Verizon and Redbox say they've combined to create a new "digital and physical" home video service that will rival Netflix. The "national multiplatform product" will combine DVD/Blu-ray rentals with a streaming video component, as Netflix has done since 2008. The partnership's announcement was short on detail, however. No content deals were … [Read more...]
Crackle pops up on Xbox
Sony's free Crackle movie and TV service has surfaced on Xbox Live. Two days into its move into the Xbox home-video suburb, however, Crackle was still grappling with bugs. A few movie/TV categories remained barren, the connection proved unstable and the ad server didn't seem to be working reliably. On the plus side, Crackle's menus improve … [Read more...]
Youtube: 4 bil videos a day
YouTube says it's now serving more than 4 billion videos a day. The DIY giant made the most noise about another stat, however: 60 hours of video uploaded every minute. Or an hour of video per second, for the nano-oriented. Or a century every 10 days, for the geezers. YouTube says the 4 billion videos a day figure, which is global, is up 25 … [Read more...]
Another viewing record
The U.S. continues to watch online videos at a record pace, with 43.5 billion videos viewed in December. That tops the record 42.6 billion videos viewed in October, according to figures from the online ranking service comScore. For December, comScore reported that Google sites (YouTube, mostly) served 21.9 billion videos to U.S. viewers. … [Read more...]
Hulu enters ‘Battleground’
Hulu's first scripted original series, "Battleground," kicks off Feb. 14, just as the GOP Primary kicks into high gear. The political "workplace dramedy" tracks a campaign's efforts to land a Senate seat in Wisconsin (the battleground state of the title). The third-place candidate's hopes rest on "an unruly band of campaign workers and … [Read more...]
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