http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/19/vcast.tv.in.san.francisco/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0906/motokravezn4.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Verizon today officially expanded its V CAST Mobile TV network to include key larger California cities. The FLO TV-based digital broadcasts are now available in San Francisco as well as Fresno and Sacramento further south. Channel selection should remain the same and provides a mix of both live and pre-recorded content from both kids' channels like NickToons and more mature content from CBS, Fox... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/19/vcast.tv.in.san.francisco/ Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/20/hulu.coming.to.the.uk/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0905/hulu.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The free online video-on-demand (VOD) service, Hulu, may be expanding for the first time to a market outside of the US, with a launch in the UK as soon as September, the UK's Telegraph reported on Wednesday. Sources close to the negotiations tell the daily newspaper that Hulu is in talks with the UK's ITV and Channel 4 for content partners, and the service would bring over more than 3,000 hours of... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/20/hulu.coming.to.the.uk/ Wed, 20 May 2009 21:05:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/13/vudu.ad.backed.media/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0905/vudu-2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />VUDU today signaled a partial change in direction with word that it will start offering ad-supported music and video through its service. Once limited to renting as well as selling movies and TV shows, the company is tapping Brightcove to provide ads for a free Sony music video service. It also plans to expand this to include other services but hasn't set out its plans to date, including whether... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/13/vudu.ad.backed.media/ Wed, 13 May 2009 18:15:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/30/disney.joins.hulu/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0904/lost.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Disney this morning said it has obtained an equity stake in Hulu. The deal, which puts three Disney executives on the Hulu board, gives the studio equal influence along with original founders NBC Universal and News Corp. (Fox) in addition to the ability to publish content on the streaming web video service. Most of its initial lineup will center on current and back-catalog TV shows from ABC and ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/30/disney.joins.hulu/ Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:10:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/20/wash.gets.atsc.mobile.tv/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0904/nokian96.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/20/wash.gets.atsc.mobile.tv/ Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:10:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/27/disney.hulu.rumor/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0903/lost.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Multiple sources speaking with paidContent today claim that Disney is in "serious" talks with Hulu to bring TV shows to the web service. The media giant would bring over at least ABC's TV programming, such as Lost, and would potentially involve the Disney Channel and other networks that aren't heavily dependent on cable and satellite TV. In return, Disney would get an equity stake in the primari... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/27/disney.hulu.rumor/ Fri, 27 Mar 2009 18:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/04/zilliontv.debut/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0903/zilliontv.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />A new device and matching service from a startup could offer serious competition in online video to larger rivals like Apple and Netflix. ZillionTV's self-titled service will give users a core networking device, known as the Z-bar, that would have no local video storage of its own and would instead stream movies and TV shows online. Rather than following the similarly network-based Roku's model ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/04/zilliontv.debut/ Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/10/16/itunes.hd.for.four.majors/ <img align='left' src='http://images3.macnn.com/macnn/news/0805/lost.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple has announced that all four of the major basic-cable TV networks -- ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC -- are now selling shows at the iTunes Store. During the initial launch of HD programming on iTunes, most content was limited to NBC. ABC material in HD now includes the likes of Lost, Ugly Betty and Desperate Housewives; CBS shows include various versions of CSI, plus NCIS and Numb3rs.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/10/16/itunes.hd.for.four.majors/ Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/09/30/studios.to.sue.real/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0809/realdvd.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Several major studios plan to sue RealNetworks for what they believe is inherent copyright infringement in the company's RealDVD ripping software, according to a tip sent to the AP. Disney, Fox, Paramount, Sony, Universal and Warner are all said to believe that the software is deliberately bypassing the CSS encryption on DVD movies and so violating their copyrights. They also plan a temporary in... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/09/30/studios.to.sue.real/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:05:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/09/15/studios.form.dece/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0809/zune8-red2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Several movie studios and hardware manufacturers have unwrapped plans to produce a universal approach to copy-protected video that would escape a dependence on any one format and would also loosen some restrictions on video. To be called the Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem (DECE), the initiative currently includes Fox, NBC Universal, Paramount, Sony and Warner Bros. as well as Windows Med... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/09/15/studios.form.dece/ Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:40:00 GMT