Tag archive: video streams

Way back in 2006, Microsoft launched what it hoped would be a serious competitor to YouTube with Soapbox, a service featuring user-generated video alongside MSN Video's existing original and commercial programming. Soapbox was supposed to feature simple tools for sharing and rating content, but never really caught on with users. Microsoft recently announced it was planning to retool the site into a more focused service for bloggers,… Read More

The AmiNET500 is the latest addition to Amino's award winning range of small, low-cost, high performance set-top boxes and contains an 80Gbyte hard disk drive which is capable of storing around 40hours of program material. The product has been developed in response to requests from telcos experiencing consumer demand for PVRs as part of their IPTV services. IPTV is developing rapidly as it enables video-on-demand and interactive services… Read More