YouTube guaranteed itself a happy sixth birthday by announcing that it has hit the 3 billion views per day mark -- an increase of about 50 percent over last year. That makes roughly 90 billion individual video views a month. YouTube says the 3 billion a day figure translates to "the equivalent of nearly half the world’s population watching a … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2011
Vevo rocks in April
Viewers showered Vevo with attention in April. The online music video provider hit record viewing sessions over the month, easily topping the 300 million mark. Vevo jumped back to the No. 2 spot in total uniques (55 million users), after March's fall to No. 5 (52.5 million), comScore reported. Vevo often is described as the Hulu of music … [Read more...]
PSN: Hulu, Netflix back
The PlayStation Network is back in action, with restored access to video streams from Netflix, Hulu, Vudu, and MLB.tv. Although there were some technical issues over the weekend, they appear to be resolved. Sony's security upgrades now require existing customers to establish a new password before accessing PSN. Saying that "actions speak … [Read more...]
Miramax joins Netflix
Miramax's cache of classic independent films is coming to Netflix streaming video. Beginning in June, subscribers who use Watch Instantly will have access to "several hundred Miramax movies, with dozens of titles being added on a rotating basis," Netflix said, confirming the deal, which had been anticipated. Miramax's deal is non-exclusive … [Read more...]
‘Something Wild’ crashes into Blu-ray
Time hasn't tamed "Something Wild." Jonathan Demme's red-hot-mama road movie returns on Blu-ray and DVD, all dolled up by the Criterion Collection. Unlike most hipster movies of the 1980s, "Something Wild" still hits on all of its cylinders: sex, violence and screwball madness. Very little feels dated, really: Credit Demme's … [Read more...]