Tag archive: Travel Channel

Netflix has had better quarters. The instant streaming service has lost a million users in the last few months, is facing criticism for its decision to spin off its DVD-by-mail service as a new company called Qwikster, and will soon lose Starz content, which makes up as much as 8 percent of its content. Well, subscribers fear not. Netflix has renewed and signed an expanded deal with Discovery, which owns the Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal… Read More

YouTube launched Vacationer, a travel channel with video inspiration and tips from experts like the Lonely Planet, National Geographic, the Travel Channel, and…you. With the new “Vacation You” application on the channel, anyone can now create a personalized vacation montage and share their fabulous trip with friends. With the “Vacation You” application, users can browse through a number of freestyle video clips of… Read More

Amazon.com today took the wraps off Amazon Unbox, its new digital video download service for Windows which offers DVD-quality movies and television programs from nearly three dozen studio and network partner. Amazon Unbox makes videos available for either rental or purchase, and operates using Amazon's own Unbox software available only for Windows XP (Macintosh, Linux, and Windows 2000 or earlier need not apply. And you'll… Read More

Discovery Communications, the company behind popular television networks like the Discovery Channel and the Travel Channel, today announced that programming content from their shows would begin being available online via the Apple iTunes Music Store. The cost of this content will, like other programming on iTunes, be $1.99 per episode for viewing on a computer or iPod. Over a dozen series and specials from Discovery Communications'… Read More

Video search engine blinkx, on a tear lately as it indexes more video content, added a big notch in its belt this week as it was announced they would be adding Discovery Networks programming within their search tool. No specific financial terms of the deal, if any, were announced. These latest video search indexes, said blinkx, cover programming from Discovery's various networks, including Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, Travel… Read More

Discovery Communications, the company behind cable networks like the Discovery Channel and Travel Channel, yesterday announced it was extending its broadband reach with the unveiling of two broadband only channels. Also announced were plans to make available a mobile version of their content as well as adding some of their videos to Google Earth. Discovery's new broadband channels, said the television programming company, are… Read More

TVGuide.com today announced they were launching a new video search engine tied into their editorial content. This search engine is powered by Fast Search & Transfer, a provider of search software and solutions. TVGuide.com's new search engine, said parent company Gemstar-TV Guide International, integrates video and other content from Fox; FX; HBO, MTV Networks including MTV, VH1, CMT, Logo and Comedy Central; Showtime Networks;… Read More

The production release is a follow-up to the successful Yahoo! Video Search beta launched in December 2004. Yahoo! Video Search offers comprehensive video search online through its next generationmedia crawling and ranking technology, Yahoo's key content and media relationships, and Media Really Simple Syndication (Media RSS) a self-publishing specification that enables publishers to promoteaudio and video content. This combination enables… Read More