Microsoft Corp., seeking more revenue from Internet advertising, introduced software that allows users to exchange messages while watching online videos.

Could television be the next industry to become Internet roadkill?

FastCompany.TV, a new online video network featuring coverage of bleeding edge technology trends, interviews with leading executives and business people, reviews of the latest technology products, and lifestyle programming launched today.

Nearly a tenth of all broadcast and cable TV shows are viewed online, according to data from the Convergence Consulting Group. In a new report, titled "The Battle for the North American Couch Potato," the consulting firm says that web-based TV viewing is growing steadily. Advertisers, however, have not yet caught up with the web viewing audience, although it, too, will grow considerably through 2011.

Owners of more than 800 local TV stations where ad revenue has plunged recently said they've formed a group that's testing three standards for sending local digital TV signals to cell phones, laptops and other mobile devices.

The average online video lasted 2.8 minutes, and the average viewer watched 72 videos, according to a ComScore survey. (2007, Dec)

We’ve gotten word that Yahoo will make an acquisition announcement of a video startup today or tomorrow.

Hundreds of television channels, thousands of hours of video-on-demand and a limitless flood of Web video are taxing the on-screen program guide.

More content begets more viewers, which, in turn, beget more content. That’s the virtuous cycle — the network effect — that has propelled Google-owned YouTube to the No. 1 spot in online video.

Doug Byles has had it with his cable-television bill. The 44-year-old Walnut Creek, Calif., home builder said he's paying more than $130 a month for basic service with two premium and eight high-definition channels