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YouTube pulls a Hulu -- yanking API access from Popcorn Hour, other TV-connected devices

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:50:54 +0000

Hope you weren't enjoying watching YouTube on the television screen, Popcorn Hour and other set-top box manufacturers have been given notice by the newly 1080p and network TV-friendly website that they are no longer welcome to access its content. The new Hulu-ish Terms of Service (section ...

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Where's YouTube on Popcorn Hour?

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:20:00 +0000

On November 18, 2009 Syabas, makers of the award-winning Popcorn Hour product line, uploaded a message to their Media Service Portal that said, “As of Wednesday, December 2, 2009, YouTube will no longer be available to Popcorn Hour users.” Please understand that this is neither a technical ...

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Official Google Blog: Automatic captions in YouTube

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:53:38 +0000

Since we first announced captions in Google Video and YouTube, we've introduced multiple caption tracks, improved search functionality and even automatic translation. Each of these features has had great personal significance to me, not only because I helped to design them, but also because I'm ...

ReadWriteWeb found this 43 hours ago on googleblog.blogspot.com

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YouTube Will Soon Block Access From Set-Top Devices [Media Center]

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:59:41 +0000

It won't affect your PS3, Wii, TiVo, or other licensed YouTube partners, but Google's streaming video service will start blocking access to TV-connected devices as of Dec. 2. The COO of set-top box...

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Automatic Captions in YouTube Demo (video)

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:53:38 +0000

Watch this short demo to learn about machine-generated captions in YouTube and automatic timing for manually created caption tracks.

ReadWriteWeb found this 43 hours ago on youtube.com

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YouTube gets automatic subtitling tool

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:34:00 +0000

YouTube has announced that it is adding automatic subtitling to its videos thanks to automatic speech recognition (ASR) technology. The move is to make it easier to create captions for videos. While manual captioning has been on the site for a while, the rollout of ASR tech means that it takes ...

albertsquare posted 25 hours ago from techradar.com

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Connected and Digital Media: Where's YouTube on Popcorn Hour?

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:59:00 +0000

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Google Adding Automatic Captions to YouTube Vids

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:30:00 +0000

Google is making it easier for deaf, hard-of-hearing and global audiences to enjoy YouTube today, by announcing features that make adding captions to videos much easier. The first feature uses the same voice-recognition algorithms found in Google Voice along with the YouTube caption system to ...

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YouTube now streaming full-length TV shows such as Peep Show and IT Crowd

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:01:30 +0000

Home News YouTube Now Streaming Full-length TV Shows Such As Peep Show And IT Crowd YouTube now streaming full-length TV shows such as Peep Show and IT Crowd Posted by Katherine Hannaford on Thu 19 Nov 2009 How very generous of YouTube and its content partners In a quest to save us from trawling ...

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YouTube Adds Machine-Generated Automatic Captions [YouTube]

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:00:00 +0000

YouTube clips have previously allowed for captioning, but it was a system that was a little buggy and only worked from YouTube's site. That's all changed with the advent of machine-generated captions...

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Palm Caves To Apple And No Longer Supports Syncing With iTunes

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:13:21 +0000

Palm ( NSDQ: PALM ) has pushed out a new version of its operating system to both Pre and Pixi devices, and unlike with updates in the past, the company is no longer supporting the ability to sync seamlessly with iTunes. Previously, each time Apple ( NSDQ: AAPL ) disabled the feature via an ...

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YouTube adds automatic captions for the hearing impaired, lovers of the mute button

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:30:00 +0000

The new feature uses speech recognition technology to caption any video uploaded to YouTube. YouTube now uses the same voice recognition technology (called ASR) used for Google Voice to automatically generate captions on any video on the site . When you upload a video you can now include a ...

w3ace posted 36 hours ago from obsessable.com

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YouTube launches full-length TV show channel

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:06:00 +0000

YouTube has begun hosting full-length TV shows on the website, thanks to a partnership with Channel 4. This means that shows like Father Ted and the IT Crowd are now free to watch, with more content being added to the site as we speak. It had been rumoured for some time that Channel 4 was going ...

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Flip Video to get Wireless Built in

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:10:40 +0000

Flip Video cameras are about to get an upgrade that will see new models have Wireless connections built in. When the next generation Flip MinoHD launches early next year it will have a larger screen, more memory and a built in wireless connection that will allow it to directly upload video ...

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Adding / Editing captions

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:53:08 +0000

A "caption file" contains both the text and information about when each line of text should be displayed. A "transcript file" on the other hand just contains the text of what was said in the video. If the video's in English, YouTube can use speech processing algorithms to determine when the ...

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Nielsen: Facebook Now the No. 3 Video Site

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:27:23 +0000

Looks like the sleeping online video giant that is Facebook may finally have awoken. According to Nielsen’s latest VideoCensus numbers, Facebook jumped to No. 3 behind established video powerhouses YouTube and Hulu in terms of total streams. That’s up from No. 10 just last month. Facebook ...

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YouTube UK launches full-length TV shows

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:13:51 +0000

YouTube, Google's main online video repository, has made full-length episodes of shows such as The IT Crowd and Who's Line Is It Anyway? available to UK viewers. YouTube's Shows section was launched on Thursday. According to a statement from YouTube, the section is already populated with around ...

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NationalGeographic's Channel

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:53:38 +0000

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BBC relaunches iPlayer on Nintendo Wii

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:14:30 +0000

Home News BBC Relaunches IPlayer On Nintendo Wii BBC relaunches iPlayer on Nintendo Wii Posted by Daniel Bennett on Fri 13 Nov 2009 BBC improves its iPlayer service on the Wii BBC iPlayer on the Nintendo Wii will be relaunched with a new design on 18 November. The service takes the form of a ...

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YouTube's Channel

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:53:38 +0000

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