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ClipSyndicate to Distribute Sinclair News Content Online

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 12, 2006 - 1:25pm.
New York - ClipSyndicate, a unit of Critical Mention that provides online video syndication services, on Tuesday announced a deal with Sinclair Broadcast Group to distribute its news content. Sinclair's 58 stations reach 22% of U.S. households.
tags: Video | TV | Content Deals | News | Critical Mention | Syndication | ClipSyndicate | Sinclair |

Google, Associated Press Reach Licensing Agreement for Online News

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 4, 2006 - 12:31pm.
San Francisco - Google and news organization the Associated Press confirmed this week that they reached a licensing agreement several months ago that allows Google to publish AP news stories on its Web services. Google had already been providing links to AP stories published by newspaper partners through its Google News service; the new agreement goes further, although neither company provided many details to reporters. "It's a licensing agreement that lets us use original AP content in new ways than we have used in the past for Google News," Google spokeswoman Sonya Boralv told Reuters. Financial terms of the licensing agreement were also not disclosed. A lawsuit filed last year by Agence France Presse (AFP) accuses Google of copyright infringement for its lifting of AFP images, headlines and news story snippets for indexing on Google News. Google has maintained that Google News makes "fair use" of AFP and other news organizations' copyright content; the case is due to come before the U.S. District Court in D.C.
tags: Deals | Internet | Licensing | Online Publishing | Content Deals | Google | Portals | News | AP |

MeeVee Syndicates Interactive TV Listings to Hearst Newspapers

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 2, 2006 - 1:25pm.
Burlingame, Calif. - MeeVee, a developer of personalized video entertainment search technology, has expanded its syndication offering to include Hearst Newspapers. Visitors to the websites of the San Francisco Chronicle and Houston Chronicle can now view promo videos for TV shows, search local TV listings in real-time, and create personalized listings with custom recommendations. Burlingame, Calif.-based MeeVee said that additional Hearst publications will add its service later this year.
tags: Internet | Video | Online Publishing | TV | Content Deals | Newspapers | Hearst | MeeVee | Syndication |

Disney Online to Offer Free Web Access in Public Libraries

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 23, 2006 - 12:40pm.
North Hollywood, Calif. - Disney Online announced on Friday that it will offer public libraries free subscriptions to its Playhouse Disney Preschool Time Online educational Web service.
tags: Internet | Tech | Disney | Content Deals | Disney Online | ISP | Libraries | Education | Children |

AOL to Partner With DIC Entertainment on Saturday Morning TV

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 21, 2006 - 2:09pm.
Dulles, Va. - Expanding its online presence to television, said that its online kids service, KOL, has partnered with global brand management company DIC Entertainment to co-produce a new Saturday morning branded programming block, "KOL's Saturday Morning Secret Slumber Party on CBS."
tags: Deals | Internet | Video | Video Deals | TV | AOL | Content Deals | Portals | Children | DIC | KOL |

Blinkx Adds Reuters U.K., Japan Video Content to Searchable Index

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 19, 2006 - 1:52pm.
San Francisco - Blinkx, a searchable index of 4 million hours of Web video, announced on Monday that it has extended its partnership with Reuters, which will now provide news video content from its U.K. and Japanese operations to the on-demand archive at Blinkx.tv.
tags: Internet | Video | VOD | UK | Blinkx | Search | Video Search | Content Deals | IPTV | Japan | News | Reuters |

China Mobile Signs Content Deals with News Corp., STAR Group

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 8, 2006 - 4:53pm.
Beijing - Wireless carrier China Mobile -- which serves 260 million subscribers in China -- announced on Thursday that it has partnered with News Corporation and STAR Group to develop and distribute music, social networking and other mobile services.
tags: Deals | Mobile | Mobile Deals | Wireless | China | Content Deals | News Corp. | China Mobile | STAR Group |

Blinkx Adds Sky News Content to Web Video Index

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 30, 2006 - 1:05pm.
San Francisco - Blinkx, a searchable index of Web video, announced on Tuesday that it has partnered with Sky News, a 24-hour European news channel owned by News Corporation, to add hundreds of news clips each week to the Blinkx index.
tags: Deals | Internet | Video | Broadband | Blinkx | Search | Video Search | Content Deals | Sky News |

Discovery Licenses PBS Programming for Digital Learning Service

Authored by dmw on May 15, 2006 - 1:31pm.
Arlington, Va. - PBS and Discovery Communications on Monday announced a partnership to distribute PBS programming through Discovery Education's digital learning services. Titles such as "Nova," "Frontline," "The Civil War" and other Ken Burns documentaries will be tailored to state curriculum standards and offered on the video-on-demand service. Teachers at 70,000 participating schools may then download video clips or stream them for instructional use.
tags: Deals | Video | Video Deals | VOD | Content Deals | Discovery | PBS | Education |

WiderThan Licenses All Media Guide Content for Mobile Distribution

Authored by dmw on May 10, 2006 - 2:35am.
Seoul, Korea - Wider Than, a provider of mobile entertainment services for wireless carriers, announced on Wednesday that it has licensed All Media Guide's database of album art, artist biographies and album reviews for distribution over its wireless platform. All Media Guide's database, which includes information on over 800,000 artists and 6.9 million tracks, will be available to WiderThan customers like Korea's SK Telecom, Cingular, Sprint Nextel, T-Mobile and Verizon.
tags: Deals | Mobile | Mobile Deals | Content Deals | WiderThan | All Media Guide |

