Category: Streaming and Multi-Media

Vara Software : Videocue
Seems a bit like another product (Serious Magic’s Vlog It). Competition in this space is good for all though..

Google Video: Trash Mixed With Treasure – New York Times
From the article:
Google is surely aware of these limitations and has plans to address them. One aspect of Google Video, however, will not be so easily changed: its copy-protection scheme, a new one that Google wrote itself. You can’t burn the shows to a CD or DVD, and can’t play them back on portable players like iPods. In fact, most of the TV shows don’t play back at all without an active Internet connection, which, for most people, also rules out laptop playback on planes, trains and automobiles. This is sickening news for anyone who thought that two incompatible copy-protection schemes – Apple’s and Microsoft’s – were complex and sticky enough already. And compared with the ABC and NBC shows available on the iTunes store, the value of the CBS shows looks even worse.

No Animals Were Hurt
A film about Alan Turing presented 1 frame per user at a time. You have to hit it on the right date or just after the 5000 viewer to see the whole thing.

Not sure why they are doing it this way but..

From the site:
Each unique visitor unlocks one frame, out of the total 5000. Each time 5000 is exceeded, the counter is reset, at which time a full version will be available for the next 24 hours. Currently, after 15946 visitors, the film is 19% its proper length.

www.StreamingMedia.com :: Google To Acquire dMarc Broadcasting

Truveo Video Search
Hmmn.. I like the search engine. AOL was smart.
From the site:
Welcome to Truveo. We have spent the last couple years developing some new technology to find all of the best video on the web. Please try our video search engine and let us know what you think. Just type a query into the search box above or select one of the popular searches below.We are pleased to announce that Truveo is now part of AOL�. You can read more about this acquisition here.