New York - Google's YouTube has partnered with Time Warner and Disney to test new video fingerprinting technology, developed by Google engineers, that is designed to help content owners identify videos uploaded without permission, Reuters reported. [more..]

New York - A number of powerful telecom firms and technology trade groups have come to the aid of Cablevision, filing a brief in support of the company's appeal of a federal court ruling that prohibited it from launching a network-based digital video recorder (DVR). [more..]

New York - Video game publisher Take-Two Interactive has announced plans to lay off an undisclosed number of staff, as part of a restructuring aimed at reviving a company that has lately seen a shareholder revolt and been plagued with controversies over stock options and its "Grand Theft Auto" game franchise. [more..]

Reston, Va. - comScore, a provider of Internet audience measurement services, said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Tuesday that it expects to price its upcoming initial public offering (IPO) at $14-$16 a share, bringing in as much as $80 million. [more..]

Washington - Following a one-month suspension stemming from comments they made on their satellite radio show, popular shock jocks Opie & Anthony are set to return to the airwaves of XM Satellite Radio on Friday. [more..]

Canton, Mass. - Tweeter Home Entertainment Group, a, specialty consumer electronics retailer, has filed for protection under Chapter 11 bankruptcy. [more..]

Cambridge, Mass. - PodZinger, a provider of multimedia search and advertising technology, announced that it has raised $10 million in its second round of financing, and changed its name to EveryZing. [more..]

Orlando, Fla. - PayPerPost, an online marketplace for advertisers, bloggers and other consumer content creators, has raised $7 million in its second round of venture capital, led by Draper Fisher Jurvetson. [more..]

San Rafael, Calif. - Telltale, a developer of episodic video games, announced on Tuesday that it has raised $6 million in its second round of venture capital financing, led by Granite Ventures with participation from IDG Ventures SF. [more..]

San Jose, Calif. - DVC Labs, a developer of mobile Web browser technology, has raised $4.8 million in its first round of funding, which was co-led by Trinity Ventures and Matrix Partners. [more..]

San Francisco - Kyte.tv, a provider of user-generated interactive TV channels for Internet and mobile platforms, announced on Tuesday that it has received an undisclosed investment from Nokia Growth Partners, a unit of the Finland-based mobile phone maker. [more..]

Santa Monica, Calif. - Social media company Demand Media announced on Tuesday that it has acquired ExpertVillage.com, a provider of an assortment of pro and amateur "how-to" videos. [more..]

Weehawken, N.J. - Origin Digital, a New York-based video applications service provider, has acquired InterData Software, a privately held, Denver-based developer of web marketing technology. [more..]

Washington - In a move designed to take the company public, YFonGlobal, the developer of a platform that allows clients to launch social networks, said on Tuesday that it has signed a deal to execute a reverse merger with Connecticut-based PacketPort.com, a provider of Internet telephone services that trades on the Over-The-Counter (OTC) Bulletin Board. [more..]

Mark Cuban comments on Google/YouTube's announcement of a system to protect content owners with a new copyright protection software. [more..]

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Tokyo - Japanese electronics firm Toshiba has lowered its U.S. sales forecast for its line of next-generation HD DVD players, and now expects to sell 1 million of the devices by the end of the year, down from a previous forecast of 1.8 million, Reuters reported. [more..]

San Francisco - ATEL Ventures said on Tuesday that it will provide $5.0 million in equipment lease financing to San Mateo, Calif.-based Sling Media, a developer of technology that allows users to access their home TV channels from any Internet-connected device. [more..]

Dallas - Video rental giant Blockbuster announced on Tuesday that it has chopped a dollar off of the subscription plan prices for its online DVD rental service. [more..]

New York - Peter Rojas, the Internet entrepreneur who founded gadget blog Engadget, has partnered with independent label Downtown Records to create an online-only record label that will give away all its music, and generate revenue through ads and sponsorships, the New York Post reported. [more..]

Marina del Rey, Calif. - CinemaNow, an online service offers downloadable rentals and sales of movies and TV shows, on Tuesday re-launched its WatchMusicHere.com music video destination, offering selections exclusively from Warner Music Group for a limited time. [more..]

Los Gatos, Calif. - Online DVD rental service Netflix said on Tuesday that it has hired NBC Universal Digital Studios to produce three series of online webisodes that will showcase Netflix's content offerings. [more..]

San Antonio, Texas - AT&T announced on Tuesday that its AT&T blue room service -- which offers live concert webcasts -- plans to launch a 24-hour streaming radio channel, and also make its concert webcasts available on televisions to subscribers of AT&T TV services U-verse and Homezone. [more..]

Chicago - Playboy Enterprises announced on Tuesday the launch of its presence in the online virtual world "Second Life," consisting of a rabbit-head shaped island designed by Sentient Services. [more..]

Atlanta - The new media division at Time Warner's Cartoon Network said on Tuesday that it partnered with AFI's Digital Content Lab on a new service that will deliver the games offered on the network's website to broadband-enabled video game consoles. [more..]

Oxfordshire, England - GameShadow, a U.K.-based PC game patching engine and recommendation service, said on Tuesday that it has raised about $500,000 in new financing from two private investors. [more..]

Redwood City, Calif. - Electronic Arts on Tuesday named Carolina Hurricanes center Eric Staal as the cover athlete and spokesman for its "NHL 08" game. [more..]