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On Command Adds WWE Programming to Hotel VOD Service

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 8, 2006 - 4:00am.
Denver, Colo. - On Command, a unit of Liberty Media that provides video-on-demand systems in over 1 million hotel rooms, announced that it has signed an agreement with World Wrestling Entertainment, to offer WWE pay-per-view programming on its hotel TV systems.
tags: VOD | WWE | Program | Command | Hotel |

Russian Download Store LegalSounds Launches Affiliate Program

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 11, 2006 - 4:01am.
Moscow - LegalSounds, a Russia-based digital music store that sells 14-cent song downloads, on Wednesday announced the launch of an affiliate partner program, where websites can earn a 35% commission on sales they generate. While the site may be legal in Russia, it's unclear whether its terms have been approved by record labels or whether proceeds from the site reach artists and copyright holders.
tags: Russia | Download | Program | LegalSounds | Affiliate |

Apple Launches Free iPod Recycling Program

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 3, 2005 - 2:40am.
Cupertino, Calif. -- Apple on Friday announced a free recycling program for its iPod digital music player, enticing owners of the devices to bring them to Apple retail stores for environmentally-friendly disposal and a 10% discount toward the purchase of a new iPod. In connection with a class-action lawsuit against Apple over the iPod's battery life -- which the company initially claimed would last for the lifetime of the device -- some environmental groups had complained that discarded iPods and their potentially toxin-leaking batteries were ending up in landfills. The announcement regarding iPod recycling comes a day after Apple agreed to settle the class-action suit, and provide $50 vouchers and extended warranties to older-generation iPod owners whose batteries have died. Apple added that iPods received for recycling will be processed domestically, with no hazardous material to be shipped overseas.
tags: iPod | Apple | Program | Recycle |

EU Unveils Five-Year Program to Boost Digital Economy

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 1, 2005 - 8:48am.
Brussels -- The European Commission on Wednesday unveiled a five-year program to boost Europe's digital economy and close the gap with the U.S. and Japan. Dubbed i2010, the program aims to create a framework for investment in the IT sector, boost consumers and businesses' adoption of IT and deal with the increasing convergence of technologies. "(Internet telephony), Web TV, on-line music, movies on mobile telephones … all this is now reality," said Viviane Reding, EU Commissioner for Information Society and Media. "To enhance investment in this promising sector of the economy, we must provide a coherent regulatory framework for Europe's digital economy that is market-oriented, flexible and future-proof." Reding said the EU would focus its research spending on key information and communication technologies, such as nanoelectronics.
tags: Launch | Digital | EU | Program | devellopment | Economy |

EU Launches $61 Million Program to Clean Up Internet

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 12, 2004 - 6:11am.
Brussels -- The European Commission (EC) announced on Friday that it has earmarked 50 million euro ($61 million) for a new three-year program designed to "clean up the Internet." The EC said its main objective was to improve protection for children and minors, but added that the program would also address other illegal and/or harmful content, such as racism, violence and even ubiquitous "spam" emails. Under the program, the EC will establish hotlines for the public to report illegal Internet content and encourage self-regulation to deal with unwanted and harmful content, providing funding for the development of content-rating and filtering services. The Commission said it would also inform parents and teachers' about the tools available to protect children using mobile and broadband content, online games, peer-to-peer file transfers and all forms of real-time communications such as chat rooms and instant messages (IMs).
tags: Internet | EU | Program |