San Jose, Calif. - Google has demanded records from anti-piracy firm BayTSP as part of its defense against the $1 billion copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Viacom over its YouTube site, MarketWatch reported. [more..]

New York - Online video streaming is gaining mainstream momentum in the U.S., as the percentage of females over 12 and adults aged 35-54 who have recently streamed video online has grown dramatically over the past year, according to a report from market research firm Ipsos.
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New York - Crispy Gamer, a new independent video game news and reviews website, announced on Monday its launch and an $8.25 million first round of funding, from Constellation Ventures and the company's founders. [more..]

New York - TuneCore, a service that provides digital distribution for independent artists' music through online retailers like iTunes and Amazon MP3, has raised $7 million in new funding from Opus Capital. [more..]

London - Top Chinese search engine Baidu has partnered with EMI and a number of local labels on a new ad-supported service that will stream upcoming releases for users, Billboard reports. [more..]

Arlington, Va. - Though still showing positive returns across all investment horizons, venture capital performance declined during the second quarter, according to a new report from Thomson Reuters and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA). [more..]

Hauppauge, N.Y. - Hauppauge Digital, a developer of analog and digital TV receiver products, announced on Monday that it has agreed to purchase the Pinnacle PCTV product line and related assets from Avid Technology. [more..]

Los Angeles - The BlackBerry Partners Fund, established with $150 million to be granted to developers working on applications for BlackBerry smartphones, has awarded $150,000 each to three companies -- two of which are developing music applications for the platform, MocoNews reported. [more..]

Los Angeles - Mandalay Media, the parent company of mobile entertainment distributor Twistbox Entertainment, said on Monday that it has completed its $22.8 million acquisition of AMV Holding Limited, a European direct-to-consumer mobile content distributor. [more..]

New York - Viacom's MTV Networks on Monday debuted a new website that will host exclusively music videos from the company's expansive catalog. [more..]

Mountain View, Calif. - Google on Monday introduced a Google Earth application for the Apple iPhone and iPod touch, which will allow users to zoom in on satellite images of the planet. [more..]

New York - Major record label EMI on Monday announced a licensing deal with InMotion Entertainment, which will bring the key current and catalog albums from the label's catalog to the company's PlayPoint Media Hotspot airport download kiosks. [more..]

San Francisco - News Corp.'s MySpace is closing its office in the Netherlands and folding operations into its office in Berlin, CNET News.com reported, citing an article in the local Webwereld. [more..]

Los Gatos, Calif. - Online DVD rental service Netflix said on Monday that it has deployed its second-generation media player for instant streaming of movies and TV episodes, which will utilize Microsoft's Silverlight video delivery platform. [more..]

Redwood City, Calif. - Shortly after announcing the release of a live mobile streaming application for the Apple iPhone, Qik on Monday introduced live streaming video support for Research In Motion's BlackBerry smartphones. [more..]

Santa Monica, Calif. - Video game publisher Activision on Monday shipped its "Guitar Hero: World Tour" for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii and PlayStation 2. [more..]