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MGM Signs on With YouTube for Full-Length Videos

While Hulu, the joint video venture formed by NBC Universal and News Corp., plays catchup to YouTube in terms of views, attracting only a fraction of the 81 million people who visit YouTube each month, it still managed to generate nearly the same revenue in its first year in business, according to reports. How?

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Velocix and MediaMelon Partner to Deliver High Definition Videos using Hybrid-P2P Technology

Partnership enables viewers to enjoy High Definition Video Online without interruption

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China intensifies crackdown on horror audio, video products

China has ordered a ban on the sale of audio and video products containing elements of mystery and horror. The move is the latest initiative to "protect the country's children and teenagers' psychological development", according to a newly-issued government circular.

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MySpace to Showcase and Sell Videos

MySpace is positioning itself as a destination for buying exclusive musical performances, writes Samantha Chang.

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GM video entertainment channel produces four-part video series on Vinsetta Garage

General Motors is helping to fuel Dream Cruise fever with the production of a four-part video series profiling the Vinsetta Garage, which is located on Woodward Avenue in Berkley, Mich., and which has been a fixture on the Detroit automotive scene since 1919. Shot documentary-style, the video series introduces viewers to Vinsettta Garage owner, Jack Marwil, his staff and the inner workings of this Detroit-area landmark.

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Baby DVDs, videos may not help, infants' language development

Despite marketing claims, parents who want to give their infants a boost in learning language probably should limit the amount of time they expose their children to DVDs and videos such as “Baby Einstein” and “Brainy Baby.”

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MySpace launches YouTube rival

Online social networking powerhouse MySpace has set out to knock YouTube from its throne by launching a website devoted to Internet video and television shows.

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Movie Rating Board To Consider Smoking As A Factor When Rating Movies

The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) today announced that the rating system is enhancing the amount of information provided to parents on the issue of smoking in films. In the past, illegal teen smoking has been a factor in the rating of films, alongside other parental concerns such as sex, violence and adult language.

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Computer lip-reading systems for fighting crime

Researchers at the University of East Anglia are about to embark on an innovative new project to develop computer lip-reading systems that could be used for fighting crime.

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Catch the Kangoo Mania on www.kangoomania.co.uk

Are you mad about your Kangoo? Then check out Renault's new Kangoo website, www.kangoomania.co.uk .

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City Glow Video By Japanese Pop Art Star

One of the most celebrated landmarks of contemporary Japanese Pop Art since it was first introduced to international audiences in 2005, the monumental video City Glow by the Japanese Pop Art star Chiho Aoshima will be on view at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, from January 27 to April 29, 2007, in the lower corridor of the Audrey Jones Beck Building. Spanning five video screens, it has been described by the Los Angeles Times´ Christopher Knight as "a post-modern Japanese screen painting."

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Tate Acquires Gift Of New Media Works

Tate with the Museum of Modern Art, New York (MoMA), the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) and the nonprofit media-art center Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC) is the recipient of a major gift of seminal video and new-media works from San Francisco-based contemporary art collectors Richard and Pamela Kramlich.

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