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DMW Daily, November 29, 2007

Top Stories
o Patent Office Upholds TiVo Patent; EchoStar Appeal Still Pending
o Facing Higher Royalties, AOL, Yahoo May Shut Off Web Radio
o Report: Networks Will Earn $120M in '07 From Streaming Ads
o AT&T Chief: 3G Apple iPhone Coming in 2008
o Report: Facebook May Abandon "Beacon" Marketing Feature
o Publishers Introduce New Standard for Search Engine Indexing
o EMI Seeks to Reduce RIAA, IFPI Membership Fees
o Glu Mobile Acquires Chinese Games Firm MIG for $14.7 Million
o IPTV Provider Avail Media Lands $25 Million
o Social Network College Tonight Completes Merger, Raises $1.6M
o Indian Mobile Ad Firm mGinger Raises $2 Million
Opinion & Analysis
o Clinton Backer Sneaks Tough Question at CNN/YouTube Debate
o Wallstrip on Synaptics and the Future of Touchscreen Devices
o MySpace Suicide Evokes Reminder of Texas Cheerleader Mom
o HBO Takes on The Barry Bonds Story
o Buzz Watch: Is Bottom Biting Bug the New Teletubbies?
Briefly Noted
o Netflix to Stream Episodes of NBC's "Heroes" to Subscribers
o Yahoo, Adobe Introduce PDF Ads
o Amazon Debuts Askville Questions and Answers Service
o Nintendo: Wii Virtual Console Downloads Bring $33 Million
o AM3 to Launch Video, Book Download Service for Nintendo DS
 Top Stories
o Patent Office Upholds TiVo Patent; EchoStar Appeal Still Pending 
Alviso, Calif. - TiVo announced on Thursday that the U.S. Patent Office has upheld its "Time Warp" patent on digital video recording technology, after a reexamination was requested by rival EchoStar, whom TiVo is suing for infringing the patent on its own recorders. [more..]
o Facing Higher Royalties, AOL, Yahoo May Shut Off Web Radio 
New York - Yahoo and AOL may shutter their Internet radio services, facing a 38% increase in music royalties at the hands of the Copyright Royalty Board, Bloomberg reports. [more..]
o Report: Networks Will Earn $120M in '07 From Streaming Ads 
Los Angeles - ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox will earn an estimated $120 million this year from advertisements that run alongside their free TV shows streams on the Internet, FT.com reported, citing a representative from media buying agency Starcom. [more..]
o AT&T Chief: 3G Apple iPhone Coming in 2008 
Santa Clara, Calif. - Apple plans to introduce a 3G version of its iPhone sometime next year, according to AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson, who disclosed the news at a meeting of the Churchill Club in Santa Clara, Calif., Bloomberg reported. [more..]
o Report: Facebook May Abandon "Beacon" Marketing Feature 
New York - Online social network Facebook may alter its controversial new "Beacon" service, which alerts members' friends when they make purchases at certain partner sites, Businessweek.com reports. [more..]
o Publishers Introduce New Standard for Search Engine Indexing 
New York - A consortium of newspaper publishers on Thursday introduced ACAP, a new open standard that will allow publishers, broadcasters and others to express the individual access and usage policies of their websites to search engine robots. [more..]
o EMI Seeks to Reduce RIAA, IFPI Membership Fees 
London - Major record label EMI, which was recently acquired by private equity firm Terra Firma, is considering leaving record industry trade groups including the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), as a means of cutting costs, Reuters reported. [more..]
o Glu Mobile Acquires Chinese Games Firm MIG for $14.7 Million 
San Mateo, Calif. - Mobile games publisher Glu Mobile announced on Thursday that it will acquire Beijing-based mobile game developer and publisher MIG, for $14.7 million. [more..]
o IPTV Provider Avail Media Lands $25 Million 
Reston, Va. - Avail Media, a provider of IPTV and other media services to broadband operators, announced on Thursday that it has raised $25 million in its second round of venture capital financing. [more..]
o Social Network College Tonight Completes Merger, Raises $1.6M 
Atlanta - College Tonight, an online social network and marketing platform, announced on Thursday that it has completed its merger with Simex Technologies, and as part of the transaction, raised $1.6 million in equity capital through private placements. [more..]
o Indian Mobile Ad Firm mGinger Raises $2 Million 
Bangalore, India - mGinger, a provider of mobile advertising services, has raised $2 million in its first round of venture capital financing, led by Draper Fisher Jurvetson, ContentSutra reports. [more..]
 Opinion & Analysis
o Clinton Backer Sneaks Tough Question at CNN/YouTube Debate 
CNN and YouTube hosted a Republican debate yesterday, and Hillary Clinton’s campaign has emerged as the hot topic. [more..]
o Wallstrip on Synaptics and the Future of Touchscreen Devices 
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o MySpace Suicide Evokes Reminder of Texas Cheerleader Mom 
The anonymity of social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace are tailor made to plans hatched with dangerous ulterior motives in mind. [more..]
o HBO Takes on The Barry Bonds Story 
One of the most controversial figures in the history of American sports will now take center stage in an HBO film, Variety reports. [more..]
o Buzz Watch: Is Bottom Biting Bug the New Teletubbies? 
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 Briefly Noted
o Netflix to Stream Episodes of NBC's "Heroes" to Subscribers 
Los Gatos, Calif. - Online DVD rental service Netflix announced on Thursday an agreement with NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution, that will see episodes of NBC's primetime series "Heroes" made available for viewing online by Netflix subscribers they day after they first air on TV. [more..]
o Yahoo, Adobe Introduce PDF Ads 
Sunnyvale, Calif. - Yahoo has partnered with Adobe Systems to offer the ability to integrate advertising into Adobe PDF documents. [more..]
o Amazon Debuts Askville Questions and Answers Service 
Seattle - Online retailer Amazon.com on Thursday formally introduced its Askville.com site, where users ask and answer each other's questions on various topics. [more..]
o Nintendo: Wii Virtual Console Downloads Bring $33 Million 
Tokyo - Nintendo has so far earned about $33 million in revenue from the sale of over 7.8 million classic game downloads on its Virtual Console service for the Wii console, IGN.com reports. [more..]
o AM3 to Launch Video, Book Download Service for Nintendo DS 
Tokyo - AM3, a Japanese firm that has developed non-game content for Nintendo platforms, on Thursday announced DSvision, a new service that will offer downloadable comics, books, magazines, anime, movies and TV shows to Nintendo's DS handheld, IGN.com reported. [more..]