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Sony Pictures Entertainment’s online video network, Crackle.com, has announced its upcoming season of online programming, which will start airing next month. Unlike much of the pro content accessible on the Internet, Crackle’s shows are primarily made for distribution exclusively over the Web, not regular TV. Crackle’s claim to fame is short, original episodes produced and filmed with the same basic high-quality production values that go into producing network or cable television. In other words, Crackle is not about blurry and poorly lit webisodes filmed in some dude’s basement.

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Crackle.com to Take a Crack at Online-Only Programming

Netflix subscribers who also happen to own an Xbox 360 — and have an Xbox Live membership — learned last summer they’d be able to access streaming video via the gaming console, but what they didn’t know until recently is that some of those titles will be available in high definition. Users of the Microsoft’s gaming machine will see the feature when the console’s “New Xbox Experience” launches Nov. 19. The HD streaming feature is currently in a soft rollout, and Microsoft plans to formally announce the offering in a few weeks.

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Netflix Brings Xbox Streaming Deal Into Higher Definition

The market to distribute premium video content — mainly TV episodes and feature-length movies — is currently going through one of its most dynamic periods, as experimentation with business models, delivery mechanisms and consumer tastes is in full swing. In the age of online entertainment, consumers get virtually unlimited choice of content and the means to entertain themselves. They can stream their favorite episode of “Lost” from ABC.com, watch full-length movies on Hulu, or download episodes of shows like “The Office” from NBCDirect, and they can do it all for free.

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Are Web Video Providers on the Wrong Track?

A site known for its information on entertainment is now offering up thousands of movies and TV shows for free streaming. The Internet Movie Database, or IMDb, launched a massive streaming service this week. The Amazon-owned operation has 6,000 full-length programs already available with plans for more titles in the future. The service interacts with Amazon’s pay-based movie purchasing options, giving users the ability to rent or purchase the video for television-based viewing if they so choose. The service itself, however, is only ad-supported and has no fees or subscriptions built in.

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IMDb Adds Some Show to Its Tell

In the last two years, American households that use the Internet have doubled their online television viewing. Now, nearly 20 percent use the Internet to watch television broadcasts online, and no, it’s not all on YouTube. Based on a survey of 10,000 households, The Conference Board and TNS report that 72 percent of online households have family members who log on for entertainment purposes on a daily basis — but they’re also logging on from multiple locations. Nearly 90 percent watch online broadcasts at home, 15 percent watch at work, and 6 percent watch from other locations.

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Viewers Stampede to Online TV