SYS-CON's Internet Video News Desk tracks the fast-emerging and fast-converging worlds of streaming video, IP and TV as well as latest news and updates from "iTVcon - Internet TV Conference & Expo" (www.iTVcon.com).
'We wanted to reward
people for the role they
played in sharing and
promoting video legally
on the Web. blinkx's new
AdHoc widget enables
Internet users to
monetize the video they
choose to embed on their
webpages and blogs
quickly and easily,' said
Suranga Chandratillake,
founder and
Major television
broadcasters and leading
content publishers
including CBS, PBS,
Yahoo! Video, Meredith
Corporation, Blip.tv,
Fora.tv, Motionbox,
MyToons and StimTV will
be collaborating with
Adobe to distribute video
content via the new Adobe
Media Player.
'We have been evaluating
Silverlight and comparing
its technical as well as
overall advantages over
Flash Video since the
first beta of the product
was released, We are more
confident about making
the switch and convinced
to go with the superior
Microsoft technology at
this time.'
So, picture this
situation. I'm sitting in
my living room poking
around catching up on
news feeds and reading
the latest of my favorite
comic strips. In the
background is one of
those cheezy
star-watching shows like
Entertainment Tonight or
whatever - I usually let
those shows slip int
Almost 75% of US Internet
users watched videos
online in July, up from
71.4% in March, according
to comScore Networks. The
monthly time spent
watching videos went up
to an average of 181
minutes per viewer in
July from 145 minutes per
viewer in March.
Adobe's Flash Player, the
de facto standard for
video on the Web, now has
a rival: a cross-platform
Web browser plug-in from
Microsoft called
Silverlight. Designed to
present HD video on the
web, the Silverlight 1.0
was released today.
Silverlight, which
enables designers and
developer
SYS-CON Events announced
today that 'AJAXWorld
Conference & Expo 2007
West' main sponsorship
opportunities are now
sold-out! Limited number
of expo and event
sponsorship opportunities
that are still available
are expected to be
completely sold before
the end of the month. The
new spons
The inaugural iTVCon -
Internet Video Conference
& Expo (November 12-13,
2007) is building out its
program and the
Conference Advisory Board
is busy sorting through
the hundreds of proposals
for technical and
strategic sessions that
have been coming in.
Final deadline for
proposals is
TV is approaching its
'iPod moment,' according
to Google's Vint Cerf, in
the sense that 'You're
still going to need live
television for certain
things - like news,
sporting events and
emergencies - but
increasingly it is going
to be almost like the
iPod, where you download
content to l
HDTV quality Web video
for the masses came a
step closer today as
Adobe announced the
latest update for Adobe
Flash Player 9 software,
code-named Moviestar,
which includes H.264
standard video support.
A seasoned Java
professional has to know
more than just the syntax
of the Java language.
Java EE offers a set of
standardized technologies
for enterprise
development. A number of
open-source frameworks
such as Spring or
Hibernate are widely used
in a variety of Java
applications. Famil
Linspire developer of the
commerical desktop Linux
operating system of the
same name and Freespire,
the community desktop
Linux operating system,
and SageTV, a pioneer in
personal video recording
and home media center
technologies that combine
television, music and
related media into a
Combining 'the best
things about television
with the social power of
the Internet' is
precisely what The Venice
Project, which yesterday
came out of stealth and
announced itself as
Joost, is all about.
Jim Clark, co-founder of
both Silicon Graphics and
Netscape, has quit as
chairman of Shutterfly,
the digital photography
web site, complaining
about the restrictions
Sarbanes-Oxley
regulations impose. In a
letter to Shutterfly
management released with
an SEC filing, Clark
said, 'Sarbox
BroadRelay Holdings
today announced its
shareholders approved a
name change for the
corporate entity to
SIVOO, Inc. The company,
which has centered
efforts on expanding and
enhancing its SIVOO(TM)
property, the first
Internet TV network of
multicultural on-demand
entertainment progra
VeriSign and Adobe
Systems yesterday
announced their intent to
collaborate on
integrating Adobe Flash
technologies with
VeriSign's peer-assisted
content distribution
technology. The first
phase of the expected
collaboration consists of
VeriSign incorporating
Adobe Flash Media Server
2
GameZnFlix, Inc. (OTCBB:
GZFX), an onlineprovider
of video games and DVD
movies for rent or
purchase, announcedtoday
that it has chosen
VitalStream, Inc.
(NASDAQ: VSTH), a world
leaderin rich media
delivery, as its content
delivery provider for
offering moviedownloads.
Just as 2006 was the year
of streaming video and
the birth of 'Internet
TV,' 2007 is going to be
the move beyond infancy
toward the long-awaited
and complete convergence
of television and the
Internet. Now that
broadband is available to
more than100 million
households worldwide,
every
NaviSite,Inc. (NASDAQ:
NAVI), a leading provider
of application
management,professional
services and secure
content delivery
solutions forenterprises,
today announced that
Baeble Music, Inc.
