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The Doctor Who team are planning on streaming a live Q&A session from the series 6 boxset signing taking place today at Westfield Stratford City with Matt Smith, Karen Gillian and Arthur Darvill in conversation with Jo Whiley between 4 and 4.30pm.
They have taken over the BBC worldwide youtube channel with a Doctor Who Skin at www.youtube.com/bbcworldwide and http://www.youtube.com/bbcworldwidetv
The stream will commence from 4pm GMT, giving fans the chance to take part in the chat on the right hand side of the page.
They'll also be updates from the event on their Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/DoctorWho and Doctor Who are also taking over the https://twitter.com/bbcwyoutube Twitter channel. Fans are encouraged to tweet with the hashtag #doctorwho all day.The Doctor Who team are planning on streaming a live Q&A session from the series 6... more
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We all know what streaming Hoarders and other guilty pleasures via the interwebs has taken off over the past few years. No news there. However, what may be surprising is that, despite the ability to stream in HD to a number of other devices (including your computer), a quarter of all Netflix subscribers view Swamp People by way of the Wii. That's right, 1080p doesn't matter for these folks, who prefer to live the simple life... and by that we mean life in standard def. Most viewers prefer to watch instantly via PC for both Netflix and Hulu, with a whopping 89 percent of Plus customers taking this route to catch up on The Daily Show. With those looking to ditch the red envelope and, you know, with Mad Men now available, Wii viewers are sure to increase as a new console is just around the corner. Because nothing says 1960s drama like 480p, right?
http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/28/25-percent-of-netflix-users-stream-on-the-wii-think-composite-c/We all know what streaming Hoarders and other guilty pleasures via the interwebs has... more
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Nielsen recently polled 12,000 netizens and asked them about Hulu and Netflix. The survey results suggest that Netflix users are movie-watching HDTV buffs, while Hulu users are TV show-watching computer geeks.
According to Nielsen, Netflix users tend to watch only movies (53%) on their HDTVs via a gaming console (50%). Only 11% of subscribers watch only TV shows on the streaming service. Hulu users, however, prefer the computer (89%) to the big screen and watch mostly TV shows (73%).
Overall, online streaming is exploding. Viewers watched a record 15 billion videos online in May 2010 which is a staggering amount of content flowing through the intertubes.
http://gizmodo.com/5825458/netflix-is-for-hdtv-buffs-hulu-is-for-computer-geeksNielsen recently polled 12,000 netizens and asked them about Hulu and Netflix. The... more
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Starting this fall, for the first eight days after they air, watching Fox TV shows online will require a subscription to Hulu Plus or a participating cable or satellite company. So far Dish Network is the first and only provider to sign up its customers for access to the new walled garden on Fox's site but others looking to fill out their TV Everywhere lineups probably won't be far behind. While pay-TV networks like ESPN with ESPN3 and the WatchESPN app and EPIX have already gone the "authentication" route, Fox is the first of the broadcast networks to do so. The new rules go into effect August 15th, then we'll find out if Fox is driving cable cutters towards paying for TV, piracy, or just ignoring the latest episode of Glee altogether.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/26/fox-restricts-online-streams-of-new-tv-shows-to-authenticated/Starting this fall, for the first eight days after they air, watching Fox TV shows... more
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Hulu's wonderful because if you miss one of your favorite shows you can just hop online and watch it the next day. Oh, sorry, that's why Hulu was wonderful. Because Fox made big moves today that'll change that forever.
Well, for most of you, anyway. According to the WSJ, Fox has decided to make you wait eight days after a new episode debuts before you can watch it online. That is, unless you're subbed up to a participating cable provider or a Hulu Plus member. And as of now "participating cable provider" equals Dish Network, although other companies are reportedly in discussions.
