links for 2007-10-31

Hulu Launches With Few YouTube Killing Qualities
(tags: hulu)

Hulu Blog: Beta testing begins for Hulu
(tags: hulu)

NBC wanted cut of iPod revenues
(tags: NBC hulu)

A review of Hulu.com - Lost Remote
(tags: hulu)

Hulu Estimated P&L: One Tough Business
(tags: Hulu businessmodels)

Industry elites convert DVDs to digital
(tags: DVD distribution mediaservers hardware)

Filed under: Daily Links

links for 2007-10-30

The HD Web
Akamai’s HD demo site
(tags: HD video)

Hulu: The Modern Day @Home?: Silicon Alley Insider
(tags: Hulu businessmodels)

Hulu Launches Private Beta, Makes Very Good First Impressions
(tags: hulu video)

No Need to Wait: Hulu Videos Already Available on AOL
(tags: hulu video)

First Look: Hulu On AOL
(tags: hulu video)

Hulu Debuts to Meet Foes and Find Friends
(tags: hulu video internet)

Leopard [...]

Filed under: Daily Links

links for 2007-10-28

Apple Looks to YouTube for Commercial Content
(tags: Apple youtube businessmodels advertising)

Akamai to Launch HD Portal on Monday with Dramatic Video from the BBC, NBA, MTV & CBS as High Def Era Dawns Online
(tags: HD distribution)

Did a lack of standardization kill high-def audio?
(tags: audio music technology SACD)

Filed under: Daily Links

links for 2007-10-26

Apple in a Fight for Rights to TV Shows - washingtonpost
(tags: Apple distribution Itunes)

The Hottest Digital Agencies Around: Advertising Age
top 18 Interactive companies
(tags: advertising design interactive)

Filed under: Daily Links

links for 2007-10-24

OiNK.cd Servers Raided, Admin Arrested | TorrentFreak
(tags: filesharing Copyright P2P torrent oink BitTorrent networkPolitics)

OiNK Investigation Seeks Identities and Activities of Users | TorrentFreak
(tags: filesharing Copyright P2P torrent oink BitTorrent networkPolitics)

Hulu Set to Launch on Monday
crickets…
(tags: video youtube distribution NBC)

The Facts About NBC (GE) on YouTube, Hulu, and iTunes* ]
(tags: distribution video youtube hulu itunes)

Filed under: Daily Links

links for 2007-10-23

Free My Phone: Walt Mossberg
(tags: mobile phone networkPolitics)

map of the (blacklisted) internet
(tags: internet visualization spam)

How opinionated companies get customers to live without floppy drives, assigned seats, credit cards, etc.
(tags: design innovation businessmodels usability userexperience)

Mary Meeker on Technology/Internet: Key Points
Lots of stats and data to chew on
(tags: technology businessmodels ideas)

NBC Confirms Pulling YouTube Content for [...]

Filed under: Daily Links

links for 2007-10-19

Amazon 1-Click patent rejected
(tags: patent.effects networkPolitics)

Best Buy Stops Selling Analog TVs
(tags: DTV)

Filed under: Daily Links

links for 2007-10-18

MTV Adobe AIR Challenge
(tags: Adobe flash MTV mashups)

Why Apple’s iPhone Doesn’t Need 3G
(tags: iPhone)

Apple reduces iTunes Plus pricing to $0.99
(tags: Apple Itunes distribution)

Ezmo
Online music player app
(tags: Flash Flex music streaming sharing)

Amazon MP3’s Buzz-Building Plan: Pay Affiliates 4X What Apple Does
(tags: Amazon Apple downloads Itunes businessmodels)

Anti-DRM cards to stick in your Netflix envelopes from Defective By [...]

Filed under: Daily Links

Third Party Applications on the iPhone: SDK Coming in February

Steve Jobs, from Apple’s “Hot News”
Third Party Applications on the iPhone
Let me just say it: We want native third party applications on the iPhone, and we plan to have an SDK in developers’ hands in February. We are excited about creating a vibrant third party developer community around the iPhone and enabling hundreds of new [...]

Filed under: Apple, Software

BBC iPlayer to Use Flash for Cross-platform Streaming

The maligned BBC iPlayer, which requires Windows DRM, will be using Flash for cross-platform streaming.
PaidContent UK:
The Adobe deal means that iPlayer—the BBC’s catch-up TV service—finally will be available on Macintosh and Linux operating systems as well as Windows. Since its soft launch earlier this year, iPlayer has faced criticism for not being platform-neutral. But, as [...]

Filed under: Media Technology

YouTube Launches Filtering Tools

YouTube has released a “beta” of it’s content identification and filtering tools for Copyright owners.
Google Blog: Latest content ID tool for YouTube.
YouTube Video ID Beta page.
Time will tell how this effects both Fair Use and YouTube’s popularity.

Filed under: Copyright, DRM

Downloadables

Okkervil River, Club Downunder, FSU 4 Oct 07
Killing Time: Skip EP 1987
Sigur Rós: October 6, 2007 Gould Hall NYC, acoustic

Filed under: Music

links for 2007-10-14

wiiwiiwiiwii - Claudio Midolo Edgar Castellanos Pedro Mari Natan Sinigaglia
The wii as a musical instrument
(tags: music DIY audio art wii interactive)

Apple: iPhone Web Apps Directory
(tags: Apple iPhone tools)

High Def on Vimeo
(tags: video HD Vimeo)

The Arcade Fire: Neon Bible Interactive video
(tags: interactive video music)

Universal Music Takes on iTunes
(tags: music ridiculous.crap RIAA Apple)

Silicon Alley Insider: Video Sharing [...]

Filed under: Daily Links

links for 2007-10-12

YouTube + Google Earth
(tags: youtube google video visualization mashups)

Filed under: Daily Links

CurrentTV Re-designed, dropping .tv

UPDATE#2: Full story at NewTeeVee. Current.com is to replace Current.tv.
CurrentTV has a redesign new site in the works, and from the sneak peek, it looks well thought-out. Top-level sections dedicated to Browsing, Participating, Contributing, and Watching. A nice simplification/organization from the jargon-laden CurrentTV site below:

Filed under: Design, Interactive Video, video