New York - AOL on Monday offered $900 million in cash to acquire TradeDoubler, a Sweden-based provider of online marketing services. [more..]

Atlanta - Arris, an Atlanta-based communications technology company specializing in broadband networks, announced on Tuesday that it plans to acquire Tandberg Television, a U.K.-based provider of digital video delivery networks. [more..]

New York - The developers behind the Kazaa file-sharing service and Skype Internet telephone service on Tuesday launched beta testing for Joost, their new online TV service. [more..]

Los Gatos, Calif. - Online DVD rental firm Netflix on Tuesday announced plans to launch a new feature that lets subscribers watch TV shows and movies on the company's website. [more..]

Los Angeles - Virtual mobile network operator Amp'd Mobile announced on Tuesday that it has signed agreements with the NBA and CSTV to broadcast live pro and college basketball games to mobile phones. [more..]

Beijing - Major record label EMI Music announced on Tuesday that it has partnered with Baidu.com, China's largest search engine, to launch an ad-supported online music streaming service in China. [more..]

London - While user-generated video content will represent 55% of all online video content consumed online in the U.S. by 2010, such content will account for just 15% of total revenues for online video, according to a report from market research firm Screen Digest. [more..]

New York - Music Nation, an artist development company that hosts online music video competitions, announced on Tuesday that it has raised $5.5 million in its first round of venture capital financing, led by Greylock Partners and Point Judith Capital. [more..]

Berlin - Wazap, an online search engine for video games, announced on Tuesday that it has raised $7.9 million in its second round of venture capital financing, led by Partech International. [more..]

Tokyo - Sony Computer Entertainment announced that the company has now shipped one million PlayStation 3 video game consoles in Japan, bringing total worldwide shipments to date to two million units. The company added that five million PlayStation 3 game units had shipped worldwide by the end of December. Sony is expected to launch the PlayStation 3 in Europe in late March. [more..]

Tempe, Ariz. - Limelight Networks, a provider of content delivery network services that speed the delivery of digital media content across the Internet, announced on Tuesday that its global delivery capability now exceeds 1 Tbps (one terabit per second). "Hitting terabit per second content delivery network capacity is a strong validation of both our architecture and our success with innovative, high-growth media and entertainment customers, who increasingly are turning to online rich media as their most promising growth opportunity," said Limelight chairman and CEO Jeff Lunsford. Limelight customers include Amazon Unbox, Brightcove, MySpace and Xbox Live. [more..]

Witham, England - An unsigned band from Essex, England has become the first to break into that country's top 40 singles chart, following a rule change that for the first time allows songs available only as Internet downloads. Koopa's "Blag, Steal & Borrow" reached No. 31 on the U.K. singles chart last week. "It's almost like the boot's on the other foot and we're saying to the record labels: 'Well, you've got to come to us and impress us and make us want to sign to your label', rather than us going to them," 26-year-old Koopa singer and guitarist Joe Murphy told Reuters. [more..]

Santa Monica, Calif. - Canadian film studio Lionsgate announced on Tuesday that it has partnered with Habbo, to allow members of the online teen community to provide feedback on a potential filmmaking endeavor. Habbos will be able to view ten different animated shorts based on the Habbo World -- featuring styles ranging from CGI to Flash to 2D animation -- and vote on whether Lionsgate should produce and distribute a longer feature film based on one of the styles for release on DVD and the Internet. [more..]

Tokyo - Japanese wireless developer NTT DoCoMo on Tuesday introduced several new mobile phones, including one with a touch-sensitive screen and another that features aromatherapy skins. The D800iDS clamshell handset, from Mitsubishi Electric, features a touch-screen that will let users send handwritten messages and drawings, and likely figure in some gaming applications. Sony Ericsson's SO703i "aroma" handset will be available in nine different designs, each with its own uniquely scented skin designed to relax users while making calls. [more..]

Chicago - Mdog.com on Tuesday launched mobile editions of popular websites including eBay, Craigslist, Wikipedia, Citysearch and MySpace. The free Mdog.com portal is compatible will all carrier services on any Web-enabled mobile device. The new mobile sites will allow users to securely view post bids on eBay, and view online classifieds from Craigslist, among other features. Chicago-based Mdog.com also soon plans to launch its Bingo mobile search engine. [more..]

Las Vegas - QuickPlay Media on Tuesday introduced a version of its QuickPlayer for Research in Motion's BlackBerry wireless communications device. Available for an additional $7.95 per month to BlackBerry service users, the application allows BlackBerrys to receive streaming audiocasts from providers including ABC News, Clear Channel, The Wall Street Journal and Westwood One. [more..]

Toronto, Canada - Wattpad, a distributor of user-generated mobile content, on Tuesday launched a beta test of its new service that lets users upload and share stories, ranging from works of fiction to jokes or party stories. The company's Java-based mobile application allows users to search thousands of available stories, categorized by user tags. [more..]

Washington - Its Hip Hop.TV (IHTV), an online video network focused on independent Hip Hop music, said that it has been accepted into the Maryland Technology Development Corp. (TEDCO) Incubator Program. The company said that the move will open up additional opportunities for capital investment. IHTV streams interviews, artists' videos and concerts, short films, original TV shows and rap competitions. [more..]

Redwood City, Calif. - Electronic Arts on Tuesday announced the launch of "The Sims Stories," a new line of laptop-friendly games that feature evolving storylines. The episodic "Sims Life Stories" game includes 12 chapters, in which players follow the lives of one of two Sims characters. "The Sims Pet Stories" is also slated for release in mid-2007, while "The Sims Castaway Stories" will ship in late 2008. [more..]

Agoura Hills, Calif. - Video game publisher THQ announced on Tuesday an agreement with Zuffa, the owner of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Under the deal, THQ acquires the exclusive rights to develop and publish games based on the UFC brand through 2011. [more..]