FIFAworldcup.com to Offer Free (Yahoo!) Video
For the first time in history, fans all over the world will have access on FIFAworldcup.com to video highlights of all 2006 FIFA World Cup matches free of charge and without the need for registration. From 9 June to 9 July 2006, a two-minute professionally produced video will be available within an hour of the final whistle of each game, except in Asia and the Middle East where there will be a 24-hour delay and in Germany where there will be a 48-hour delay due to legal restrictions, on the official website of the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Thanks to collaboration between FIFA, Yahoo! and the holder of the worldwide broadcast rights for this event, Infront Sports & Media, FIFAworldcup.com will be the global Internet video highlights provider, bringing the best of the 2006 FIFA World Cup action to fans, no matter where they may be.
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Yahoo!Tube Coming Soon..
Yahoo! presented its business strategy to analysts yesterday and gave the world a sneak peek [webcast] at what’s to come. The new video site includes videos from around the web and a few from Yahoo! users as well. The top navigation bar references “My Studio” which could be aYahoo Video Rolling with Current TV
While the big dogs seem to be chasing after the same bone.. this one has a slightly different flavor. With a push to attract prosumer quality generated content and distribution beyond the web for best of breed video clips, it should be interesting to see how this plays out. PassingYahoo TV Launches The 9
Yahoo TV launched a beta version of something called The 9, a daily compilation of video that features the nine top Web videos of the day. The show is a kind of Entertainment Tonight meets VH1’s Best Week Ever concoction. The 9, which features a busty babe named Maria SansoneYahoo Buys Maven Networks for $160M
As reported on eFlux Media: Applying the well-known saying: buy or you’ll be bought, Yahoo Inc. got back to business Tuesday after rejecting on Monday, Microsoft’s $44.6-billion takeover bid and announced it had purchased a broadband video start-up, Maven Networks Inc., for $160 million. Six-year-old Maven Networks, in Cambridge, Mass. includeAT&T Partners with MobiTV to Offer IPTV
AT&T and MobiTV have announced that the two firms will be launching a new Internet TV service that will allow subscribers to watch live cable programming through a broadband connection. For a monthly fee, users will be able to stream live content from approximately 20 channels, with more content promisedTV Bank Announces BB broadcast
TV bank, owned by Japan's Softbank group, announced their so-called "BB broadcast" system is able to deliver video contents of higher resolution to 10's of thousands of con-current end users on DSL speed connections via the companies Yahoo.jp portal. When a recent live broadcast of the popular EXILE competition wasMyABC to Deliver Free Ad Supported Web Video
ABC will offer ad-supported shows via a new service called MyABC, Disney CEO Bob Iger told analysts and investors during a recent Bear Stearns presentation. According to Variety, Iger said the site would sell new ads for the broadband versions. No time frame or titles yet. Once again, he remindedFox to Offer Video Streaming Soccer Channel
Vividas announced the launch of the new Fox Soccer Channel, which will offer on-demand soccer matches from England's Barclays Premier League, as well as other international competitions to millions of viewers throughout the United States. The new service allows full-screen video and the e-commerce back end also offers consumers easy,One Man - One Year - A World of Conflict
Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone is guerilla news reporting with a mission to cover every armed conflict in the world within one year, and in doing so to provide a clear idea of the combatants, victims, causes, and costs of each of these struggles - and their global impact.YouTube.com Gets Hacked..!!! (??)
Seems someone (w/bad grammar) got their hooks into YouTube.com Update: Then again.. maybe not. Think they were missing the daily average traffic totals with Yahoo! launching their new video site today..?!? Cute trick to generate some buzz-back
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