For several years consumers have enjoyed streaming premium content services like Hulu, Amazon Prime, Netflix, and others.

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The Original Content Wars Have Begun, But They’re Bigger Than Hulu Vs. Netflix

I interview entertainment and new media attorney Gordon Firemark for a guide on two controversial bills in Congress and the top online video crisis of 2012 – the Protect IP Act (PIPA) and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), which are threating to censor our free expression and remove our ability to do business with online video. My video interview with Gordon Firemark on SOPA and PIPA You can just watch my video interview with attorney Gordon Firemark below, or go right to the article and accompanying videos further below. Click here to watch the video.

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SOPA And PIPA May Cripple The Web Video Ecosystem, Unless We Fight It

After a week or two off for the holidays, we’re back with the first online video news round up of the new year. What were the biggest stories in video over the first week of 2012–what were you talking about?

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The Weekly Online Video News Round Up – 2012 Edition

If I personally was given the choice of 3D or Connected for a new TV purchase, I would choose connected. Apparently, I’m not the only one according to some new data from Parks Associates in regards to flat-panel TV purchasing intentions and the features .

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Buyers Choose Connected TV Over 3D This Holiday Season As Set-Top Box Demand Drops

Epic Meal Time ’s success is amazing, and it keeps on rolling with the announcement that it will get a chance on the gaming/entertainment network G4 soon .  The deal gives Epic Meal Time a pilot, but let’s face it, that show is likely to get a season there as the show seems easily tailored for success on TV.  The web sensation was picked up by Revision3 in April and their YouTube channel has more than 2 million subscribers and nearly 300 million upload views.  And now, they go to a perfect place for their demented cooking show in G4. Epic Meal Time Gets TV Deal – The Latest YouTube Channel To Jump To TV This comes not too long after another YouTube sensation, The Annoying Orange , was picked up by The Cartoon Network last month .  Epic Meal Time will be produced by Comcast Entertainment Studios, with producers of The Soup and Web Soup on board.  According to the parameters of the deal, G4 will have no stake in the Rev3/YouTube version of the show.  Which makes me wonder, are they still going to produce episodes on the web while they do longer versions on G4

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Epic Meal Time Gets TV Deal, Will Terrorize Meat On G4

One of the biggest stories of 2011 is what the future of television will look like as service providers, consumer electronics manufacturers and content aggregators all jockey for the prime position in your living room.

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ivi TV Continues Its Fight For The Future Of Internet TV

Let’s face it, IPTV is on the rise and that means we can expect a flood of new services based around it. Everything from social viewing experiences to new discovery services and offerings are going to be coming to market in rapid succession, especially with the push toward more and more TVs being connected to the Internet either directly or through another device like an OTT box. Now we’ve got FreeCast which wants to be your personal channel guide for online TV and claims over 5000 channels available.

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FreeCast Hopes to Be IPTV Discovery Giant

So the new Xbox dashsboard is available and with it came some updated video streaming apps for Hulu Plus and Netflix . The updates fixed a lot of things that I had talked about as being problems like getting so deep into a menu that you had to pick up a controller to continue. However, there are some more interesting updates as well.

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New Xbox Dashboard Brings Expanded Video Streaming Apps

So the new Xbox dashsboard is available and with it came some updated video streaming apps for Hulu Plus and Netflix . The updates fixed a lot of things that I had talked about as being problems like getting so deep into a menu that you had to pick up a controller to continue. However, there are some more interesting updates as well

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New Xbox Dashboard Brings Expanded Video Streaming Apps

Rumors began circling this week that Verizon might be planning some kind of content distribution service–a Netflix competitor, if you will. There were a great many people quick to jump to judgement, suggesting the company would be getting in over their head

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Can Verizon And Redbox Team Up To Kill Netflix?