User-GeneratedBlockbuster to Market iMemories Home Movie Transfer, StorageAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 5, 2009 - 1:24pm.
Scottsdale,
Ariz. - iMemories, a website that
provides digitization, storage and sharing service for home movie films and
videos, on Thursday announced a partnership with Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI), which will market
its services on Blockbuster.com and in select Blockbuster retail stores. The
service lets users create custom DVDs of their home movies, as well as share
them on password-protected websites.
French Video-sharing Site Dailymotion Raises $25 MillionAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on October 22, 2009 - 7:52am.
Paris
- France-based video-sharing site Dailymotion announced on Thursday that it has
raised $25 million in a new round of financing, led by the French Sovereign
Fund.
tags: Deals | VC | Video | Advent Venture Partners | User-Generated | Partech International | Atlas Venture | Dailymotion | AGF Private Equity | French Sovereign Fund |
Public Enemy Raises $50K in Two Weeks on SellaBandAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on October 21, 2009 - 7:59am.
New York
- Veteran hip-hop act Public Enemy has announced that it has raised more than
$50,000 in funding from over 700 fans to finance the recording of a new album,
less than two weeks after signing with fan-financed recordings site SellaBand.
Jelli Expands User-Controlled Radio with Triton, AustereoAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on October 20, 2009 - 12:10pm.
San Mateo,
Calif. - Jelli, the developer of
a service that lets Web users control songs played on terrestrial radio
stations, announced on Tuesday that it has signed a syndication deal with
Triton, as well as a distribution deal with Australian broadcaster Austereo. San Mateo, Calif.-based Jelli recently began a trial of
its service with CBS Bay Area radio station KITS LIVE 105. Jelli will now also
be available to Triton's more than 4,500 U.S.
radio affiliations -- both terrestrially and online -- and in Australia on Austereo stations in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. The company added
that it plans to release an iPhone application in early 2010.
MOG to Debut $5 Streaming Music Service Next MonthAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on October 14, 2009 - 11:36am.
Berkeley, Calif.
- MOG, a network of user-created music blogs, announced on Wednesday that it has
signed licensing deals with all four major record labels, and plans to launch
its own digital music service in North America
by the end of November.
tags: Blogs | Music | Universal Music | Warner Music | EMI | Publishing | IODA | MOG | David Hyman | Sony Music | User-Generated |
Video-Sharing Service Motionbox Acquires ViddyouAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on October 9, 2009 - 7:30am.
New York
- Motionbox, a personal video-sharing service, has acquired Viddyou, another
personal video service.
Video-sharing Site Dailymotion Lands $22.1 MillionAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on October 8, 2009 - 8:16am.
Paris
- France-based video-sharing site Dailymotion has raised $22.1 million in new
financing, CEO Cedric Tournay told French business website Capital.fr.
Public Enemy to Produce Fan-Financed Album via SellaBandAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on October 6, 2009 - 9:02am.
Amsterdam
- SellaBand, a Netherlands-based site that helps artists create fan-financed
recordings, announced that legendary hip-hop group Public Enemy will use the
service to raise funds to record its thirteenth studio album.
Activision: "Guitar Hero" Players Have Uploaded 250K SongsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on September 21, 2009 - 12:25pm.
London
- Activision's Michael Sportouch says the company has seen players of
"Guitar Hero: World Tour" upload 250,000 unique songs created using
the game's music studio feature to its servers, GamesIndustry.biz reported.
These cover songs have subsequently been downloaded over 17 million times by
other players, Sportouch added.
Movie Based on YouTube Star "Fred" in the WorksAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on September 18, 2009 - 12:14pm.
Los Angeles
- YouTube (NASD: GOOG) star "Fred," whose kid-friendly video channel until
recently featured the most subscribers on the entire site, will be the subject
of a feature-length movie, Tubefilter reports. A production company called Derf
Films has put out a casting call for the movie, which will likely feature the
real-life Fred -- sixteen-year-old Lucas Cruikshank, who is making a six-figure
income off of his hit Web videos.
Court Tosses Universal Music's Copyright Suit Against VeohAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on September 14, 2009 - 10:42am.
