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Check the article link for details on why this deal is strategic for both Disney and Google
The Disney-YouTube partnership follows YouTube’s announcement late last month that it planned to create dozens of channels featuring comedians, sports stars, musicians and other entertainers. It is also offering cash advances to prospective producers that totaled more than $100 million, according to people with knowledge of the plan but who were not authorized to speak publicly. The investments in the channels reflect Google’s belief that the Internet is the third phase of the television business, after network TV (with a few channels) and cable TV (with hundreds).
Disney and YouTube Make a Video Deal -… Continue reading: Disney and YouTube Make a Video Deal – NYTimes.com
Check the article link below for a Fanhattan review and video
Watching movies and TV shows on an iPad is a pleasure. Deciding what to watch, and then figuring out which iPad app offers which film or show at that moment, isn’t.
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Enter Fanhattan, a beautiful, versatile new iPad app that aims to be a navigator on this sea of movie and TV services. It doesn’t just help you find a show or movie you might like, or tell you which app offers it. Fanhattan actually will launch the app where the content resides and take you right to the page inside that app from which you can stream,… Continue reading: A Launchpad for Watching TV, Movies on the iPad – AllThingsD
Jerry Seinfeld 2.0 launching Friday
But each day the Web page will offer only three of these videos, chosen by Mr. Seinfeld, a strategy that reflects his theories about online content as well as his concerns about what he called “portion control.”
“I don’t want everything,” he said. “Burger King now has a burger where you decide how many patties. How disgusting is that? That’s the problem right there. That’s the cultural moment that I am repudiating here.”
Seinfeld Starts Web Site of His Stand-Up Routines – NYTimes.com
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Check the article link below for a review of several options
You can certainly watch shows on computers and smartphones, but I find the iPad especially good for this purpose. It is a lighter, thinner and more immersive device than a laptop, yet it has a large enough screen and strong enough battery life to make TV viewing satisfying. It can even transmit shows, via a cable or wirelessly, to big TV screens if you like. Competing tablets also will be good platforms for this, but, so far, they have far fewer TV-watching apps, so the iPad is by far the best tablet for TV watching now.
Here is a quick guide to… Continue reading: Couch Potato on the Go: Watching TV on an iPad | Walt Mossberg | Personal Technology | AllThingsD
Sign of the times
Palace officials will offer live streaming of the April 29 royal wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton on the royal channel on YouTube.
The four-hour live Internet coverage will include the ceremony at Westminster Abbey, the procession to Buckingham Palace, and the newlyweds’ appearance on the palace balcony for an expected first public kiss. William’s press office will also provide a live blog providing commentary and historical information as well as additional footage.
Royal wedding to be streamed on YouTube – The Boston Globe
Continue reading: Royal wedding to be streamed on YouTube – The Boston Globe
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