ZeeVee launches ZvBox, a new consumer electronics product for watching any Internet TV, online video, or computer content on HDTVs at home. Available for preorder online exclusively at Amazon.com.

The explosion of Internet TV and movie downloads has been confined to the computer's small screen. Alternative solutions have failed to solve this problem, with drawbacks including limited content, added subscription fees, the need for a box at each TV, and the inability to show everything a computer can do with high-quality video and audio. ZeeVee's new ZvBox is the first device that allows consumers to watch anything they can get online or on their computers on all the HDTVs in their homes. ZvBox achieves this by simply connecting to the monitor output of the computer and turning it into a new HD TV channel called Zv, which is then broadcast across the existing cable wiring to all HDTVs in the home. As a result, ZvBox frees TV watchers from restrictive set-top boxes, rigid network schedules, and the strain of hunching over laptops to view online video.

VancouverIAM.com is set to change the way internet TV and video journalism is created and the way Vancouverites interact with and view their city. VancouverIAM.com is a unique online platform and new destination for people who want to know what's going on in Vancouver. It provides Vancouverites with the tools and support to become video journalists, Internet TV and film producers, and active commentators on local politics and everyday issues about life in Vancouver. VancouverIAM.com is also providing specialized Internet TV channels to a range of local organizations that already include Vancouver Film School, Greenpeace Canada, Women in Film & Television Vancouver and the Vancouver Whitecaps FC.

Warner Bros. unveiled two new broadband destinations and other key components of its multiplatform digital media business strategy at a New York press conference. The announcements, made by Bruce Rosenblum, President, Warner Bros. Television Group, include:

• The launch of TheWB.com, a premium, ad-supported, video-on-demand, interactive and personalized network
• The launch of KidsWB.com (formerly referred to as T-Works), a premium, ad-supported destination built around youth-oriented, immersive entertainment
• Advertiser support: Charter advertising and promotional partners include Mattel, McDonald's and Johnson & Johnson
• Distribution and marketing partners: Inaugural partners will include Comcast Cable, Fancast.com, AOL, a number of mobile carriers, and many more. Additionally, WBTVG has created an application on Facebook Platform for TheWB.com which will allow seamless integration of Facebook's social utility on TheWB.com, and TheWB.com's entertainment content on Facebook.
• Essence: Rosenblum also elaborated on another cross-divisional initiative, the multiplatform partnership between WBTVG and Time Inc.'s Essence Communications, previously announced April 21.

Swarmcast’s Autobahn Platform will power all 2008 regular season games delivered live over the Internet on MLB.com’s MLB.TV in high-quality at 1.2 Mbps. With tens of millions of monthly unique users to MLB.com, 2,430 games and over 10,000 hours of live baseball being delivered over the 2008 season, this is the largest live streaming implementation of Internet TV in the world.

Built on Swarmcast’s patented multi-source streaming technology, the Autobahn Platform offers an unparalleled level of quality, reliability and scalability compared to existing solutions, where viewers experience rebuffering and other interruptions in service that undermine the overall user experience of online video. By blending multiple CDNs together, the Autobahn Platform bypasses limitations inherent to traditional streaming, ensuring that each viewer is watching video at the highest available bandwidth for their individual connection. On Opening Day, MLB.TV and Swarmcast delivered over 1.7 million live game streams, an unprecedented level of traffic that shattered previous opening day viewing records.

Viewers who missed the return of Lost and Grey's Anatomy to the CTV schedule last night can log on to their computers to watch the episodes right now at CTV.ca. CTV announced that the two series - along with fellow Top 10 hit Desperate Housewives - are joining the industry-leading, on demand line-up of programs on the CTV Video Player at CTV.ca, through an agreement with Disney-ABC International Television. It is the first time the three ABC Studios-produced series are being streamed on a free, ad-supported basis in Canada. Online streaming of Grey's Anatomy on CTV.ca is presented by Duracell and online streaming of Lost is presented by Volkswagen.

The deal includes full-episode streaming of the remaining new episodes from this season of all three series. Additionally, the last two episodes of each series broadcast before their recent hiatus will also be available. Each new episode will be available online following its West Coast broadcast on CTV. Also available on demand are episode recaps, episode previews and, in the case of Lost, exclusive online content. The new content, including last night's episodes of Grey's Anatomy and Lost, are available now at watch.CTV.ca.

Following up on its March 31st "Showbiz Schmooze with Ester Goldberg" announcement, KoldCast TV has booked another entertainment deal -- this time with Splash News, the leading independent entertainment news and picture agency in the world. The deal provides KoldCast TV with multiple daily installments of professionally produced video of breaking entertainment news, gossip and headlines, five days a week.

"KoldCast TV Viewers have an insatiable appetite for celebrity-centric entertainment. Splash News covers stories out of offices in L.A., New York, Miami and London and they have been first to announce some of the most memorable and controversial stories in recent years. They are the perfect source to splash front page news onto KoldCast TV," said KoldCast TV CEO, David S. Samuels.

NEXT.TV announces the addition of FUEL TV as a NEXT.TV channel partner bringing programming attuned to the lifestyle and culture of skateboarding, snowboarding, surfing, BMX, freestyle motocross, and wakeboarding. Currently available on cable and satellite, FUEL TV delivers top-level action sports events and competitions, featuring the best slams, the top tricks, and voices of the action sports industry and elite athletes to more than 24 million homes.