Fox is the first major network to put their wares behind an authentication curtain, but they won't be the last. And honestly, it's not the end of the world; Hulu Plus members are unaffected, eight days isn't an impossibly long time to wait, and if you complain loudly enough the onus will be on your cable provider to cut a deal. The age of free internet everything is ending, but come on: did you really expect it to last?
http://gizmodo.com/5824982/fox-just-tightened-the-noose-on-hulu-meet-the-8+day-content-delayHulu's wonderful because if you miss one of your favorite shows you can just hop... more
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Hulu needs owners who aren't ancient and terrible. Apple needs a streaming video service that isn't ancient and terrible. So based on those unconfirmed reports that Apple is interested in buying Hulu, I have only one demand: DO IT.
Just imagine for a moment what Hulu would mean for iTunes, and vice versa: Gone would be the days of having to buy $20 season passes one by one. Instead, a single subscription fee would handle everything. You'd use iTunes to push episodes of shows onto your iOS device for offline viewing. And the Apple TV would become the focal point of your living room. In its current form it's a neat piece of technology, but aside from AirPlay and Netflix (the latter of which we all have on like four different devices), Apple TV is hardly a must-have. Apple knows it, too, referring to its streaming hocky puck as a "hobby" during this week's conference call, while adding that there is much more they could do with it. Acquiring Hulu would definitely be doing a lot.
The timing all makes sense. Apple is making its big push into cloud/streaming technologies with iCloud and iTunes in the Cloud. And they have a ton of cash to play around with—$76.2 billion. That's enough to buy Hulu nearly 40 times over.
Hulu, meanwhile, is a company in flux. Its broadcast network owners approach the idea of streaming with hostility and were never quite sure whether they wanted to grow it or smother it before they decided to dump it.
But Apple? They'd make it work. They've got the silver tongue and muscle to get what they want out of content companies (see: the record labels). Jobs not only used to own Pixar in its entirety, he also sold it to Disney to become that company's largest shareholder and an active member on its board of directors. He knows how the industry works. If anyone can get more shows and movies (please, god, more movies) on Hulu, it's Jobs. In Apple's hands, Hulu could become the end all, be all destination for streaming content. Especially since integrating Hulu with the iTunes store would likely create an instant, substantial user base above and beyond those who already subscribe.
Of course, such a deal probably would also mean the end of Hulu other streaming devices (in time). Apple likes to wholly absorb the companies it buys. Hulu would almost certainly become an Apple brand, and when was the last time you saw an Apple service on a non-Apple device (PCs notwithstanding). The service would probably be available on Windows, much like iTunes and Safari are. But when whatever prior agreements expire, Hulu would likely cease to exist on Xbox, Roku, Boxee, PS3, Tivo, etc. It'd be an Apple TV exclusive. But it'd still probably be worth it.
And what's the alternative? Hulu sells to Yahoo and gets run into the ground by inept management? Or to Microsoft, where it will be swallowed whole by the corporate whale and lost inside its belly forever? Or maybe they end up as a Google property, which wouldn't be so terrible, except how do YouTube and Hulu peaceably coexist?
But more than that, it's time for the world of streaming media to come of age. Apple is a company who embraces new ideas. Hulu is a company that embraces new ideas. Yes Spotify is close to capturing the attention of the listening masses, and Hulu is close to doing the same with video. But as Netflix can attest, the streaming video world is much tougher than that of streaming music. Hulu needs the business savvy of a company like Apple to help them give users what they want: television over the internet.
Do it for yourself or do it for us, Apple, I don't care. Just do it.
http://gizmodo.com/5823765/dear-apple-can-you-just-please-buy-hulu-please?tag=top
-Adrian Covert : GizmodoHulu needs owners who aren't ancient and terrible. Apple needs a streaming video... more
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Apparently YouTube has had a rental section for almost a year, but the online demand service had a very limited menu of films that it never kicked off.
But now the company is considering doing a re-launch by partnering up with a few big-time movie studios, including Sony Pictures, Warner Brothers and Universal, to host blockbuster movies on the site.
The premium rental service would cost $1.99 for one film, but the selection of films would be much better.
