The End of the Rocky Mountain News

Via Fishbowl NY: It’s only fitting that Denver’s Rocky Mountain News would post its farewell using online video on their homepage:
Final Edition from Matthew Roberts on Vimeo.

TDG: Consumers Will Pay for Cable on the PC

While cable operators have been loathe to allow networks to offer long-form content on the web, in recent weeks MSOs have signaled that they are considering making this possible. New research shows that if that happened, a significant contingent of broadband subscribers would be willing to pay for the service.

According to research firm TDG, [...]

Francis Ford Coppola, Vlogger

Francis Ford Coppela is now on YouTube promoting his new film Tetro:

While it’s cool for fans to see inside the filmmaker’s Napa home, and a great way for Coppola to build buzz around his upcoming film, YouTube still needs to figure out how they’re going to make money delivering video like this if no one [...]

Hulu Under Attack?

Apparently its bad form to piss off the geeks. They don’t take kindly to “no.”

In the wake of the Hulu / Boxee debacle, I found a new site that appears to circumvent some of the obstacles that Hulu has put up. UnlockHulu.com features all of Hulu’s content in DiVX format, which should be streamable [...]

Online Video Good For You, Good for Me, Good for TV

Head on over to NewTeeVee to check out Chris Albrecht’s breakdown of Nielsen’s new research on the impact of online video on the ol’ boob tube.

The quick skinny – Video consumption is up online, on mobile and, yes, it continues to increase on TV as well.

“Viewers appear to be choosing the best screen [...]