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20% of US Peak Bandwidth used by Netflix Instant

According to a study by Sandvine, 20% of non-mobile internet traffic during prime time can be attributed to Netflix instant accounts during prime time usage periods in the US while streaming media accounts for 43% of peak period traffic. While Netflix accounts for almost half of the streaming bandwidth between 8p and 10p utilized by… Continue reading 20% of US Peak Bandwidth used by Netflix Instant

The Social Web gets its own set of movie trailers

We all really relate to movies, don’t we? We jump to see movie-versions of books and compelling news stories. Well how about a movie version of the origins of Facebook? Well, that’s actually coming to a movie theater near you this Fall. It’s called “The Social Network“. The trailer is after the jump. But not… Continue reading The Social Web gets its own set of movie trailers

YouTube helps you with your Vuvuzela withdrawal

Have you been watching too much World Cup lately? Football/soccer, that is. And now you can’t watch another sporting event without wondering why it doesn’t sound right? Missing the buzzing of the vuvuzelas? Well the Google/YouTube pranksters have you covered. Some videos now have a little soccer ball icon that you click to recreate the… Continue reading YouTube helps you with your Vuvuzela withdrawal

YouTube launches online video rental store

YouTube has just rolled out online video rentals similar to Amazon Unboxed. Prices for movies and TV episodes start at $0.99. and go to $3.99 for the most recent/popular movies. So far, they don’t seem to have that many titles and their interface for browsing their catalog isn’t very good. Instead they depend on the… Continue reading YouTube launches online video rental store

Internet traffic to reach 2/3 Zettabyte by 2013?

Cisco predicts that global Internet IP traffic will get to 2/3 of a trillion GB (a trillion GB is a zettabyte) per year by 2013. They also predict that video will constitute 90% of this traffic, which is not surprising. Consider that a Google insider revealed that YouTube streams about 1.2 billion videos per day.… Continue reading Internet traffic to reach 2/3 Zettabyte by 2013?

ABC/Disney partners with Hulu to show ABC shows

After months of negotiations, Disney (ABC) has agreed to take a stake in Hulu, NBC’s online video website and thus also air their shows on hulu.com. Fans of Lost Grey’s Anatomy, Desperate Housewives, and so on can now see full episodes online legally for free with an ad or two thrown in for revenue. While… Continue reading ABC/Disney partners with Hulu to show ABC shows

Article Recap for the Week Ending Apr 24, 2009

Here are some of our notable articles for the past week. First we pondered whether Twitter’s popularity would last. Google News now has a Timeline of Events – nice feature. We noticed that YouTube were looking to accept full length and legal content, while Fuijitsu have developed some secure new memory sticks. Adobe announced their… Continue reading Article Recap for the Week Ending Apr 24, 2009

YouTube Looking To Accept Full-Length Content… Legally

YouTube and Sony are currently in talks  to display full-length content from Sony Pictures on YouTube. About a week ago, a deal was closed between YouTube and Disney to do the same with some short Disney clips – but it seems that Sony Pictures may provide some longer content for YouTube. This may be a… Continue reading YouTube Looking To Accept Full-Length Content… Legally

Google and Universal to partner on music video website

The Universal Music Group and Google are getting together to start a music video website, called Vevo. Reports are that they’ll share ad revenues, which implies that they will be monetizing the service via advertising and not charging viewers to watch the videos. However, it’s not clear yet. Chances are that’s how it will roll… Continue reading Google and Universal to partner on music video website