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How Seven blew the internet Olympics

If there ever was an opportunity for a broadcaster to showcase the potential of internet video, this was it, and Seven has blown it. Perhaps its executives should have rung their mates at NBC in the US and gotten some pointers on online coverage.

18/08/2008 12:19 PM

ABC's Web TV a hit

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has claimed an instant success with its new internet television platform iView, with 58,000 people visiting the site in its first 24 hours of operation.

28/07/2008 10:14 AM

Apple fixes security issues with QuickTime 7.5

Apple fixes security issues with QuickTime 7.5

Latest QuickTime security updates address security issues that affect Mac and Windows users of the Apple media player.

12/06/2008 11:46 AM

Google offers YouTube video software for Macs

Google offers YouTube video software for Macs

The search giant releases Mac software to record Webcam video and upload it to YouTube.

13/05/2008 09:59 AM

Adobe moves to broaden Flash reach

Adobe moves to broaden Flash reach

Adobe announces the Open Screen Project, an industry partnership intended to broaden the appeal of Flash for mobile devices and other non-PC platforms.

08/05/2008 05:06 PM

Videophlow tries to enliven YouTube

Videophlow tries to enliven YouTube

Photophlow was for sharing and chatting about Flickr photos. Now there's Videophlow, which presents a similarly elaborate interface for YouTube videos.

28/04/2008 01:24 PM

Flickr purists gripe about video expansion

Flickr purists gripe about video expansion

Hundreds of Flickr users protest arrival of video clips. So why haven't photography buffs launched a No Dumb Snaphots group?

10/04/2008 12:25 PM

Yahoo allows Flickr users to upload video

In a bid to broaden Flickr — and put some pressure on Google's YouTube — Yahoo is allowing users to upload video content to its popular photo-sharing site.

09/04/2008 12:35 PM

Australia behind at catch-up TV

Australia behind at catch-up TV

CNET.com.au contributor Bill Dawes joins a select group of Australian broadband users picked to take part in a trial of the ABC's new Playback TV service.

03/04/2008 05:45 PM

Apple to piggyback on DVDs to distribute digital content?

Apple to piggyback on DVDs to distribute digital content?

Starting next week, a DVD you buy off the shelf could end up coming with a free or markedly discounted digital copy from the US iTunes Media Store.

11/01/2008 12:11 PM

YouTube tests viewer-friendly ad format

YouTube tests viewer-friendly ad format

After more than a year of promises, Google unveils ads that are mostly transparent and vanish after 10 seconds.

22/08/2007 12:04 PM

Adobe brings high definition to Flash videos

The next version of Flash Player will support high-definition MPEG 4 video compression standard H.264.

22/08/2007 10:34 AM

Speeding up iTunes downloads, the Israeli way

Yossi Vardi, the guy who helped bring instant messaging to the world, is now trying to speed up video downloads.

03/08/2007 12:01 PM

Google to rollout content-filtering system

Google has pencilled in September as the launch date for a system that will stop pirated videos from going up on popular social networking site YouTube.

30/07/2007 05:58 PM

New Realplayer allows easy YouTube downloads

New Realplayer allows easy YouTube downloads

RealNetworks announced today the public availability of its beta release of RealPlayer 11, which is able to download and burn videos from popular Web sites, such as YouTube.

27/06/2007 04:40 PM

New MySpace copyright tech turns heads, raises brows

New MySpace copyright tech turns heads, raises brows

Site launches feature to combat unauthorised use of copyrighted video content, but can "Take Down Stay Down" stay up?

14/05/2007 12:26 PM

Popular on YouTube? You may get a profit cut

Google's YouTube is now ready to cut some video makers in on the action.

07/05/2007 11:00 AM

Joost goes one beta better

Commercial launch of on-demand Web program to feature Anderson Cooper, "Aqua Teen Hunger Force," ads, new partnerships.

02/05/2007 11:56 AM

Apple plugs QuickTime zero-day flaw

Apple on Tuesday released a QuickTime update to fix a security flaw that was used to breach a MacBook Pro at a recent security conference.

02/05/2007 11:08 AM

Microsoft sheds light on Flash rival

Looking to dethrone Adobe's Web video tool, Redmond to unveil a browser plug-in called Silverlight.

16/04/2007 04:54 PM

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