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WebcastingDigital Media Association Head Jon Potter ResignsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 19, 2009 - 12:09pm.
Washington
- Jonathan Potter has resigned as executive director of the Digital Media
Association (DiMA), a trade group representing the interests of larger
webcasters and technology firms that he founded in 1998. "I am grateful to
DiMA's member companies for allowing me to serve them -- and their innovative
technologies and services and their passionate people -- for so long and in so
many exciting ways. I hope that my next adventure is as challenging and
rewarding," said Potter. DiMA general counsel Lee Knife will serve as
interim executive director while the organization searches for a replacement.
Foo Fighters Live Concert Webcast Serves 440,000 StreamsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 3, 2009 - 10:28am.
Los Angeles - A live webcast
of a performance by the Foo Fighters from their Los Angeles studio drew 440,000 live streams
and a total of more than 150,000 viewers from around the world, NewTeeVee
reported. The webcast was produced by Livestream, and available online via the
band's site, Livestream, Facebook, and the iPhone. A recent live webcast of a
U2 concert on YouTube drew a reported near 10 million viewers.
Live U2 Concert on YouTube Serves 10 Million StreamsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on October 29, 2009 - 9:41am.
San Bruno,
Calif. - The live video webcast
of U2's concert at the Rose Bowl on Sunday via Google's (NASD: GOOG) YouTube served up
nearly 10 million streams, a company spokesperson told NewTeeVee.
Vivu Raises $3 Million for Video Webcast PlatformAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on October 13, 2009 - 8:41am.
Sunnyvale,
Calif. - ViVu, a provider of
personal webcasting technology, announced on Tuesday that it has closed on a $3
million first round of funding, led by Inventus Capital Partners.
tags: Deals | VC | Video | Webcasting | Draper Fisher Jurvetson | ViVu | Inventus Capital Partners | Quest Ventures | Bill Carrico |
AEG Acquires Webcast Producer Incited MediaAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on October 5, 2009 - 7:56am.
Los Angeles
- AEG, an entertainment and sporting events promoter and venue owner, announced
on Monday that it has acquired Incited Media, a provider of webcast management,
production and media services.
Live365 Asks Court to Examine Copyright Royalty BoardAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on September 1, 2009 - 8:45am.
 Washington
- Online radio service Live365 announced on Tuesday that it has filed a federal
lawsuit seeking to halt any further webcasting royalty rate-setting proceedings
before the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB), until the issue of whether the judges
on the board were appointed in violation of the Constitution's separation of
powers is resolved. The company points to recent opinions by the U.S. Court of
Appeals for the District of Columbia, including one that stated that the CRB
"exercises expansive executive authority ... unsupervised by the Librarian
of Congress or by any other Executive Branch official," adding that the
"statutory structure raises a serious Constitutional issue."
Web Radio Services Firms Ando Media, Spacial Audio to MergeAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on August 12, 2009 - 9:32am.
Boston
- Ando Media, a provider of real-time audience measurement and advertising
management services for the Internet audio market, announced on Tuesday that it
has agreed to merge with Spacial Audio, a developer of audio, encoder and ad
insertion technology for commercial broadcast and corporate clients.
tags: Deals | Advertising | Radio | Music | Acquisitions | Webcasting | Ando Media | Spacial Audio |
Ustream Raises $2 Million for Live Webcasting ServiceAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on August 11, 2009 - 12:04pm.
Mountain View,
Calif. - Ustream, a provider of
live Web video streaming services, has raised $2 million in new funding from
existing backers including Doll Capital Management, Contentinople reported,
citing a regulatory filing.
Public Radio Stations, SoundExchange Set Webcast RoyaltiesAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on August 11, 2009 - 11:35am.
 Washington - SoundExchange, the recording industry entity
set up to collect and distribute digital music royalties, announced on Tuesday
that it has reached an agreement with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB)
on webcasting royalty rates for public radio stations through 2015. Under the
deal, CPB will pay SoundExchange a total of $2.4 million for the term
2011-2015, based upon anticipated usage, with additional payments to be made if
usage exceeds expectations.
Live365 Decries Webcasting Rate Deal; Submits Own ProposalAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 9, 2009 - 10:42am.