Los Angeles
- A federal court has dismissed a copyright infringement lawsuit brought by
Universal Music Group against video-sharing site Veoh, finding that the company
had satisfied all requirements under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
(DMCA). The judge
noted that "the record presented demonstrates that, far from encouraging
copyright infringement, Veoh has a strong DMCA policy, takes active steps to
limit incidents of infringement on its website and works diligently to keep
unauthorized works off its website."
tags: Video | Law | Lawsuits | Music | Universal Music | Veoh | DMCA | Copyright | User-Generated | Safe Harbor |
"Project Runway" Model Show Spin-Off Hatches Online ContestAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on September 1, 2009 - 11:36am.
New York
- Lifetime Digital and The Weinstein Company on Tuesday announced an online
contest that will award an aspiring model a spot on the next season of
"Models of the Runway," the new spin-off of "Project
Runway." Hopeful models fill out an online application with photos and
videos on MySpace (NYSE: NWS); users will vote online for earlier rounds, before the
producers have a say in the final stage. The companies said online casting
service GotCast.com will power the interactive casting feature on MySpace.
tags: Video | Social Networking | TV | MySpace | The Weinstein Company | Lifetime | User-Generated | Project Runway |
RR Donnelley Buys Stake in Web Writing Community HeliumAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on September 1, 2009 - 9:29am.
Chicago
- Helium, an online community and social publishing platform for writers, announced
on Tuesday that communications firm RR Donnelley has paid an undisclosed sum
for a minority stake in the company.
Fwix Lands Funding for Local Newswire ServiceAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on August 31, 2009 - 7:04am.
San Francisco
- Fwix, a local news aggregation service that combines stories from local
outlets with validated user-contributed stories, announced on Monday that it
has raised an undisclosed sum of first round funding, from BlueRun Ventures.
MOG Lands $5 Million for User-Generated Music Blog NetworkAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on August 28, 2009 - 6:33am.
Berkeley,
Calif. - MOG, a network of
user-created music blogs, announced on Friday that it has closed a $5 million
equity financing round, led by Menlo Ventures.
tags: Deals | VC | Blogs | Music | Publishing | MOG | Menlo Ventures | User-Generated | Simon Equity Partners | Scott Jones |
Wikimedia Gets $2 Million Grant From Omidyar NetworkAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on August 25, 2009 - 12:02pm.
Redwood City,
Calif. - Omidyar Network, a philanthropic
investment firm launched in 2004 by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar and his wife
Pam, on Tuesday announced a grant of up to $2 million over the next two years
to the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit that operates user-generated online
encyclopedia Wikipedia.
YouTube Extends Ad Revenue-Sharing Deal to All Viral VideosAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on August 25, 2009 - 11:11am.
San Bruno,
Calif. - Google's (NASD: GOOG) YouTube announced
on Tuesday that it is expanding its Partnership Program, which cut prolific producers
of popular videos in on advertising revenue, to all viral videos posted to the
site. The program was first offered only to producers of consistently popular
videos, and then extended to enormously popular one-offs like "Battle at Kruger."
Fanbase Lands $5 Million for Online Sports AlmanacAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on August 24, 2009 - 7:55am.
San Francisco
- Fanbase, a user-driven almanac of college and professional athletes, has
received $5 million in funding from Benchmark Capital and officially launched
its service.
Polyvore Nabs $5.6M for User-Generated Web Fashion MagazineAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on August 19, 2009 - 7:25am.
Mountain View,
Calif. - Polyvore, a
user-generated online fashion magazine, has raised $5.6 million in its second
round of funding.
tags: Deals | VC | Benchmark Capital | User-Generated | Matrix Partners | Polyvore | Harrison Metal Capital |
Fashion Playtes Gets $1.5M for Custom Girls' Apparel ServiceAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on August 17, 2009 - 9:57am.
Salem, Mass. - Fashion Playtes, the developer of a
website where girls will be able to design their own clothes and then purchase
them, has closed a $1.5 million first round of financing, led by New Atlantic
Ventures and LaunchCapital.
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