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ArchivesBroadband TV - Taking the Public By Storm One Niche at a TimeAuthored by colin_dixon on September 21, 2006 - 10:28am.
While visiting IBC in Amsterdam two weeks ago, I attended a conference session in the Multi-Media in the Connected Home track called 'The Markets - Integration or Disintegration.' The panel discussion inevitably turned to the much-debated subject of broadband video on the television. The Microsoft representative on the panel argued that it will be "decades" before broadband video reaches the TV and becomes a mainstream phenomenon.
Analysis: Facebook Deal Will Provide Interesting Benchmark for Social Networking SitesAuthored by Jay Baage on September 21, 2006 - 9:24am.
 The hunt is on for the next MySpace and big media executives are willing to pay a lot of money for the right company in hot areas such as social networking, online video and gaming. But all of this talk of executives aggressively pursuing acquisitions in this space is jacking up the prices. Is Facebook really worth $1 billion?
WSJ: Facebook in Talks With Yahoo on Potential $1 Billion SaleAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on September 21, 2006 - 8:43am.
New York - Facebook, the second-largest online social network with 9.5 million members, is in talks to be acquired by Yahoo for a sum approaching $1 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. Facebook has previously held negotiations with both Microsoft and Viacom -- which also bid on MySpace, but lost out to News Corp.'s $580 million winning bid. BusinessWeek reported in March that Palo Alto, Calif.-based Facebook rejected a $750 million buyout offer, hoping to see a $2 billion asking price.
Google Appeals Belgian Court Ruling, Fines Over Use of News ClipsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on September 21, 2006 - 8:43am.
Brussels - Google has appealed a Belgian court ruling barring it from publishing snippets of news stories from the country's French- and German-language newspapers on its Google News website, Reuters reported. The company has also asked for a suspension of part of the ruling that fines the company the equivalent of $636,000 a day, beginning Sept. 5, for not posting the ruling on its website -- an action Google has still not taken.
tags: Internet | Law | Online Publishing | Europe | Search | Google | Newspapers | News | Belgium | Appeals |
Warner Employees File for Patent on DVD, Blu-ray, HD DVD Combo DiscAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on September 21, 2006 - 8:43am.
Los Angeles - Three employees at Warner Bros. have filed a patent application for a "multilayer dual optical disk" that would be able to carry both Blu-ray and HD DVD content on one side, and standard DVD or CD on the opposite side, NewScientist.com reported. The multi-purpose disc wouldn't tip the scales in the next-generation DVD format war between Sony's Blu-ray and Toshiba's rival HD DVD, but would surely please both manufacturers, and retailers faced with creating shelf space for both new formats while continuing to stock standard DVDs.
George Lucas Donates $175 Million to USC Film SchoolAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on September 21, 2006 - 8:42am.
Los Angeles - "Star Wars" director George Lucas has donated $175 million to the University of Southern California's (USC) School of Cinematic Arts, in what figures as both the largest gift ever received by the school and the largest known contribution to a U.S. film school.
Yahoo Sells Jesse McCartney Album in Unprotected MP3 FormatAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on September 21, 2006 - 8:41am.
Sunnyvale, Calif. - Yahoo is selling former boy band pop singer Jesse McCartnery's new album for $9.99 in the MP3 format, usually shunned by major record labels because it can be easily copied onto file-sharing networks, but embraced by consumers because it plays in all portable players. The album, "Right Where You Want Me," was authorized for distribution in both MP3 and Microsoft's WMA format by Disney-owned Hollywood Records.
Digital Watermarking Firms Form Industry Trade GroupAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on September 21, 2006 - 8:41am.
Los Angeles - A group of companies that develop digital watermarking technology, including Cinea, Digimarc, Philips, Thomson and Verance, has formed the Digital Watermarking Alliance (DWA), a trade group that will promote the value of the technology to content owners, industry, policy makers and consumers. The group said digital watermarks are deployed with billions of objects, and that hundreds of millions of watermark detectors are present in the market.
Bertelsmann's Arvato Licenses AIM Catalog for P2P DistributionAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on September 21, 2006 - 8:40am.
Berlin - Arvato Mobile, a unit of German media conglomerate Bertelsmann that distributes mobile entertainment content, announced on Thursday that it has signed a licensing agreement with the Association of Independent Music (AIM), which represents over 900 record labels. Under the deal, AIM's catalog will be made available as digital downloads through Gnab, a licensed peer-to-peer distribution network, with deals for subscriptions and video downloads expected to follow shortly.
Indian Online DVD Rental Service Seventymm Raises $7 MillionAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on September 21, 2006 - 8:39am.
Bangalore, India - Seventymm, an online DVD rental service in India, has received a $7 million investment from Matrix Partners India. Bangalore-based Seventymm currently claims 7,500 customers, and stocks a catalog of more than 10,000 DVD titles; the company aims to count 1 million subscribers within five years. Seventymm will use the funds to expand its service into additional cities in India.
