London - Hulu, the video site joint venture between News Corp. (NYSE: NWS) and NBC Universal (NYSE: GE), is expected to generate as much advertising revenue as Google's (NASD: GOOG) YouTube in the U.S. next year, the Financial Times reported, citing Screen Digest analyst Arash Amel.

London - Screen Digest, a London-based market research firm, announced on Thursday that it will acquire Adams Market Research, a fellow market research firm covering the U.S. home entertainment market.

London - Digital movie download services will be worth $1.3 billion in the U.S. and Western Europe by 2011, representing 3% of all home video revenues in the combined region, according to a report from market research firm Screen Digest.

London - The market for massively multiplayer online games in the West reached $1 billion for the first time in 2006, with North American subscriptions totaling $576 million and European subscriptions $299 million, according to a report from market research firm Screen Digest.

London - While user-generated video content will represent 55% of all online video content consumed online in the U.S. by 2010, such content will account for just 15% of total revenues for online video, according to a report from market research firm Screen Digest.