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Joost Snags Big Brands With Ad Deals

Viacom's content distribution partner Joost, founded by the creators of Skype, has inked a number of ad deals with very prominent brands.

Mochila's AdMatch Player Opens Up Online Media

Traditionally, these have been the barriers to media entrance: cost, content, audience. Broadband has weakened those barriers in terms of cost and audience, but content, as always, drives the final bargain. But when under-the-radar Mochila officially launches its AdMatch Player next week at Ad:Tech, the final barrier is effectively breached.    

Microsoft Green Lights Silverlight

Developers are buzzing about Microsoft's latest release, Silverlight, a video plug-in application that spans video formats, allowing them to viewed through one video channel. Though there is a secret feature to be revealed in the coming weeks, the revealing of Silverlight is already being touted as an affront to Adobe.

Adobe To Launch Media Player This Summer

Since digital media creators widely use Adobe tools to create and to distribute content, the company saw the opportunity to add playback and measurement to that ecosystem with Adobe's just-announced Media Player.

Google Reader's Integrated Podcast Player

I just noticed as I was browsing through my google reader that it now has an integrated podcast player, simple little feature but really neat.

Video - Key to Small Player Market Growth

Brian Clark recently linked to a 51 page Michel Fortin PDF which was against writing long copy salesletters. It is a great read for any web marketer. A few highlights:

Known Issues w/ Flash Player 9 for Linux

Adobe released the Flash Player 9 for Linux 2 days ago. Here are the list of known issues:

Which Is The Top Embedded Video Player?

If you liked the dueling video services, then here's something real interesting: Eight different embedded players on a single page, served up as a comparison. While I can't tell who has the best video quality, there are a few things I can say:

MP3 Player Robs ATM

Technology has allowed criminals to become more creative in their methods of robbery, as a United Kingdom gang member managed to steal credit card secrets of ATM users with an ordinary MP3 player.

Microsoft Releases Media Player 11 for XP

Microsoft Corp. released to the public Microsoft Windows Media Player 11 for Windows XP, a significant milestone for music fans and the digital entertainment experience on Windows.