streaming video

Mobile video downloads mature

Cricket, a provider of unlimited wireless services, recently announced a flat-rate unlimited mobile video service that allows users to view one-to-four-minute-long video clips directly from select handsets. Videos available include music videos, artist interviews, music documentaries, sports clips from FUEL TV such as soccer and mixed martial arts, entertainment news from Hollywood Insider, movie trailers, ….

Michael Moore feature film Slacker Uprising to go online for free

I just read on Yahoo News that Michael Moore’s next feature film, Slacker Uprising, will be made available for legal downloading from the net for three weeks, starting on September 23, 2008. Moore says he was inspired by Neil Young and Radiohead, to release his new film online and for free, after previously considering a ….

Fringe and Terminator shows will stream to college campuses on premiere days

Fox is planning to stream the premiere of J.J. Abrams’ new thriller Fringe, along with the season premiere of action series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, online at the same time they screen on TV, according to a report by Variety. This is said to be the first time a major network has decided to ….

Eagle Eye, Mission: Impossible and other films to get Manga treatment

Variety reported yesterday that Paramount Pictures is prepping a string of mobile comics based on a number of it’s movie properties. The studio’s Digital Entertainment unit has contracted Singapore-based animation outfit Omnitoons, to deliver a series of Manga-styled comics, the first to be based on the Gurinder Chadha-directed U.K. hit movie Angus, Thongs and Perfect ….

Interactive content series launches for Dead Space

EA has premiered noknownsurvivors.com, an evocative, experiential site that allows visitors to explore the narrative world of the new survival horror game, Dead Space. Over nine weeks, the site employs interactive components, 3D animations, voice acting, original video, and Papervision 3D technology to tell two tragic four chapter stories. The First, Misplaced Affection, is the ….

Opera and a movie

National CineMedia, operator of the largest digital in-theatre network in North America for cinema advertising and alternative entertainment events, along with the Metropolitan Opera are partnering to bring a third season of the critically-acclaimed The Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD series transmitted live, in high-definition, to more than 440 movie theatres and performing arts centers ….

Intel and Yahoo to bring internet to TV

ntel Corporation and Yahoo! Inc. today previewed plans for the Widget Channel, a television (TV) application framework optimized for TV and related consumer electronics (CE) devices that use the Intel Architecture. The Widget Channel will allow consumers to enjoy rich Internet applications designed for the TV while watching their favorite TV programs. The Widget Channel ….

Sidney Lumet and I Spy now on iTunes

Image Entertainment has expanded its digital distribution business by making films and television programming available on the iTunes Store. A wide assortment of Image programming is available on iTunes for purchase or rent, including feature films, episodic television, stand-up comedy specials, music and special interest programs. Jeff Dunham: Spark of Insanity and Jim Gaffigan: Beyond ….

Download fantasy football feature film for free

What the F… From award-winning filmmakers, Hunter Weeks and Josh Caldwell, comes the offbeat feature-length film about the world of fantasy football 10 Yards: Fantasy Football releases worldwide today, August 21, 2008. Two websites will host the unique online worldwide premiere: OurStage.com, a community supporting independent artists will offer a free iTunes download of the ….

Animation Resources

This page contains an index of web sites to view 3D and traditional animation. Many of the links are also to festivals and competitions that animators can enter their work. SUBMISSION AND VIEWING WEB SITES: A:Mfilms: Showcase of films made with Hash’s Animation Master software. AnimaWatch: Web site that showcases independently created animation. There are ….

Snoop Dogg, President Bush, Chuck Norris, Star Jones and Ask-a Ninja Among Others to be Lampooned

National Lampoon, the most widely recognized brand in comedy, and maniaTV, the leading independent provider of premium internet television, today announced the premiere of National Lampoon’s new sketch comedy television show “The Lemmings”. What began thirty seven years ago as an off-Broadway sketch comedy show starring the likes of John Belushi, Christopher Guest, and Chevy ….

What’s on TV (and what can we download from Broadband) this summer?

Well, at least on cable, there’s a wide-range of high-definition (HD) entertainment options on video-on-demand (VOD) this month, including the return of highly-anticipated television series, blockbuster movies, and special sci-fi programming to commemorate NASA’s 50th anniversary. The company also marks a major milestone this month with more than eight-billion VOD views since 2003. In addition ….

See a 9-minute preview scene from Pixar’s Ratatouille online

Director Brad Bird (The Incredibles) and the gang over at Pixar have posted a 9-minute preview scene from this Summer’s Ratatouille online. In this sequence from the movie, Remy has made his way to the rooftop of Paris’ finest restaurant, Gusteau’s, made famous by Remy’s chief inspiration and guardian angel, Auguste Gusteau. Adventure ensues, which ….