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Twitcam Takes Live Streaming Video to Twitter
LiveStream, which counts Gannett Co. as a shareholder and investor, has introduced what it is calling the first service to stream live video on Twitter. This would be called Twitcam.com.
Streaming Music Turning Users Away From Piracy
UK Music fans are turning their backs file-sharing in favor of streaming and other ways of sharing music, especially amongst teens, according to the latest survey by The Leading Question and Music Ally of 1000 music fans:
Netflix Now Streaming South Park And Nickelodeon Shows
Netflix has announced it will be offering programming from Viacom’s MTV Networks and Comedy Central via its streaming service.
The first nine seasons of "South Park" featuring 139 episodes are now available to be instantly streamed from Netflix.
Netflix Partners With Starz On Instant Streaming
Online movie rental service Netflix has reached a deal with Starz Entertainment to make movies from Starz through its broadband subscription movie service, available to be streamed on Netflix.
MSN TV Streaming Hulu Content
The NBC/Fox cooperative site Hulu may be in private beta, but MSN TV is promising some Hulu content in advance of launch.
CNN Gets It (Streaming Video to be Free)
CNN has long held out with its paid video subscription model, especially for its streaming “Pipeline,” started in 2005 and priced at $25/year.
Google Top Streaming Video Property
comScore, a digital media measurement firm has released numbers on the U.S. streaming video market from its Video Metrix service. In January, 123 million people viewed 7.2 billion videos online. This accounted for 70 percent of the total U.S. Internet audience.
The average video streamer watched 59 streams of the period of a month, which are around two videos per day. The average amount of time spent watching videos was 151 minutes for the month and the average amount of time spent viewing a single video was 2.6 minutes.
Baidu & EMI To Offer Streaming Music
Baidu and EMI Music have agreed on a deal to launch an ad-supported streaming music service to Chinese users. Under the terms of the deal, Baidu will set up a page entitled the “EMI Music Zone” as part of its music search channel.
Netflix Offering Streaming Movies
One of my favorite web applications and companies is Netflix.