Today Amazon Web Services, an Amazon company, has announced Amazon Elastic Transcoder, a highly scalable service for trans-coding video files between different media formats. For those who are unfamiliar with transcoding – it allows a user to convert a high resolution video file into smaller versions that are optimized for playback on websites, mobile devices, applications, more »

RCA to set to debut an Android tablet at CES that is unlike any other before it. It’s called the RCA Mobile TV Tablet and it will allow you to watch over-the-air broadcasts all over the United States. The tablet comes with a built-in DTV tuner and a mobile TV tuner that provides channels in more »

Plex Media Center, a Mac and PC application, allows users to stream content wirelessly as long as they have it hooked up to their TV. The app underwent a name change and is currently referred to as Plex Home Theater versus Plex Media Center. The only small issue with this announcement is the fact that more »

Roku today announced that its tiny wireless streaming player, the Roku Streaming Stick will be available starting next month. If you’ve always wanted to stream video and music on your television, be prepared to grab this streaming device which is roughly the size of a USB flash drive – for $99.99. You just need to more »

Together with the start of pre-orders for the iPhone 5 from the online Apple Stores in selected countries, Apple has also started accepting pre-orders of the new iPod touch and iPod nano. In case you’ve missed the announcement, the 5th generation iPod touch is available in six vibrant colors and two storage options namely 32GB more »

Amazon today has issued a brief statement announcing their new partnership with NBC Universal Cable and New Media Distribution. The agreement will mean the addition of hundreds of TV episodes to Amazon’s Prime Instant Video service. These include prior seasons of Parks and Recreation, Parenthood, Friday Night Lights, Heroes, Battlestar Galactica and other TV shows more »

Lately I’ve been feeling very nostalgic for older episodes of The Simpsons. My local Fox station rarely shows episodes from the show’s best years, and my digital lifestyle doesn’t make watching the box set DVDs I own very convenient. To make things worst, The Simpsons has managed to steer clear of Netflix. That’s why over more »

Last month, Amazon reached a licensing agreement with Paramount Studios which will make “hundreds” of new hit movies available for Amazon Prime Instant Video over the next three years. Now, Amazon has reached another deal with another major studio, Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer or MGM Studios. This means that soon, you’ll find hundreds more classic movies and hit more »

D-Link just announced the availability of its new streaming media player dubbed MovieNite (DSM-310). this media player promise to deliver 1080p HD movies and TV shows including personalized Internet radio. MovieNite also delivers instant access to the latest new releases from VUDU, Netflix, YouTube and new music from Pandora via easy-to-use interface and one-click remote. more »

Just a quick note for those of you who just got the new iPad and have been using the iPad video aggregation app called Frequency. Said iPad app has just been updated, specifically to make it work flawlessly for the retina display of the new iPad. This means that you’ll enjoy videos from Frequency’s huge more »