Technology : Digital Video & TV
AP - A new Internet streaming venture built around Redbox's DVD-rental kiosks adds to a crowded field of online video-viewing services dominated by Netflix.
Reuters - TiVo Inc is trading at a compelling discount and could be a possible acquisition target by Microsoft or Google, Barron's financial newspaper reported on Sunday.
Singapore's Artivision says in tie-up with Intel (Reuters)Reuters - Artivision Technologies Ltd, a Singapore firm that specializes in online video advertising, said on Sunday its technology may be incorporated into a software kit being developed by Intel Corp.
Celebs suit up for DirecTV Beach Bowl (AP)
AP - Deion Sanders said he wasn't worried. Joe Montana went in with his game face on and Jordin Sparks just hoped sand did not end up in her eyes.
Appolicious - While there is no shortage of video to consume online and via mobile devices - 60 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute! - finding clips and programs most relevant to you is challenging.
Online video firm Youku sues rival Tudou: report (Reuters)Reuters - Youku.com, China's largest online video company, filed a lawsuit against its No.1 rival, Tudou Holdings Ltd, saying it incurred losses because of claims by Tudou that Youku had misused copyrighted material, the government-run Xinhua news agency reported on Thursday.
Microsoft slams Google user data policy in new ads (AP)AP - Microsoft Corp. slammed search rival Google Inc. with full-page newspaper ads Wednesday, saying that recent changes at Google that allow it to internally merge the data it collects on user activity across services such as YouTube and Gmail are meant to allow advertisers to better target customers.
Mel Gibson's "Get the Gringo" to debut on DirecTV (Reuters)Reuters - Mel Gibson's next movie, "Get the Gringo," will debut on DirecTV, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, DirecTV and Gibson's Icon Productions said Tuesday.
YouTube CEO: The Future of Content Is Niche Channels (Mashable)Mashable - The way consumers access and consume media is changing rapidly, YouTube head Salar Kamangar believes, and YouTube is evolving to accommodate it."We're entering the third wave of media," Kamangar said during an on-stage interview with AllThingsD's Peter Kafka in Laguna Nigel, Calif., Tuesday. "The first wave was the broadcast networks. The second wave was cable networks. Now it's about giving people exactly what they want to watch today,"
Martha Stewart Considering Web-Only TV Show (Mashable)Mashable - Martha Stewart is looking into producing web-only video programming, the TV personality and business magnate suggested on stage at AllThingsD's media conference Tuesday.Stewart's company, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, is looking for new outlets for Stewart's daytime show now that her contract with the Hallmark Channel is coming to an end. The New York Times reported that the channel did not wish to renew the series, which runs its last episode in May, because of low ratings and high studio costs.
