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Archive for December 22nd, 2009


Dailymotion – Video site gets a pair of the iPhone apps

Dailymotion was one of the first video providers to come out with support for the iPhone back in mid-2007 through the built-in Safari browser. Earlier this year the company also revamped all of its videos to support HTML5 video tags, a Web standard that the latest version of mobile Safari can play without the need for any special plug-ins like Adobe’s Flash.

Apparently, this was not enough,because late Sunday the company released its own application that offers a handful of additional features for users with an iPhone or iPod Touch who want a native app instead of watching videos in their browser.

Dailymotion says the app works with 12 million of its videos. In using it, I only ran into a few that would not play. However, just like with the YouTube app, if you’re logged in you can mark these to view them when you’re back on a computer. This is a nice consolation.

The new solution adds all sorts of goodies like search, 14 themed channels, and a way for users to link it up with their Dailymotion account to mark and view favorites. Owners of an iPhone 3GS handset can also record and upload videos they’ve taken without leaving the app.

The application is available in two flavors, which advertisements to display and free-(but no pre or post-roll advertising), and a premium version that is $ 5.99 without advertising.

A proposal for Apple to offer online subscriptions Network television arouses interest

Apple is eliciting tentative interest from some networks in its proposal to offer a TV subscription package via the Internet.

The subscriptions to broadband Internet to the TV networks could destabilize the foundation of the television business, which relies on subscribers to pay for dozens of channels grouped together.

ABC and CBS are among the networks that are considering joining the Apple company,people close to the talks said Monday night. The people requested anonymity because they were not authorized by their companies to comment on confidential talks. They said that the talks were at a very early stage.

ABC is a unit of the Walt Disney Company, which could also make two of its cable channels, ABC Family and the Disney Channel, available through the proposed service. The CBS Corporation owns half of the CW network, a smaller broadcaster that could also join. Spokesmen for CBS and Disney declined to comment.

The Wall Street Journal reported Monday night that some other major TV companies, including the News Corporation, which owns Fox, and Turner Broadcasting, which owns CNN and TNT, were more wary of Apple’s initial overtures.

Theoretically, customers would be able to tune in online,allowing them to cancel their subscriptions via cable or satellite.
The blog All Things D reported last month that Apple was proposing a $30-a-month supplement to its iTunes service to the networks.The networks will receive monthly payments from Apple.

Disney is seen as a possible partner because Apple’s chief, Steven P. Jobs, is a board member and because it was the first company to sell single TV episodes on iTunes four years ago.

The major television networks and some cable channels, are now selling episodes for $ 1.99 or $ 2.99 on iTunes. Among the most often purchased for this year shows on iTunes are “Gossip Girl” on CW network, “NCIS,” CBS and “FlashForward” and “Gray’s Anatomy,” both on ABC.