YouTube is going live with a new way to look at "thousands of television shows," a better landing page for movies (expanded from a few dozen to a library of hundreds) and a wider rollout of in-stream ads. (It's supposed to launch at 8 p.m. ET.) What it's not : a massive redesign or the launch of a premium pay area. But Google ( NSDQ: GOOG ) CEO Eric Schmidt hinted at the possibilities during the company's earnings call , referring to upcoming plans for micropayments and subscriptions on You
Publication date: 2009-04-17
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Earlier today I was at BBC Broadcasting House in Bedford Street and enjoyed a 90 minute chat with Carrie Matchett, head of Governance and Accountability with the BBC Trust. I was there really to accompany two of the Digital Circle steering group, Davy Sims (Davy is a stalwart of the BBC and unbelievably well respected in the media world by everyone I
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2 Really Useful Code Snippet Applications
Time and time again I find myself trying to remember a bit of PHP or CSS code that I've used before to perform some sort of function. This is why most any web developer needs a code snippet application to archive those bits of code. In this article I bring attention to Snippley, a fantastic Adobe Air desktop application, and also Snipt, which is a web application based around a community to boot.
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BBC iPlayer adds High Definition Downloads
Filed under: Video , Windows , Macintosh , Linux , Web services , Freeware No doubt you're familiar with the BBC iPlayer : we've been closely following the product's development since its cross-platform launch a little over a year ago. Since then we've seen plenty of developments, including the release of a desktop client (using Adobe's AIR technology) and today is another notable date for the iPlayer project. In a move that's likely to please a lot of users - and infuriate alrea
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