Hearst Magazines to Provide Content for MSN Lifestyles Channel

Authored by dmw on May 8, 2006 - 6:30pm.
Redmond, Wash. - Microsoft's MSN said on Monday that Hearst Magazines will contribute editorial content to the MSN Lifestyle Channel. Under the deal, articles, video interviews, special events coverage and other editorial content from Hearst's Country Living, Esquire, Good Housekeeping, House Beautiful, Marie Claire, Popular Mechanics, Redbook and SHOP Etc. will appear on MSN.
tags: Deals | Content Deals | MSN | Hearst | Magazines |

Gemstar-TV Guide Licenses Interactive Program Guide to Samsung

Authored by dmw on May 2, 2006 - 10:41am.
Los Angeles - Gemstar-TV Guide International, a developer of interactive program guides for digital TV services, announced on Tuesday that it has signed a multi-year licensing agreement with Korea's Samsung Electronics. The deal will see Samsung integrate Gemstar's program guides into its digital televisions, digital video recorders and VCRs.
tags: Video | Tech | TV | Gemstar-TV Guide | CE | Content Deals | Tech Deals | Samsung |

Pluck to Syndicate Blog Content to SF Chronicle, Austin American-Statesman

Authored by dmw on May 2, 2006 - 10:37am.
Austin, Texas - Pluck Corporation, a provider of blog syndication services, announced on Tuesday that several newspapers, including The San Francisco Chronicle and Austin American-Statesman, have begun syndicating blog content from Pluck's BlogBurst syndication network on their websites. BlogBurst features content from over 1,000 sources, including Vagablogging, Teen Fashionista and Accidental Hedonist.
tags: Deals | Internet | Online Publishing | Blogs | Content Deals | Newspapers | Pluck | BlogBurst |

Comcast to Offer IGN Entertainment Content to Broadband Subscribers

Authored by dmw on May 2, 2006 - 10:28am.
Philadelphia - Comcast, the nation's largest cable TV provider, announced on Tuesday that it partnered with News Corp.'s video game site IGN Entertainment to launch "Game Invasion," a free online game service for Comcast's broadband subscribers. The service includes access to IGN's editorial content, game trailers and demos, and community features.
tags: Games | Deals | Internet Deals | Video | TV | Content Deals | Comcast | Games Deals | IGN |

NY Times: CBS Radio and XM Satellite Considering Content-Sharing Deal

Authored by dmw on April 21, 2006 - 4:02pm.
New York – The New York Times reports that CBS Radio and XM Satellite Radio are discussing a possible deal that would split Opie and Anthony, the foul-mouthed talk show team that has been a top talent on XM for the last 18 months, between satellite and terrestrial stations. According to executives at the two companies, the deal under consideration would provide that for three hours each weekday, the duo would do a cleaner version of their show for both the CBS and XM audiences, which would be produced in the Midtown Manhattan studios of WFNY (92.3 FM), a CBS station. Then, they would produce an additional two hours, unrestrained, of the show at the XM studios exclusively for the XM audience. As part of the deal, the two would be allowed to use the end of the CBS show to plug the XM program. Opie and Anthony would replace David Lee Roth, who has struggled with low ratings since being tapped by CBS to replace Howard Stern when he left for Sirius earlier this year. The deal is being watched closely by radio executives and analysts, who are speculating that the deal may be an indication of more content-sharing deals between terrestrial and satellite radio to come.
tags: Deals | Radio | XM Radio | Content Deals | CBS Radio | Opie and Anthony |

SmartVideo Adds Court TV to Mobile TV Service

Authored by dmw on April 10, 2006 - 7:24pm.
New York - SmartVideo, a provider of subscription mobile TV services, announced on Monday that it has signed an agreement with Court TV, to offer a 24-hour live mobile TV news channel for cell phones. SmartVideo already offers Court TV News clips, and on-demand clips of other Court TV programming.
tags: Deals | Mobile | Video | Mobile TV | TV | SmartVideo | Content Deals |

LodgeNet, In Demand to Offer Howard Stern on Hotel VOD Systems

Authored by dmw on April 10, 2006 - 6:17am.
New York - LodgeNet and In Demand, two providers of broadband and video-on-demand programming to hoteliers, jointly announced on Monday that they have signed an agreement to bring video-on-demand episodes of Howard Stern's radio show to the 3,300 U.S. hotels served by LodgeNet. In Demand, which holds the video-on-demand rights for Stern's show, will also make a variety of its on-demand content available on LodgeNet systems.
tags: Video | VOD | Howard Stern | Content Deals | LodgeNet | Hotels | In Demand |

iPREPpress Releases Merriam-Webster Dictionary for iPods

Authored by dmw on April 5, 2006 - 12:40pm.
Washington Crossing, Penn. - iPREPpress, a provider of iPod-formatted content, announced on Wednesday the release of the Merriam-Webster Pocket Dictionary for the iPod. The companies have also partnered to publish an iPod-formatted thesaurus, rhyming dictionary, pocket atlas and dictionary of quotations. The iPod dictionary will sell for $14.95.
tags: Deals | Pricing | Mobile Pricing | iPod | Content Deals | iTunes | iPREPpress | Merriam-Webster |

Blinkx Adds MTV Networks Programming to Web Video Index

Authored by dmw on April 4, 2006 - 4:27pm.
San Francisco - Blinkx, a searchable index of Web video, announced on Tuesday that it has added programming from MTV Networks to its video search engine. Blinkx users will now see content from MTV's CMT, Comedy Central, Logo, VH1 and other networks appear in their video searches.
tags: Deals | Internet | Video | Video Deals | Tech | MTV | Blinkx | Search | Video Search | Content Deals |