Launching multiple channels on NEXT.TV, FUEL TV shows will parallel the content currently airing on traditional television, featuring breaking news, original series, licensed films and more, all of which will focus on action sports lifestyle, athletes, celebrities and emerging musicians. The NEXT.TV service is now available via a web update on HP consumer notebooks shipping with Microsoft Windows Vista since January 2007. HP notebook users can access NEXT.TV through HP QuickPlay, allowing them to access hundreds of television and video programs with on-demand Internet television channels. As many HP consumer notebooks can be connected to TVs through an S-Video or HDMI connection, these users can bring the NEXT.TV experience into the living room. With the provided remote control, NEXT.TV content can be enjoyed from up to 10 feet away, adding a new dimension to the internet viewing experience.

Rugby Canada and MediaZone are pleased to announce a new membership benefit for Rugby Canada players, coaches, administrators, and fans. Starting this Wednesday April 16th and every Wednesday thereafter throughout 2008, Rugby Canada’s membership will be provisioned with a weekly promotional code that will entitle the user to watch the entire inventory of rugby matches available on MediaZone Rugby for FREE.

The new promotion, dubbed Rugby Rewind, will run from midnight Tuesday to midnight Wednesday PT each week. During that 24-hour span, users who input the promotional code will get FREE access to MediaZone Rugby, to stream and/or download as many games from the Super 14, June Tests, Tri Nations Series, Currie Cup, Air New Zealand Cup, Celtic Tests and the Heineken Cup as they want. On top of that, Rugby Canada Network content, including the NA4, U-17, U-20, Super League Final and other Canadian events will also be available for Rugby Canada’s membership to enjoy FREE.

Mogulus’ Internet video platform gives producers everything they need to launch their own LIVE 24/7 television station. Mogulus’ free, ad-supported service, launched in November 2007, has already helped more than 50,000 producers launch their own Internet television stations, streaming more than 100 million unique viewer minutes every months.

Most of the world’s television content is by far consumed through linear and live TV broadcast. However, on the Internet, video platform solution providers have been so far solely focused on helping their customers launch video on-demand on their websites.

Mogulus believes that live as well as scheduled linear TV are also very important for the Internet medium – providing a complementary live and social viewing experience.

Before Mogulus, companies who wanted to launch linear TV channels on the Internet had to build their own solution using traditional and expensive production hardware to playout linear TV and mix live video on the web.

VBrick Systems announced a partnership with Glowpoint empowering the broadcast and management of live events over the Internet. Under the terms of the agreement, both Glowpoint and VBrick will promote and sell a bundled service combining the VBrick Online Streaming Service and Glowpoint’s QOS Managed Video Network Services. The combined solution creates a unique plug and play capability for customers to manage and monetize video content and leverage the power of Internet distribution by making it very easy for them to distribute live and on-demand video on the Internet in their own branded Internet TV.

Adobe announces Adobe TV, a free online video resource for expert instruction and inspiration about Adobe products, including the company’s Creative Suite 3 family of world-class creative tools. With multiple channels, original series programming, and content from Adobe, leading training organizations and the world's leading subject matter experts, Adobe TV delivers a virtual library of entertaining and instructional videos. Designers, photographers, video professionals, and developers will find product deep-dives, innovative tips, techniques from luminaries, and behind-the-scenes tours of the hottest creative shops and Adobe product teams.

Designed to educate, inspire, and entertain the creative community, Adobe TV is immediately available online from the Adobe Web site at http://tv.adobe.com, or as a network with multiple shows in the new Adobe Media Player 1.0 software. Adobe Media Player offers a broad range of television programming and entertaining video content from major television broadcasters and leading content publishers, including CBS, MTV Networks, Universal Music Group, PBS, CondéNet, and Scripps Networks.

Brightcove announces distribution partnerships with Bebo, Meebo, RockYou, Slide and Veoh, giving media companies new opportunities to expand the reach of their online video, while maintaining control over their content and advertising inventory. Now media companies using the Brightcove Internet TV platform can program and syndicate advertising-supported content into social networks, social media applications, and a leading online video destination.

Brightcove customers publish some of the most highly sought-after news and entertainment video on the Web. The distribution partnerships announced today will make an exciting array of high-quality, premium video content available to be viewed on Bebo channels, shared through viral widgets from RockYou and Slide on Facebook and MySpace, included in instant messaging activities on Meebo, and viewed in full-screen at Veoh's Internet Television portal.

CBS College Sports Network and the NCAA will provide a live online broadcast of the Final Four and Championship game of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship via their NCAA March Madness on Demand video player. It will be the first time ever that a major U.S. sporting event has been shown live and in its entirety on the Internet.

Traffic figures for NCAA March Madness on Demand for the first eight days (First Round through Elite 8) of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship have shown tremendous growth year-over-year. In total, there have been 4,333,207 total unique visitors to the NCAA March Madness on Demand video player, a 147% increase over 2007 figures. (1,753,192 unique visitors)

MLB Advanced Media selects to use Inlet’s Spinnaker solution to produce broadcast-quality streaming video for MLB.TV’s live out-of-market game broadcasts during the 2008 baseball season.

Inlet’s Spinnaker provides live encoding solutions that enable content providers to reach new audiences over new networks. Spinnaker delivers best-in-class quality for live media delivery applications such as sports programming over the Internet, IPTV, web streaming, PEG, broadband TV, enterprise, education or government video.

Velocix is working with MediaCorp, the National Broadcaster of Singapore, to provide viewers with live, on-line, bi-weekly episodes of the prime-time talent search program, Star Search and the top international game show, Deal or No Deal.

Koh Peck Kheng, AVP, MediaCorp, says: "We are seeing exponential growth and increased demand from viewers watching live on-line episodes of our hit TV programs, as well as our subscription VOD service MOBTV. Velocix provides us with proven experience and delivery capabilities, allowing us to provide a premium service to our on-line viewers with multiple live video feeds from both stage and backstage areas."