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YouTube Insight brings Usage Analytics

With 'YouTube Insight' YouTube account holders get an ability for checking their video's effects. The tool measures usage statistics for any video, once uploaded. ... [More]

Sony launches PS3 BD-Live-Update

Last Tuesday Sony launched its Firmware Update v2.20 for the Playstation 3, making their game console ready for playing BD-Live content. BD-Live is intended to enable consumers to watch interactive features via specially-encoded Blu-ray discs. BD-Live also includes downloadable video content, ringtones and some sort of movie-related online gaming. ... [More]

PSP updates to 3.93 und gets more Internet Radio plus Skype features

The up-to-date firmware of Sony's Playstation Portable enables the new Internet Radio player in the network section and brings support for coming Skype hardware accessory. ... [More]

TiVo expands codec support

The only living TV-recorder TiVo recently expanded its support of more codecs, mainly to include commonly available Internet content. Some years after YouTube appears on the scene, the TiVo company finally announced, TiVo will play its hosted content - and just one week later their Desktop Plus software has been expanded to support today's most video codecs. ... [More]

Zune's coming to Europe - next year

2009, the year MS Zune is coming to Europe - three years after the first release of Microsofts so called iPod killer and in it's third generation. ... [More]

Lionsgate delivers first iTunes Digital Copy

Lionsgate is the first movie studio to incorporate compressed copies of its movies on selected DVDs und Blu-ray. The copies are intended for playback within iTunes - and therefor on iPods and iPhones. ... [More]

Microsoft cuts European Xbox 360 prices

As a reaction to a weakening US dollar and the temporary loss of a HD-DVD solution, Microsoft adjusts its Xbox 360 prices in all countries, where the Euro is the reigning currency plus the UK. ... [More]

MS talks to Sony regarding Xbox Blu-ray drives

Sooner or later it has to be done: Since Microsofts Xbox 360 includes just a DVD drive and an option to dilate to the now dead HD DVD standard, the company needs to talk to Sony for a new high-resolution video disc option. ... [More]

Circuit City widens HD-DVD return policies

Taking care of customers, as Circuit City announced their widened return policies of HD-DVD drives, means in this case, being able to return a bought obsolete HD-DVD player within 90 days instead of 30. ... [More]

Expensive Blu-ray players

Does anybody wonder? Now that there is no competitor for Blu-ray anymore, players, PC drives and discs show increasing prices - regarding to an TG Daily report. But it seems at least for stand alone players help is on its way, since Broadcom will market total Blu-Ray chipset solutions very soon and at a price which should drive down costs this summer ... ... [More]

Paramount cancels heap of HD-DVDs

As Hollywood's Paramount recently announced, the studio cancels all planned HD-DVD releases except 'Into the Wild' and 'Things We Lost in the Fire', which will be their last two HD-DVDs. ... [More]