According to the latest study released by comScore, Inc., a market research firm, people are beginning to watch longer videos online. The duration of an average video has jumped from 5.8 minutes in December 2011 to 6.1 minutes in January 2012. Despite the growth in video duration, viewers actually dropped during that period. In January, 2012, 181 million U.S. Internet users watched about 40 billion videos compared to the 182 million users who watched 43.5 billion videos in December.
Whitney Houston, the great pop music icon, died at the age of 48. Her funeral will be an invitation-only event. Several stars are expected to pay tribute to Houston at the funeral including Stevie Wonder, Alicia Keys, Kevin Costner, Bobby Brown and more. Houston's funeral will begin at 12 p.m. (EST) at the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, N.J., which is where the late singer got her start singing as a child.
When is the 2012 Oscars? Here is all the information you need for the 84th Academy Awards, including date, start time, live streaming information, downloadable apps and a full nominations list.
The ongoing kerfuffle between classic TV services and the web's intermediaries has a new web-streaming combatant, Aereo, which announced on Wednesday a $20.5 million infusion of funding from media veteran Barry Diller.
There's been a lot of news coming from streaming video services recently. Earlier this week, Redbox, the movie rental service, announced a new joint venture with Verizon through which the companies will offer a streaming video service. Not to be outdone, Amazon has announced a deal with Viacom, Inc. that will allow Amazon Prime members to stream TV shows from Viacom-owned television stations such as Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, TV Land, Spike, VH1, BET, CMT, MTV and others.
Spirits are still high among the members of Occupy Pittsburgh, one of the few remaining factions of the Occupy Wall Street movement with a functioning campsite, despite, or perhaps because of the fact that they are facing a court ordered eviction at 12 p.m. Tuesday Feb. 7. Occupy Pittsburgh is currently live-streaming from their campsite and have planned a press conference for noon, the same time as their ordered eviction.
The challenge for the Los Gatos, Calif.-based entertainment provider is to stand out as others such as Hulu and Amazon with its Prime service and Redbox try to gain an edge in the streaming business.
The deal will allow Redbox to pose a more credible challenge to rival Netflix, while it could permit Verizon to control more of the content available through its platforms.
Redbox, the movie rental service, has announced a new joint venture with Verizon through which the companies will offer a streaming video service. The new streaming video service will launch in the second half of 2012. Customers must subscribe to the service in order to stream video, but details about the price scale have not been released.
The Super Bowl is less than 24 hours away. If you can't watch the game on television, then you can watch it on either of two Web sites linked here.
The 2012 Super Bowl championship is indeed one of the most-watched television events in America. For the very first time in its history, the entire event, including the celebrity performances and rematch between New York Giants and New England Patriots, will be streamed live from Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on NBCSports.com and NFL.com, starting from 6:30 p.m. EST Sunday.
Homeland Security, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) seized 307 websites Feb. 2 for allegedly streaming copyrighted sports broadcasts and pay-per-view events, including the 2012 Super Bowl.
As companies such as Netflix and Amazon increasingly set their sights on their online streaming business, competitor Redbox has what some analysts believe is a serious problem: no streaming service.
After shares of Netflix hit rock bottom following an ill-fated business decision last September, the Los Gatos, Calif-based company has seen its shares go back up rather quickly.
Netflix Inc said on Wednesday that it expects Amazon.com Inc to brand its video streaming offering as standalone service.
The January 25 match kicks off at 4 pm.
Join the live chat with Angelina Jolie who will be discussing her new movie In the Land of Blood and Honey with fans. The film, set in Bosnia, exposes the horrors of war.
It's time for the BCS National Championship Game 2012, between No. 1 LSU and No. 2 Alabama, and if you are away from a TV live streaming is available for tonight's contest.
The SEC powerhouse teams that happen to play in the same conference division -- the SEC West -- will square off in a rematch of their regular season game that LSU won 9-6 in overtime. The Tigers ended up undefeated, effectively obliterating opponents outside of the close game with the Crimson Tide, while Alabama lost only to the Tigers.
Hulu Plus, Netflix and Amazon Prime are great for streaming content, so here's how to choose which is best for you. As broadband gets cheaper and more plentiful, more and more people are cutting the cord and canceling their cable subscriptions. That's because all that broadband capability is allowing for a revolution in streaming content online, specifically, streaming videos
The SEC powerhouse teams that happen to play in the same conference division -- the SEC West -- will square off in a rematch of their regular season game that LSU won 9-6 in overtime. The Tigers ended up undefeated, effectively obliterating opponents outside of the close game with the Crimson Tide, while Alabama lost only to the Tigers.
The move by Warner Bros., a subsidiary of Time Warner, doubles the current 28-day delay on DVD rentals.