I grew up on soccer. My dad played for Juventus in the Azores in the 1960’s before he came to America (for those of you that follow European soccer, it was a first division club back then sponsored by Italy’s Juventus F.C.) so it’s always been in the family. I started playing on soccer teams when … [Read more]

4.35MM people use Ustream.tv to watch the Chile Earthquake and Hawaii Tsunami Live: I saw this figure on The Tech Journal and I have to admit I have mixed reactions on this one. On the one hand, it seems a bit voyeuristic.  But then when something so terrible happens, it’s nice to know that technology … [Read more]

Zillion.tv Gets $10MM from Qwest: Zillion.tv, a provider of a Web-based video-on-demand service, has received a $10 million investment from Qwest Communications, Multichannel News reported. The service will offer a library of over 15,000 movies, TV episodes and other videos, licensed from partners including Disney, Fox, NBC Universal, Sony and Warner Bros. Ustream.tv Recognized as … [Read more]

The Internet added 11 million domain name registrations in the fourth quarter of 2009, reflecting a steady pace of Internet growth a quarter-century after the birth of .com. Those findings and more are featured in the latest Domain Name Industry Brief published by VeriSign, Inc., the trusted provider of Internet infrastructure services for the networked … [Read more]

eMarketer leads with MLB.tv in their recent report “Monetizing Sports Content Online” describing them as “trailblazing”. The Sports Business Journal says MLB.tv earned $40MM in 2009 streaming their subscription packages for out of market games. As evidence it’s working for them, they added Postseason.tv this past year too, for subscription to just the post season … [Read more]