Online News Distributor Voxant Raises $10.5 MillionAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on September 21, 2006 - 8:38am.
Reston, Va. - Voxant, a company that distributes news across the Internet for media companies, said on Wednesday that it has raised $10.5 million in its second round of funding. SoftBank Capital and Court Square Ventures co-led the round, which also included participation from previous investor Longworth Venture Partners.
Microsoft to Launch HD DVD Player for Xbox 360 in Japan on Nov. 22Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 21, 2006 - 8:37am.
Tokyo - Microsoft will launch an HD DVD player accessory for its Xbox 360 video game console in Japan on Nov. 22, Reuters reported. The separate HD DVD drive accessory will sell for $177, which when added to the $399 price tag of Microsoft's premium Xbox 360 still undercuts the $599 price of Sony's forthcoming PlayStation 3, which will ship with an embedded Blu-ray drive. So far, Microsoft has sold just 160,000 Xbox 360 consoles in Japan, according to sales data from Enterbrain.
The World's Biggest Short FilmAuthored by Rohit Bhargava on September 21, 2006 - 8:35am.
tags: Video | Marketing | Movies | Promotions | Film | UGC | Short Films | Rohit | Non-Profit | 1 Second Film |
Matsushita Introduces 2 Blu-ray DVD Recorders for Japanese MarketAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on September 21, 2006 - 8:35am.
Osaka, Japan - Japan's Matsushita (Panasonic) plans to launch two new Blu-ray DVD recorders that can also play pre-packaged Blu-ray discs in Japan on Nov. 15. A $2,045 model features a 200GB hard drive, while a 500GB model will sell for about $2,560. Toshiba recently launched an HD DVD recorder that also plays HD DVD discs, while Sony will release its own Blu-ray DVD recorder later this year. Matsushita did not announce release details for the devices in the U.S.
Yale to Offer Video Lectures, Course Materials OnlineAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on September 21, 2006 - 8:33am.
New Haven, Conn. - Yale University announced on Thursday that it is currently producing digital videos of select undergrad courses that it will make available for free on the Internet, as part of an initiative by the Ivy League school to make its educational materials more widely available. In addition to lecture videos, the project will offer full transcripts in several languages, syllabi and other course materials for seven courses when it launches online in the fall of 2007.
The Orchard Licenses Catalog to Chinese Music Store The100.cnAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on September 21, 2006 - 8:32am.
New York - The Orchard, a digital distributor of independent label music, announced on Thursday that it has signed a licensing agreement with top100.cn, China's largest legal online music service. The deal makes New York-based The Orchard's catalog available for legal download in China. Market research firm In-Stat has predicted that the Chinese digital music market is poised to grow at a compound annual rate of 317% between 2005 and 2008.
iBiquity Licenses South American Manufacturer for HD RadiosAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on September 21, 2006 - 8:31am.
Columbia, Md. - iBiquity Digital, the developer and licensor of digital HD radio broadcasting technology, said that it has licensed South America's Continental Lensa to manufacture and market its equipment. Continental Lensa, which is based in Chile with an additional facility in Brazil, becomes the first licensed HD Radio broadcast equipment manufacturer outside of North America.
British Film Archive Taps Sigmer Technologies to Create Film & TV DatabaseAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on September 21, 2006 - 8:30am.
London - Custom software developer Sigmer Technologies announced that it has developed a database to house the archives of the British Film Institute (BFI). The archives include over 810,000 British and international film and television titles; the biographies and filmographies of 1.2 million actors, directors, producers and film and TV professionals; 23,000 festival and event listings; and 210,000 organizations. Brighton, England-based Sigmer also developed a search engine for the database. The BFI launched the Film and TV Database as part of an initiative to make its Archive more widely available via digitization and the Web.
Virgin Launches Mobile Limbo Auction for New Charity, Virgin UniteAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on September 21, 2006 - 8:30am.
Burlingame, Calif. - Richard Branson's Virgin Group has launched a text message-based game that will award prizes and donate all proceeds to Virgin Unite, the company's new global charitable arm. The game is a "Limbo Auction" from Burlingame, Calif.-based Limbo 41414, where players try to place the lowest unique bid, or the lowest amount that no other person has also placed as their bid. The first two bids are free and thereafter cost 99 cents; for each bid, players also receive points redeemable for prizes in Limbo's store. Auction items include a one-week trip for two at Branson's "private Caribbean paradise, Necker Island," and two Harley-Davidson motorcycles.
QSoft Taps Mobestar to Create Gaydar Mobile ServiceAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on September 21, 2006 - 8:29am.
London - QSoft Consulting, owner of European gay media sites including Gaydar and RainbowNetwork.com, announced Thursday that it has partnered with Mobestar to launch a new mobile dating service. The WAP-based Gaydar Mobile service will be available on most mobile phones, with live voice and video calls enabled for 2.5G and 3G subscribers. The service will initially launch for Gaydar.co.uk's 1.1 million subscribers, eventually expanding to cover Australia and Continental Europe in 2007.
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