Ustream.tv has announced that its live coverage of Obama’s Inauguration will be available to watch live via an iPhone.

The 3G cell phone makes it possible to watch the Inauguration almost anywhere. iPhone users will also be able to chat with other viewers of the live event through the uStream iPhone application

Unfortunately this is only open to a select number of beta testers. If you have an iPhone and wish to view the Inauguration live streams you will need to email iphone@ustream.tv to get Ustream’s viewing application on your iPhone.

Subscribers of Verizon V Cast, AT&T Mobile TV or MobiTV can all get live streams.

Keeping track of all the software required to manage your digital media content can be an absolute nightmare. But there may be a solution at hand.

If, like me, you are someone who is addicted to entertainment in all its various mediums, you probably have a number of different applications installed on your computer to manage them all.

You tend to need one piece of software for converting audio files, another for converting video in to different formats, another to burn and rip these files, and yet another to edit videos.

But maybe there is a solution out there which can fulfil all of your multimedia requirements.

Blaze Media Pro

Blaze Media Pro is a powerful, all-encompassing application that offers the chance to deal with all your multimedia needs in one package. No longer will you need to have multiple apps open at the same time.

Blaze Media Pro eschews the need for any other CD burning software as it does it all for you. This is after handling any conversions between music formats such as MP3, WAV, WMA, and OGG with ease.

Video Capabilities

It also manages to squeeze DVD burning software in to the package. Again, this is after having allowed you to convert between video formats such as MPEG-1, MPEG-2, AVI, WMV, ASF, and Flash.

Blaze Media Pro also includes a powerful video editor which allows you to do such things as delete frame, delete selection, crop, resize, rotate, mirror, flip, trim, and a text overlay.

Physical To Digital

If you have content recorded in a physical format and need it converting for uploading to a Web video site such as YouTube, Blaze Media Pro also lets you convert DVD to AVI, MPG, WMV.

Blaze Media Pro is free to try before you buy, and if you love having one tool to rule them all, it’s available to buy for the bargain price of $50.

Here is a list of the places online where lovers of the Games will be able to catch all of the action. Some are legal, while others may be frowned upon, but all are legitimate ways of seeing the Olympics online.

Official Coverage

NBC Olympics

American residents will be able to watch over 2,200 hours of coverage live on NBCOlympics.com.

The success of the coverage will be used as a yardstick to see whether the Web is a legitimate location for hosting coverage of events such as this.

However, with severe restrictions it is alienating a larger potential audience.

BBC Olympic Coverage

The the BBC’s Olympic coverage looks like the best deal with fair and wide coverage of the events. Unfortunately it is only available within the UK.

TVTonic

TVTonic’s service allows US residents to watch Olympic events in full, even after broadcast and while you’re offline. However, the service isn’t recommended for users of metered Broadband Internet.

Proxy

While the coverage of the above services may be locked to a specific country, anyone overseas can get around this fact by use of a proxy server based in right country.

Essentially this makes it appear as if you are accessing the coverage from the correct country. However, with proxy servers being quite unreliable and slow it is unlikely you’ll be able to watch anything without jitters.

YouTube & Live Streaming Video Sites

YouTube has a dedicated Olympics channel, but it will only be viewable by people resident in the 77 countries where the IOC failed to make exclusive Web deals. Using a proxy server can again get around this obstacle.

There is also likely to be a multitude of amateur footage finding its way on to live streaming video sites like Ustream, Stickam, and Justin.tv.

Live Olympic Streaming

Using uStream the Olympic Games are being streamed online live. The quality is not brilliant and it can be a bit stuttery but its better than nothing.

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High Quality Olympics Stream

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P2P Streaming

P2P streaming is huge in China, and PPLive is officially licensed to show the Olympics in China. A Chinese-based proxy server may help, or alternatively, PPStream, PPMate, Sopcast, TVUPlayer, and TVKoo may be worth trying.

Personally out of all of those I recommend TVUPlayer as it is the easiest to use.

