Frankfurt - Wireless carrier T-Mobile plans to sell Apple's (NASD: AAPL) forthcoming iPhone 3G 8GB for as little as 1 euro ($1.54) in Germany to customers who sign up for a 69 euro ($106.77) monthly contract, Reuters reported. The 8GB model will sell from T-Mobile for between 1 and 169.95 euros, depending on the corresponding service plan, while price points for the 16GB model will start at 19.95 euro and top out at 249.95 euros ($386.82) with a 29 euros per month ($44.88) service contract.

Chicago - United Airlines (NASD: UALA) announced on Monday that it has added iPod and iPhone connectivity to its in-flight entertainment system, which will enable passengers to view video content stored on the players on a 15.4-inch personal TV. Technology for the connectivity was developed by Panasonic Avionics Corporation. The feature will be offered primarily on trans-Atlantic routes. United said its entire fleet of international, widebody aircraft are being reconfigured over the next two years with iPod connectivity, other on-demand entertainment and lie-flat seats in first and business class.

Los Angeles - MediaDefender, an anti-piracy firm often hired by record labels to seed file-sharing networks with "spoof" media files, is also earning money from the labels by distributing authorized copies of legitimate songs from their artists on file-sharing networks, to the tune of $560,000 in 2007, TorrentFreak reported. The advertising-supported free downloads reportedly include tracks by Kanye West and Timbaland, with the latter sponsored by McDonald's as part of a contest to win free concert tickets and backstage passes.

Seattle - Amazon.com's (NASD: AMZN) CreateSpace on-demand DVD distribution service said on Monday that it has partnered with Time Warner's (NYSE: TWX) HBO Video to offer a selection of HBO and Cinemax documentaries on the service. Films included in the offering, to include "When I Knew" and "Hard Times at Douglass High: A No Child Left Behind Report Card," will also be the first created through an on-demand service to be encrypted by the industry's Content Scramble System (CSS) copy protection technology.

Los Angeles - Dutch media tycoon John de Mol's Talpa Media Group on Monday announced the launch of TalpaCreative.com, a site where TV fans can create and sell original non-scripted TV show ideas. The best ideas will be developed by del Mol and his team and may be produced and distributed internationally by Talpa Media Group and Endemol, whose previous productions include "Big Brother," "Fear Factor" and "Deal or No Deal."

New York - MediaNet Digital, the business-to-business digital media distributor, on Monday announced a deal to power Tesco Digital, the online entertainment store operated by the retail chain that has stores in 12 countries. The store will offer 3.7 million audio tracks, including 2.4 million DRM-free MP3 downloads, and plans to soon add downloadable TV shows, movies and games.

New York - Web entertainment studio My Damn Channel said on Monday that it has secured a branded entertainment deal with liquor brand Southern Comfort. The companies are creating "My Damn Channel Music Nights," a 12-week stint in music bars and clubs in New York and Los Angeles and on the SoCo Music Experience festival tour this summer. Original content from the tour, which will feature artists including Gnarls Barkley, Justice and the Black Keys, will be produced for a co-branded channel that will appear on My Damn Channel and across its syndication network.

Chicago - Destination Media, operator of the Gas Station TV out-of-home digital ad network, said on Monday that it has signed a long-term deal with LG Electronics, which will become the exclusive screen provider for a number of the company's out-of-home marketing networks. As part of the deal, LG will also receive ad placements on Destination Media's networks, which appear at gas station pumps and other locations.

Los Angeles - The Championship Gaming Series (CGS), a professional video game league, said on Monday that it has signed a deal with Comcast's (NASD: CMCSA) G4 cable TV network that will bring broadcasts of its competitions to U.S. cable television. CGS competitions are also broadcast via partners including DirecTV, BSkyB and STAR.

Los Angeles - Japanese video game publisher D3Publisher said on Monday that it has signed deals to publish games based on Universal/Focus Features' forthcoming stop-motion animated HD feature "Coraline," as well as Aardman Animation's TV series "Shaun the Sheep." Console versions of "Coraline," based on the Neil Gaiman novel, will be developed by Papaya Studios, while handheld versions are being created by ART -- which will also create the Nintendo DS version of "Shaun the Sheep."

New York - Sony (NYSE: SNE) plans to launch a new Web series, "Angel of Death," across a range of websites before later offering the complete series on DVD, The Wall Street Journal reported.

London - A representative for the Rolling Stones has denied a report in the U.K.'s Observer over the weekend that the band will end its 30-year relationship with major label EMI and sign a new deal with concert promotion giant Live Nation (NYSE: LYV), Reuters reported. "We are not in talks with Live Nation in connection with any record deal," band spokesman Bernard Doherty said in a statement.

Redwood City, Calif. - Online video advertising network YuMe on Monday announced a deal with Microsoft (NASD: MSFT), to compliment the company's existing video ad services by handling network management and sales for unsold inventory on Microsoft's online properties.

New York - The Associated Press (AP) newsgathering agency will attempt to define how much attributed borrowing constitutes "fair use" of its news articles and broadcasts for bloggers and other websites, The New York Times reports. The AP last week asked a blog called the Drudge Retort to remove seven posts that contained quotes from AP articles that ranged from 39 to 79 words.

San Mateo, Calif. - Jivox, an online self-service video advertising platform, announced on Monday that it has raised $10.7 million in its first round of venture capital financing, led by Opus Capital.

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Washington - Shares of XM Satellite Radio (NASD: XMSR) rose 6% by midday Monday after FCC chairman Kevin Martin said that he will recommend the approval of the company's merger with New York-based Sirius Satellite Radio (NASD: SIRI). The move could clear the way for the companies to complete the multi-billion-dollar deal, which has been in regulatory limbo for more than a year.