NBC Direct Still Sucks Two Years Later

Last rant before leaving. NBC Direct sucks. Period. Their “HD Download” service is a great idea, especially for people who want higher quality and dont mind downloading in the background.

In case anyone is interested, check out the forum on the My.NBC message board. Thread started in August of 2008. In that entire time, there [...]

Weekend Pick / Pick of the Week

Since I can’t get enough concerts streaming to my living room since last week’s Trey Anastasio stream, I’m adding more concerts to my Weekend Pick and Pick of the Week for next week.

Tonight and tomorrow, March 12th and 13th, The Drive By Truckers will be live streaming two nights from Atlanta’s Variety Playhouse, courtesy of [...]

VideoNuze Interviews (hey that rhymes)

Our good friend, Will Richmond, over at the must-read VideoNuze got the chance to interview a few industry heavy hitters at thePlatform’s recent customer gathering. Courtesy of thePlatform’s addition of social media tools into their player, we can bring them to you here.

Livestream Issues Open Letter on Piracy

Today, live streaming provider Livestream issued an open letter on their blog, announcing their Zero Tolerance policy on piracy.

In a nut shell, they’ve got a zero tolerance policy on piracy. The open letter, which we obviously support wholeheartedly, was written by CEO Max Hoat to inform their customers, advertisers, partners, policy makers and competitors [...]

My Watershed Week of Online Video

Sure we gripe about quality. And advertising. And content availability. And authentication. And monetization. And… and…. and….

But today, I’m not bitching at all. Yesterday was my personal online video watershed moment. The one when you sit back – lean back, in the parlance of our time – and say, “Damn. This Really Is GOOD.”

I recently [...]