Web is the New Battleground for Digital Entertainment

Posted on July 18, 2005

The Internet is the new battleground for digital entertainment. All the top media companies are aware of consumers' growing transition from television to the Web. Broadband and software improvements have made it easier to download and stream video online and studies have shown consumers will watch online video. Some popular memes and videos have been seen millions of times. Teens and college kids seem to have already made the transition and most have already used the Internet to watch music and news video clips.

Some major media companies have been making announcement and cutting deals to ensure themselves real estate in this massive video battleground. Here are just a few of the ongoing online digital content deals:

Amazon.com has acquired CustomFlix, a website that lets people make and sell DVDs.
Nickelodeon has launched TurboNick, online ad-supported videos.
CBS plans to turn their news newtork into a web-centric news model with blogs and video interviews.
Intel and actor Morgan Freeman's movie production company, Revelations Entertainment, have formed ClickStar, a company that will distribute first-run movies online.
Google recently launched a video upload tool and video service, called Google Video.
PBS is launching a broadband show called NerdTV.
Apple is in talks to sell music videos online for the iPod.
RocketBoom, a popular vlog, how receives 25,000 downloads per day.