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Four Weird Things the Internet Is Doing to Our Understanding of Television

Eric Spiegelman, Contributor, The Awl in Voices on February 16 at 3:21 pm PT

People seem really intent these days on fusing television with the Internet. On one level this makes no sense.

Justin.tv Broadcasts Gamers’ Every Move on TwitchTV

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on June 6, 2011 at 9:00 am PT

An online TV station is launching today at E3 that enables videogamers to broadcast their games live over the Internet–and make money doing it. The brainchild is a product of Justin.tv, which has been building a live video platform for the better part of five years.

Viral Video: Facebook Live vs. Google Beat

Kara Swisher in News on September 7, 2010 at 12:15 am PT

While the Silicon Valley digital giants are fighting on much bigger playing fields, BoomTown is enjoying the mini-battle brewing between Facebook Live and Google Beat. What, pray tell, are those?

NPR's Honchos Talk Digital at "Think In" in San Francisco (Also, Scoble!)

Kara Swisher in News on October 12, 2009 at 6:14 pm PT

Last Friday, National Public Radio top execs came to San Francisco for a “Digital Think In” to pick the brains of some Silicon Valley types about where the public radio icon should go, digitally speaking. While NPR actually has been pretty fast-forward with podcasts and a robust Web site, it still has to think about what social networking means to it and whether a day is coming when broadcasting online will be bigger than offline. Also, what’s up with Twitter?

Hurley's Law: Like Moore's Law, but With Doltish Video Clips

John Paczkowski in News on September 16, 2008 at 11:08 am PT

Thirteen hours of video are uploaded every minute to YouTube. And, according to YouTube founder Chad Hurley, that figure will grow exponentially until online video broadcasting becomes as ubiquitous as toilet cats on YouTube.

Hurley’s Law: Like Moore’s Law, but With Doltish Video Clips

John Paczkowski in News on September 16, 2008 at 11:08 am PT

Thirteen hours of video are uploaded every minute to YouTube. And, according to YouTube founder Chad Hurley, that figure will grow exponentially until online video broadcasting becomes as ubiquitous as toilet cats on YouTube.

Recording Industry Business Model Discovered in Satirical Newspaper

John Paczkowski in News on June 24, 2008 at 3:39 pm PT

Talk about life imitating The Onion … Apparently the recording industry’s institutional memory is about as solid as its crumbling business model. As recently as 2007 it was paying radio stations to play its music. Today, it’s accusing them of pirating it.