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At the MIX conference this afternoon, Perkins Miller of NBC demoed the Silverlight powered video platform for NBCOlympics.com. Duncan Riley liveblogging for TechCrunch called it “kickass,” and it deservedly got the largest ovation of the day.

The player interface designed by Schematic will offer users the ability to view multiple cameras and multiple events simultaneously, as well as enhanced picture-in-picture, and interactive features for…

YouTube which announced plans to increase video quality at NewTeeVee Live in November has begun offering higher quality encoding for certain clips.

While this is clearly still in the testing stages and there hasn’t been an official announcement, the folks over at VideoHelp.com have figured out that adding &fmt=6 or &fmt=18 to the end of a video link returns a H.264 encoded clip…

FastCompany.TV launched today under Robert Scoble. Far from being a only video companion to of the magazine, the content is geared toward what Robert Scoble is interested in, and as a result we are granted access to people and technology traditional media would never get.

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In addition to first look interviews with people like Curtis Wong…

Kicking the week off with Daisy Whitney’s New Media Minute. This week she explains the three-video deal between online comedy duo Rhett and Link and TVGuide Network, and the move by social networking company KickApps to strike deals with content delivery networks to offer its video player for free to their customers.

It isn’t every day a top 200 site in worldwide traffic shuts down, but for Stage6 it’s been a long time coming. DivX announced today that they will be shutting down their video sharing site at the end of the month. DivX’s Tom Huntington broke the news to users:

So why are we shutting the service down? Well, the short answer is that…

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When will ABC and other networks come up with a suitable syndication alternative to YouTube? It’s gotta be pretty clear videos like this will get virally distributed online but no network has come close to making them as easy accessible as YouTube.

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According to an article in Marketwatch, CBS is looking to put their Innertube fiasco behind them by reintroducing some additional series into their video offering, making it easier to enjoy your old faves as well as their current line up of TV fare across the 300 sites and partners in their CBS Audience Network.

CBS will be adding full episodes…

The NFL is extending its exclusive coverage of the NFL combine today with free live video on NFL.com. From 11am to 2pm ET on Saturday football fans will be able to choose from five different cameras in addition to watching live NFL Network coverage.

In an unrelated story, DISH Network earlier this week bumped the NFL Net to a premium sports…