Torrents

Last but not least are torrent sites, with the big Olympic moments likely to turn up in force on the high-profile sites such as The Pirate Bay, and Mininova.

However, since you have to download the content first using torrents then you won’t be able to get any live coverage this way, but it will be great for recapturing classic moments from the Olympics

An alternative to torrents is the easy-to-use video downloading program Graboid which provides access to hundreds of thousands of videos and will no doubt have a lot of Olympic coverage.

TiVo and DVRs

The Olympics TV schedule can’t rule your life and by using TiVo or your preferred DVR you can record all the events to watch at a later date. A relatively simple solution which allows you to easily watch the Olympics on your regular TV set.

Whichever means you choose to watch the Olympics online from Beijing, it’s clear that the Web is now a serious player in delivering footage of such a huge event to the masses.

On a separate not why not check out the hottest girls of the Olympics.

Earlier this week, Adobe announced that their acquisition of CBS, MTV, and Comedy Central programming into their new Adobe Media Player. According to the press release, their selection now exceeds “15,000 pieces of content.”

Being the TV addict that I am, I immediately was intrigued to check it out. My high hopes, however, were let down.

Promising Promo

This is the promo for the new media player that visitors can watch on the Adobe website. It explains how it can be used to organize your own clips, queue instant downloads, and watch “what you want, when you want.”

After the painless 2-minute installation, I had the Adobe Media Player instantly up and running only to find out that the “15,000 pieces of content” were mostly 2-minute long clips. In fact, The only full-length network shows I could find were CBS’s Swingtown and MTV’s Cribs.

The Breakdown

After fooling around with the player and exploring the content for about an hour, I came up with a list of pros and cons:

Pros:

• Fast Loading Times
• Easy Navigation
• Search Box
• Full Screen Option
• Higher Quality Full Episodes

Cons:

• Occasional Ads
• Mostly Low Quality Content
• Mostly Short Clips
• Mostly Independent Content

The Bottom Line

Adobe’s Media Player is much slicker and easier to navigate through than other competitors, however, the content that it has can already be found on sites like YouTube and Hulu. If Adobe wants to stand out, they are going to have to get more full episodes.

Clearly, they have the “when you want” part of their slogan down. Now they need to work on the “what you want” part.

[Download Adobe Media Player]

Have you ever started watching a movie on your PC only to end up constantly pausing it to look up a particular song or actor in it?

Today, video search engine Blinkx has launched a unique (Windows only) interactive web 2.0 application called Blinkx BBTV that does all of that for you. BBTV (short for Broadband TV) calls itself “The Future of Online Television,” but is it really all it’s cracked up to be?

It’s not exactly the next P2P boom, but a platform like this is closer to the future of online entertainment than anything else today.

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I know what you’re thinking. “Here we go again with another YouTube ripper!” Actually, this time, you may want to hold your tongue. Filsh may just be the very best video ripper and converter ever.

Why? Well because, rather than having you download the video and use an external program to convert it, Filsh introduces a whole new video conversion idea:

It rips and converts video entirely online.

If you’re a resident of the UK or Eire, you’re in for a treat. Channel 4 has it’s own on demand player called 4oD which allows you to watch full episodes and movies for free.

So what’s available on 4oD? Well, just about anything you’ve ever seen on Channel 4. Movies like Shallow Hal and Cypher, as well as shows like Sugar Rush, Da Ali G Show, and more.

The problem with all of the video online is the dilemma of how to organize it. Micro, which is still in beta stage, is a new client that aims to be the mother-of-all video aggregators.

How many times have you tried to view that “perfectly legal” video on YouTube only to encounter: “This video has been removed at the request of [insert evil company name here] because its content was used without permission”?

Have no fear, Delutube is here! “The Deleted YouTube Video Viewer”.

The only problem with the vast spectrum of YouTube videos are the limitations of where to access them. The dilemma basically boils down to this: if you can’t access the internet, then you can’t access YouTube videos. If you’re always on the go like me, you may experience painful YouTube withdrawal symptoms.

