What travel agents learned from Expedia, Borders learned from Amazon, Tower Records learned from Apple iTunes and Blockbuster learned from Netflix, the traditional game makers are about to learn from free-to-play online video game companies: their business is about to fall off a cliff.
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Recent studies forecast that worldwide consumer Internet traffic related to online gaming, IP communications, online video and audio will grow 500% by 2014 . 47.5 million people already play online games in the United States , and online video viewing is up 45% over last year .
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Commissioned by Doritos, the survey of 2, 052 people found that 49% of women play video games online, compared to 50% of men.
The Adobe Media Player, which will become available later this year, will use RSS subscriptions to store and play automatically updated online video on your desktop, as well as streaming videos from the Web.
After seeing Anantawan play in a video online, the man made a crude prosthetic device out of cardboard and took up the violin.
YouTube obviously has a big role to play in the evolving online video landscape, but most content publishers require more sophisticated solutions to make money online today.
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If you want to make a movie using a high-end video editing application, or play online games, then you will not find the Pixel much use.
The move comes as Google itself is attempting to become a major seller and distributor of professional video and music content through a variety of services, from its YouTube video site to the Google Play online-media store to its pay-TV service in Kansas City, which required deals with cable-channel networks.
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True or not, there is now enough advertising revenue in online video that all the big players need to have a play in this space.
Video gamers often play with friends either in the flesh or online, but at least in my experience the time requirements of a good board game or pen-and-paper RPG are vast in comparison.
Pictures posted to Flickr and video posted online will also go onto a screen, so there's the option to play around.
An online-only version of the massively popular video game Call of Duty is to be made available to play in China.
Verizon has been delivering high-quality video entertainment to its FiOS and High Speed Internet broadband customers since 2005 with online services like Starz Play, ESPN360, Disney Connection, YES Network and NFL Game Extra.
Free-to-play is on the rise across the video game industry, but especially in multiplayer-based online games.
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The LEGO Group is the latest video game publisher to venture into this free-to-play business with its LEGO Universe massively multiplayer online (MMO) game.
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