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London based The JD Project recently launched WeDigTV, an online video portal aimed at forging what they call TV2, a “whole new genre in visual entertainment.” And near-HD interactive video is nothing to sneeze at.

The JD Project started as an agency called Jaildog, which won a BIMA award for its Who Wants to Be a Millionaire site for AOL back in 2004.

Above: WeDigTV Program Guide

Since rebranding, the company has focused its efforts on becoming a new kind of entertainment company, partnering with content producers including Freemantle and Endemol to create…

While there is endless buzz surrounding new video formats and content delivery methods for digital media, user experience and the visual interface, a critical component of online video is rarely discussed in context.

At the IP Media Expo in New York last week I had the opportunity to sit down with executives from Schematic, the interactive agency responsible for the most innovative experiences on the web. Schematic designed the player for ABC and more recently the full episode portal for FOX.

With so much new content being published on so many screens, Schematic’s…

Wednesday I will be at the IP Media Expo, co-located with Satcon and the HD Media Expo. It should be interesting to see some of the broadcast quality video over IP content delivery solutions hitting the market.

I will also be speaking with Dale Herigstad, co-founder and Chief Creative officer at Schematic who has worked on the interfaces for XBox 360, Microsoft Surface and is a thought leader on development of GUIs for EPGs.

I’m hoping to get his ideas on the future of TV and content discovery and whether the english language will…

Well sort of. In yesterday’s post we mentioned that Silverlight would need to begin showing off what it could do, and today with the intro of Tafiti, Microsoft showed the potential of Silverlight in the context of everyday use with search.

Following the addition of H.264 to Flash, Silverlight can no longer compete on quality of video codec alone. Rich internet applications built on top of these codecs can do very unique things and the ability to develop these will likely be a primary determinant of success.

The increase in interactivity and engagement…

Adobe today announced a new release of Flash dubbed Moviestar which includes H.264 support, strengthening Adobe’s already entrenched position in online video.

Since NAB back in April when Microsoft first introduced Silverlight to the public, there has been increasing debate over whether Microsoft can convert more users by gaining professional acceptance of Silverlight and its VC-1 codec as a more powerful rich media technology.

Microsoft is starting from the top, Signing on the MLBs of the world, pushing the high quality endgame and hoping users will follow the content. Adobe is working from the ground…

The TED Conference continues to roll out new videos of their talks. Blaise Aguera y Arcas’ demo of the work Microsoft Live Labs is doing with PhotoSynth and SeaDragon has been circulating in the tech community. Check it out below.

Essentially they’re hyperlinking millions of images based on the information in them and using that massive database of visual info to create a rich 3D model. The next generation of Rich Internet Applications may look something like this.