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DMW Daily, July 17, 2008

Top Stories
o EU Proposes Extending Copyright Term Length to 95 Years
o Survey: Average U.S. Gamer Age is 35; 40% are Women
o Amazon Debuts Beta of Streaming Video-on-Demand Service
o Documentary Site SnagFilms Launches, Acquires indieWIRE
o TiVo Enables YouTube Access via Digital Video Recorders
o Comcast's thePlatform Buys Social Media Developer Chirp
o Silicon Alley Insider Parent Co. Raises About $1 Million
o Player X Buys Spanish Mobile Game Developer Gaelco Moviles
o Russian Game Publisher 1C Acquires BUKA
Opinion & Analysis
o Buzz Watch: Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog
Briefly Noted
o Survey Finds AT&T Stores Sold Out of Apple iPhone 3G
o Lionsgate to Launch Ad-Supported YouTube Channel
o Vogue, IMG Partner on Web-based Fashion Reality Series
o YouTorrent Re-launches As Legal Download Search Index
o Stickam.com Tests PayPerLive Webcam Monetization Service
 Top Stories
o EU Proposes Extending Copyright Term Length to 95 Years 
Brussels - A proposal to extend copyright term lengths from 50 to 95 years has passed in the European Commission, and will now move to a vote before the European Parliament. [more..]
o Survey: Average U.S. Gamer Age is 35; 40% are Women 
Los Angeles - Women now comprise 40% of U.S. video game players, while the average age of an American gamer has risen to 35, according to a survey conducted by Ipsos MediaCT for game industry trade group the Entertainment Software Association (ESA).
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o Amazon Debuts Beta of Streaming Video-on-Demand Service 
San Francisco - Amazon.com launched a test of a new streaming video-on-demand service on Thursday, to complement the movie and TV episode downloads it rents and sells via its Amazon Unbox service, The New York Times reported. [more..]
o Documentary Site SnagFilms Launches, Acquires indieWIRE 
Washington - Ted Leonsis, the vice chairman emeritus of AOL and a well-noted film buff, on Thursday launched his new documentary site, known as SnagFilms. [more..]
o TiVo Enables YouTube Access via Digital Video Recorders 
Alviso, Calif. - TiVo announced on Thursday a partnership with Google's YouTube that will allow owners of broadband-connected TiVo Series3 and TiVo HD digital video recorders to access hundreds of millions of YouTube videos through their televisions. [more..]
o Comcast's thePlatform Buys Social Media Developer Chirp 
Seattle - Broadband video management and publishing company thePlatform, a unit of Comcast, announced that it has acquired the assets of San Francisco-based Chirp Interactive, a provider of social media applications. [more..]
o Silicon Alley Insider Parent Co. Raises About $1 Million 
New York - AlleyInsider, an online publisher of technology and business news, has raised under $1 million in funding at a $6 million post-money valuation, PaidContent reported. [more..]
o Player X Buys Spanish Mobile Game Developer Gaelco Moviles 
London - Player X, a distributor of mobile entertainment content including games, video and TV, announced on Thursday that it has acquired Spain-based mobile game developer Gaelco Moviles. [more..]
o Russian Game Publisher 1C Acquires BUKA 
Moscow - 1C Company, a Moscow-based video game publisher, announced on Thursday that it has acquired fellow Russian game publisher and distributor BUKA for an undisclosed sum. [more..]
 Opinion & Analysis
o Buzz Watch: Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog 
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 Briefly Noted
o Survey Finds AT&T Stores Sold Out of Apple iPhone 3G 
San Francisco - A survey of 50 AT&T stores in 21 cities across 11 states conducted by CNET News.com found that none had a single Apple iPhone 3G in stock. [more..]
o Lionsgate to Launch Ad-Supported YouTube Channel 
Los Angeles - Film studio Lionsgate is in talks to offer content on Google's YouTube, according to The Hollywood Reporter. [more..]
o Vogue, IMG Partner on Web-based Fashion Reality Series 
New York - Conde Nast-owned fashion magazine Vogue has partnered with IMG to produce a Web-based reality series about the fashion industry, The Wall Street Journal reported. [more..]
o YouTorrent Re-launches As Legal Download Search Index 
Los Angeles - YouTorrent, formerly a popular search engine that indexed material on all of the most-popular BitTorrent sites, has after legal threats relaunched as an index of solely "legal" content, offering links to over 67,000 files or 6 terabytes of data, TorrentFreak reported. [more..]
o Stickam.com Tests PayPerLive Webcam Monetization Service 
Los Angeles - Stickam.com, a site that hosts live video streams from users' webcams and other sources, has announced the launch of a beta version of PayPerLive, which allows users to charge for access to their live video streams. [more..]