm
Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), today announced the fall lineup for V CAST
Mobile ...

Fall 101: The best things to do, see, hear, taste, buy & experience this season!
administrator — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 09:15:00 -0700
TV ON YOUR PC
This fall, it'll be even easier to watch favorite shows on your timetable now that more network shows are being offered online. You won't have to wait until Sept. 17 to see the debut of Fox's "K-Ville," or to see the first 17 minutes of the third season of "Prison Break." All of the networks boast ...

Post Group Selects FastSoft to Accelerate Internet Transmissions
administrator — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 17:03:00 -0700

Leading Post Production Company Reports 13x Increase in Video Transfer Speeds Using Single-Box Tool

MONROVIA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--FastSoft Inc. (fastsoft.com), a Southern California-based company that develops products that accelerate the transfer of data over the Internet, today announced that Hollywood-based Post Group (www.postgroup.com) has selected FastSoft’s flagship Aria product to accelerate the transmission of the large videos ...

Internet TV company raises $45M for expansion, development
administrator — Thu, 10 May 2007 18:19:00 -0700
News release from Joost
Joost™, the world’s first broadcast-quality Internet television service, today announced that five selected parties have collectively invested approximately $45 million in the company. Each party invested in a minority percentage of the company. This funding will enable Joost to accelerate product development, global expansion, localization, and service offerings.
Founded in January 2006 by Janus Friis and ...

Financiering van 45 miljoen dollar voor Joost
administrator — Thu, 10 May 2007 18:16:00 -0700
10 mei 2007

Joost(TM), the world's first broadcast-quality Internet television service, today announced that five selected parties have collectively invested approximately $45 million in the company. Each party invested in a minority percentage of the company. This funding will enable Joost to accelerate product development, global expansion, localization, and service offerings.Founded in January 2006 by Janus Friis and Niklas ...

Joost opens for business: it’s been worth the wait!
administrator — Thu, 03 May 2007 16:10:00 -0700
Posted on May 2nd, 2007 by John Pospisil
Joost, the much-hyped broadcast-quality global Internet television service, has announced that it is officially open for business. And from what I’ve seen so far, it’s been worth the wait.
It appears that the zillionaires behind Joost, Skype founders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis, have managed to attract both the quality content, and the advertising support, that ...

Joost.com preps ad-friendly Internet TV launch
administrator — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:52:00 -0700
by Jesse Kohl
Thirty-two blue chip advertisers have signed on to support New York-based Joost.com, the upcoming broadcast quality Internet TV service from the creators of Skype and Kazaa. The project has also listed its channels online, along with notes about what part of the globe you can view them from. Most of the channels are available worldwide, ...

CBS Gets Joost: Launch in Spring 2007
administrator — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:13:00 -0700

CBS programming from America’s most watched network will be available on the Joost platform when the service launches in spring 2007.

Content on Joost to be made available is coming from across the CBS divisions and includes new and previously-aired, full episodes from popular, current CBS programs, including the full CSI franchise: CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION, CSI: NY and CSI: ...

ProSiebenSat.1-buys V-O-D rights for 'maxdome' from CBS
administrator — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 15:43:00 -0700

Tuesday - Apr 24, 2007

Televisionpoint.com Correspondent
The ProSiebenSat.1-Group and CBS Paramount International Television have concluded a deal for TV-Series for the video-on-demand portal 'maxdome'. The current seasons of 'N.C.I.S.', 'Medium', 'Numb3rs' and 'Jericho' can be accessed in Germany at www.maxdome.de. The latest episodes of the series will be available on 'maxdome' one week prior to the Free TV-Broadcast in ...

CBS shows welcomed to the Maxdome

administrator — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:49:00 -0700

CBS Paramount has sold video-on-demand rights to a range of properties to ProSiebenSat.1 Group in Germany for viewing via its Maxdome VoD portal.

Current seasons of NCIS, Medium, Numb3rs and Jericho will now be available via the portal a week before their free-to-air viewing. Maxdome, accessible via a broadband internet connection on a PC or via a set-top box on ...

