Washington - The U.S. transition to digital television on June 12 will likely be a bit rocky, acting Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Michael Copps told lawmakers this week, and while just 3.6% of households remain unprepared, according to Nielsen, problems could be exacerbated by a shortage of digital TV converters. [more..]

Brussels - The European Parliament has rejected the notion of terminating the Internet accounts of those alleged to have committed copyright infringement on file-sharing networks. [more..]

Palo Alto, Calif. - Facebook is looking to secure up to $100 million in new debt financing, to open credit lines to lease additional servers to support its growing online social network, BusinessWeek reported. [more..]

Mountain View, Calif. - Needing to thin out its sales and marketing organization in the wake of the recession, Google said that it has cut nearly 200 jobs globally. [more..]

Los Angeles - Disney is in talks to take an equity stake in Hulu, the online video joint venture between News Corp. and NBC Universal, in exchange for licensing ABC programming on the service, PaidContent reported, citing a source familiar with the situation. [more..]

Los Angeles - Apple plans to introduce its previously announced variable pricing structure for music at the iTunes Store on April 7, when new singles and popular tracks have the option to be priced at $1.29, instead of the current industry standard 99 cents per song, the Los Angeles Times reported. [more..]

London - Shareholders of U.K.-based "Tomb Raider" game publisher Eidos have approved the company's acquisition by Japan's Square Enix, publisher of the "Final Fantasy" series. [more..]

New York - Mobile content distributor Thumbplay has raised $6 million in a sixth round of financing, PEHub.com reported, citing a regulatory filing. [more..]

Redwood City, Calif. - Teens in Tech, a media platform and online community for teenaged bloggers founded by 16-year-old Daniel Brusilovsky, has acquired the Youth Bloggers Network for an undisclosed sum, TechCrunch reported. [more..]

Perhaps most telling of things to come are what is going on around the Nintendo Wii , the iPhone and Facebook - ground-breaking new platforms which encourage developers to experiment with fresh approaches to games, blogs Jay Baage. [more..]

Mountain View, Calif. - Google is testing a new feature that would let advertisers purchase ads on YouTube and other video sites via an online interface, The Wall Street Journal reported. [more..]

Los Angeles - The two co-founders of MediaDefender, an anti-piracy firm launched in 2000 and now owned by ArtistDirect, have resigned from the company, TorrentFreak reported. [more..]

Stockholm, Sweden - Sweden-based file-sharing hub The Pirate Bay plans to launch a new service that promises to make it harder for users to be identified by any potential law enforcement activities, Ars Technica reported. [more..]