Internet Video News Desk

By 2011, advertiser spending on Internet video streams to PCs and TVs will approach $1.7 billion, but movie and TV downloads will generate consumer spending of $4.1 billion, according to Adams Media Research’s new strategic analysis, Video on the Internet: Ad-Supported Streaming and Download-to-Own. “The Internet is going to revolutionize the business of video distribution,” said AMR president Tom Adams, “But in all the excitement about product launches by Wal-Mart, Amazon and Apple, people are getting giddy about how fast it will happen. We felt it was time to develop a rational set of projections, analyzing the ad-supported and download-to-own markets for both movies and TV shows in light of what the industry has learned in the past three decades of video distribution shifts.” AMR’s analysis points to a period of experimentation ... (more)

IBM + MediaTek = HDTV and Internet Video Transmitted Wirelessly

"This collaborative effort will enable a world where you can have your entertainment when you want and where you want it," said Dr. T.C. Chen, vice president, Science & Technology, IBM Research, as he announced today that IBM and MediaTek will combine their expertise in millimeter wave (mmWave) radio technology and digital chipsets to create revolutionary multimedia wireless products. "This will enable consumers to wirelessly transfer large multimedia data files around their home and/or offices in seconds," Chen added. The two companies will collaborate to integrate IBM's new mmWav... (more)

Agilent Technologies' N2X Multiservices Test Solution Validates IPTV Quality of Experience

Agilent Technologies has announced that its N2X multiservices test solution is a solution for validating Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) service quality for thousands of subscribers on IPv6 network architectures, also referred to as next-generation networks (NGNs). Network equipment manufacturers and service providers can use the N2X solution to characterize the ability of individual IPv6 network elements or entire networks to meet IPTV Quality of Experience (QoE) expectations prior to deployment. The Agilent N2X solution emulates IPv6 triple-play subscribers and generates h... (more)

Breaking iTV Internet Video News: Time Warner CEO To Step Down December 31

Richard D. Parsons, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Time Warner Inc, is going to step down from the CEO role from December 31 and remain only as Chairman of the filmed entertainment, interactive services, television networks, cable systems and publishing giant. That, anyway, is what early reports are saying this morning. He became CEO in May 2002 and Chairman of the Board in May 2003, having prior to that served as the company's Co-Chief Operating Officer, overseeing its content businesses-Warner Bros., New Line Cinema, Warner Music Group and Time Warner Book... (more)

Internet Video and Youth Entertainment Network GoFish Gets Top VC as Advisor

"With its direct ad sales force and growing publisher network combined with the depth and breadth of its library of video content, GoFish is well positioned to scale its network and its revenues," said John Durham, CEO and managing partner of Catalyst and former president of Jumpstart Automotive Media, as it was announced today that he has been appointed to the board of directors of GoFish Corporation. The first publicly traded online video company, GoFish - headquartered in San Francisco - is a leading internet video and youth entertainment network. “GoFish is rapidly becomi... (more)