CBS brings CSI to Joost

administrator — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 14:51:00 -0700

Broadband TV start-up Joost has scored a major coup, netting a deal with CBS to add the entire CSI franchise to its service, plus a string of the US network's other hits including NCIS, Numb3rs and Showtime Boxing.

The partnership marks another major vote of confidence in Joost, set up by Skype founders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis, coming soon ...

CBS Content to be available on Joost platform as CBS and Joost partner

administrator — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 14:49:00 -0700

Joost, the Internet television service, together with CBS has announced that programming from the CBS network will be available on the Joost platform when the service officially launches in spring 2007.

CBS content that is slated to be available on Joost include the full CSI franchise: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: NY and CSI: Miami, NCIS, NUMB3RS, and Survivor. ...

CBS To Get Joost Up

administrator — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 13:00:00 -0700

April 12th 2007

By Geoff Duncan
Staff Writer, Digital Trends News

Broadcast network CBS has signed on to offer content via the forthcoming broadcast-quality Internet video service Joost.

American broadcast network CBS has announced it will offer programming via the Internet-based video service Joost when it officially launches—which ought to be this quarter. The announcement makes CBS the first broadcast ...

CBS Gets Joost(TM)

administrator — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 11:58:00 -0700

2007-04-12 18:58:10 -
New York April 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Joost(TM), the world's first broadcast- quality Internet television service, and CBS today announced that programming from America's most watched network will be available on the Joost platform when the service launches in spring 2007. Content to be made available is coming from across the CBS divisions and includes new and previously-aired, ...

CBS TV Shows Coming Soon to Sprint Cell Phones

administrator — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 10:33:00 -0700

March 27, 2007

Sprint Nextel has announced a new deal with U.S. broadcasting giant, CBS, allowing Sprint wireless subscribers to view the hit drama, Jericho and CBS evening news with Katie Couric, on their mobile devices.

Beginning next month, entire episodes of these two shows will be made available alongside clips of other popular CBS programs, including CSI, Numb3rs, NCIS, ...

Verizon V Cast Mobile TV

administrator — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 10:25:00 -0700

REVIEW DATE: 28-MAR-2007

Sascha Segan

The only cell-phone–based TV system truly worthy of its name, Verizon's V Cast Mobile TV is effortlessly easy to use and plays shows you actually want to watch in true TV-like quality. It's available in 20 cities at the moment, but will roll out nationwide Up until now, watching videoon cell phones has ...

Now You Can Catch Couric On Your Cell

administrator — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 14:56:00 -0700

By Dean Brooks: 2007-03-24 18:27:20

CBS just signed a major deal with Sprint TV service to stream a smattering of shows on mobile phones. The eye will now show a live broadcast of ‘Evening News with Katie Couric’ with video ads imbedded in the segment.This is really good to hear because I was honestly getting tired of rushing home ...

CBS Joins Sprint TV

administrator — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 11:10:00 -0700

By Garth Johnston -- Broadcasting & Cable, 3/23/2007 12:41:00 PM

According to the two companies, CBS content is now available on Sprint TV, Sprint Nextel's mobile TV offering.

Subscribers to Sprint TV can now access from their phones live "mobilecasts" of the CBS Evening News With Katie Couric, full episodes of Jericho on demand and brief video clips ...

Companies Battle to Serve You and Your Television

administrator — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 07:47:00 -0700

A war between cable, satellite and phone giants could yield more TV options and lower costs for consumers. Jan. 09, 2007 — by

Everything is Numb3rs

Miro talks trash, takes aim at Joost with its over 2,000 channels

Online TV Roundup (and Battle Royale)

CBS gets the YouTube vibe

CBS 'EyeLab' Will Give Consumers Bite-Sized Clips

Verizon Wireless and MediaFLO USA Deliver Unmatched Fall TV Lineup to Mobile Phones

Fall 101: The best things to do, see, hear, taste, buy & experience this season!

Post Group Selects FastSoft to Accelerate Internet Transmissions

Internet TV company raises $45M for expansion, development

Financiering van 45 miljoen dollar voor Joost

Joost opens for business: it’s been worth the wait!

Joost.com preps ad-friendly Internet TV launch

CBS Gets Joost: Launch in Spring 2007

ProSiebenSat.1-buys V-O-D rights for 'maxdome' from CBS