A government act will soon require much broadcast video streamed online to contain captioning. Adobe and MTV are looking for solutions.
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Posted 12 Mar 2012
While AT&T needs spectrum, the DoJ's antitrust concerns could scuttle its plans.
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Posted 28 Nov 2011
Free speech advocates decry SOPA bill, which gives broad powers to stop copyright infringement.
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Posted 01 Nov 2011
Irdeto's ActiveCloak for Media platform gains piracy search and protection features with acquisition.
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Posted 24 Oct 2011
YouTube's European engineering director Oliver Heckmann will keynote Streaming Media Europe in London in October, and he offered us a preview of his behind-the-scenes talk
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Posted 11 Oct 2011
MPEG LA says that 12 patent holders have stepped forward with patents they believe are essential to the VP8 standard. A patent pool license could be next.
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Posted 26 Jul 2011
Wowza calls Adobe's claims of patent infringement, unfair competition, and false advertising "unfounded and spurious" in a response filed yesterday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
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Posted 27 May 2011
Google says that its acquisition of Nortel's patents is a defensive move, but if it uses the patents to stifle innovation, then Google risks becoming what it claims to abhor
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Posted 05 Apr 2011
Freeing up spectrum is needed to allow the economy to recover, claims FCC Chairman.
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Posted 22 Mar 2011
An explanation of HTML5 and HTML5 Video, including history, patent issues, and current use by Apple, Microsoft, Google, Adobe, and others.
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Posted 10 Mar 2011
Last week, MPEG LA issued a patent pool request, which Google brushed off as "old news"
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Posted 14 Feb 2011
"YouTube is like a TV" statement may bode ill for user-generated content sites that operate in Italy
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Posted 12 Jan 2011
Appeals process will determine whether or not YouTube needs to be more vigilant in deleting copyrighted material.
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Posted 13 Dec 2010
While most applaud the requirements for video captioning, some question the cost.
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Posted 29 Oct 2010
Does the Copyright Act support online re-transmission of broadcast material? Much is riding on the answer.
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Posted 21 Sep 2010
Could the company lock up distribution of NBC content? And how would that impact the industry?
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Posted 30 Aug 2010
Citing the TEACH Act and fair use, UCLA asserts that streaming copyrighted content is a legit educational use, while the OpenCourseWare Consortium gets a boost from universities across the globe
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Posted 10 Mar 2010
Supreme Court argument leads to ban on streaming in a case challenging California's gay marriage ban, but for how long?
Tues., Jan. 12, by Tim Siglin
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Posted 12 Jan 2010
NBA.com is streaming live video of training camps from the Atlanta Hawks, Boston Celtics, Denver Nuggets, Los Angeles Lakers, and Washington Wizards.
Wed., Sept. 30, by Tim Siglin
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Posted 30 Sep 2009
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