The Luc Besson-produced visual feast "Home" opens Friday in theaters across the U.S. and Europe, in celebration of World Environmental Day. Best to catch this "stunning visual portrayal of Earth" on the biggest screen you can find, but there's a quick, easy and free way to see the film as June 5 dawns. YouTube is set for a one-day-only … [Read more...]
Hulu Labs cooks up Desktop player
Hulu has lifted the curtain on its beta-driven Labs section -- and more importantly its new desktop application for home computers. The Hulu Desktop, billed as "a lean-back viewing experience," works with robust Macs and PCs (view system requirements). The app is downloaded from the Hulu site. Beyond that no browser is needed. You'll need a … [Read more...]
Viacom boss: Online audience uncounted
Viacom's president and CEO agrees with Hulu: Measurements of online video audiences are off. By a lot. Noting that "you get paid on measurement," Philippe Dauman charged that streaming-video tracking done by online ratings services are "extremely inaccurate." "What we see internally is very different than what the measuring services have," … [Read more...]
Watch Instantly, on Windows Media Center
Those TV shoppers who just can't bring themselves to pay good money for Apple's good products will be pleased to know that Netflix's streaming videos are coming to the Windows Media Center. Only catch is, users have to be running Windows Vista Home Premium or Ultimate. You basic Vista won't cut it ... another reason to regret that operating … [Read more...]
Hulu steamed over Nielsen’s numbers
Hulu lost 1.5 million viewers in April, but streamed 25 million more videos than it did in March. Total video streams increased a whopping 490% year over year. Or ... maybe not. In email messages obtained by the New York Times, Hulu executives have been busy this week complaining to Nielsen about April's reported loss of unique viewers, down … [Read more...]
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