Washington - The Bush administration has proposed that websites keep records on who is uploading videos and photos to their sites, for potential use in terrorism, child pornography and other investigations, CNET News.com reported on Friday. [more..]

San Jose, Calif. - Immersion Corp., a developer of touch feedback technology used in video game controllers and other products, announced that it has settled its patent infringement lawsuit against Sony Computer Entertainment. [more..]

London - The BBC announced on Friday that it has signed an agreement to offer clips of its programming on Google's YouTube video site. [more..]

New York - Radio ratings provider Arbitron this week delivered its first survey of the satellite radio industry, which found that while satellite radio subscribers listened to more radio than others, they spent more time listening to terrestrial radio than their satellite services. [more..]

Paris - Two European copyright societies sent letters to Google's YouTube and News Corp.'s MySpace this week, asking them to come forward "to discuss the conclusion of license agreements with copyright societies and back payment of royalties for the past unauthorized use of copyright works created by millions of composers, songwriters, and publishers from around the world." [more..]

London - DoubleClick, a provider of digital advertising technology and services, announced that it has acquired Tangozebra, a London-based provider of online ad technology in Europe, for about $30 million. [more..]

West Hollywood, Calif. - Local city guide Citysearch, a unit of InterActiveCorp (IAC), announced that it will acquire Insider Pages, a provider of local search and user-generated reviews of local businesses in 30 U.S. markets. [more..]

Washington - Hoping to gain more support for its proposed $13 billion merger with rival Sirius, XM Satellite Radio on Friday issued a public statement assuring its 7.6 million subscribers that their existing radios will continue to work once the deal is completed. [more..]

Cambridge, Mass. - Visible Measures, a provider of audience measurement technology for Internet video services, has raised $5 million in its first round of venture, Private Equity Week reported on Friday, citing a regulatory filing. [more..]

Toronto, Canada - JumpTV, an Internet TV network featuring international news and entertainment channels targeted at expatriates, announced that it has signed an agreement to add its programming to Joost, the streaming TV service launched by the creators of Kazaa and Skype. Toronto-based JumpTV offers consumers a selection of 270 channels from 70 countries on a subscription basis. The company will initially offer free Spanish-language TV channels from Chile, Colombia and Peru, as well as an Arabic-language comedy channel on Joost. [more..]

Los Angeles - Hollywood movie studio MGM plans to launch a high-definition channel for cable, satellite and telco TV providers by the end of the year, TVWeek.com reported. The studio says 1,200 of its 4,100 films, and hundreds of hours of its television shows have been formatted for HD. [more..]

Herndon, Va. - Digitization firm Apex Publishing said that it has been chosen by the National Library of Australia to support a major newspaper digitization program that will launch later this year. Under the deal, the library will use Apex's services to build a database covering 1803-1954 using one major newspaper from each state and territory in Australia. The library will then launch a new online service in early 2008, allowing users to search the newspapers and view the content free of charge. [more..]

Redwood City, Calif. - Electronic Arts said on Friday that it has signed former Boise State University quarterback and Tostitos Fiesta Bowl MVP Jared Zabransky as the cover athlete for its "NCAA Football 08" game, scheduled for release this summer. Developed by EA Tiburon, the game will be available for PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3, Xbox and Xbox 360. [more..]

Los Angeles - Vivendi Games' Sierra Entertainment said on Friday that it will publish a version of "Scarface: The World Is Yours," based on the classic Universal Pictures gangster film, for the Nintendo Wii this summer. The company said it has already sold 1.5 million units of the title worldwide on other platforms. [more..]