Boxee heading to a box
Boxee, the well known media center application that originally began as a fork from the community created XBMC project, announced today at the NewTeeVee Live Conference that they will be partnering with a consumer electronics manufacturer to produce and sell a Boxee-branded connected device. The also announced that they expect to have Boxee technology embedded [...]
Has the Transcoding Problem Worsened Thanks to YouTube?
If you’re a hardcore rock fan, the name “Deadmau5″ might not really ring a bell – unless you know someone who is familiar with the “rave” scene. One of the bigger names in House music had some interesting things to say about how much quality is lost on YouTube even though it’s labelled as [...]
French Film Director Pushes Canadian Streaming Site Offline
Says that because the site had advertising, it is an illegal website.
In a report that has, thus far, remained almost exclusively a French story to date, a French film director has pressured Canadian website BeeMotion.fr into going offline. One report from 01net says that the website is illegal because it also contained advertising. [...]
NFL, NBA, MLB Not Worried About Free Live Sports Streams on TVants.com Yet
‘Please don’t log on to tvants,com and watch our major exciting games live for free’.
There’s an interesting story on the New York Times recently about stream piracy which is where someone manages to get a stream from a major sports event pirated online live for free. The strange part is the fact that they [...]
Bell Canada – No Really, We Are Overloaded! 8% Congested in 2 Cases!
The network neutrality debate took an interesting turn today. As mandated by the CRTC (Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission), Bell Canada has publicly disclosed some figures to try and prove its case – figures that have some users laughing.
Bell Canada seems to have a hard sell – convince everyone that throttling wholesalers as well [...]
2 Asian Countries Crack Down on Video Sharing Sites
Reports are surfacing that there is a major government crackdown on video sharing recently. While some of the accusations are copyright infringement activities, many suspect it’s actually politically motivated.
NewTeeVee noted a report on the Wall Street Journal which points to concern that the Chinese government has shut down popular Chinese video sharing site 56.com.
The [...]
Streaming Coming to UseNet?
UseNet has always been a network that appears to be for either people who have money or people who are able to work some of the most user-unfriendly applications around. So has UseNet just become so user friendly, that it’s a matter of point, click and stream?
NewTeeVee recently posted a story about BinTube, software [...]
WINAMP Remote BETA – a guide to the new P2P music streaming feature
On the road and wish you had your music? Does your friend’s music library suck? Well, Winamp just got a little bit cooler with the new Remote BETA feature that allows you to stream your PC’s music files via the internet browser of you choice.
Anybody who listens to music on their home PC will [...]