The service isn't up and running yet, but it will first launch in the US with no plans to bring it over to the UK, for now.
http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/youtube-to-offer-updated-movie-on-demand-service-947698Apparently YouTube has had a rental section for almost a year, but the online demand... more
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A woman who sexually abused her own toddler daughter while streaming it live over the Internet was sentenced yesterday to 15 years in prison. "I never meant to hurt anyone in my family, and I have regretted it ever since," said Maine mom Julie Carr, 33. She was convicted of performing oral sex on her daughter on four occasions while streaming it to a teenager in Britain she had met on an Internet dating site, reports CNN.
Carr was convicted of producing child pornography, and gross sexual assault and exploitation of a minor. "When I see child-pornography, I ask myself: Where are the parents? Where are the people who are supposed to be protecting the child?'" said US District Judge John Woodcock. "Well, Ms. Carr, in your case, we know where the mother was."
http://www.newser.com/story/114907/mom-streamed-her-sex-abuse-of-daughter-2.htmlA woman who sexually abused her own toddler daughter while streaming it live over the... more
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It’s Whatcha Gonna Queue’s very special Oscar special! In honor of Hollywood’s most prestigious awards show (like that says much), Jim and Alex have ensured that every single film recommended in this week’s show has either been nominated for or won an Academy Award. What titles would those be? Well…
- Man on Wire, the Best Documentary Feature winner in 2009 directed by James Marsh
- Perspepolis, the Best Animated Feature nominee in 2007 based on the graphic novel by Marjane Satrapi
And in For Your Consideration, we get a bit more focused by nominating 2 of the past 82 Best Picture winners:
- Jim casts his vote for The Apartment, which won lots of Oscar gold in 1961
- Alex casts his vote for A Beautiful Mind, which did the same in 2002
http://whatchagonnaqueue.blip.tv/It’s Whatcha Gonna Queue’s very special Oscar special! In honor of... more
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Rejoice, PS3 owners, your Netflix streaming experience just got vastly better than anything else on the market. Starting October 18 Netflix on the PS3 will no longer require a disc, and it'll stream some content with 1080i resolution and / or 5.1-channel surround audio, while everyone else will be stuck with a max of 720p stereo for the time being. Oh, and you'll get subtitles on some content as well. Netflix is partnering with Dolby on the audio side, and the surround format will be Dolby Digital Plus, which is the same codec used by the VUDU HDX streaming service -- we're guessing it'll require a tiny bit more bandwidth but the results should sound pretty great. Netflix says 5.1 will come to other platforms "over time," so we'll see how long that takes -- and given that the PS3 is now disc-free and the company's eschewed the SRS surround features baked into its Silverlight-based platform, we're guessing Microsoft's exclusivity period has now completely run its course.Rejoice, PS3 owners, your Netflix streaming experience just got vastly better than... more
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This video is stunning footage of a ship at sea, being tossed around by towering waves. Meanwhile, seabirds soar past, delighted at the gale-force winds that keep them aloft. I know you only get a quick glimpse of them, but can any of you identify the birds?This video is stunning footage of a ship at sea, being tossed around by towering... more
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Well, guess what I missed this year? That’s right: I missed attending BirdFair 2010, which was held last weekend, one week before I am traveling to the UK. Saying I wish I had been able to attend is probably stating the obvious, so I’ll just show you a few things that were missed by all of us who did not attend.Well, guess what I missed this year? That’s right: I missed attending BirdFair... more
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The world’s most popular fruit is the banana, which originated in the very-much overlooked region of Polynesia. This interesting video explores the relationship between the peoples and cultures of New Guinea, New Caledonia and the Solomon Islands and the world’s most popular fruit, the banana.The world’s most popular fruit is the banana, which originated in the very-much... more
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I never realized that chemists can be like ornithologists: traveling the world to see a particular element. But in this video, we accompany a mad chemist as he visits a fluorine expert to finally show you this incredibly reactive element in action.I never realized that chemists can be like ornithologists: traveling the world to see... more
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God-mocking Sunday and silly Saturday collide in this strange video that is sure to give you a smile before you sit down to watch sports on the TV, or go to the pub to watch sports on the TV, or go to the gym to watch sports on the TV …God-mocking Sunday and silly Saturday collide in this strange video that is sure to... more
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