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It seems like every month or so another video site rolls out online. There’s YouTube, Joost, Jaman, iTunes, Miro, PluggedIn and Yahoo, not to mention offerings from ABC, Cartoon Network, ESPN Fox, Hulu and Spike, just to name a few. As the choices for Internet TV viewers multiply, a need has arisen for utilities that bring order to the chaos. One called “ZeeVee,” an Internet TV technology firm, launched a limited beta for its Zviewer Monday. The open platform is a free downloadable application that provides a one-stop destination for some of the top video content sites on the Web.

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Web TV Dashboard: Useful Controls, Dodgy Navigation

CNN reporter Jessica Yellin has probably heard a lot of compliments during her career, which has included stints at ABC and MSNBC. But I’m guessing anchor Wolf Blitzer’s closing comment to her following her live report from Chicago early Tuesday evening was a new one for her. “Alright Jessica, you’re a terrific hologram,” Blitzer told Yellin, as her image, “Star Wars”-like, appeared in front of Blitzer right there in the Time Warner studios in New York.

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Election Night TV 2008: Technology for Technology’s Sake

From YouTube to Flickr, from Facebook to Twitter, images and sentiments from celebrations across the nation flooded into the Internet’s media-sharing sites, just moments after Barack Obama clinched the presidential election. Some were simple photos of TV screens claiming the Democrat’s win. Others were unfiltered images of jubilant celebrations captured immediately after polls closed Tuesday on the West Coast, when Obama was declared the president-elect.

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Obama Celebrations Rock Cyberspace

Two major factors that have spurred the rapid growth of online video include the increasing availability of broadband Internet access and Web 2.0 technology that allows user interaction with and control of content. Those, according to Metacafe CEO Erick Hachenburg, are the main reasons online video is outpacing traditional TV in the contest for viewers’ eyeballs. With 37 million unique monthly visitors, the online video network Metacafe is the second-largest online video site. Only YouTube has more monthly visitors.

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The Network Is Us: Q&A With Metacafe CEO Erick Hachenburg

Two major factors that have spurred the rapid growth of online video include the increasing availability of broadband Internet access and Web 2.0 technology that allows user interaction with and control of content. Those, according to Metacafe CEO Erick Hachenburg, are the main reasons online video is outpacing traditional TV in the contest for viewers’ eyeballs. With 37 million unique monthly visitors, the online video network Metacafe is the second-largest online video site. Only YouTube has more monthly visitors.

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The Network Is Us: Q&A With Metacafe CEO Erick Hachenburg