San Francisco - Online auction site eBay has launched a service that will offer unsold radio advertising inventory from 2,300 U.S. radio stations for sale on its site, through a partnership with Encino, Calif.-based Bid4Spots, The New York Times reported. [more..]

Washington - The U.S. House of Representatives' Science and Technology Committee held a hearing on campus file-sharing on Tuesday, and members said that new legislation may be needed if universities fail to take more action against piracy. [more..]

New York - Online video ads are effective, and longer ads are more effective than shorter ones, according to a survey of 1,422 online video users conducted by market research firm OTX on behalf of the Online Publishers Association (OPA). [more..]

Tokyo - Nintendo's Wii console outsold Sony's PlayStation 3 by more than five to one last month in Japan, Reuters reported, citing data from Japanese game magazine publisher Enterbrain. [more..]

New York - Sling Media, a developer of "place-shifting" technology that lets consumers access their home TV channels while away on any Internet-connected device, announced on Wednesday that it has partnered with the National Hockey League (NHL) to allow Slingbox users to clip and share live or recorded clips of NHL programming. [more..]

New York - A music publisher and several French sports leagues have joined a class action copyright infringement suit against Google's YouTube video site. [more..]

Arlington, Va. - NBC Universal said on Wednesday that it will use a content syndication and distribution platform developed by Clearspring Technologies to turn some of its news, sports and entertainment programming into widgets. [more..]

New York - Major League Gaming, a professional video game league, announced on Wednesday its acquisition of GotFrag.com, an online news site that covers competitive gaming. [more..]

New York - Media ratings provider Nielsen announced on Wednesday that it will begin measuring mobile subscribers' use of Internet and video features through a new service, Nielsen Wireless. [more..]

Cologne, Germany - Blue Lion, a German mobile social networking start-up, announced that it has closed a "multi-million euro" first round of financing from Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments (BDMI), the venture arm of the German media conglomerate. [more..]

Minneapolis - The University of Minnesota, along with 11 other Midwestern universities that comprise the Committee on Institutional Cooperation, announced that they have partnered with Google to digitize up to 10 million books as part of the Google Books Library Project. Other schools in the group include the University of Michigan, University of Chicago and Indiana University. "Google's vast capacity for digitization far exceeds that of any of the participating institutions alone, making this effort a true partnership that reveals the historical depth of these collections from the heartland," said Wendy Pradt Lougee, head librarian at the University of Minnesota. [more..]

Los Angeles - New Medium Enterprises, the developer of a red-laser-based HD disc technology called HD VMD, announced on Wednesday that Icon Film Distribution will release movies on HD VMD in Australia and New Zealand. Icon titles available at launch will include "The Queen," "Apocalypto," "The Descent" and "Gosford Park." NME's HD VMD format offers 20GB storage capacity per disc by combining 4 layers of 5GB each, offering space for three hours of 1080p content per side. [more..]

San Francisco - Digital music retailer and virtual label INgrooves announced on Wednesday that it has signed new digital distribution deals with a number of labels and artists, including DJ Paul Oakenfold's Perfect Records. Other signings included Coalition Media Group, bluhammock music, and artists Los Tigres Del Norte, Zoe Keating and Jake Shimabukuro. [more..]

San Francisco - Mobile ad firm Ad Infuse and video streaming technology firm Minick said on Wednesday that they will power a new ad-supported, mobile video streaming service from Swisscom Mobile. Customers will be able to access on-demand video content in exchange for viewing 10-20 second ads at the start and conclusion of each program. [more..]

Cambridge, Mass. - Maven Networks, a provider of Internet TV delivery technology, said on Wednesday that Spanish-language media company Univision Online will use its services to power a new consumer Web video portal. Univision.com claims over 15 million unique monthly users. [more..]

New York - Microsoft announced that Toru Iwatani, the Namco game developer who originally created "Pac-Man," has designed the first new mazes for the game in 26 years, for a new version of the classic title for Xbox 360 called "Pac-Man Championship Edition." International teams competed in a Quiznos-sponsored tournament featuring the new game in New York last night, in advance of the game's availability for purchase and download from Xbox Live Arcade today. [more..]

New York - 2K Sports, a unit of game publisher Take-Two Interactive, said on Wednesday that it has signed former NFL players John Elway, Jerry Rice and Barry Sanders to grace the cover of its "All-Pro Football 2K8" for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, slated for release this summer. The game will also feature a soundtrack comprised of original tracks, remixes and mash-ups produced by DJ Z-Trip, which will see a retail release on Decon Records. [more..]