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Quarterlife Ratings Disappoint

The fate of the first Internet-series turned network prime-time pickup is uncertain after its TV debut failed to gather a crowd. The Web show “quarterlife” was dropped into NBC's 10 PM slot last night and pulled in just 3.86 million viewers, which is fewer than even “Cavemen” brought in.

Mr. Hurley Goes To Washington

Capitol Hill got a little surreal this week as YouTube CEO and founder Chad Hurley got yanked in font of the House telecommunications subcommittee to discuss the future of video.

GoFish Wants You To Seduce A Celeb

GoFish, a video site devoted for "made-for-Internet" (MFI) programming debuted a new interactive reality show yesterday called Seduce A Celeb. It's still unclear, though, when the celebrities will actually appear on the show.

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.

Would There Be A YouTube Without MySpace?

YouTube's explosion onto the Internet scene was no accident. It was timing – timing so fortuitous that you might compare it to an alignment of the planets. YouTube didn't rise in a vacuum, but it rose in the House of MySpace, to continue the astrology analogy, with a number of other forces in play.