Now there’s software to cure that and put those videos in your pocket.

The only problem with most Web Television sites is the lack of interaction. Sure, sometimes you can leave a comment, but honestly, how social is that?

Wi-Fi TV brings you online entertainment as well as social networking in one place.

Those days of paying for video calling are over. Actually, those days of using a program to make video calls are over too.

Unlike most video conferencing services, SnapYap offers stress-free video communication with absolutely nothing to install.

So you’ve got some extra cash laying around and are contemplating to yourself: “Self…should I buy that iPod Video? How else can I get all my favorite music, movies, and shows in the palm of my hand at an affordable price?”

Well, I think it’s about time for you and “self” to have a little sit-down because I’m about to save you some money. Introducing Orb.com; the answer to your prayers.

Do you spend hours of your time trying to “rip” your videos from your favorite websites? Do you get “video-withdrawal pains” when you can’t access the internet? You can now breathe a sigh of relief because those days are now over.

Introducing VeohTV, the only internet video application you really need.

If you are looking for a tool that allows the creation impressive web video presentations with ease, then you might want to consider Animoto.

Just launched, the service delivers unique video slideshows of your images, accompanied either with your own music or some from its growing library of tunes (currently restricted to indie rock, electronica or hip hop).

Animito analyses your music and photos together to create a professional-looking piece of synchronised widescreen video that can be shared instantly with friends, via e-mail or through a variety of sites including MySpace and Facebook.

Users can either make free and unlimted use of Animoto Shorts which creates clips lasting a maximum of 30 seconds or pay $30 USD for a year’s pass and access to the creation of full-length videos.

Animoto looks to be an exciting new venture, but could do with a few improvements including giving users the permission to upload personal voice tracks and also the opportunity to download their projects. However, it’s still early days and so far we’re impressed by its functionality and ease of use.

WeShow.com, a website offering a personal touch to finding internet video similar to that of Gloob.TV has just launched its latest customisable widget for blog and website owners.

Available free of charge, WeShow onSite is a tool that allows users to embed a window full of content from their favourite video channels directly onto their own little patch of the internet.

Users can choose from WeShow’s 200+ channels to fill the onSite widget, which will instantly display a thumbnail view of the ten most recently featured videos on the sites chosen by its creator. See something you like? Clicking on a thumbnail instantly launches the video to watch in all its glory.

As well as choosing the subjects of the video selection, bloggers and site owners can further tailor onSite by changing its colour and orientation. Placing the widget on any given site is as simple as copying and pasting the automatically generated code.

YouTube and others already offer individualised video tweaking, but WeShow’s little gizmo stands out for being the most interactive we’ve seen so far – the selection of 10 videos spins like a merry-go-round of endless variety and the content launches in a split second. We’re impressed.

[Check out onSite]

VeZoom.com, the site that claims to host the world’s most comprehensive video search engine has launched a new string to its bow in the form of MyVeZoom.

The service is a customisable extension of the VeZoom search function, which constantly monitors over 18 million hours of online video featured in over 60 online channels – wowza!

Web surfers can organise their viewing experience easily by category, then VeeZoom will work its magic to find content related to your chosen interests. Topics range from the obvious such as news, sport and entertainment to pretty much any user-generated or professional content you can think of.

One of the best features of MyVeZoom is being able to create custom channels by keyword. All you have to do is type in a subject of interest (a place, person, animal, whatever you like) and the site will scour the Internet for video content related to it.

Despite all the promise, MyVeZoom’s early days don’t come completely niggle-free. Most annoyingly, due to the high volume of results searching can be painfully slow. In addition, the site’s channel editing is simplistic in comparison to the likes of similar projects such as Second Brain and Particls.

Nevertheless, considering the sheer wealth and quality of media available on MyVeZoom, the future looks bright.

[Visit MyVeZoom]

We already have SplashCast, CozmoTV and WorldTV working in this area but you may not have heard of FeedBeat.

Joost is still in private beta meaning it has not yet been officially released and it is still being tested and developed. You can read an early review of Joost beta here.