Tag: STREAMING-VIDEO

Torrents have gained some infamy as a way for users to share resources and quickly download large files, but their potential as a way to watch streaming video is comparatively almost unknown. StreamTorrent is a Windows app that taps that potential to let you watch online TV, including HBO, the BBC, and plenty of sports channels. It works the same way torrent downloads work, with a collection of ...

BitLet, whose client-free torrent downloader we first mentioned on DownloadSquad two years ago, have been hard at work on a new project. Their torrent-powered streaming video service is now available for a public preview. There's no standalone download required to use Bitlet, all you need is a browser with the Java plugin installed. As with any other torrent, your playback experience has a lot ...

Over the last few days, Hulu has pulled its streaming TV and movie content from TV.com and Boxee. The move has sparked a lot of criticism, and a lot of theories about what's actually going on. It's clear from the attitude Hulu CEO Jason Kilar is taking that this wasn't his idea. Rather, content owners seem to have requested the move. So what are they up to? Boxee and TV.com were allowing users ...

The National Film Board of Canada has decide to share its archive with the world, posting nearly 500 short films on their web site. Videos cover a wide range of subject matter, from war documentaries to offbeat animation. There are even four feature-length films to watch in their entirety. Keep in mind that the site is new - the NFB is still learning how to cope with the increased traffic and you ...

There are 48.5 million Wii's out there, and Blockbuster may be positioning itself to deliver video on demand to them thanks to a newly-announced partnership with Sonic Solutions. Sonic is the force behind the CinemaNow service, which is available on LG networked blu-ray players and other devices - like Nintendo's wildly popular gaming console. With the "Everybody's Theatre" streaming anime ...

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos says the company will be adding a for-pay streaming video option to its Amazon Unbox video store sometime in the next few weeks. Currently if you want to watch a movie or TV show from Unbox, you've got to download your video. Sure, if you've got a broadband connection you can typically start watching a few minutes after you hit the download button, but who's got that kind ...

Livestation is a new streaming television service from Skinkers, a British startup with support from Microsoft. While the service is still an invite-only beta, the company widened its beta this week with a promise to send out invites to pretty much anybody who signs up for one at the Livestation web site. So what exactly does Livestation offer? Unlike streaming video services such as Joost and ...

Like the idea of a single application that lets you find streaming television channels, but don't like having to watch them on your PC screen? MiraWorldTV is a plugin for Windows Vista Media Center that lets you find and watch dozens of television streams using a 10-foot interface. That means you can sit on your couch while you survive the writer's strike by watching brainless TV shows from ...

Netflix customers have had the option to watch selected videos on a PC without waiting for a DVD to show up in the mail since earlier this year. But up until recently there were three major restrictions on the service: It only works with Windows. You could only watch a limited number of hours of programming per month. The selection was on the small and obscure side. While the service is ...

This summer the BBC launched its innovative iPlayer software. The service lets you watch selected shows that've aired on the BBC over the last seven days you: Are running Windows XP Are using Internet Explorer Use Windows Media Player Live in the UK The service drew protests from folks complaining that the BBC was including DRM in the videos and that Mac and Linux users were left out ...

At some point we're going to stop calling all of these internet TV platforms "IPTV" and just start calling them TV. Of course, one of the main differences between live TV and Joost is that Joost isn't well... live. But it looks like that could change early next year. PaidContent:UK reports that Joost will start offering live streaming television programs to US customers during the first quarter ...