New York - NBC News (NYSE: GE) on Monday launched iCue, a free online collaborative learning site that incorporates gaming, discussion and video resources. The iCue (Immerse, Connect, Understand and Excel) site was designed using research from the MIT Education Arcade, which explores integrating gaming and peer collaboration into traditional learning activities, and includes hundreds of videos from the NBC News archives.

Baltimore - Broadband video start-up TidalTV has partnered with NBC News and TV Guide Network, to feature each provider's programming on its website. Expected to launch in beta later this spring, TidatTV will offer free access to online video programming through a streaming, browser-based platform with DVR-style controls. Other partners include CBS, Sony Pictures Television, Scripps Networks and the National Geographic Channel. Earlier this year, TidalTV raised $15 million in its first round of funding.

Denver - NBC News said on Tuesday that it has partnered with Thought Equity Motion to digitize and distribute select visual images from its library for licensing purposes. Denver-based Thought Equity also handles video licensing and distribution for National Geographic, HBO and the NCAA.

New York - NBC News is developing an educational website for high school students that will feature both reports from the network's archives, and original reporting from NBC News personalities like Tim Russert and Brian Williams, The New York Times reported. The network is investing $10 million in iCue, which is intended as a supplement for Advanced Placement courses in American history, government and English. The iCue program will initially be free to schools, although NBC expects to eventually charge an annual subscription fee.