Digital Video/TV Technology

Turkey lifts YouTube ban after more than 2 years
AP – Sat Oct 30, 3:37 pm ET

ISTANBUL - Turkey said Saturday that it was lifting a ban on YouTube more than two years after it blocked access to the site because of videos deemed insulting to the country's founder. Full Story »
Court orders lifting of Turkey YouTube ban: reports
AFP – Sat Oct 30, 2:31 pm ET

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ANKARA (AFP) - A Turkish court on Saturday ordered the lifting of a three-year ban on Internet video website YouTube, media reports said, but thousands of other sites are still blocked. Full Story »
Turkey lifts its ban on YouTube: agency
Reuters – Sat Oct 30, 2:20 pm ET

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey has lifted its ban on video-sharing website YouTube as material deemed insulting to Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk has been removed, Turkish state-run news agency Anatolian reported Saturday. Full Story »
YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley steps down as CEO
Reuters – Fri Oct 29, 11:39 pm ET

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LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Chad Hurley is relinquishing his post as CEO of YouTube, the company he co-founded five years ago that revolutionized video on the Internet. Full Story »
Mistype Twitter or Facebook, Win an IPad (or Not)
PC World – Fri Oct 29, 9:00 pm ET

A slip on the keyboard could land Web surfers on questionable survey pages instead of the websites they really want to visit: Twitter, Facebook or YouTube. Full Story »
Fox, Dish agree to terms, ending blackout
AP – Fri Oct 29, 6:06 pm ET

LOS ANGELES - Dish Network Corp. customers will continue to be able to watch baseball's World Series on their TV sets after the satellite TV company reached a long-term deal with News Corp.'s Fox on Friday. So far, Cablevision subscribers are still out of luck. Full Story »
Dish Network, Fox Network reach programming deal
Reuters – Fri Oct 29, 5:52 pm ET

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dish Network Corp and News Corp's Fox Network have entered into a new contract restoring some of Fox's programing to Dish subscribers. Full Story »
AP – Fri Oct 29, 5:49 pm ET

SAN FRANCISCO - Chad Hurley, co-founder of YouTube video service sold to Google Inc., leaving as site CEO. Full Story »
Hurley stepping down as YouTube chief executive
AFP – Fri Oct 29, 3:18 pm ET

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley is stepping down as head of the online video-sharing superstar bought by Google for 1.65 billion dollars in 2006. Full Story »
CEO Steps Down as YouTube Profits Become Key
NewsFactor – Fri Oct 29, 2:21 pm ET

YouTube is growing by leaps and bounds, but growth alone is not enough to drive success in a social-media market that demands monetization. That may be why Chad Hurley, a cofounder of YouTube, is stepping down as head of the company. Full Story »
Redbox planning movie streaming in 2011
Digital Trends – Fri Oct 29, 1:51 pm ET

Industry speculation has been bubbling for months as to when—not if—DVD kiosk operator will be getting into the online video business to better compete with the likes of Netflix, Amazon Video on Demand, Vudu, Hulu, and others. And during a quarter financials conference call yesterday, Redbox owners Coinstar took away a bit of the mystery, indicating that Redbox would be working with a partner to get into the movie streaming business in 2011…they just don’t know yet who that partner will be. Full Story »
New Clip From "TRON: Legacy" Hits the Web [VIDEO]
Mashable – Fri Oct 29, 12:32 pm ET

During TRON Night last night, Disney showcased 23 minutes of new footage from the upcoming film TRON: Legacy. Disney has posted one of those clips, "Quorra Saves Sam" to its YouTube page. Full Story »
Roku turns off PlayOn
Digital Trends – Fri Oct 29, 12:09 pm ET

Just a few days after adding support for PlayOn streaming video content from the likes of Hulu, TBS, CBS, and ESPN came to the Roku set-top box…it’s gone. The PlayOn channels have now been removed and are no longer available to Roku users, with Roku citing “legal exposure” as the reason for its removal. Full Story »
Cisco's Umi Video-Calling Set-Top Box: Hands On
PC Magazine – Fri Oct 29, 10:55 am ET

The upcoming $599 Cisco Umi will allow you to place high-definition calls from your HDTV. Inside, a hands-on evaluation. Full Story »
YouTube CEO Chad Hurley Stepping Down
PC Magazine – Fri Oct 29, 6:20 am ET

YouTube co-founder and CEO Chad Hurley is moving to an advisory role. Salar Kamangar, vice president of Web applications at Google, will take over Hurley's responsibilities for now. Full Story »
Video appearing to show 1928 cell phone goes viral
AP – Thu Oct 28, 3:47 pm ET

NEW YORK - Charlie Chaplin's status as an extraordinary talent was already known. A new Web video would have him be a visionary, too. Full Story »
Boxee and Roku make streaming video moves
Digital Trends – Thu Oct 28, 2:21 pm ET

The market for streaming video solutions that put Internet-delivered content on people’s living-room TV screens continues to get more competitive. Boxee has just announced it will begin offering movie content from Vudu next month, while rival Roku has announced the addition of television content from PlayOn. And while Boxee is demonstrating its upcoming Boxee Box to be distributed by D-Link, Roku has announced its entire platform—hardware and software—will be available for third parties to license…and Netgear’s unit is already in stores. Full Story »
"Friday Night Lights" parents face family woes
Reuters – Wed Oct 27, 9:05 pm ET

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "Friday Night Lights" actress Connie Britton says her character will face major domestic problems on the acclaimed football drama, which begins its fifth and final season Wednesday on DirecTV. Full Story »