(www.baeblemusic.com)has
selected NaviSite's
Managed Services
andContent Delivery and
Accelerat
During Microsoft Chairman
Bill Gates' keynote
address yesterday at the
2007 International
Consumer Electronics Show
(CES), he announced a new
solution that will bring
together two of
Microsoft's leading
entertainment products:
the Xbox 360 gaming
console and the Microsoft
TV IPTV Editi
Having peered into
various crystal balls,
Cisco figures global
Internet traffic will
grow 46% a year between
now and 2012, nearly
doubling every two years.
The projection translates
into an annual bandwidth
demand of more than a
half a zettabyte, the
equivalent of at least
125 billion
2008 is going to be an
important year for Rich
Internet Applications.
Most organizations are
delivering or planning to
deliver Rich Internet
Applications; however, at
the same time, most IT
managers are facing a
dilemma: which Rich
Internet Application
technology and platform
to use? T
From Application
Virtualization to Xen, a
round-up of the
virtualization themes &
topics being discussed in
NYC June 23-24, 2008 by
the world-class speaker
faculty at the 3rd
International
Virtualization Conference
& Expo being held by
SYS-CON Events in The
Roosevelt Hotel, in
midtown
Conference in San
Francisco. Dvorak held
forth on a number of
topics, including the new
AMD/Intel lawsuit, the
viability of Java and
Sun, the value of (or
lack thereof) of
corporate PR, and whether
or not a new book about
Silicon Valley is really
worth reading.
Friday morning the local
Fox television station in
New York City broke the
news - Apple was suing
New York City. Six out of
100 of their viewers
thought Apple had the
right to sue the City,
but 94 out of 100 viewers
are now calling for New
Yorkers to drop Apple and
its products, includ
About Newsfeeds / Video Feeds
'We wanted to reward
people for the role they
played in sharing and
promoting video legally
on the Web. blinkx's new
AdHoc widget enables
Internet users to
monetize the video they
choose to embed on their
webpages and blogs
quickly and easily,' said
Suranga Chandratillake,
founder and 
Almost 75% of US Internet
users watched videos
online in July, up from
71.4% in March, according
to comScore Networks. The
monthly time spent
watching videos went up
to an average of 181
minutes per viewer in
July from 145 minutes per
viewer in March.
Adobe's Flash Player, the
de facto standard for
video on the Web, now has
a rival: a cross-platform
Web browser plug-in from
Microsoft called
Silverlight. Designed to
present HD video on the
web, the Silverlight 1.0
was released today.
Silverlight, which
enables designers and
developer 
The inaugural iTVCon -
Internet Video Conference
& Expo (November 12-13,
2007) is building out its
program and the
Conference Advisory Board
is busy sorting through
the hundreds of proposals
for technical and
strategic sessions that
have been coming in.
Final deadline for
proposals is 
TV is approaching its
'iPod moment,' according
to Google's Vint Cerf, in
the sense that 'You're
still going to need live
television for certain
things - like news,
sporting events and
emergencies - but
increasingly it is going
to be almost like the
iPod, where you download
content to l
HDTV quality Web video
for the masses came a
step closer today as
Adobe announced the
latest update for Adobe
Flash Player 9 software,
code-named Moviestar,
which includes H.264
standard video support.
A seasoned Java
professional has to know
more than just the syntax
of the Java language.
Java EE offers a set of
standardized technologies
for enterprise
development. A number of
open-source frameworks
such as Spring or
Hibernate are widely used
in a variety of Java
applications. Famil
Linspire developer of the
commerical desktop Linux
operating system of the
same name and Freespire,
the community desktop
Linux operating system,
and SageTV, a pioneer in
personal video recording
and home media center
technologies that combine
television, music and
related media into a
At AJAXWorld Conference &
Expo 2007 (East) in New
York's Roosevelt Hotel,
19-21 March 2007,
SYS-CON.TV will be a
major presence.
Just as 2006 was the year
of streaming video and
the birth of 'Internet
TV,' 2007 is going to be
the move beyond infancy
toward the long-awaited
and complete convergence
of television and the
Internet. Now that
broadband is available to
more than100 million
households worldwide,
every 
During Microsoft Chairman
Bill Gates' keynote
address yesterday at the
2007 International
Consumer Electronics Show
(CES), he announced a new
solution that will bring
together two of
Microsoft's leading
entertainment products:
the Xbox 360 gaming
console and the Microsoft
TV IPTV Editi
Having peered into
various crystal balls,
Cisco figures global
Internet traffic will
grow 46% a year between
now and 2012, nearly
doubling every two years.
The projection translates
into an annual bandwidth
demand of more than a
half a zettabyte, the
equivalent of at least
125 billion 
From Application
Virtualization to Xen, a
round-up of the
virtualization themes &
topics being discussed in
NYC June 23-24, 2008 by
the world-class speaker
faculty at the 3rd
International
Virtualization Conference
& Expo being held by
SYS-CON Events in The
Roosevelt Hotel, in
midtown 
Friday morning the local
Fox television station in
New York City broke the
news - Apple was suing
New York City. Six out of
100 of their viewers
thought Apple had the
right to sue the City,
but 94 out of 100 viewers
are now calling for New
Yorkers to drop Apple and
its products, includ