imeem today announced the launch of ad-supported music service that offers revenue share to artists when their music is streamed.

The service launches with three million tracks, including music from imeem?s record label partners Nettwerk, Beggars Group, Matador Records, Om Records, and XL Recordings, artists such as Jimi Hendrix, Barenaked Ladies, Public Enemy, M.I.A., Thom Yorke, Sarah McLachlan, Belle & Sebastian, and Thievery Corporation, and distributors including IODA, The Orchard, IRIS, INgrooves and Redeye Distribution.

Entry is open to any artist or content owner who would like to join, and there is no cost to music fans.

?We are excited to be a part of imeem?s ad-supported interactive music service,? said Brent Muhle, general manager, Nettwerk Music Group. ?imeem allows Nettwerk...

We’ve been testing out Apple TV’s new YouTube support, and, overall, it’s an exciting improvement to the Apple TV platform.

YouTube videos load impressively quickly, even on a relatively slow network, and there’s a lot to be said for watching videos on a big screen from a comfy chair.

Applying the update is quick and simple. After a reboot, the Apple TV is ready to go and a new YouTube option appears on the device’s menu.

Pros:

• Many videos look surprisingly good.
• Navigation is very easy.
• It’s a lot more fun to view the videos on a big TV than on your computer.
• They’ve made thousands of videos available.

Cons:

• No...

Apple today announced that YouTube is now live on Apple TV. Users can download the free software update using Apple TV?s built-in software update feature, and then navigate through YouTube?s familiar video browsing categories or search for specific videos. YouTube members can also log-in to their YouTube accounts on Apple TV to view and save their favorite videos.

iPhone users will be able to enjoy YouTube?s content on their iPhones when they begin shipping on June 29. A new Apple-designed application on iPhone will wirelessly stream YouTube?s content to iPhone over Wi-Fi or EDGE networks and play it on iPhone?s 3.5 inch display.

“iPhone delivers the best YouTube mobile experience by far,” said Steve Jobs, Apple?s CEO. “Now users can enjoy YouTube wherever they are?on their iPhone, on their Mac or on a widescreen TV in their living room with Apple...

In case you didn’t see the trend after the Online Publishers’ Association said Internet video consumption is exploding, comScore said that the Internet video viewing is exploding, or the fact that big media is figuring out that Internet tv is profitable, Magid Media Futures (MMF) is reporting a huge growth in the popularity for Americans of viewing videos over the Internet.

According to MMF’s research, daily usage of online video rose by 56 percent over the last year. In 2006, 9 percent of 12- to 64-year-old Americans who used the Internet reported using online video daily. Today, this number has risen to 14 percent.

Weekly usage of online...

Mszunefan, aka the King of Zunes, has gone for a second Zune tattoo.

His first Zune tattoo featured the logo for Microsoft’s portable media player.  We still haven’t seen any iPod tattoos, yet……
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The modest success of Prom Queen, a teen drama serialized on MySpace, is demonstrating the economics of low-budget Internet video. The show, which mixes standard teen mystery fare with a dash of lonelygirl15, is the first production of Vuguru, former Disney CEO Michael Eisner’s new studio.

“Prom Queen” was designed to test the business model as much as the content. The budget for the show was between $100,000 and $150,000 — high for an Internet production but minuscule compared with the budgets Eisner handled at Disney. And financially, it worked. Although Eisner declined to say exactly how much the show earned, he did note...

80 percent of the U.K. online population (age 15 or older who have accessed the Internet from either a home or a work computer), watched an Internet video in April 2007, compared to 76 percent in the U.S., 79 percent in France, and 70 percent in Germany, according to figures released today by comScore.

The study also reported that the average U.K. streaming video viewer initiated 80 streams in April 2007, compared to 64 streams per streamer in France and 62 streams per streamer in Germany. By comparison the average streamer in the U.S. initiated 65 streams per streamer in April 2007.

In the U.K. streamers allocated 10 percent of their total time online to viewing video.

“With 8 out of 10 people initiating a stream in the U.K., streaming is clearly mainstream and one of the more popular things to do online...

Nintendo is rumored to be working with Apple to bring a selection of its games to the iPhone:

These exclusive games will be released on the iTunes Store at a $29.00 price point a few months after the iPhone launches. No word on whether Nintendo will be distributing iPod versions of these games. A major hangup in development has been the lack of buttons on the iPhone that was remedied by a touchscreen D-pad.  One might wonder how Nintendo fans may see view playing on a phone without a traditional D-pad.

Internet video viewing has jumped more than 80% since last year, according to new information from the Online Publishers’ Association.

In March of 2006, 5% of online video viewers watched once a day and 24% watched at least once a month. Weekly viewership grown significantly, with 44% watching weekly and 8% watching daily.

The study also looked at the most popular video content and, while humorous videos may appear to be omnipresent, it found that the leading video content category is news/current events (14% watch daily). Weather ranks second (11% watch daily), followed by jokes/funny clips (9% watch daily).

Other highlights:

• 80% of all video viewers have watched a video ad online, and 52% have taken some sort of action, whether it’s checking out a website (31%), searching for more info (22%), going into a store (15%), or making apurchase (16%).
• Advertising in good content...

YouTube announced today that is was introducing nine International versions of the popular video-sharing site. The sites will feature local-language navigation and feature content popular content in that region.

The new sites include:

• Brazil (http://www.youtube.com.br);
• Britain (http://youtube.co.uk);
• France (http://youtube.fr);
• Ireland (http://youtube.ie);
• Italy (http://it.youtube.com);
• Japan (http://youtube.jp);
• The Netherlands...