Foster City,
Calif. - Live365, a provider of "microwebcasting"
services that power Web radio stations from over 5,000 users, said on Thursday
that the royalty rate deal announced this week by SoundExchange will have
detrimental effects to its business, and submitted its own rate proposal to the
agency.
SoundExchange, Pureplay Webcasters Reach Royalty DealAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 7, 2009 - 9:37am.
 Washington - SoundExchange, the firm set up by the major
record labels to collect and distribute digital royalties, announced on Monday
that it has agreed on new streaming music royalties for "pureplay"
commercial webcasters. The "experimental rate agreement" includes
revenue sharing for most services, as well as more robust reporting
requirements, in exchange for a discount on per stream rates.
Thomson Reuters Acquires Webcasting Firm StreamlogicsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 7, 2009 - 6:02am.
Toronto,
Canada -
Thomson Reuters, the provider of business information and webcasting services,
announced that it has acquired Streamlogics, a provider of webcasting software.
Supreme Court Asked to Overturn RIAA Trial Webcast BanAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 2, 2009 - 1:56pm.
Boston
- Attorneys for accused file-swapper Joel Tenenbaum have petitioned the U.S.
Supreme Court to review a case that upheld a ban on the Internet webcast of
district court proceedings. The petition is based on the First and Fifth
Amendments, and asks whether the ban on webcasting "impermissibly
restrict(s) the judicial power vested in federal district court judges by the
Constitution and creational statutes." Tenenbaum, who is being represented
by Harvard Law professor Charles Nesson, has moved for a stay of all
proceedings in the district court, pending the Supreme Court's review.
tags: Video | Law | Lawsuits | P2P | Music | RIAA | Copyright | Webcasting | Charles Nesson | Joel Tenenbaum |
U.K. Royalty Body PRS for Music Cuts Music Streaming RatesAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on May 26, 2009 - 9:40am.
London - U.K. royalty
collection society PRS for Music announced on Tuesday that it will cut by more
than half the rate that websites must pay to stream music online, from $0.0035
to $0.00135 per track.
Live Video Streamer Mogulus Rebrands as LivestreamAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on May 19, 2009 - 10:32am.
New York
- Mogulus, the provider of a live video webcasting service, announced on
Tuesday that it has changed its name to Livestream, having paid $100,000 for
the domain name Livestream.com, according to DomainNews.com.
Event Webcaster Multicast Acquires Video Tagger VeotagAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on May 12, 2009 - 8:20am.
Atlanta
- Multicast, a provider of live online event broadcasting services, announced
on Tuesday its acquisition of Veotag, a provider of video tagging technology.
Appeals Court Prohibits RIAA Trial WebcastAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on April 16, 2009 - 10:35am.
 Boston
- The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned a trial judge's ruling
that would have allowed the trial of a man accused of copyright infringement on
file-sharing networks by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)
to be webcast live on the Internet. Harvard Law professor Charles Neeson, representing
accused file-swapper and Boston
student Joel Tenenbaum, made the request that the trial be made available
online, due to the public interest in such file-sharing litigation.
Live Concert Webcaster Fabchannel to Shut DownAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on March 6, 2009 - 11:07am.
Amsterdam - Fabchannel.com, a
provider of live concert webcasts based in Amsterdam, announced this week that it will
shut down after nine years in operation, citing "bad economic prospects
within the music and online advertising market."
NAB, SoundExchange Reach Accord on Music Webcast RoyaltiesAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on February 17, 2009 - 12:48pm.
 Washington
- Commercial radio stations represented by the National Association of
Broadcasters (NAB) have reached an agreement on music webcasting royalty rates
with SoundExchange, the entity set up by major record labels to collect and
distribute digital royalties. Under the new deal, which replaces terms set by
the Copyright Royalty Board in 2007 that were near-universally decried by
webcasters as too high, royalty rates will be lowered by 16% for 2009 and 2010,
before gradually increasing through 2015.
The Pirate Bay Trial Gets Live Audio Webcast, Twitter FeedAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on February 12, 2009 - 1:49pm.
Stockholm,
Sweden -
Swedish public broadcaster SVT will stream live audio (in Swedish) from the
copyright infringement trial of The Pirate Bay, the notorious file-sharing hub,
TorrentFreak reported. Additionally, The Pirate Bay has called on supporters to
help translate news from the trial into as many languages as possible in
real-time on Twitter.
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