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NBC Direct still doesn't work

Liz Gannes, a veteran online video reporter whom I've worked with and is no slouch when it comes to getting almost any newfangled content application to function, couldn't get NBC's relaunched video-on-demand software to work. The offering is powered by a file-sharing download process from Pando, but not much good if users can't even install the software. Isn't there a company that already has a delivery and payment system for 720p video content from the networks — one that NBC used to work with? Meanwhile, to get your 30 Rock fix online, Gannes says stick with Hulu. Just looking at the listed bugs on the download page would be enough to scare off anyone who's confused by file-sharing sites.

3:40 PM on Thu May 15 2008
By Jackson West
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Latest by WagCurious: NBC are you listening? Here is the problem with your installer. You are testing for a DRM individualization level before more »

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Blip.tv's Dina Kaplan saves Ryan's privates

New York-based online video distribution startup Blip.tv went weekend warrior on file-sharing startup Pando in a game of paintball. Pictured here are the bruises left from getting hit on the leg of COO Dina Kaplan. But her colleague Ryan Chambers really took one for the team — right in the, ahem, family jewels. Click through for Kaplan showing off more battle scars and Chambers describing his harrowing brush with infertility. More »

4:40 PM on Fri May 9 2008
By Jackson West
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Latest by Vulture: I guess it beats a Chess Club slap fight for testing one's mortal combat mettle. more »

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Why Verizon isn't fighting file sharing

While Comcast has been trying to curtail file sharing, Verizon has taken a hands-off approach. Why? It's not because Verizon executives are free-the-Internet libertarian nutjobs. No, it's because file sharing can make them more money. The phone company partnered with peer-to-peer software startup Pando Networks to speed video downloads. When DSL customers share files with others on Verizon's network, it cuts costs 75 to 90 percent and dramatically reduces the load on Verizon's network. Before you hold up this capitalist move as an argument for network neutrality, consider this: Verizon had to share data about its network with Pando to optimize delivery of the video files. (Photo by /Mark Lennihan)

4:20 PM on Fri Mar 14 2008
By Jordan Golson
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Latest by brian s.: do we love 'em for improving P2P or hate 'em for trying to make money off it? reliable network, more »

In another "We don't need no stinking iTunes" ploy, the NBC Direct download service will offer high-definition videos. Feign surprise. It turns out NBC partnered with peer-to-peer tech company Pando so it could distribute hi-def on the cheap. [TechCrunch]

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