tag:www.readwriteweb.com,2011:/1/tag:72.47.210.69,2006://1.5118- 2011-04-29T12:30:16Z Comments for Web TV News: Skype Founders Going For Hat-Trick; Brightcove Launches Network Movable Type 4.35-en tag:72.47.210.69,2006://1.5118 2006-10-30T22:57:18Z 2007-12-16T23:16:28Z Web TV News: Skype Founders Going For Hat-Trick; Brightcove Launches Network As if we needed any further proof that the online video market is white hot right now, the founders of Skype have now set their sites on a Web TV service - according to this Yahoo News story. After creating the file-swapping service KaZaA and then VoIP software Skype, Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom plan... Richard MacManus http://www.readwriteweb.com As if we needed any further proof that the online video market is white hot right now, the founders of Skype have now set their sites on a Web TV service - according to this Yahoo News story. After creating the file-swapping service KaZaA and then VoIP software Skype, Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom plan to launch an advertising-supported Internet television shortly. Said to be just a month or two away, the service will enable "people with professional content" to put it up on the Web for users to download for free. The code name for the project is "Venice".

In related news, Brightcove is ramping up its long-awaited Web TV service. Today they launched the Brightcove Network, which lets content owners release their own "commercial Internet video channels" for free and generate revenue through advertising and video download sales. To accompany this news, Brightcove also launched today a new video advertising network, the ability to offer video downloads for purchase or rental, plus a new-look portal for consumers. Brightcove has also partnered with AOL to get a wider distribution.

As Brightcove CEO Jeremy Allaire said in the press release, this is "the beginning of the Internet TV era".

Techcrunch has more on the Brightcove story. See also Read/WriteWeb's post last night about YouTube competitior Metacafe, which has just released a revenue sharing program.

]]> tag:72.47.210.69,2006://1.5118-comment:40088 Comment from John on 2006-11-01 John http://www.massimages.com Awesome and if anyone is looking for stock video to enhance all those videos check out massimages.com for some cool and reasonably priced digital content!
shameless plug as I have been waiting for this for some time :)

]]> 2006-11-01T19:19:44Z tag:72.47.210.69,2006://1.5118-comment:40087 Comment from David Mackey on 2006-10-30 David Mackey http://www.gamesecretary.com/blog.aspx Sweet. The sooner internet TV gets off the ground the better. Taking a look at Brightcove now.

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